The Word on Medicine

We have a wonderful program in store for you as The Word on Medicine brings you into the world of Heart Transplantation. It is hard to believe that this program is the 193rd unique show produced by The Word on Medicine since we began in October of 2017.   This Saturday, we welcome Drs. Buck Durham, Takushi Kohmoto, Jorge Mascaro, along with Annie Klamrowski, a nurse in the ICU, and of course, the perspective of one of our patients who is doing very well after a successful heart transplant. It is truly amazing to discover the many ways that broken hearts can be repaired and supported, and when all else fails, a new one can sometimes be the answer!

This Saturday, The Word on Medicine highlights Audaxity. Audaxity is the name of a new bike ride event coming to American Family Field this summer on Sunday August 17, to unite around one clear mission: ending cancer. In this weekend's program, we will be joined by the leaders behind Audaxity as well as cancer researchers. They will share why this ride matters, how it is fueling the next wave of cancer breakthroughs, and most important, how you can be part of it. You will enjoy listening to Drs. Gustavo Leone, Heather Himburg and Joseph Zenga as well as Nelson Williams and Lauren (LB) Bennett.

This Saturday's program will feature the inspirational appearances of Bob Uecker on The Word on Medicine. It will be the “Best of Bob Uecker” – paying tribute to the Milwaukee legend and thanking him for his loyal support of the Medical College of Wisconsin and medical research in our great city. Bob has been a frequent guest of The Word on Medicine since we began in 2017 and has recounted numerous stories of his own health challenges, providing hope and inspiration for countless members of our community and throughout the world. We hope you can tune in at 4PM for the “Best of Bob Uecker” – a time for us to reflect on his kindness, support, and friendship which he generously gave to so many. As we begin the first Brewer season without him at the microphone since 1971, you will especially enjoy this program.

We have a very important program in store for you this Saturday as The Word on Medicine brings you an information-packed program on the recent explosion of weight loss medications - the so called GLP-1 receptor agonists. Our panel of experts includes Drs. Lisa Morselli, Tammy Kindel, Kate Glasenapp, and Aimee Welsh and in the last segment, one of Dr. Kindel's patients will join for the all-important patient perspective. There is so much information (and misinformation) on this class of medications - - you will not want to miss this program.

We have a wonderful program in store for you this Saturday as The Word on Medicine brings you a look into something you may not have heard of – a condition called Vestibular Schwannoma - - not to worry, you will be close to an expert at the end of the hour. We welcome Dr. Michael Harris, Katie Damon (PA) and two of their patients. One of the many things that makes MCW so special is the breadth and depth of our expertise – common and rare, we are here to fix the scope of medical conditions which can affect the human body. An insightful program indeed – please join!

We have a fascinating program in store for you today as The Word on Medicine examines How to Bounce Back from Challenging Experiences in Cancer Care. With the help of Drs. Ally Istl and Karen Kersting from our division of surgical oncology, we explore this sensitive and complex topic. As we often do, the final segment of the program is devoted to a patient experience. Sometimes issues which are hard to discuss may also be among the most important to talk about - such is the case this Saturday. If you are ready for some deep thinking, please join us - this program also represents our 190th unique, hour-long program produced by The Word on Medicine since we began in the fall of 2017!

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday, our program is on Chronic Back Pain and Spinal Cord Stimulation: medical experts and a patient discuss the challenges of chronic pain, primarily back and leg pain. They discuss the various treatment options, with a focus on spinal cord stimulation. Please join Drs. Peter Pahapill, Sarah Endrizzi and their patient for this important show!

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Today's show is all about Baby's First Year: medical experts discuss their perspectives on the common struggles and challenges that parents face during their baby's first year of life. Topics include breastfeeding, complementary feeding, baby-led weaning, sleep training, developmental milestones, baby-proofing the house, car seat safety, vaccinations and overall health. Please join Drs. Alisa Carlson, Michael Gutzeit, Julie Ann Lavoie, and Ben Landgraf for this important program!

