2017 was another year packed full of interesting stories of research and discoveries through translational science…and every month, CTSI Discovery Radio them to you. We learned about a public health crisis that’s claiming lives in our community and a project helping bring new lives into the community. We heard about impactful outcomes, impactful innovations, and impactful research on…impacts. Join us for a special 2017 Year In Review…inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio!
Dec 15, 2017•30 min
Perhaps by now you’ve already heard about Precision Medicine, the revolutionary new approach of improving healthcare to the meet specific needs of individuals. On today’s show, we’ll share insight into a bold, exciting nationwide research program, designed to accelerate progress toward a new age of Precision Medicine for all of us. Learn about the All of Us Research Program, inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio!
Nov 17, 2017•30 min
When was the last time you thought about your liver’s health? Do you ever? On today’s show, we will look at liver health, as well as a specific chronic liver disease, liver transplant, and later we’ll hear from someone who suffered from a chronic liver disease, requiring a liver transplant. It’s Liver Awareness Month, so we’re going to show some love for our liver, inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio
Oct 21, 2017•30 min
The Greek philosopher Plato said, “necessity is the mother of invention.” It’s true that challenges often inspire ingenious solutions. But sometimes, even after a solution is discovered, there are other challenges needing to be overcome. On today’s show, we’ll learn about the process of turning ideas into inventions, and then marketing them to the individual, creating commercial products or concepts that can benefit people worldwide. And later, we’ll hear about an upcoming annual, national confe...
Sep 16, 2017•30 min
The mental health of our U.S. military veterans is an issue of increasing concern, with estimates today suggesting that Post Traumatic Stress from active military service affects and impacts somewhere between 15 and 20 percent of our veteran population. The challenge is, how can accurate information about high-risk behaviors be obtained from veterans in order to provide timely and effective early interventions for mental health crises? On today’s show, we’ll hear from one researcher who’s taking...
Aug 21, 2017•30 min
Managing medications for treatment of behavioral health issues or addiction disorders can be challenging. But, imagine the added challenge of managing medications for women with these conditions who are pregnant or who have recently given birth. On today’s show, we’ll learn about a new initiative aimed at providing critical perinatal psychiatric expertise and resources for care providers of expecting and new mothers, and the high hopes for its success and growth. It’s a look at treating the beha...
Jul 22, 2017•30 min
We know that wearing a safety belt as part of the restraint system in vehicles can reduce our risk for injury in the event of an accident, but how do we know, and who tests them? On today’s show, we’ll hear from an expert at a crash lab in our community whose research has an important impact on the safety of people everywhere. We’re going to the crash lab to find out how dummies make us smarter and safer, inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio!
Jun 17, 2017•30 min
Parents will do anything to protect their children. But at some point it’s almost inevitable that a child will get hurt, whether from an accident or from recreational play, resulting in acute pain that needs to be treated. On today’s show, we’ll learn about how acute pediatric pain is most effectively assessed, treated and managed by healthcare professionals and, perhaps more importantly, by parents at home. It’s a look at best practices in handling acute pain in our children, inside this editio...
May 16, 2017•30 min
For such small organs, our kidneys perform some disproportionately large functions in our body. Unfortunately, the rate of kidney disease in the U.S is higher than you might think, requiring treatments ranging from medications to dialysis and, in severe cases, kidney replacement. On today’s show, we’ll learn about our kidneys from a couple of leading researchers in kidney disease. And later, we’ll hear from a man in our community who needed a kidney transplant, and the woman who donated her kidn...
Apr 24, 2017•30 min
Episode #35 - Studies on Eating: You are What and WHEN you eat by CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin
Mar 17, 2017•30 min
It’s one of the largest, most wide-spread public health crises our country and our community has ever faced. The incidence rate of heroin and prescription opioid abuse and related deaths has reached epidemic proportions. On today’s show, we’ll explore how this concerning problem is affecting members of our community, and how it’s impacting medical education and practice. It’s a special report on collaboration to battle our community’s opioid abuse crisis, inside this edition of CTSI Discovery Ra...
