Johns Hopkins Medicine A Womans Journey: Health Insights that Matter

By: Johns Hopkins Medicine A Womans Journey
  • Summary

  • Join physicians at Johns Hopkins Medicine for its women’s health podcast series, A Woman’s Journey: Healthy Insights That Matter, on the first of each month. Host Lillie Shockney, acclaimed humorist cancer survivor discusses the latest in women's health with Johns Hopkins experts. Learn about medical advances and stay informed. For access to more women’s health information or to learn more about A Woman’s Journey, please visit: hopkinsmedicine.org/awomansjourney or call 410-955-8660
    2019
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Episodes
  • Healthy Insights that Matter: Benefits of Soy and Other Phytonutrients for Breast Cancer Patients
    Oct 1 2024

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation: 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. In 2024, an estimated 310,720 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. An estimated 42,250 U.S. women will die from breast cancer in 2024.

    In this month’s podcast, moderator, nurse and two-time breast cancer survivor, Lillie Shockney, sits down with medical oncologist Dr. Channing Paller, associate director of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, to discuss her study showing that natural compounds derived from soy and other plants can reduce breast cancer recurrence and improve survival.

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    29 mins
  • Healthy Insights that Matter: DNA & Its Link to Chronic Inflammation
    Sep 1 2024

    As baby boomers grow older, the World Health Organization projects that by 2060, 95 million people will be age 65 or older.

    This month, moderator Lillie Shockney is joined by geriatrician and researcher Peter Abadir, an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to discuss aging well, especially the role that our DNA plays in the development of chronic inflammation.

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    43 mins
  • Healthy Insights that Matter: Symptoms You Shouldn't Ignore
    Aug 1 2024

    According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), the U.S. will see just over 2 million new cancer cases in 2024, as well as over 611,000 cancer deaths.

    In this month’s podcast, moderator Lillie Shockney is joined by medical oncologist and researcher Dr. Neeha Zaidi to discuss vague symptoms — such as unexplained weight loss, fatigue, bleeding, GI problems and new lumps or masses — that can be among the signs of cancers.

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    36 mins

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