What a show we have for you this Saturday as The Word on Medicine brings you right into the heart of health care as we explore What Makes A Hospital Work. We have a true all-star cast including: John Ernst, Sr. Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Froedtert Hospital; Anne Bobb, VP for Quality and Patient Safety; Dena McDowell, Director of Food and Nutrition Services; Myron Q. Love, Director of Safety and Security; Terrance Cooper, Supervisor in Sterile Processing; Mathew Gnirk, Director of Environmental & Linen Services; Stephan LeRose, Director of Operations, and Enterprise Facility Services; Reuben Salinas, Transport Lead Scheduling Coordinator; and Phillip Olley, Manager of Pharmacy Operations. If you want to learn what makes the best hospital in the world run, tune in this Saturday. We had great fun making this show and you will have a blast listening along with us!

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday, The Word on Medicine brings you our 2024 update on Medicare. Lisa Kogan, Dr. Amy Miller, Jennifer McLarty, and Patrick Cobbs provide information important to everyone. Such a complex topic and our panel of experts break it down in a uniquely understandable way – you do not want to miss this program!

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday, the LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program is proud to bring you our annual update on pancreatic cancer – the second leading cause of cancer death in Wisconsin. Importantly, the faculty and staff of the LaBahn PC Program are making incredible progress – and you will hear from physicians and scientists, and even more importantly, from our patients. We think about the research and treatment of pancreatic cancer 24-7/365 and are making Milwaukee medicine the best medicine in the world. Please join us for this inspiring program.

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Today's show provides Perspectives From All Aspects of Learners in Medical Education, including medical students, residents, and fellows. Please join Kenrick Manswell, Lauren Hilt, Drs. Aniya Maheen, Sabrina Karwowski, Kshiti Gaur, Tapas Parikh, Rachel Silverman, Max Magallanes and Samih Thalji as they discuss the preparation needed for each phase of their medical education, daily experiences with patients, and next steps in training.

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday, we are close to seven years on the air with The Word on Medicine. This week's program is our third look into the world of Clinical Trials.  Advances in medicine, especially cancer care, would not be possible without clinical trials and all of the complex infrastructure needed to make them possible. Dr. Ben George, Director of the Clinical Trials Office at MCW will be joined by Nicholas Pucek, Holly Lemke (RN), Tony Stillwell, Nicole Moore, Grace Westerman and a couple of very generous patients who share their stories of being enrolled and treated on cutting edge clinical trials. The Word on Medicine answers your questions on clinical trials – please join us for another important journey.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On today's program The Word on Medicine focuses on Breast Cancer: Genetics: medical experts and a patient discuss the impact of genetics on breast cancer, including the significance of genetic testing, hereditary cancer risk clinic and surgery. Please join our panel of experts Drs. Ann Maguire, Jasmine Walker, Kerri Becktell, and Morgan Armstrong and Samantha Stachowiak, certified genetic counselors. We hope you listen in to this very important and timely program!

What an eye-opening, information-packed program we have for you this Saturday! Representing Walgreens pharmacies, we have Drew Walgreen – he will be joined by Dr. George MacKinnon, Dean of the MCW School of Pharmacy and Rocky LaDien, Area Healthcare Supervisor at Walgreens, here in Milwaukee. We cover the entire waterfront of pharmacy care with special insight into the amazing history of Walgreens. Such a unique program that also provides a glimpse into what the future holds for you when you need prescriptions filled and exactly how you will obtain the medications – a program you do not want to miss!

This Saturday's program continues our series on “Inspirational Patients” - kidney transplantation, liver transplantation and heart disease bring the challenge of health care crises front and center. Our patients brought strength, courage, and a unique level of personal commitment to their individual fight for life. What we often take for granted, such as a beautiful sunrise and a peaceful sunset, can be upended very quickly when our health and life are threatened. Please join Dr. Douglas Evans and Dr. Kondragunta Prasad for this episode of The Word on Medicine this Saturday!

This Saturday's program tells the story of our battle with Pancreatic Cancer and the amazing progress we have made at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program. Join our expert panel: Drs. Ben George, Beth Erickson, Mandana Kamgar and William Hall. There is perhaps no other disease where progress has been so impactful for patients and their families. Please join us for an inspiring hour of The Word on Medicine.

