The Original Guide To Men's Health

This episode demystifies clinical medical care ‘best practices’ — clinical guidelines & outcome measures. These are regularly created, validated & updated, by expert teams and organizations. This rigorous, evidence-based process provides the USA with a quality and up to date clinical health care system. [261 characters].

Guest:

John L. Gore, M.D. Professor of Urology, Professor of Surgery, Health Services Researcher, University of Washington. Urologist, surgeon, clinician, researcher, educator and expert in clinical care guidelines and outcomes. Dr. Gore is the PI of a large pragmatic trial in bladder cancer, and a quality of care expert. He previously served as the American Urological Association (AUA) representative to the National Quality Forum, which endorses national health care performance measures, and has been on guidelines panels for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) for kidney cancer, and the AUA for bladder cancer.

Resources:

1. Avedis Donabedian — author of a classic core framework for evaluating the quality of medical care, laid out 50 years ago; the basis of our system today. This link is to a recent article about Donabedian and his work, and is helpful for understanding how and why outcome measures and clinical guidelines are needed and beneficial for quality health care.
2. American Urological Association (AUA) Guidelines for Urology Care — find current health care guidelines for prostate conditions, bladder cancer, erectile dysfunction, etc.
3. National Quality Forum (NQF)— nonprofit US organization that sets standards for quality health care, and provides other services that advance quality health care.
4. National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)— nonprofit US organization that works to improve health care quality through the administration of evidence-based standards, measures, programs, and accreditation.
5. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) — lead US Federal agency charged with improving the safety and quality of healthcare for all Americans. AHRQ develops the knowledge, tools, and data needed to improve the healthcare system and help consumers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers make informed health decisions

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Those aches and pains in your fingers, hand, elbow, toes, foot, ankle and knee, what causes them ? What to do when they seem to be getting more severe and are interfering with your activities? What are the various types of arthritis?

Not all Rheumatological disease is arthritis, what else does this area of medical specialties deal with?

We explore the major Rheumatological diseases with a leading Rheumatologist and experienced clinician, researcher.

Guest:

S. Louis Bridges, Jr., MD, PhD has served as Physician-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at HSS and at Weill Cornell Medical College since 2020. He is immediate Past President of the Rheumatology Research Foundation and a former member of Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). He received a BS degree from the University of Notre Dame, and an MD degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. After serving as a Medicine Resident and Chief Medical Resident at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, he completed a fellowship in Rheumatology at UAB, where he also obtained a PhD degree in Microbiology/Immunology. From 2008 to 2020, he was Director of the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Bridges has been named to Best Doctors in America, Castle-Connolly Top Doctors, and to the 2023 New York Super Doctors list. He has received the UAB Department of Medicine’s Max Cooper Award for Research Excellence and the UAB School of Public Health’s Sam Brown Bridge Builder Award. He is former Co-Editor of Arthritis & Rheumatology and past Chair of the NIH Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Study Section. His research focus is rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility, autoantibodies, and biomarkers of treatment response. He has authored more than 185 manuscripts, many book chapters, and served as editor of three books.

During This Episode We Discuss:

What are Rheumatological diseases? What differentiates sore joints from Rheumatoid or Osteoarthritis? How do we differentiate , diagnose and treat these diseases?

What are some of the newer therapies?

When should you see a physician about your aches and pains in your joints?

When should you see a Rheumatologist?

What are some of the other major Rheumatological diseases?

What should we know about Lupus, Psoriatic arthritis, and Gout.

In this episode learn how easy it is to develop a daily habit of a virtual, do anywhere, mood-elevating workout. After listening to the podcast, check out these videos from Certified Trainer Lauren Updyke: Yoga, Mini Fitness, Move More in 2021

Guest:

Lauren Updyke, MS, American College of Sports Medicine Certified Trainer, Director of the University of Washington Whole U program.

Erectile dysfunction (ED) can arise from several different causes, making diagnosis a bit of a complex algorithm. The good news is that treatments are many and effective for these causes. All treatments (including Viagra), should be used with some medical supervision, due to interactions/side effects/contraindications with other aspects of an individual’s/couple’s health and life.

Guest:

Hunter Wessells, M.D. Professor and Chair of the Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, member of Advisory Committee for Urology on the American College of Surgeons Legislative Task Force, and member of the Uro-Trauma Legislative Taskforce of the American Urological Association.

Guys at all ages should target and address risk factors for heart health, which are manageable with the information and tools discussed in this episode.

Guest:

• Eugene Yang, MD: Cardiologist, Clinical Associate Professor,Division of Cardiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Medical Director for the UW Physicians Eastside Specialty Center, Governor of the Washington Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. Director of the Cardiovascular Wellness & Prevention Program at the University of Washington