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TT HealthWatch

Dr. Richard Lange and Elizabeth Tracey

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tay up-to-date with the latest research in medicine and science with TT HealthWatch. This 10-minute podcast is hosted by Richard Lange, M.D., M.B.A., president of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and dean of the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, and Elizabeth Tracey, M.S., Baltimore-based medical journalist. Each week, Richard and Elizabeth explore recent peer-reviewed studies and breaking medical news, offering a Texas Tech perspective on the latest developments in heal ...
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Designing Care On-Air

Elizabeth Johnson, PhD

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Designing Care On-Air invites listeners to deconstruct the healthcare environments that influence our quest for wellness. Architects, engineers, interior designers, and providers share their powerful insights and perspectives on how healthcare facilities and the systems they held within affect our daily lives. Deepen your curiosity about the framework of our systems of healthcare with host Elizabeth Johnson, an Assistant Professor at the Montana State University Mark & Robyn Jones College of ...
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Send us a text In part two of this special series, we take our listeners on the journey of childhood cancer, from diagnosis to survivorship. This is the story of Emmie Rangel, a four-year-old who was diagnosed with cancer. Because she and her family live in a rural area, they had to travel for hours in order to receive a diagnosis and then for trea…
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Two-step into the heart of Texas with Jessica Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Senior Executive Director of Clinical Facilities at University of Texas Health San Antonio, as she shares how her journey as a mother to a child with congenital heart disease shapes her bold vision for healthcare spaces. In this episode of Designing Care On-Air, Jessica opens up abo…
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Program notes: 0:45 Intimate partner violence and CVD 1:45 12% reported stalking 2:46 Screening in primary care 3:47 Fifty to 200% increased risk 4:00 Number of psychiatric disorders and dementia risk 5:00 Important to be aware when mental health disorders exist 6:03 Anxiety and depression associated 6:33 Lipoprotein(a) and widespread vascular dise…
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Send us a text September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer is one of the leading causes of disease-related deaths in children. Thanks to advances in treatment, early detection and specialized pediatric oncology, survival rates for many childhood cancers have improved. This is part one of a two-episode series on childhood cancer. Mohamad A…
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Program notes: 0:45 LSD and treatment of generalized anxiety disorders 1:45 Change in anxiety score to 12 weeks post administration 2:45 100 micrograms appear most efficacious 3:45 Require inpatient 12 hours 4:44 Cardiac rehab in older patients after MI 5:44 Frail individuals can improve outcome 6:45 Oftentimes think it won't make a difference 7:10…
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Send us a text By now, college students have had time to settle into their new routines. That's why now is the time for them to get to know their student health center. Our guest for this episode is Erika Radford, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians family medicine doctor and assistant medical director at Student Health Services. She talks to us about the …
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Program notes: 0:53 Who needs a beta blocker after MI 1:53 Those with mild reduction of ejection fraction 2:53 Confined to those with 40-50% ejection fraction 3:15 Revascularization in NSTEMI 4:20 Composite outcome 5:20 Closes gap, do FFR 6:20 May not be physiologically significant 6:40 Is lifelong anticoagulation needed after ablation 7:41 Occurre…
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Program notes: 0:44 Drug prices around the world 1:41 German prices as standard 2:40 Wide variation in price and affordability 3:40 Generic pricing 4:20 ADHD meds and behavior choices 5:20 Largely treated with methylphenidate 6:20 Significantly impacted suicidality and other behaviors 6:49 AI assistance and colonoscopy skills 7:49 When you stop AI …
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Christina Olivarria and Jhiah Chang unpack the high-pressure work of orchestrating over 100 projects in just 18 months on a busy academic medical center campus. They’ll reveal the pitfalls that nearly derailed progress, how staff-centric strategies turned resistance into collaboration, and the creative space modifications (yes, even furniture hacks…
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Program Notes: 0:44 Spuds are what we call potatoes 1:47 Followed for over 5million person years 2:45 No mechanism for why french fries are problematic 3:25 DASH4D diet for glycemic control 4:25 4 diets compared 5:25 Extends benefits outside hypertension 6:20 A new antibiotic for staph infections 7:20 IV therapy until cultures are negative 8:20 Cos…
