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    Living a healthier life is a journey with no final destination: You can always get better. Susan Russell, MD, Khalilah Gates, MD, and Michelle Prickett, MD, are three pulmonologists at Northwestern Medicine who help people get better from critical illnesses. They are also lifelong friends and lifelong learners who want to get better from head to toe. These three physicians will learn alongside you as they interview other Northwestern Medicine experts about health and medicine topics meant to help you achieve better health. For more information, visit nm.org/healthbeat. Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.
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    Get Emergency Care

    Get Emergency Care

    When you are faced with a medical emergency, it can be hard to know what to do or where to go. More than 139 million people visit an emergency department (ED) every year in the United States. But where should you go when you are sick or hurt, especially after normal business hours? Northwestern Medicine Emergency Medicine Resident Physician Evelyn Huang, MD, talks with the hosts about how to get the right care at the right time.

    Get Better
    en-usDecember 27, 2023

    Get Through Menopause with Grace

    Get Through Menopause with Grace

    Hot flashes, painful sex, weight gain: The symptoms of menopause can be life-altering. A Northwestern Medicine expert talks about how to overcome these symptoms and live a healthier, better life in this new chapter.

    Guest: Traci A. Kurtzer, MD

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.

    Get Palliative Care

    Get Palliative Care

    As odd as it sounds, death is a part of life. In this episode, our hosts chat with a palliative care physician to learn about the difference between palliative care and end-of-life care. You’ll get tips on how to have important conversations with your loved ones about the type of care you or they may want at all stages of life.

    Guest: Julia L. Vermylen, MD

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/podcast/get-better

    Get Insight Into Alcohol and Your Liver

    Get Insight Into Alcohol and Your Liver

    Alcohol consumption drastically increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. So did rates of alcohol-related liver disease. A Northwestern Medicine hepatologist (liver physician) discusses alcohol's impact on your liver and how to have healthy drinking habits.

    Guest: Amanda C. Cheung, MD

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.

    Get Started on Your Family

    Get Started on Your Family

    Fertility specialists dedicate their lives to making it possible for people to bring babies into the world. Here’s the incredible story of how a Northwestern Medicine physician helped her best friend start a family.

    Guests: 

    Kara Goldman, MD, director of fertility preservation, Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility and Reproductive Medicine

    Michelle Goldstein, patient

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.

    Get Infectious: Understanding Epidemics

    Get Infectious: Understanding Epidemics

    Swine flu, COVID-19, MPox. What might be next? Our hosts chat with an infectious disease physician to learn about epidemics, what causes them and what we have learned from recent ones.

    Karen M. Krueger, MD, is a Northwestern Medicine infectious disease and internal medicine physician.

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.

    Get Support in Motherhood

    Get Support in Motherhood

    Mothers are often seen as the primary parent. As such, mothers may face unrealistic pressures about parenthood and their roles as friends, romantic partners, employees and individuals. A Northwestern Medicine psychologist discusses how to break free from the sexist norms that impact all relationships and ensure that you are supported by your partners in your parenthood journey.

    Get a Season Recap

    Get a Season Recap

    Our hosts wrap up the first season of the Get Better podcast by discussing what they learned about their health and each other and what they hope to learn in season two.

     

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.

    Get Informed About Gender

    Get Informed About Gender

    In a recent survey, 2 out of 3 transgender adults said that they worry their health evaluations are affected by their sexual orientation or gender identity. The Northwestern Medicine Gender Pathways Program aims to change that by providing inclusive and affirming care.

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.

    Get Empowered: Understanding Bias

    Get Empowered: Understanding Bias

    As female physicians, Khalilah Gates, MD, Michelle Prickett, MD, and Susan Russell, MD, face implicit bias every day. In this inspiring conversation, your podcast hosts discuss their experiences and how to recognize implicit bias.

     

    As assistant dean of medical education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Dr. Gates leads the faculty and student council on racism, justice and equity for the Augusta Webster, MD, Office of Medical Education (AWOME), reviews curriculum for bias, educates faculty members on best practices for discussing bias in education, and serves as a mentor for students from underrepresented groups. 

     

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.

    Get a Colonoscopy

    Get a Colonoscopy

    Children of the 1970s, it's your turn to get a colonoscopy. We talk to a Northwestern Medicine gastroenterologist about why this cancer screening method is so important (and why it’s not as bad as you think).

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.

    Hosts:

    Michelle Prickett, MD, pulmonologist, Northwestern Medicine

    Susan Russell, MD, pulmonologist, Northwestern Medicine

    Guest:

    Adam C. Stein, MD, gastroenterologist, Northwestern Medicine

    Get Science-Based Skin Care Tips

    Get Science-Based Skin Care Tips

    When it comes to skin care, it's hard to know what will help and what’s just hype. A Northwestern Medicine dermatologist shares skin care tips for everything from acne to dry skin, with special considerations for people of color.

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.

    Hosts:

    Susan Russell, MD, pulmonologist, Northwestern Medicine

    Michelle Prickett, MD, pulmonologist, Northwestern Medicine

    Guest:

    Julia Marie Mhlaba, MD, dermatologist, Northwestern Medicine

    Get Started on the Road to Healing: Mental Health for Black Women

    Get Started on the Road to Healing: Mental Health for Black Women

    In the course of U.S. history, Black women in particular have had to be strong in the face of extensive trauma and adversity.  

    Clinical Psychologist Inger Burnett-Zeigler, PhD, offers them a guide to healing and talks about her new book, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women.

     

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.

     

    Host: Khalilah Gates, MD, pulmonologist, Northwestern Medicine

     

    Guest: Inger E. Burnett-Zeigler, PhD, psychologist, Northwestern Medicine

    Get a Closer Look at Long COVID-19

    Get a Closer Look at Long COVID-19
    Some COVID-19 survivors have chronic symptoms that last weeks, months or longer. Meet the Northwestern Medicine physicians helping them get better, and hear from a patient still recovering more than one year after clearing the virus from her system.

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.

    Host: Michelle Prickett, MD, pulmonologist, Northwestern Medicine

    Guests: Samantha Lewis, Northwestern Medicine patient

    Igor J. Koralnik, MD, chief of Neuroinfectious Diseases and Global Neurology at Northwestern Medicine and director of the Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive COVID-19 Clinic

    Get to the ‘End’ of the Pandemic

    Get to the ‘End’ of the Pandemic
    Every pandemic has an end. What will it take for the COVID-19 pandemic to be "over?" And what has the pandemic meant to three front-line COVID-19 ICU physicians?

    Khalilah Gates, MD, Michelle Prickett, MD, and Susan Russell, MD, look back on the toughest years of their professional lives and discuss what they'll take with them when the COVID-19 pandemic is over.

    Disclaimer: This podcast does not substitute for medical advice from a clinician.