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Audio News Releases University of Missouri Health Care and the MU School of Medicine provide WAV and MP3 files featuring experts discussing healthcare-related programs, research and issues.
2008 September 7 Detecting gynecologic cancer [00:18] [WAV] [MP3] Mark Hunter, M.D., gynecologic oncologist at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center: “There is really no reason why a woman has to show up at the clinic with a stage 4 cervical cancer or a stage 4 uterine cancer. These are things that can be detected through proper visits to their OB/GYN or their primary physician.” Regular doctor visits [00:13] [WAV] [MP3] Mark Hunter, M.D., gynecologic oncologist at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center: “It is very important that women come to their doctor at least once a year, and if they do so, they are much more likely to detect a cancer, even potentially in a pre-cancerous state before it becomes cancer.” Surviving cancer [00:20] [WAV] [MP3] Mark Hunter, M.D., gynecologic oncologist at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center: “The technology and the research are really blazing forward. We have many patients now who have had recurrent cancer who have lived very long and healthy lives, even with recurrent cancer. That’s simply because the technology is improving and the drugs are improving significantly.” July 31 What is an aneurysm? [00:15] [WAV] [MP3] Rumi Faizer, M.D., assistant professor of vascular surgery at the MU School of Medicine: "An aneurysm is a swelling in the blood vessel, and once it grows to a certain size, it has an important risk of rupture, so much so that aneurysms are the 10th leading cause of death in men over age 65 in this country." Who is at risk? [00:09] [WAV] [MP3] Rumi Faizer, M.D., assistant professor of vascular surgery at the MU School of Medicine: "Any man over the age of 65, particularly if they have had a history of smoking. Even more so, if they have a family history of aneurysms." Aneurysm screening [00:16] [WAV] [MP3] Rumi Faizer, M.D., assistant professor of vascular surgery at the MU School of Medicine: "A screening is a simple ultrasound. It's a five-minute test. It's not invasive. It's not painful. All that we ask is when you come in for an ultrasound that morning that you not have had breakfast, because it makes it difficult to look for the aorta." Repairing an aneurysm [00:28] [WAV] [MP3] Rumi Faizer, M.D., assistant professor of vascular surgery at the MU School of Medicine: "Right now, once we find an aneurysm we can repair it, but we used to and we still do open aneurysm repairs. More and more we can treat these with what is called endovascular aneurysm repair. This is a procedure that is much less invasive, much quicker to recover from, and equally life saving, and we do this with the latest technology here at the university and have been doing this for awhile." July 30 What is radiosurgery? [00:16] [WAV] [MP3] Scott Litofsky, MD, neurological surgeon, University of Missouri Health Care: "Radiosurgery is a way of giving a very high dose of radiation to a very focused area of the brain or the spine, and now with this new machine to other sites of the disease. It allows us to treat tumors in a minimally invasive fashion." Patient benefits of the linear accelerator [00:09] [WAV] [MP3] Scott Litofsky, MD, neurological surgeon, University of Missouri Health Care: "Some patients will be able to have treatment without having open surgery. Some patients will have reduced risks of negative side effects. Patients will require less hospitalization." New radiation treatment for patients [00:09] [WAV] [MP3] Scott Litofsky, MD, neurological surgeon, University of Missouri Health Care: "We can deliver a higher dose in a single setting, because it is focused to the tumor minimizing the radiation to the rest of the brain." June 11 da Vinci® patient benefits [00:19] [WAV] [MP3] Scott Troxel MD, urologist and medical director of robotic surgery: "The da Vinci robot allows us to do a wide variety of surgical procedures through small incisions in the order of one centimeter, that then lead to much shorter hospital stay and shorter return to overall recovery, including return to work." Surgical precision of da Vinci [00:15] [WAV] [MP3] Scott Troxel MD, urologist and medical director of robotic surgery: "The da Vinci robot allows us to do a wide variety of surgical procedures through small incisions with improved surgical precision over standard open and laparoscopic techniques." Surgical applications for da Vinci [00:16] [WAV] [MP3] Scott Troxel MD, urologist and medical director of robotic surgery: "The da Vinci robot is quickly becoming the standard surgical approach for prostate surgery and has growing applications in hysterectomies, colorectal surgery, cardiothoracic surgery and pediatric surgery." June 5 What is the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute? [00:34] [WAV] [MP3] Jason Calhoun, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and J. Vernon Luck Sr. Distinguished Professor: "The Missouri Orthopaedic Institute is going to be a four floor facility—a small hospital where patients can come in and be seen in the outpatient setting in our clinics. And then be taken for X-rays and for MRIs or be seen by physical therapists and occupational therapists and the other physicians and caregivers that are related to their musculoskeletal problem. And so we take them through the clinic and through their treatment modality and even if they have surgery the patients will be admitted to the hospital overnight or for the next few days in that small orthopaedic hospital." What will this mean for the patient? [00:14] [WAV] [MP3] Jason Calhoun, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and J. Vernon Luck Sr. Distinguished Professor: "What it means to the patient is the patient will be able to come in with any type of musculoskeletal problem. We'll have walk-in fracture clinics. We'll have immediate access so patients will be able to come in the same day and they'll be able to be referred in the