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Program notes: 0:40 Alteplase after stroke 1:40 Expand time window 2:40 Imaging crucial in use 3:20 Use of health care and mortality in those with dementia 4:20 Women used much less healthcare 5:20 Focus on prevention in women 5:50 IVF outcomes and weight loss 6:50 Did not appear to increase success with IVF 7:45 Ultraprocessed foods versus minimal…
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Program notes: 0:40 Screening young adults for CRC 1:40 Four different screening options 2:41 Awareness issue 3:40 "Yuck" factor associated 4:34 Persistent Covid infections and variants 5:35 Who ends up with variants? 6:35 Did not render more infectious 7:35 Humans as mixing vessels 7:50 How do men and women respond to antithrombotics 8:50 15% redu…
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Program notes: 0:44 Flu consequences for young children 1:44 Fulminant course 2:44 16 kids of total unvaccinated 3:10 HPV, T-cell receptor signaling and SCC 4:10 Unresectable disease 5:10 Thought virus facilitated 6:10 Target in recurrent or metastatic disease 6:26 Nonpharmacologic intervention in older adults to improve cognition 7:26 More intensi…
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Send us a text A few weeks ago we covered pelvic floor dysfunction in men. So for this episode, we’re focusing on pelvic floor dysfunction in women. Our expert is physical therapist Ashlee Crawford, DPT, Texas Tech Physicians Physical Therapy Specialty Clinic in Amarillo. She answers our questions about causes, symptoms —treatments and how to go ab…
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Program notes: 0:40 Human Phenotype project 1:43 Metabolomics 2:42 25 year follow up 3:43 Two control groups 4:00 CBT via telehealth or online 5:00 2000 people with chronic pain 6:00 Completion rate for videos lower 6:50 RNA analysis in cancer molecular diagnostics 7:50 4.8% failure rate 8:50 CNS or blood cancers primarily 9:25 Middle age exposure …
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Send us a text Children need constant supervision, but what can parents or caregivers do when trouble finds the kiddos? Spencer Pruitt, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians pediatrician, answers our questions about potentially emergency situations such as animal bites or stings, drownings, handling a wild animal or being bitten by one. Dr. Pruitt also answe…
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Program notes: 0:44 Reanimating hearts for transplant 1:44 Allow heart to sit for two to four minutes 2:34 Outcomes in DCIS without surgery 3:34 Free of breast cancer six months after diagnosis 4:34 Numbers who went on to develop invasive disease low 5:34 May change how we approach DCIS 6:09 Suicidality around the world in older adults 7:09 Guns, p…
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Send us a text If you’re in a certain age range, your feeds or timelines might include ads about pelvic floor dysfunction. Some people might think it's a problem just for women, but our guests for this episode did a wonderful job of educating us about how pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) affects men. A previous guest who spoke to us about testosteron…
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Program notes: 0:40 AHA risk calculator in various ethnicities 1:40 Works well in all of them 2:40 Women and ethnicities 3:00 Hepatitis C screening in EDs 4:01 Many ethnicities represented 5:01 Identified as having the virus 6:01 Once they tested only 24% were referred 7:01 It was free testing 7:40 Failing US children 8:41 78% more likely to die in…
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Send us a text Clinical trials are the future of medicine, to borrow a phrase. Every medication on the market right now was at one point in time subject to a clinical trial. Our guest for this episode, Jennifer Kesey, Ph.D., associate managing director for the Clinical Research Institute at TTUHSC, explains to us what a clinical trial is, the diffe…
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Program notes: 0:40 A novel way to help aphasia after a stroke 1:40 C7 nerve ligation 2:42 Somatosensory function versus speech processing 3:36 Substandard anticancer medications 4:40 Tested many using HPLC 5:40 Alarming that one in six is impacted 6:40 Paying out of pocket 7:38 New type of medicine for treatment resistant hypertension 8:38 Need to…
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Program notes: 0:40 Stem cells for type 1 diabetes 1:40 None had hypoglycemia afterwards 2:40 Autologous stem cells? 3:20 Oral GLP-1 agonist 4:20 Primary endpoint HbA1c reduction 5:20 Weight loss modest 6:20 Injectable GLP-1 plus an amylin analogue 7:20 Both those with diabetes and those without 8:20 No increased safety events 8:40 Mental health ho…
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Send us a text Moms and moms-to-be need all the support they can get. One of those sources of support is housed in the TTUHSC School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics in Amarillo. The Infant Risk Center is a call center used by physicians, nurse, lactation consultants and mothers worldwide. Our guest for this episode is director of the Infant Ri…
