Talk! with Audrey

Marissa Price, senior strategist for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) joins Audrey to talk about why they feel it’s important to discuss the effects that animal agriculture has on our environment and how the leather industry is contributing to world-wide climate change.

Approximately 30 percent of women diagnosed with earlier stages of breast cancer will eventually develop a form of the disease for which there is no cure – metastatic breast cancer. Dr. Dennis Slamon, Director of Clinical/Translational Research of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA and Jamil Rivers, a metastatic breast cancer patient have information about the latest clinical trial data and what it could mean for people living with metastatic breast cancer.

If you have a Medicare health or prescription drug plan, you only have until the end of Open Enrolment, December 7, 2019 to make changes to your 2020 plan. We talked with Ray Hurd, Regional Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid and he'll talk about everything we need to know about the Medicare Open Enrolment period.

As a busy pet parent, it’s important to check in with our pets regularly to ensure they stay happy and healthy. When it comes to helping Fido enjoy life to the fullest, there are some things to keep in mind. My guest is veterinarian, Dr. Lisa Lippman has tips to help us keep our furry friends safe as the cooler weather approaches.

One third of a woman’s life may be spent in menopause, yet few people talk about it. Silence around menopause can make women feel invisible, but it’s time to have this new era of voices heard. Lets change that by having a frank conversation to remove the stigma and empower the current and next generation of women to continue to be seen and heard as they experience menopause. My guests are Dr. Sheryl Kingsberg, PhD, chief of the division of behavioral medicine at MacDonald Women's Hospital/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Shirley Weir, Founder of Menopausechicks dot com and author of Cracking Open the Perimenopause Conversation with your Doctor.

World Wellness Weekend is a world-wide event that will be celebrated September 21 and 22 in the U.S. During the weekend over 2,000+ spas, salons, yoga studios, fitness clubs, sport associations in 100 countries will open their doors to celebrate creating and maintaining a lifestyle focused on total wellness for body & mind. The goal of World Wellness Weekend is to bring people together to participate in activities such as fitness challenges, wellness workshops, or a relaxing spa experience.  Joe Magnacca of Massage Envy and official U.S. sponsor of World Wellness Weekend tells us how to enjoy the weekend.

Every day, over 100 Americans die after overdosing on opioids, including prescription pain medications. To help fight the opioid crisis, Northwestern Medicine launched innovative strategies for reducing the number of pills prescribed by surgeons and is offering patients a safe, clinic-based disposal option for their unused pain medications. Dr. Jonah Stulberg, Opioid Stewardship Lead at Northwestern Medicine is my guest.

For women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who are of childbearing years and considering becoming pregnant there can be a lot of frustration, confusion and fear about how their disease may impact their ability to have a healthy pregnancy. My guest is Dr. Marla Dubinsky Co-Director of the Susan and Leonard Feinstein IBD Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one out of three children aged 5 to 17 years missed one or more school days due to illness or injury. With health coverage, you can ensure your children are better equipped to learn so they realize their full academic potential by staying healthy throughout the year. Dr. Cara James for the Consortium for Medicaid and Children’s Health Operations Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has information for parents about how MEDICAID AND CHIP HELP ELIGIBLE CHILDREN OBTAIN COVERAGE YEAR-ROUND.

When most people think of stroke, they may picture an individual in their 50’s or older, often times in poor physical health.  But a stroke can happen to anyone, of any age, at any time. Dr. Adam Barnathan, an Emergency Physician at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Tampa and Lauren Barnathan, Dr. Barnathan’s wife, 31-year-old stroke survivor and Speech Pathologist trained in stroke rehabilitation.