Advance with MUSC Health’s mission is to help you find ways to preserve and optimize your health and get the care you need to live well. MUSC Health experts offer advice and insights on health-related topics. For more information, check out www.advance.muschealth.org.
Dr. Steve Akman (https://providers.muschealth.org/sc/varnville/steven-alan-akman-md)has spent more than four decades in the field of hematology-oncology, helping hundreds of women facing a breast cancer diagnosis. In this episode, he talks about the importance of breast cancer screening, how to assess your breast cancer risk, and current approaches to breast cancer treatment. Splitting his time between MUSC Hollings Cancer Center and more rural clinics within the system, Dr. Akman also shares how MUSC Health is helping bring healthcare excellence to the furthest reaches of the state.
8 Oct 2024
Effective Weight Management with Amanda Clark, FNP, MSN
Maintaining a healthy weight can feel like an impossible challenge, especially for those who suffer with complex medical issues that can cause weight gain and lead to obesity. Chronic weight issues are often linked to diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and certain types of cancer, posing additional health risks. While healthy diet and exercise will always be foundational to maintaining physical health, new weight management medications are showing promising results for many. In this episode, board-certified nurse practitioner Amanda Clark (https://providers.muschealth.org/sc/columbia/amanda-suzanne-clark-fnp-msn) from MUSC Health Primary Care Forest Drive in Columbia (https://locations.muschealth.org/sc/columbia/3700-forest-drive-suite-200) discusses the latest weight loss management options available at MUSC Health such as GLP-1 medications and weight loss surgery.
17 Sept 2024
Cardiac Amyloidosis Treatment and Care with Dr. Jan Griffin
The MUSC Health Amyloidosis Center of Excellence (https://muschealth.org/medical-services/heart/cardiology-services/cardiac-amyloidosis) offers a multidisciplinary approach to cardiac amyloidosis, with expertise from specialists such as Dr. Jan Griffin (https://providers.muschealth.org/sc/charleston/jan-marie-griffin-md). Treatments have greatly advanced in recent years for this rare and life-threatening condition. In this episode, Dr. Griffin discusses these advancements and therapies available to treat this condition as well as ongoing research on this condition.
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