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Program notes: 0:35 Screen time trajectories in adolescents 1:33 31% had increasing addictive use trajectories 2:31 Females more involved in social media 3:06 Cannabis and CV risk 4:06 Smoking or using other products 5:06 Mechanisms include oxidative stress 6:06 Haven't regulated 6:28 Tau PET imaging in Alzheimer's 7:28 90% of tau positivity concur…
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This week's topics include family affluence and telomeres in children, gut bugs and respiratory illness in children, heat illness and homelessness, and low potassium diets and hypertension and diabetes. Program notes: 1:05 Heat illness and homelessness 2:05 No access to water 3:05 More likely in southern states 3:20 Telomere length, family affluenc…
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Send us a text June is Men’s Health Month, and we want to bring attention to male infertility. Why this is an important health topic is one of the questions we ask our expert for this episode, Samuel Prien, Ph.D., professor and director of clinical research laboratories in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine. Dr. P…
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This week's topics include treating hot flashes in breast cancer survivors, a blood test for detecting colorectal cancer, exercise to improve survival after colorectal cancer treatment and CAR-T therapy for solid tumors. Program notes: 0:40 CAR-Ts for solid tumors 1:40 Advanced gastric or gastroesophageal cancer 2:40 Cytokine release syndrome 3:22 …
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Send us a text Financial insecurity can negatively affect our sleep and nutrition and cause social isolation. All of these take a toll on our mental health. Michele Mahr, Ph.D., assistant professor at the TTUHSC School of Health Professions Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling department of clinical counseling and mental health, is out guest expert f…
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This week's topics include the worldwide burden of skin cancers, risk of a second stroke when a person is taking anticoagulants, patients supporting each other for weight loss maintenance, and imaging for dense breasts. Program notes: 0:45 Dense breast tissue imaging 1:40 MRI and contrast enhanced mammography superior 2:40 Giving IV contrast with m…
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This week's topics include treating resistant hypertension, gabapentanoids and the risk of self harm, risk for depression after diagnosis of a medical condition, and fatty liver and pregnancy. Program notes: 0:35 Depression after medical condition diagnosis 1:36 Any of a number of medical conditions 2:37 A much lower risk in comparison group 3:37 M…
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Send us a text You don't need garlic or sunlight to protect yourself against vampires -- energy vampires -- that seem to leave some people exhausted and overwhelmed. David Pfaff, Ph.D., clinical mental health therapist with the School of Health Professions Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, is our expert for this episode. He shares with us …
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This week's topics include USPSTF on screening for syphilis in pregnancy, when to take blood pressure medicines, comparing weight loss drugs, and a narrative intervention for PTSD after an ICU stay. Program notes: 0:40 NEJM publication of comparison of obesity medications 1:40 Tirzepatide versus semaglutide for 72 weeks 2:41 Also had reduction in b…
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Send us a text Vaping, initially intended as a smoking cessation tool, has evolved into a harmful trend, especially among young people. Tushi Singh, M.D., and Ricardo Franco, M.D., pulmonologists at Texas Tech Physicians, talk to us about the history of vaping and why it's harmful to our health, and stress seeking professional help for smoking cess…
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Program notes: 0:40 Covid and flu vaccine 1:40 More immunogenic response 2:40 Female urinary incontinence treatment 3:40 Mid urethral sling or botox 4:40 Doesn't require surgery 5:40 Combined therapy group 6:10 Large language models and discharge summaries 7:10 100 hospital encounters 8:10 Maybe provides a draft 9:00 AI and diagnosing diabetic kidn…
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Send us a text Breast cancer in males is a rare cut clinically significant disease. Males have many of the same risk factors as females, but delay in seeking health care puts them at greater risk. Richard Pullen, Ed.D., MSN, director of the R.N. to BSN program in the School of Nursing, explains why males might put off reporting a lump in their brea…
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Program notes: 0:47 Gun injuries and deer hunting season 1:47 Other associated injuries 2:47 Coincidence of hunting? 3:48 Restrict hunting guns to that use 4:10 Can we avoid surgery in some with cancer? 5:10 Dostarlimab treatment 6:10 Can help avoid surgery in few who have this mutation 7:10 Look at specific pathways 7:30 Lung cancer treatment 8:32…