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday, we discuss Aneurysms: medical experts and a patient discuss aneurysms, when arteries in the body become weakened, and then bulge and enlarge. Specifically they focus on aneurysms of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, including risk factors, screening and treatments. Join our panel of experts Drs. Peter Rossi, Mitchell Dyer, Parag Patel, and Laura Needler (APNP), along with a patient and his wife as they discuss their experience when he suffered from rupture of an aortic aneurysm.

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday, we discuss the importance of creating gender equity in vehicle safety development through Crash Equity Research. Please join Susan Cronn, DNP, a nurse practitioner who has been extensively researching the field, as well as Maria Weston Kuhn, survivor of a head-on crash and advocate of crash equity as founder of "Drive US Forward." Learn more about the knowledge that is being gained from the research of crash safety and the importance of advocacy through non-profit organizations such as “Drive US Forward."

We have a great show for you on Saturday, which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday, we discuss Dizziness and Vertigo: medical experts Dr. Karl Doerfer and Alexia Miles (MPT) and a patient discuss common causes of dizziness and vertigo, as well as treatments. We also go more in-depth into Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (also known as BPPV), and the impact of vestibular rehabilitation therapy in the treatment of this disease.

We have an amazing program in store for you this Saturday as The Word on Medicine explores the world of CAR-T Cell Therapy. Investigators at the MCW Cancer Center have now treated their 100th patient using a process that they developed which extracts healthy T-cells from the patient's body to manufacture a personalized, and potentially lifesaving, treatment for their unique form of blood cancer. With much success, the team has been led by Dr. Nirav Shah. Dr Shah is an expert in CAR-T cell therapy, and is joined by Katie Zellner (PA), who has been with MCW and Froedtert Health since 2009 in the field of Bone Marrow Transplant. Patients Joel and Keen add the patient perspective, which is why The Word on Medicine is so unique in bringing our listeners what is really important in medical breakthroughs and scientific discovery. Make sure to listen to this inspiring program!

We explore the world of Inflammatory Bowel Disease with a special look at Crohn's Disease. Our expert panel includes Drs. Daniel Stein (gastroenterology) and Jed Calata (colorectal surgery), who will be joined by one of our talented medical residents, Dr. Saffia Bajwa, along with Sam Serdar, a nurse in the IBD clinic. As always, we bring you the perspective of one of our patients: Ariel has been managing Crohn's Disease for a number of years. For Ariel, the advances in biologic therapies and other new treatments has made a real difference in her life. She brings a unique view of how the science of medicine changed her life - another don't miss program!

We have an important program for you this Saturday as The Word on Medicine discusses Knowing When to Take Your Child to the ER. Medical experts Dr. Ryan Scheper, Dr. Swathi Prasad, and Dr. Kenneth Strzelecki discuss how parents should manage acute medical issues that come up with their children, whether that be contacting their pediatrician, going to Urgent Care, or the Emergency Room.

Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 and National Nurses Week coincides with her birthday. She was called The Lady with the Lamp because she often rounded at night, and her dedication to patient care has continued for over 200 years.This Saturday, in honor of National Nurses Week, The Word on Medicine will air our program “All About Nurses." We are filling the radio station's recording studio with APNPs, RNs and OR nurses: Ashley Jurceka-Kolansinski (RN, 12 CFAC), Bethany Haefke (RN, BSN, PACU), Cara Kinderman (RN, BSN, level 4 PACU), Gabriella Pyptiuk (MSN, APNP), Gina Nickel (RN, MEDSURG-BC 12 CFAC), Hannah White (RN, 12 CFAC), Jessica Lunn (RN, Charge Nurse 12 CFAC), Justin Dworak (CRNA, APNP), Lisa Johnson (CRNA, APNP), Mary Elizabeth Holden (PA), Matthew Reuter (DNP, APNP), and Tiffany Early (RN, 12 CFAC). We discuss the powerful impact of nurses on all of us. You won't want to miss this program, especially if you are thinking of nursing as a career; if you have a nurse in the family; or if you just want some good entertainment. This program is a tribute to the nurses who make health care possible!

We have an important program for you this Saturday as The Word on Medicine discusses Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Medical experts and patients discuss the symptoms and management of pelvic organ prolapse, a condition that significantly impacts a woman's quality of life, and has several medical and surgical treatment options. Please join our panels of experts Dr. Emily Davison, Geralyn Schuster (RN, WISH nurse) and two grateful patients who are willing to share their stories.