same day." Current clinics and how it will change [00:14] [WAV] [MP3] Jason Calhoun, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and J. Vernon Luck Sr. Distinguished Professor: "Right now we have actually clinics all over the city and so we bring all those clinics all together and put them all into one place. And we're able to do the entire diagnostic work-up. Get our X-rays. Get our MRI on that patient that day." Many patients travel from great distances so a comprehensive center will be more convenient for the patient and the physician [00:25] [WAV] [MP3] Jason Calhoun, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and J. Vernon Luck Sr. Distinguished Professor: "Many of our patients come from a great distance away—all across Missouri. And so for those patients it's a great difficulty for them to come in. And then for us to bring them back for another visit for an MRI. And then for another visit to see the anesthesiologist for their pre-op. And then another visit altogether for the surgery. So we hope that we're able to bring all that together in a very short fashion for that patient." June 4 Fertility clinic expansion [00:16] [WAV] [MP3] Danny Schust, MD, reproductive endocrinologist: "We will continue to give the care that we gave to fertility patients before, but we are expanding that into a larger, on-site inclusive in vitro fertilization program. We're also adding a program that allows us to do genetic diagnosis on embryos." Prevalence of infertility [00:16] [WAV] [MP3] Danny Schust, MD, reproductive endocrinologist: "It's a huge problem. We know by definition that about 15 percent of couples are affected with infertility, and it may be even higher than that because there still remains some stigma in society about reporting that to your physician, so it's probably 15-20 percent at least." Infertility treatment is affordable [00:15] [WAV] [MP3] Danny Schust, MD, reproductive endocrinologist: "Infertility treatment is not necessarily an expensive prospect. Many of our treatments are very affordable and not very invasive in either their pocketbook or their life." April 16 What is Safe Kids Day? [00:12] [WAV] [MP3] Lezlie Dahlke, RN, Safe Kids Columbia coordinator: "Our coalition, Safe Kids Columbia, gets together and creates a four-hour entertainment-education for everyone with kids." Prevention education is important. [00:27] [WAV] [MP3] Lezlie Dahlke, RN, Safe Kids Columbia coordinator: "Everything that we target are risk areas that are totally preventable. How do you learn how to prevent fires in your home? Kids need to learn that as well as parents, so we provide information at each booth for the parents to take with them, but we're trying to teach kids through the fun games. How do I check my fire alarm? How do I change the batteries? How often should my parents change the batteries?" Accidents can happen to you. [00:31] [WAV] [MP3] Lezlie Dahlke, RN, Safe Kids Columbia coordinator: "All of us have this idea of invincibility and it will never happen to me, but every day we hear about tragedies, and it does happen to you when you least expect it. If you focus on the preventability factor and every time you get in the car, you buckle up, you buckle up your kids and you do what you can to be safe, when that happens, it's there to protect you or protect your kids." Message for parents [00:09] [WAV] [MP3] Lezlie Dahlke, RN, Safe Kids Columbia coordinator: "We can't be there every time you get in the car. You're there. You're the one who needs to teach your child, 'put on your seatbelt, it's not an option.' Just be safe." March 19 Why wristbands are used [00:18] [WAV] [MP3] Judi Massey, RN, “The wristbands have been used in health care facilities for a long time to alert caregivers to certain conditions. We use them for fall-risk. We use them for allergies. We’ve used them for do-not attempt resuscitation in the past. What we found was different colors were used for different institutions.” Patient benefit of wristbands [00:16] [WAV] [MP3] Judi Massey, RN, “If a nurse or respiratory therapist or physician walks into a patient room, the colored bracelet on a patient’s wrist will tell them whether the patient has allergies, whether at risk for fall and if the patient has expressed a desire not to have extensive do not resuscitation measures taken on them.” Wristbands improve level of care [00:20] [WAV] [MP3] Judi Massey, RN, “The bracelets in themselves are reminders of the care that we need to provide to that patient. When we see an allergy band, the allergies will actually be written out on the bracelet so that in the process of giving medication, or in the case of a medical emergency, we will have quick access to the patient’s allergies so we can consider those in the treatment of the patient.” January 23 Obesity problem [00:17] [WAV] [MP3] Aneesh Tosh, MD, “Estimates depending on what part of the country you are from, up to 30 percent of children right now are overweight or obese and we don’t see that going down. Unfortunately, the problem for overweight and obesity among our youth is only going to get worse before it gets better.” Help losing weight [00:21] [WAV] [MP3] Aneesh Tosh, MD, "We are currently with an adolescent medicine physician and a dietician who meet with not only the patients, but their families to discuss weight gain, their family history of medical problems related to weight gain and most importantly ways to help them lose weight and live healthy lifestyles." Healthy diet[00:09] [WAV] [MP3] Aneesh Tosh, MD, “We really work heavily with the families…with our dietician to work on reducing portions, eating healthier and exercising as much as possible.” Importance of exercise[00:14] [WAV] [MP3] Aneesh Tosh, MD, “The current recommendation is exercise for children 30 to 60 minutes a day. We know that most children are not getting nearly enough, with physical education being reduced in schools. We really try to get a goal of 30 to 60 minutes a day.” If you need assistance downloading an audio file, please call Media Relations at (573) 882-5663 or (573) 884-1608. |
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