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With a catchment area spanning all of Vermont and northern New York, the University of Vermont Cancer Center is a success story in high impact, quality care across research, education, and clinical pillars of their mission. Drs. Jessica Heath and Christa Varnadoe share their complementary perspectives on the renown organizational responsiveness to …
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Send us a text Loose or sagging skin creating folds on the upper eyelid, excess skin and wrinkles around the lower eyelid, drooping lower eyelids -- all these and others can at some point impair your vision. Or perhaps you feel that the skin around your eyes could use a refresh. Coby Ray, M.D., an oculoplastic surgeon at Texas Tech Physicians, is o…
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Renown Health's Samantha Koblitz reflects on the importance of trusted partners during shifts in design approach and decision-making with Interface's Leslie Echols and Perkins&Will's Nicki Hellem and Holly Ewing. By giving users and leadership hands-on participatory roles in flooring selection, Renown Health was afforded deeper insights into their …
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Program notes: 0:40 Polygenic risk score for prostate cancer 1:40 90th percentile or higher 2:40 Genetic risk for cancer 3:41 Avoid false positives 4:00 Cervical artery dissection and subsequent stroke risk 5:00 High in older people, Black and Hispanic people 6:00 Nonspecific symptoms may predict 7:00 Preventing clotting in patients with cancer 8:0…
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Send us a text April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Lynn Jennings, Ph.D., has ben treating child sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect for over 20 years. She is the TTUHSC School of Health Professions Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program assistant program director/instructor in the Department of Clinical Counseling and Mental Hea…
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Program notes: 0:33 TAVR outcomes improved 1:33 Dapagliflozin 2:33 Looked at comorbidities 3:00 Tolebrutinib for relapsing MS 4:00 Annualized relapse rate 5:00 Works in the CNS 6:00 First endpoint wasn't proven 6:20 Invasive group A strep 7:20 Become more resistant to antibiotics 8:01 Not a single type of group A strep 8:25 Hearing loss and heart f…
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Send us a text Natural and artificial food dyes are ubiquitous, but some people try to avoid consuming food or beverages of a certain color for different reasons. James Tarbox, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians allergist, explains that food dyes are added to food for aesthetic purposes and are generally safe. They can cause rare allergic reactions such a…
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This week's topics include aging and diet, blood based biomarkers for dementia, ten and thirty year risk for cardiovascular disease, and global effect of cardiovascular risk factors. Program notes: 1:00 Five factors and cardiovascular disease 2:00 Additional life years free of CVD 3:00 Irrespective of where you live 3:27 Optimal dietary patterns fo…
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Send us a text If you want a quick boost to your mood, just clearing or cleaning a small space will make you feel better. Logan Winkelman, Ph.D., is our guest expert and explains why tidying up can be therapeutic. Dr. Winkelman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Counseling and Mental Health and Program Director for the Master o…
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This week's topics include a better way to treat A-fib, managing bleeding in cardiac surgery, penicillin for strep infections, and treating pulmonary hypertension. Program notes: 0:55 Ablation for afib 1:51 Pulsed field ablation PFA 2:55 Training physicians 3:23 Prothrombin complex versus frozen plasma 4:24 Noninferiority outcome 5:24 Documented bl…
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This week's topics include cell signatures in PCOS, a new technique for prostate biopsies, improving the safety of carotid endarterectomy, and long term risk after TIA. 0:41 Long term risk of stroke after TIA 1:39 About one in five over the next ten years 2:40 Need to continue antiplatelet agents 3:33 New technique for prostate biopsy 4:36 Biopsy n…
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Send us a text Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, referred to as COPD, is a progressive disease which can, over time, limit your ability to do basic activities such as walking, cooking or taking care of yourself. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, it is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. and is two times more c…
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Send us a text March is National Kidney Month. Kidneys are two bean-shaped organs that filter wastes and extra water out of our blood and make urine. Damage to your kidneys means they can’t filter blood the way it should, which could lead to kidney disease. Our guest for this episode is Leo Yamaguchi, M.D., associate program director and vice chief…
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