As Prescribed

Oct 22 2024 198 ep. 8 mins 24

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KCBS Radio in partnership with UCSF presents “As Prescribed,” a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals.

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Reporting breast density results and how they can indicate cancer risk

Oct 22 2024 8 mins

KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. Cancer can go undetected in what doctors call “dense breast tissue.” But there hasn’t been any federal regulation around if, or how, mammography centers tell patients about potential risks and addit

Young athletes should diversify their exercises

Oct 15 2024 8 mins

KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. With the Fall youth sports season now in full swing you may be getting concerned about injuries mounting up for your kids. To discuss it more KCBS Anchor Patti Reising spoke with Dr. Nirav Pandya, Pediatr

Childhood trauma can linger well into adulthood

Oct 08 2024 8 mins

KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. As the saying goes, time heals all wounds, but trauma has a way of getting under the skin. A new study out of UCSF suggests that our childhood trauma sticks with us much longer than we might expect. Fo

Bringing awareness to Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the LGBTQ community

Oct 01 2024 7 mins

KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. LGBTQ Patients afflicted with Inflammatory Bowel Disease now have a place to turn in the Bay Area. For more KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Justin Field, a Gastroenterologist with UCSF Health wh

Despite the heat, flu season is upon us

Sep 24 2024 8 mins

KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. It's officially now fall, and that means Flu Season is upon us. For more KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. George Rutherford, UCSF Professor of epidemiology and Director of Prevention & Public H

How treatment for muscular dystrophy evolved and is continuing to advance

Sep 17 2024 8 mins

KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. It is hard to believe that a quarter of a million American's are living with muscular dystrophy. It's the reason September has been set aside to recognize the challenges associated with the illness and the

Pelvic health is important and research shows how you could strengthen it

Sep 10 2024 8 mins

KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. Pelvic yoga is becoming increasingly popular among women who, as they age, start to develop pelvic health problems. Up until now, there's been little research on its effectiveness. Now researchers at UCSF h

Establishing healthy screen usage is essential—here's why

Sep 03 2024 8 mins

KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. We already know that too much screen time is bad for young adults when it comes to socialization. But there are some long term health effects as well. For more KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Jaso

How to avoid suffering through menopause

Aug 27 2024 8 mins

KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. The average women will spend almost a third of her life in menopause, the universal experience often seen shrouded in stigma or confusion, but there's growing hope that new options and treatments available

Childhood trauma is shown to slow down biological aging—how can therapy help?

Aug 20 2024 8 mins

KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. There are biological health risks for children who've experienced trauma at a young age. UCSF Health has now helped develop a new type of parent-child therapy that can help children who have experienced tra