Palmdale Regional Radio

The National Cancer Institute estimates there are almost 200,000 newly diagnosed cases of prostate cancer in the United States annually. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States with approximately 28,000 men dying of it each year.

Palmdale Regional Medical Center is committed to providing the best care for prostate cancer and high quality healthcare in a compassionate and efficient manner.

Monish Aron, MD, is here to explain all the treatments for prostate cancer available at Palmdale Regional Medical Center.

Even though lung cancer and heart disease kill more women each year, surveys show that women view breast cancer as their biggest health threat. But women can take steps to lower their risk. Screening and diagnosis for Breast Cancer have come a long way from your mothers mammogram.

Maria E. Nelson, MD is here to talk about imaging modalities to make a breast cancer diagnosis, and current surgical strategies for better cosmetic outcomes.

While all aortic aneurysms cannot be prevented, there are lifestyle modifications that patients can take to reduce their risk. Physicians may perform minimally invasive surgery for conditions such as abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Through a catheter-based system, physicians can repair the AAA using small incisions in the patient's groin to deliver a graft into the abdominal aorta. Denise Smith, MD, a Vascular Surgeon and a member of the medical staff at Palmdale Regional Medical Center, is here to help you better understand abdominal aortic aneurysms, and the treatments available to you once you've been diagnosed.

Have you struggled to loose weight only to have it come right back on again? Weight-loss surgery at Palmdale Regional Medical Center is an option for people who have tried diets and exercise but continue to struggle with weight loss

We evaluate each patient’s condition and medical history to arrive at an individual solution, and we provide support before, during and after the procedure.

Liz Roark, the Bariatric Coordinator at Palmdale Regional Medical Center, is here to discuss all your options when considering Bariatric surgery.

With all the changes in the United States healthcare system, it can be very confusing for the consumer when looking for a medical facility to meet their needs.  Hospital systems are always evolving and finding new ways to serve their community.

More and more savvy consumers are asking for detailed information on quality of care and outcome measurements of hospitals.

Kyle Cologne, MD, a , is here to discuss the changes being made to to the healthcare system and how they affect you the consumer.

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy can be a crucial part of someone’s complete medical care. The pelvic floor acts like a hammock that supports your bladder, uterus, vagina, and rectum. When this becomes weak, due to pregnancy, illness or other reason, it can go through rehab just as any other group of muscles. Andrea Wise, PT, is here to teach you how to exercise and strengthen your pelvic floor muscles for better control of urologic functions.

Patients with severe asthma may get the relief they need with bronchial thermoplasty, a procedure that involves the delivery of controlled, therapeutic radiofrequency energy to the body's airway wall, heating the tissue and reducing the amount of smooth muscle present in the airway wall.

In a clinical study of bronchial thermoplasty, adults with severe asthma who were treated with bronchial thermoplasty had improved asthma-related quality of life up to a year after the procedure compared to the control patients.

Young Ko, MD, is here to discuss while many people with asthma can control their symptoms with antiinflammatory therapies and avoiding triggers, some cannot. For these patients, there is new hope that goes hand-inhand with a treatment called bronchial thermoplasty

Procedures like Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion (HIPEC) and minimally invasive robotic surgery offer new hope for patients in the advanced stage of ovarian cancer.

Until recently, treatment options for patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer have only included surgery and conventional chemotherapy.

However, with HIPEC and robotic surgery, surgeons can potentially improve their odds and reduce the morbidity associated with traditional open procedures.

Joongho Shin, MD, is here to explain the Robotics and HIPEC Programs at Palmdale Regional Medical Center.

Palmdale Regional Medical Center (PRMC) has formed an alliance with Keck Medicine of USC (University of Southern California) to develop specialty urological, colorectal and breast cancer services at the hospital.

The affiliation will initially focus on developing specialty cancer services supported by USC’s clinical and physician expertise.

These specialty cancer services include urology, breast and colorectal services.

Sang W. Lee, MD is here better explain that by working together with Keck Medicine of USC, we’ve expanded the depth and variety of our medical care for the Antelope Valley community.

When diet and exercise have not worked, there’s an alternative.

John Yadegar, MD, Medical Director of the Bariatric Program at Palmdale Regional Medical Center, points out that weight-loss surgery is considered a last resort.

Those who are candidates and who can make the necessary adjustments, he says, “do remarkably well.”

Listen in as Dr. Yadegar answers some common questions about weight loss surgery.