We have an amazing program for you this Saturday as The Word on Medicine explores Hearing Loss in Children. Our experts include Dr. Karl Doerfer, assistant professor of otolaryngology at MCW and Dr. Sarah Klajbor, a pediatric cochlear implant audiologist - they are true experts in cochlear implants, an operation which will be explained in detail along with the many causes for childhood hearing loss. Most important, The Word on Medicine will bring you the perspective of the patient: Drs. Doerfer and Klajbor will be joined by 17-year-old Helena, who received a cochlear implant many years ago at Children's Wisconsin, and her mom, Anna. Helena's story of life with a cochlear implant, now 14-15 years after the operation, is a story you do not want to miss!

We have a wonderful program in store for you this Saturday as The Word on Medicine explores the Life of a Pharmacist: how they are trained and more on what they do. I know you will be amazed at the scope and importance of their influence on your health. This is our second program on pharmacists - the previous one can be found on our website at mcw.edu/surgery. We are joined this Saturday by Dr. George MacKinnon, founding dean and professor of the MCW School of Pharmacy; Bridget Nelson, a soon-to-be pharmacist who is in her last year at the MCW School of Pharmacy; Dr. Ulrich Broeckel, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the School of Pharmacy; Dr. Carolyn Oxencis, a clinical pharmacist in Hematology/Oncology and an assistant professor in the MCW School of Pharmacy; and Dr. Matthew Stanton, an assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy and the Department of Emergency Medicine. The Word on Medicine comes to you every Saturday at 4PM on WISN 1130AM – please join us!

We have a great show for you this Saturday which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Today's program focuses on Asthma: an incredibly common chronic respiratory condition that affects over 25 million adults and children across the United States. Please join Dr. Asriana Chiu, Dr. Matthew Tallar, Sara Lowe (APNP) and a patient as they discuss the signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of asthma.

We have an eye-opening program for you today as The Word on Medicine explores a topic of great interest to us all: Hospital Quality and Safety - opening the book on this topic, which is so important. We are joined by a true team of experts to include Anne Bobb, Paula Schmidt, and Drs. Michael Stadler, Mark Lodes, Siddhartha Singh, and Ian Schwartz. Terms such as safety, quality and value are explained as they relate to making your health care, the best health care in the world. This amazing team of experts will explain why Milwaukee medicine has become the best medicine in the world – a not-to-miss show!

We have a wonderful program in store for you this Saturday as The Word on Medicine explores your voice, vocal cords, all aspects of the voice box as well as adult tonsils, cancer in this area and much more! Listen in for a really interesting program with Drs. Michael Stadler and Jonathan Bock who will joined by one of their patients. Understanding this complex part of human anatomy is combined with a unique patient story which reminds us all of the tremendous value of expert medical care. You will love this show!

The Word on Medicine explores Vaccines – a topic which engenders tremendous hope and excitement, a touch of controversy with perhaps a healthy dose of misinformation. Not to worry – as usual, The Word on Medicine has the true story provided by a team of experts: Drs. Elyse Weitzman, Anna Corey, Anna Huppler, Alisa Carlson, and Michelle Mitchell. For those of you who are struggling to understand this topic and especially for those of you have an underlying bias here - please listen! It is All About Vaccines this Saturday at 4pm (and there is no competing football game).

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month: this Saturday, "The Word on Medicine” will replay our program on Cervical Cancer: medical experts and patients discuss the symptoms and treatment of cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer; the role of human papillomarivus (HPV); and current strategies in treatment for cervical cancer as well as new therapies on the horizon. Our panel of experts includes Drs. Denise Uyar, William Bradley, Elizabeth Hopp, and Beth Erickson - they are joined by two patients that share their amazing stories. You will want to listen in for this important program!

We have a great show for you this Saturday which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This week's program discusses Congenital Heart Disease. Congenital heart surgeons, Dr. Michael Mitchell and Dr. Tracy Geoffrion, along with a patient and her mother, discuss an overview of congenital heart disease, reasons for surgery, and Tetralogy of Fallot. Tetralogy of Fallot is a group of four congenital heart defects that babies can be born with that make it difficult for them to get oxygen, and requires surgery to repair. Listen to this inspiring story of a thriving 8-year-old girl born with Tetralogy of Fallot and the amazing lifesaving work being done at Children's Wisconsin.

