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Understanding and Navigating Your Medicare Coverage in 2024
Understanding Medicare can be tricky. Maha Justi explains Medicare's basic coverage and dives into the various parts (A, B, D, Medicare Advantage, Medigap), highlighting benefits and pitfalls. Learn more about what Medicare covers and does not cover, your rights, and how to optimize costs throughout the year.
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Lung Cancer Screening, Incidence, and Outcomes in Asian Americans
Asian American men have significant smoking history and are unaware of lung cancer screening guidelines. There is also an increasing incidence of lung cancer in non-smoking Asian American females. Jeff Velotta, MD, FACS, discusses lung cancer screening guidelines as well as potential outcomes of lung cancer as it relates to Asian Americans.
Medicare 101
Finally understand how Medicare works and how to select the coverage that best fits your budget and lifestyle. Maha Justi explains what each part of Medicare covers and how to avoid costly coverage mistakes. By the end of this presentation, you will be able to make well informed decisions about your existing or soon to come Medicare choices.
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Prostate Health
Join us for an informative talk on three common issues: benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatitis, and prostate cancer. Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, talks about risk factors, early detection, screening, and an overview of treatment for prostate cancer. Learn about symptoms and different types of prostatitis as well as symptoms and treatments for BPH.
Medicare Open Enrollment
Medicare Open Enrollment is the time of year when Medicare beneficiaries can make coverage decisions regarding how they receive their Medicare benefits. Maha Justi covers the various parts of Medicare, describes the major decisions Medicare recipients can make during open enrollment, and how to help them save on costs.
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Five Nutrition Pitfalls to Avoid for Lasting Change
Have you ever had a nutrition goal that you felt was too hard to accomplish? Leah Groppo, MS, RD, addresses 5 common pitfalls we make when trying to implement nutrition related goals. She will also focus on how to make our health changes more sustainable.
Living Better with Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) is an abnormal rhythm of the heart that is common with increasing age. There are new, minimally invasive treatments available to treat AFib through catheters that eliminate the need to take blood thinners long term. Rahul Sharma, MBBS, FRACP, talks about these alternative treatments that allow faster post-procedure recovery and a faster return to normal activities.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
Alan Yeung, MD, discusses transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to treat aortic stenosis. This minimally invasive procedure spares patients from the traditional chest-opening approach of valve replacement. Dr. Yeung talks about outcomes, particularly in the Asian population, where the incidence of damaged valves is on the rise due to increased life expectancy.
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Say Goodbye to Heartburn: Understanding & Managing Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Learn about the causes, symptoms, and potential complications of GERD, as well as effective management strategies for this chronic condition. Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, discusses lifestyle modifications, dietary changes, and medications that can help relieve symptoms and improve quality of life. Take control of your digestive health and find relief from the discomfort of GERD.
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Meredith Barad, MD, is a board-certified Neurologist, Headache and Pain physician. Her primary focus is helping patients with head and facial pain. She has collaborated in creating a cross-disciplinary headache center and is the co-director of the Stanford Orofacial Pain Program. She is the Program Director for the Pain Fellowship.
Osteoporosis: Prevention and Treatment
Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones lose mass and become weak and brittle. It affects 10 million people and causes two million fractures in the U.S. per year. Joy Wu, MD, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, discusses the testing, diagnosing, and treatment of osteoporosis. She describes the condition’s risk factors, who should get a bone density test (DXA), and what steps you can take to decrease your risk. Dr. Wu covers common medications such as Fosamax (Alendronate), Boniva (Ibandronate) and other osteoporosis medications, including the pros and cons of each. Finally, Dr. Wu answers many questions from the audience.
The Mystery Headache: CSF Leak - A Fixable Cause of Daily Headache - 2023 Update
Many people who suffer with chronic migraine live with symptoms that are mysterious, unexplained, and undiagnosed — headache, nausea, neck stiffness, ringing in the ear — and all of these symptoms worsen as the day goes on and the individual spends more time in the upright position. However, symptoms improve as long as they are lying down. Such patients may be diagnosed with POTS, Chiari, chronic migraine, new daily persistent headache (NDPH), or even concussion. Ian Carroll, MD, discusses an often-overlooked diagnosis that can be effectively treated — spontaneous intracranial hypotension (CSF leak).
Watch part one of Dr. Carroll's video "The Mystery Headache: Migraine, Positional Headache, Spinal Fluid Leak?": https://youtu.be/QyvWxobqKrc
Tips for Managing Chronic Conditions
Living with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, depression, low back pain, heart disease, or another chronic disease? Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, talks about the importance of combining medical care with physical activity, stress management, dietary changes, substance use, and sleep quality. Learn how to set and monitor your health goals to thrive.
Su bienestar también es importante
El Dr. Julio Nunes, MD presentará una breve introducción sobre la manera en que las emociones, el estrés, la ansiedad y otros factores contribuyen a su bienestar general. Hablará sobre la importancia de identificar cuando no se siente bien y brindará consejos para cuidar de sí mismo. Esta plática se impartirá en español.
How Does Cholesterol Fit in Your Prevention Profile?
Measures of lipids in the blood, including cholesterol levels, provide important information about future risk of developing heart disease. Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, discusses what lipid test results mean and non-drug and drug strategies to improve lipids. Drawing on emerging research, you will gain a better understanding of steps you can take to improve your numbers and reduce your risk.
Intro to Ayurveda: The Science of Life
Ayurveda is the traditional medical practice of India and one of the world's oldest continuously practiced healing traditions. In this talk, Neeta Gautam, MD, a Family Physician and Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, will introduce you to the history, background, and fundamentals of Ayurveda and how these ancient practices can be applied in today's world.
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Neeta Gautam, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Primary, Preventive, and Community Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of Integrative Medicine at the Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE).
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