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Right out of the gate, we jump in with a couple different topics today - Teri Cannon with A Breath of Hope and Dr. Anuja Sharma, MD who specializes with Sleep and Pulmonary Care with Allina Health discussing the importance of lung cancer awareness and overall lung health! Then in the second hour, we pivot to Laurel Heppner with Heppner Group discussing Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans - following up from last week’s conversation where many questions were had but some we did not get to so we circle back on the Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans and answer any questions you may have with the uncertainty with plans and care! If you have any questions you can contact her Heppner Group office at 651-313-8600.

Laurel Heppner from the Heppner Group joins Susie Jones.

No Susie this week so Josh Wheeler is running the show! We dive into our ‘Weekly Dose’! Breast cancer rates are rising in young women so we revisit an interview conducted by Dr. Ashlee Turner, a breast surgeon with Minnesota Oncology, we replay a piece from our recent interview with Dr. Andrea Singh specializes in Pediatrics with Healthpartners!

This morning we take a look at the week that was in health headlines with our Weekly Dose including the latest on the measles outbreak! Then we are joined in the studio by Dr. Jonathan Olson of Nokomis Chiropractic and Wellness! We tackle all things related to spinal health including a frequent problem in sciatica and how to reduce the issues with that, how chiroprt

Susie is back this week and we chat with her about the week that was in health headlines with our Weekly Dose! Then we pivot to the vaccine conversation with Andrea Singh, MD who specializes in Pediatrics for Healthpartners - covering all things flu, COVID-19, RSV and how you can maintain your child’s health both correlating to vaccines and outside of that as school is back and the seasons change!

Josh is in for Susie again on a Sunday and he brings us the ‘Weekly Dose’ for this morning! Then we replay a piece Susie did with LifeSpark recently on what it means to “age magnificently” and then Josh briefly sharing a special annual event that took place Saturday involving Blood Cancer United!

Susie is off today and Josh fills in with our Weekly Dose, the best of the week that was in health news. Then we replay some interviews from this week where Susie chats with Darlene Spiegelberg, Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive of Acute Operations for University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital about being ranked atop the children's hospitals in the Twin Cities based on the US News and World Report! Finally, Susie chats with Rachael Warner, Director of Spiritual Health and Chaplaincy with LifeSpark on what it means to “age magnificently”!

Susie Jones and Lindsey Brown in studio for this morning’s Health Radio show. We lead off with some headlines from this week and chat about changing their summer clothes out for their winter clothes. Then, we are joined by Dr. Alta DeRoo from Hazelden Betty Ford for a conversation about addiction and recovery with September being National Recovery Month. They discuss a recent study tying alcohol consumption to the development of certain cancers. Susie asks Dr. DeRoo what alcohol does to the body from the organ to cellular DNA level. Dr. DeRoo says that there’s no safe amount of consumption if you’re looking to decrease odds of developing cancer. They chat about the societal shift toward THC drinks and cannabis use. Listeners weigh in with questions and share their experiences. In their second segment, Susie and Dr. Alta DeRoo discuss a few emerging trends in addiction treatment such as GLP-1s, Kratom and Cannabis. Lindsey brings up phone addiction. Susie and Dr. DeRoo chat about the nuance between the genetic predisposition for addiction and the environmental factors that can influence our consumption. In their final segment, Susie and Dr. DeRoo talk about the “game changing” findings about addiction treatment and GLP-1s. Dr. DeRoo emphasizes that all treatments should pair with behavioral intervention.

Susie is back live at the Minnesota State Fair! She is joined this morning with Keri Anderson, Fitness Professional at Life Time Fitness. The two chat about how to tackle balance when it comes to enjoying your State Fair favorite foods.

Susie Jones is live at the Minnesota State Fair! She talks with listeners about the effects of male loneliness and vaping. Plus Susie had a chance this week to talk about vaccines with Minnesota Department of Health Epidemilogist Jane Griffith.

This morning Susie dives into some of the stories from the week that was in health stories with our Weekly Dose and then we chat with Mariah Benoit Doom, PT, DPT, NCS with North Memorial Health chatting more about this new Bioness Integrated Therapy System (BITS) where people can receive therapy through virtual reality means and we break down some of the key benefits to this new therapy system, who is eligible for this and much more!

We jump into a few key health stories from this past week with our Weekly Dose, Susie shares a story about her being stung this weekend and then we talk bladder health and bladder cancer with Stephen Overholser, MD with Minnesota Urology from symptoms, early signs, contributing factors - we cover it all with the doctor when it comes to looking at your bladder health, a new treatment being pushed out this week and keeping up with the maintenance!

Right out of the gate we tackled a few of the Weekly Dose stories in the week that were with health! Then we get into the thick of such a horrible disease in Alzheimers and Dementia which so many unfortunately struggle with as they get older and take many of your questions with Dr. Ronald Peterson, MD, PhD with Mayo Clinic!

Susie is back! We dive into some stories related to children when it comes to caffeine and also tablet use when it comes to mental and even some new findings with marijuana among teens and some of the risks and dangers with marijuana use! Then we chatted with our friend Dr. Andrew Stiehm who specializes in pulmonology and sleep medicine with Allina Health - he joins to talk about pulmonology, sleep and more! We dive into everything from vaping, to albuterol use, insomnia and other sleep and dream related topics and much more this hour!

Josh Wheeler filling in as producer and host on a steamy Sunday morning! We dive into some of the big health stories and trends from the week with our Weekly Dose, we replay a portion of a really fascinating interview with Dr Hart Garner from last week regarding a new robotic spinal operation and then finally we talk with Dr. Andrea Singh, who specializes in pediatrics with HealthPartners about vaccinations and immunizations, what many children need before heading back to school in a few weeks and much more - even testing some of the myths when it comes to vaccines when it comes to the supposed Autism correlation and natural immunity alternatives!