Live Healthy WV

Ep. 50 - Vestibular Therapy: Getting Back on Your Feet & Keeping You There

If you frequently feel dizzy or like the room is spinning, you may have a balance disorder. More than 90 million Americans will experience a balance issue at some point, and balance-related falls account for over half of all accidental deaths in the elderly. But fixing this problem may be easier than you think.  We talk with WVU Medicine Physical Therapist Miranda Hose about vestibular therapy – physical therapy for your inner ear that can get you back on your feet and keep you there.

Ep. 49 - Crohn’s & Colitis: Let’s Go There

Nearly two and a half million Americans suffer with an Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD, like Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis. Both conditions cause chronic inflammation of the digestive tract, but they can affect different parts of it.  We go there and talk about everything you need to know about Crohn’s and Colitis, with Dr. Jennifer Hadam-Veverka, director of the WVU Medicine Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center.

Ep. 48 - Understanding COPD: More Than a Cough

West Virginia has one of the highest rates of COPD with more than 186,000 West Virginians, or 13 percent of the state’s adults, affected by this lung disease. COPD is more than just a cough. We talk about prevention and promising treatments helping patients manage symptoms with Rachel Leonard, MD, WVU Medicine pulmonologist.

Ep. 47 - Advances in Lung Cancer: A Breath of Fresh Air

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., and West Virginia has the second highest rate of new lung cancer cases in the country. But survival rates are on the rise thanks to new treatments and lung cancer screenings. November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and we talk about prevention, treatment, and screening with Kyle Chapman, MD, pulmonologist at the WVU Cancer Institute.

Ep. 46 - Peak Advantage Medicare: Bigger and Better Than Before

The Medicare open enrollment period is already underway, so we talk about the fastest growing Medicare Advantage plan in West Virginia – Peak Advantage. Peak Health Medicare Director Missy Bazzo explains all the new benefits, including a wellness program, and expansion into more West Virginia counties and into Pennsylvania.