13 episodes

Experts from Rush University Medical Center help you navigate the latest health care news related to disease prevention, detection and treatment options. This series begins with a focus on cancer, but will expand to cover other specialties.

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Experts from Rush University Medical Center help you navigate the latest health care news related to disease prevention, detection and treatment options. This series begins with a focus on cancer, but will expand to cover other specialties.

    A parent's guide to COVID-19

    A parent's guide to COVID-19

    We chat with Latania Logan, MD, MSPH, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Rush and Louis Kraus, MD, Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Rush. The two discuss tips for parents regarding COVID-19 and your kids. How to help children stay safe and deal with the social and emotional challenges of these uncertain times.
     

    • 21 min
    Coronavirus update

    Coronavirus update

    An update with Michael Lin, MD, MPH, Rush Infectious Disease Specialist and hospital epidemiologist and Alexander Tomich, DNP, RN, Associate Vice President of Regulatory and Clinical Effectiveness at Rush. As this new coronavirus spreads, the two separate the misinformation from the facts.

    • 17 min
    Coronavirus: What you need to know

    Coronavirus: What you need to know

    Today we talk with Michael Lin, MD, MPH, Rush Infectious Disease Specialist and hospital epidemiologist and Alexander Tomich, DNP, RN, Associate Vice President of Regulatory and Clinical Effectiveness at Rush. The two discuss the recent coronavirus outbreak, what you need to know to stay safe, and how Rush is prepared to deal with such outbreaks.

    • 12 min
    A Time to Be Hopeful: How lung cancer screening and new treatments are improving lung cancer care

    A Time to Be Hopeful: How lung cancer screening and new treatments are improving lung cancer care

    Michael Liptay, MD, chair of thoracic surgery at Rush along with Linda Dowling, RN, the lung cancer screening program nurse coordinator, talk to medical oncologist Shikha Jain, MD, Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center. The three discuss how lung cancer screening can help catch lung cancer earlier, when it is most curable, and innovative treatments providing more hope for people diagnosed with lung cancer.

    • 23 min
    Breast Cancer Screening Saves Lives

    Breast Cancer Screening Saves Lives

    Lisa Stempel, MD, diagnostic radiologist and Acting Medical Director of breast imaging at Rush, talks to medical oncologist Shikha Jain, MD, Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center. The two discuss the importance of breast cancer screening, what it means to have dense breasts and how breast cancer screening saves lives.
     

    • 19 min
    Taking Action: Addressing Gender Inequities in Health Care

    Taking Action: Addressing Gender Inequities in Health Care

    Sheila Dugan, MD, Acting Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Co-Director of the Center for the Advancement of Women in Health Care at Rush talks with medical oncologist Shikha Jain, MD,  Physician Director of Media for the Rush University Cancer Center. The two discuss some of the challenges women in health care face and the work they’re doing to make gender equity a top priority in their field.

    • 22 min

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