We have a wonderful program in store for you today as The Word on Medicine gives all of us a current update on Vaccines: Medical experts discuss updates on vaccines for influenza, COVID, RSV and pneumococcal, including safety and up-to-date recommendations. Join our panel of experts: Drs. Alisa Carlson, Jeremy Steinbruck, Michelle Mitchell, Audrey Kostrzewa, and Anna Huppler - this show is a must-listen, focusing on an incredibly important topic that affects all of us.

We have a wonderful program in store for you today as The Word on Medicine explores a very common problem: Thyroid Nodules, to include benign lumps in the thyroid as well as thyroid cancer in both adults and children. Our all-star panel includes Drs. Kathleen Bhatt, Ty Carroll, Pallavi Iyer, and Sophie Dream, along with two of their patients. A big thank you to Dr. Tracy Wang for putting this fact-filled program together. Unique to The Word on Medicine is the patient perspective: the story of all diseases from the perspective of the patient and their family. Please be sure to listen to the final segment of today's program - we are so grateful for our courageous patients who are willing to share their stories with all of us.

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday, our program focuses on the Convergent Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation. Please join our panel of experts, Dr. Stefano Schena, Claire Dohmen (ANP), Tricia Wilcox (ANP) and a patient to discuss the innovations to this hybrid approach for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, which has been demonstrated to have an incredible success rate in the resolution of atrial fibrillation.

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday's program tells the story of our battle with Pancreatic Cancer and the amazing progress we have made at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program. Join our expert panel: Drs. Ben George, Beth Erickson, Mandana Kamgar and William Hall. There is perhaps no other disease where progress has been so impactful for patients and their families. Please join us for an inspiring hour of The Word on Medicine.

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday's program tells the story of Seasonal Allergies, Allergic Rhinitis and Food Allergies: why are allergies now more common in this country, how are they diagnosed, and what are the treatment options. Our expert guests include Drs. Asriani Chiu and Matthew Tallar, along with Lynn Walczak (RN) – they will provide the answers. Do you need to avoid peanuts on the plane when the flight attendant asks you to? Listen to this program to find out the truth behind allergies and what is currently being done to improve your quality of life and leave the tissue box at home.

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Infertility (lack of pregnancy despite 12 months without birth control) is more common than you think, and the cause is equally split between male and female partners in the relationship. This week's program reviews the causes of infertility, how it is evaluated in both men and women, and what can be done to help. Our all-star panel of experts includes Drs. Jayme Bosler, Shunping Wang and Peter Dietrich, along with Sonia Aviles and Jody Schwoerer, both andrologists from the Reproductive Medicine Center Laboratory. Anyone who thinks that infertility may be an issue should not miss this fact-filled program.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women today. Join us this week on The Word on Medicine as we discuss The Psychological, Sexual and Physical Aspects of Breast Cancer. Please join our panel of experts, Drs. Karen Kersting and Jutta Deininger, Gina Zader (OTR), Meg Walker (PT) and Marloe Esch (RN) for this very personal and informative program.

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Today's show is on Liver and Kidney Transplant Surgery: Medical experts and patients discuss end stage liver and kidney disease that require organ transplant and the importance of organ donation, including living donation. Please join our panel of medical experts: Drs. Kondragunta Rajendra Prasad and Emily Joachim, Jamie Wilke (RN), Sara Gaulke (RN, Operations Manager), along with two of their patients for this inspiring program!

We have a special edition of The Word on Medicine for you this Saturday. Our program discusses Keeping Your Doctors Healthy: a topic that often does not get the attention it needs. As you all know, doctors make the worst patients! In order to keep all of you healthy, we need a well-run health system and healthy doctors and nurses. Unfortunately, doctors may occasionally not take good care of themselves, something we will dive into in today's program with our special guest Dr. Carrie Cunningham, Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and Section Head of Endocrine Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Cunningham will be joined by our current administrative Chief Residents, Drs. Colleen Flanagan and Sam Thalji, our Residency Program Director, Dr. Rana Higgins, Dr. Dan Holena Professor of Surgery, and Dr. Alicia Pilarski, Chief Well-Being Officer at Froedtert and MCW. Please join us for this unique program as The Word on Medicine explores rarely discussed topics in health care once again.

