The Healing Podcast - Brought to you by MarinHealth

How’s your stress level these days? On second thought, let’s ask a different question: would you like to reduce your stress level–right now?
Find a comfortable spot to sit or lie down – anywhere quiet where you won’t be undisturbed by children, pets, or outside noises. Then, close your eyes and let Healing Arts Practitioner Corliss Chan guide you through a peaceful imaginary landscape and watch your troubles float away like little white clouds. This guided meditation is eight minutes well-spent. You’ll come out of it feeling relaxed and refreshed.

These are challenging times and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Rather than give in to worry and negative thinking, take a few minutes to clear and refresh your mind with this guided meditation led by Kia De Lao from MarinHealth Integrative Wellness Center.

If you’ve never smoked in your life, lung cancer may be the least of your health concerns. Unfortunately, lung cancer does occasionally develop in non-smokers and doctors are studying a variety of potential causes. 

In this podcast, Dr. Alex Metzger, a Hematologist and Oncologist at Marin Cancer Care, discusses the incidence of lung cancer in never-smokers. Learn about symptoms, risk factors, and potential treatment options.

Cardiometabolic diseases and their complications account for about 50% ofdeaths in US women. The term cardiometabolic disease refers to adangerous combination of conditions: cardiovascular diseases anddiabetes and/or metabolic syndrome. It is critical that we raise awarenessof this dangerous disease combination in order to motivate women to makehealthy lifestyle changes.In this podcast, Dr. Linda Gaudiani, medical director at MarinHealth BradenDiabetes Center, and Dr. Anita Szady, a cardiologist at MarinHealthCardiovascular Medicine, discuss the dangers of and risk factors forcardiometabolic disease. Listen and learn about upcoming newmedications and changes you can make right now to reduce your risk ofcardiometabolic diseases.

You could have kidney stones and not know it. That is, until one of those nasty little crystals forming on the surface of your kidneys break off and tries to pass through your urinary tract. The pain can be absolutely excruciating.

In this podcast, MarinHealth urologist Dr. Patrick Bennett explains what kidney stones are made of and how they form in your body. Learn about the risk factors and treatment options for this common, unpleasant, but ultimately curable condition.

When should you wear a facemask if you want to reduce your chances ofspreading or getting COVID-19? When is it safe to be maskless? Docertain health conditions preclude you from wearing a mask? What aboutchildren, toddlers, or babies? And what are the best types of masks?Sherah Bateman, Lead Prevention Infection Specialist at MarinHealth,answers all your questions about facemasks in this timely and informativepodcast.

Karin Reese discusses self care for healthcare workers.

Whether you’re expecting your first child or your fourth, every pregnancy isdifferent. But having a baby in a pandemic is as different as it gets. It’s onlynatural for moms-to-be to worry about their health, their delivery, and theirbaby’s safety.This enlightening interview with MarinHealth OBGYN Dr. Lizellen LaFollette is full of useful information and advice to help pregnant women feelmore confident and secure during the pandemic. Catch up on the latestresearch on pregnancy and COVID-19. Learn how MarinHealth Medical isensuring the safety of laboring moms and newborns. And get tips on liningup the support you will need when you bring your newborn home.

As the Coronavirus Pandemic sweeps across the nation, we keep hearing
about pre-existing conditions that increase our risk of complications from
COVID-19 and other illnesses. One of the most critical aspects of total
wellness is cardiovascular health. So how can you reduce your risk of
developing preexisting conditions like hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or
atherosclerosis–conditions that can lead to heart attack and stroke and
make you more vulnerable to disease?

In this podcast, MarinHealth cardiologist Dr. Brian Keefe gives us a crash
course in cardiovascular wellness. Get the big picture on the most common
heart conditions, testing, risk factors, and most importantly, what you can
do to maintain your heart health.

Kia De Lao leads a guided meditation.