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Aphasia is a condition many of us have only recently heard about. Melinda Corwin, Ph.D.,  is a professor in the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and director of the Stroke & Aphasia Recovery (StAR) Program. Dr. Corwin tells us what aphasia is, how it’s diagnosed and how it’s treated.

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It's been a little over two years since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared. To mark the occasion, Texas Tech Physicians pulmonologists, Dr. Victor Test, and Dr. Ebtesam Islam, describe those early day, the first surge, how they persevered, and the lasting effects of COVID-19 on patients and themselves. 

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Match Day is a nerve-wracking event that has played out on medical school campuses across the country since 1952.  What is Match Day? It's the day fourth-year students open their envelopes to find out where they will spend the next three to seven years as residents and what specialty they will pursue for their professional career.

TTUHSC School of Medicine Dean Steven L. Berk explains what medical students have been through leading up to Match Day, why it is important and what happens if they don't get their first choice. Dr. Berk also tells us why this year was different for students and shares with us where he did and didn't match. 

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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. According to the Brain Injury Association of America, every nine seconds, someone in the U.S. sustains a brain injury. One in every 60 Americans live with a traumatic brain injury related disability.

Our guest for this episode on brain injury awareness is Dr. John Norbury, TTUHSC School of Medicine associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) and division chief of PMR. He also is medical director of the brain injury unit at Trustpoint Rehabilitation Hospital of Lubbock.

 He explains what it means to have a brain injury, different types of brain injuries, symptoms of brain injuries and treatment.

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The number of US adults who identify as LGBTQ+ has increased—double the percentage from 2012, according to a new poll released by Gallup.

What this means for their health care is the topic for this episode. Guest Dr. Kelly Bennett, a family medicine physician at Texas Tech Physicians and associate professor at TTUHSC, talked to us about important health issues for people who identify as LGBTQ+ as well as explaining the acronym, the use of pronouns and how to find a primary care provider.

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We’re ending American Heart Month with a look another look at the heart, specifically learning to deal with heartache. Giving us insight and advice on how to deal with conflict with our partners, family members and ourselves is licensed marriage and family therapist Dr. Alan Korinek, managing director for the TTUHSC Employee Assistance Program and program of assistance for TTUHSC students.

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We handed this episode on COVID-19 testing to the experts. TTUHSC President Dr. Lori Rice-Spearman asked current chair of the department of laboratory sciences and primary care Dr. Wade Redman to explain at-home COVID-19 testing and results, which is the most reliable or the gold standard COVID-19 test, how often should we retest and why we shouldn't try to cheat the tests. 

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Provost and Dr. Darrin D'Agostino answers our questions related to COVID-19, how to keep from getting sick, who is most vulnerable to the illness, which masks are best and how you can plan a safe spring break. 

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February is American Hearth Month and Texas Tech Physicians cardiologist Dr. Scott Shurmur is our guest for this episode. He’s here to talk to us about what the heart does, heart disease and other diseases that can affect the heart and what we can do to improve our hearth health.

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January is cervical health awareness month and we’re encouraging women to get screened for cervical cancer. Screening rates have declined during the pandemic even though routine screenings are the most effective way to detect cervical cancer.

Our guest expert for this episode is Dr. Sarah Hosford, Texas Tech Physicians OB/GYN and gynecologic oncologist. Dr. Hosford explains cervical cancer, treatment, screenings and prevention.