We have a great show for you this week which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday, physicians and a patient discuss Deep Brain Stimulation: a device implanted in the brain that helps to control the symptoms of neurologic movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease, essential tremor and dystonia. Please join this in-depth program with experts Dr. Ryan Brennan and Dr. Peter Pahapill, along with one of their patients, for this most interesting program!

The Word on Medicine has a wonderful program this week – and it is all about Kidney Transplantation. Our all-star cast includes Dr. Matthew Cooper, Chief of Transplantation; Alyssa Rutledge, Registered Nurse and Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Coordinator; Dr. Rima Patel, Medical Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation in the Division of Nephrology; and Ami Blatter, a Registered Nurse and Living Kidney Donor Transplant Coordinator. Most importantly, we have two amazing patients - Mark & Stacy (recipient and donor of a kidney transplant – and husband and wife). You do not want to miss their heartwarming story in our fact-filled program!

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Today we will discuss The Importance of Pharmacists in Critical Care Areas of the Hospital: how to become a pharmacist, why the specialty is so important, and so much more. We welcome Dr. George MacKinnon, Founding Dean of the School of Pharmacy at MCW, along with Morgan Carroll, a third-year pharmacy student, and three of the best specialty pharmacists in the world: Dr. David Herrmann, Dr. Bill Peppard, and Dr. Carrie Oxencis. Please join us for this important program!

We have a really fun show for you this week with a few extra special guests! Our program today is on Medical Research and The Importance of Supporting Advances in Medical Care: as we have said before, not all of us are patients today, but we all will be a patient of tomorrow. We want to ensure that we are treating the patients of tomorrow even better than we are treating the patients of today. Please join our amazing line-up for this week's program: Commissioner Emeritus Bud Selig; Mr. Baseball Bob Uecker; Roger Magowitz of the Seena Magowitz Foundation; Jason Kraiss, Interim Vice President and Chief Development Officer of the Office of Institutional Advancement at MCW; and Dr. Bill Hall, Professor in the Departments of Radiation Oncology and Surgery.

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Today's program is on GERD: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, also known as acid reflux, is an incredibly common condition that affects 1 in 5 people across the United States. Our medical experts, Drs. Jon Gould, Andrew Kastenmeier and Patrick Sanvanson are joined by a patient to discuss the signs and symptoms, diagnosis, medical and surgical therapies of GERD.

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This Saturday, we will discuss pregnancy as The Roadtrip to Childbirth. So much important information on this show, with obstetrician and Assistant Professor Dr. Kate Dielenthies, who will be joined by Sarah Mess, a lactation specialist and nurse midwife, Rachel Bona and Shelly Hansen, OB/Gyn nurse coordinators, and DeAnna Tharpe, CEO of Wisconsin Doulas of Color Collective Inc. All aspects of pre- and post-natal care will be covered by our panel of experts, you won't want to miss this show!

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. This program is on Hernias: medical experts and a patient discuss the diagnosis and treament of various types of hernias, including the groin, belly button, and incisions from prior surgeries. Dr. Mathew Goldblatt, Dr. John LoGiudice, and Michelle Weber (APNP) provide all of the expert advice and information you need. Please join us for this important program!

We have a great show for you today which will provide all of the answers you have come to expect from The Word on Medicine. Our show highlights Women's Cardiovascular Health. It is not just inactive people who watch too much TV from the comfort of their couch who have heart attacks - and we will tell you why. Drs. Aimee Welsh, Stacey Gardiner, Jenn McIntosh, Sarah Thordsen and David Lewandowski provide all of the expert advice and information you need. Is an once of prevention worth a pound of cure? You will have to listen to find out!

On this week's Word on Medicine, we have a very important show for you on Urinary Incontinence in Women: medical experts and patients discuss the diagnosis and treatment of urinary incontinence in women, including both stress and urge incontinence, which affects one in three women. Panelists for this show include Dr. Emily Davidson, Rachel Borchard (RN), Carissa Aboubakare (NP) and two grateful patients willing to share their stories.