Cancer care is about more than just treating the disease - it's about supporting the person, families and loved ones behind the diagnosis. In this episode of the Healthy Podcast, we explore the powerful collaboration between oncologists, the doctors who treat cancer, and social workers, and how together, they're reimagining the way we care for patients with cancer.

Thank you to Dr. Anubha Bharthuar, Medical Oncologist at MelroseWakefield Hospital, Tufts Medical Center and the Tufts Medicine Cancer Center in Stoneham, and Sue Appleyard, MSW, LICSW, OSW-C, , Certified Oncology Social Worker at the Melrose Wakefield Breast Center.

Laurence Conway, MD, Chief of Cardiology, and Danielle Patturelli, Director of Cardiac Services at MelroseWakefield Hospital, return to the Healthy Podcast to discuss the life-saving care provided in the hospital's cardiac catheterization lab every day.

Whether treating ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a serious type of heart attack with a high risk of serious complications and death, implanting a pacemaker, or performing an electrophysiology procedure to get a patient's heartbeat back in rhythm, the team at MelroseWakefield Hospital continues to be a consistently excellent health resource for the community.

MelroseWakefield Hospital neurosurgeons Mina Safain, MD and Jayde Nail, MD, join the Healthy Podcast to discuss the benefits of providing neurosurgery in the community setting.

Drs. Safain and Nail, who are also neurosurgeons at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, see patients with brain, spine and back pain issues and each specialize in using minimally invasive techniques which require smaller incisions, less recovery time and fewer pain medications.  

Brent Forester, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chairman of Psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center, Director of Behavioral Health at Tufts Medicine, and the Francis S. Arkin Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine and James Lech, MD, Chair of Psychiatry and Medical Director of Psychiatry at MelroseWakefield Hospital, joined the Healthy Podcast to discuss dementia...causes, signs and symptoms, and information for friends, families and caregivers.

Dementia is known a family disease because of the ways it affects not only the person, but also friends and family who are caregivers. 

In this episode of the Healthy Podcast, Dr. Laurence Conway, Chief of Cardiology and Danielle Patturelli, RN, Clinical Nurse Manager of the Cardiovascular Center discuss the history and future of providing advanced cardiac care in the community at MelroseWakefield Hospital.

MelroseWakefield Hospital's Cardiovascular Center is a community resource, bringing advanced cardiac treatments and procedures to local residents. Hear from the local experts as they discuss the importance of local cardiovascular care and the benefits of operating one of the region’s only community-based cardiac catheterization labs to treat heart attacks, vascular disease and electrophysiology issues including arrhythmias. 

In a return visit to the Healthy Podcast, Drs. Abhishek (Sunny) Chatterjee and Salvatore (Sam) Nardello discuss the incredible advances in oncoplastic breast surgery over the past few years. 

The oncoplastic breast surgery team at Tufts Medicine are leaders in the Northeast and one of only a handful of health systems across the U.S. offering this innovative approach of marrying the removal of cancer and breast reconstruction in just one surgery. 

Drs. Chatterjee and Nardello discuss topics such as outcome measures, patient satisfaction, choice and access, and the financial toxicity that sometimes comes when breast surgery involves two separate surgeries in more traditional models.

Every 40 seconds someone in the US has a stroke, and every three and one half minutes someone dies of a stroke. Drs. Erin Fisher, Chief of Emergency Medicine, and Lisa Scott, neurologist, join the Healthy Podcast to talk abut strokes - what are they? why do they happen? who is most susceptible to have one? and what should we all know about identifying, preventing and treating strokes?

Take a listen as our local experts take a deep dive on stroke.

In this episode of the Healthy Podcast, Drs. Laurence Conway and Gerard Daly discuss the history and future of providing advanced cardiac care in the community.

MelroseWakefield Hospital's Cardiovascular Center is a community resource, bringing advanced cardiac treatments and procedures to local residents. Hear from the local experts discuss the importance of local cardiovascular care and the benefits of operating one of the region’s only community-based cardiac catheterization labs to treat heart attacks, vascular disease and electrophysiology issues including arrhythmias. 

Each year in the U.S. 1.5 - 3.5 million people are diagnosed with concussions. that number could actually be much higher as many concussions go undiagnosed.  Jennifer Sturtevant, ambulatory services supervisor and athletic training coordinator at MelroseWakefield Hospital and Tracy Rochester, senior physical therapist specializing in vestibular rehab at MelroseWakefield Hospital join the Heathy Podcast to discuss the causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention of concussions.

The old saying suggests that "we are what we eat," but what does that really mean in this age filled with fast, processed, and not-so-healthy meal and snack options. On this episode of the Healthy Podcast, colorectal surgeon Louis Reines, MD, and registered dietitian Victoria Parson, RD, share their expertise and wisdom about how our diet can affect our overall health.