The Doctor Is In

This episode is a conversation with Dr. Stephanie Kidd, the newest member of our IU Health Fort Wayne team, regarding the ways in which we can optimize vitality. We will talk about the things you can do, and the ways in which you can work with your doctor, to boost yourself nutritionally, optimize physical activity and simultaneously diminish the factors that age us prematurely. We talk about supplementation, skin health, and vices. Join us to hear about lining up the body, mind and spirit to help you "stay young".

Today's episode is directed at cardiovascular health and more specifically what you can do to optimize the healthfulness of your heart and vascular system. Dr. John Tan, board certified in Family Medicine talks about modifiable risk factors some that are life choices and some that are metabolic and physiologic that you can affect with the help of your physician. Cardiovascular health includes cardiac, peripheral vascular and neuro-circulatory health and this talk aims at preventing heart attack, stroke, atherosclerosis, and microvascular disease throughout your body. Join us for Dr. Tan's enthusiastic invitation to maintaining your cardiovascular health.

This episode brings forward what we know as of July 2nd about COVID-19; the current statistics, our understanding of the disease, how it behaves in different populations, what we now know about immunity, status of vaccines and the probability a second surge. This conversation occurred with the employees of NorthEast Indiana Works as they begin the transition back to face to face encounters in their workplace.

Today I'm joined by Christine Herman P.A.  Christine is a physician's assistant in our north IU Health Fort Wayne location. We discussed how to recognize symptoms in the workplace and how we diagnose it in our clinical spaces. We dug into A1c, why we measure it and what levels mean. The importance of diabetes education, diet and exercise were reinforced and current medications were discussed, including mechanism of action, the sequencing of meds and the potential adverse effects that might show up in the workplace. If you are a healthcare provider, an occupational nurse, a diabetic or family member of a diabetic you will find this informative. Join us, please.

The skin is one of the largest organs in the human body and it serves a remarkable number of functions. Today I'm joined by Dr. Jonathan Gries, a board certified Family Medicine physician with Indiana University Health and we will discuss how to best take care of your skin. We'll also tackle what escalates skin aging and the things you can do to protect against aging changes. Finally we'll talk about skin cancer, the signs you should look for and what to bring to your doctors attention. Please join us for this really informative session on Skin Health.

In this episode, Dr. Lauren Stoffel a family medicine physician with IU Health Fort Wayne discusses screening tests and why it is so important to identify threatening health problems before they produce symptoms. We'll discuss the recommended timing of the most prevalent screening studies and how finding abnormalities early can actually save your life.

Many people are plagued by headache and can be disabled by them either because of the frequency or severity. In this episode, Dr Kevin Witt discusses the most common types of headache (tension, sinus and migraine), the distinctive features of each of the types and how your primary care doctor can help you get to the bottom of it. We'll also discuss a variety of preventative measures and the medical treatments that are available. Please join us for this interesting discussion of head pain.

In this episode we interview Dr. Joe Perkins an IU Health Family Medicine physician with Sports Medicine fellowship training. He enlightens us on the fact that this musculoskeletal knowledge is useful not just for athletic injuries but also for industrial based repetitive use injury, weekend warrior activity based injuries, and degenerative and aging changes that impair how we move and function. We talk about the critical relationship between Sports physicians and athletic trainers and physical therapists and how they can interface to provide best care. There are guidelines discussed about measures "athletes" can do to help themselves and indications for when they should see a physician for more thorough evaluation and devising a treatment plan. Finally we talk briefly about the use of Ultrasound as a diagnostic and treatment guidance tool. 

In this episode we interview Dr. Cynthia Vanderbosch, a family practice doctor with IU Health in Fort Wayne, about anxiety and depression as responses to the stress of a pandemic. In it we discuss how people can help themselves prevent and or manage anxiety and depression, the signs and symptoms, and when it's appropriate to seek medical help.