Feb 20, 2017•30 min
A team of doctors need to fix a critically ill patient’s badly damaged esophagus, only to find that it’s beyond repair by standard practice. What they did instead, you’ll have to hear to believe! On today’s show, we’ll get the story straight from the doctor in our community who lead an extraordinary team effort in successfully re-growing an esophagus inside the patient. And later, we’ll learn how this could lead to future breakthroughs in patient care. It’s an amazing story of a landmark organ r...
Jan 26, 2017•30 min
This year was a year filled with interesting news and stories of research and discoveries through translational science and throughout 2016, CTSI Discovery Radio brought you lots of them! On today’s show we’ll revisit some of the important stories we shared with you…like how our medical industry hopes to revolutionize healthcare and treat diseases in our country, an emerging disease that made international headlines, and some amazing, alternative therapies for providing treatment to our U.S. mil...
Jan 05, 2017•30 min
Imagine if your body’s immune system developed an abnormality, and instead of helping to fight off infection, it began mistaking good bacteria and other matter in the intestinal or digestive tract as invading substances. For over one-and-a half-million people in the U.S. suffering from Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, it’s all too real. On today’s show, we’ll learn about two primary Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. What’s known about them? What can be done to trea...
Nov 30, 2016•30 min
Original Air Date: OCTOBER 21, 2016 | How many times have you heard it? “Trust your gut!” Well, do you? New findings from a recent clinical study on the human gut bacteria suggest that you should. On today’s show, we’ll learn about one local research team who’ve discovered a groundbreaking link connecting a bacteria type in our intestines’ gut floral with our risk for heart attacks, and can even be an indicator of the severity of heart attacks. And we’ll hear from two leaders at the National Cen...
Oct 21, 2016•30 min
Helen Keller once said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but lacking vision.” On today’s show, we set our sights on The Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin’s Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, focusing on the pioneering vision and industry leadership of its Eye Institute, including its history, advancements through technology and its commitment to research. 2016 marks the 40th Anniversary of the Eye Institute, so join us as we celebrate its past, pres...
Sep 20, 2016•30 min
The ‘dog days’ of summer here, which means students will soon be heading back to classrooms for learning and fields for playing prep sports. As parents, it’s our job to guide our children toward educational opportunities that can positively impact their future. On today’s show, you’ll hear about one exciting new opportunity. It’s also a parent’s job to be informed about medical conditions, even rare ones, that could negatively impact a child’s future. We’ll examine one: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopat...
Aug 30, 2016•30 min
Original Air Date: JULY 15, 2016 | With the recent Memorial Day and Independence Day holidays, we paid respect to our military veterans who sacrificed their lives and we celebrated our freedom that their sacrifice brings. For many veterans, the price of defending our freedom is high. Even the ones fortunate enough to make it back home often suffer from long-lasting, serious effects of military life in their civilian life for years afterward. One condition frequently diagnosed amongst veterans is...
Jul 15, 2016•30 min
Original Air Date: JUNE 17, 2016 | Spring has barely sprung in our area, but already there’s plenty of talk about mosquitoes. Before they’ve even had an opportunity to become pesky, uninvited guest at our backyard BBQs and other outdoor activities, many of us have mosquitoes on our minds due to an emerging, mosquito-borne disease that’s making news headlines as it makes its way around the globe. It’s called Zika Virus and, so far, it’s mosquito-carriers are being linked to a wide path of illness...
Jun 22, 2016•30 min
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: May 20, 2016 | With Spring upon us, area high school students are experiencing an annual tradition and one of the school year’s highlights: Prom. It’s an exciting time. But, along with all of the pomp and pageantry this time of year brings, it also brings concern for parents because inside that formal suit or dress is a kid still fully capable of demonstrating risky behaviors common among their teen peers. Particular areas of concern are drinking and driving, texting while dri...
May 23, 2016•30 min
Original Air Date: APRIL 15, 2016 | We’ve all heard the expression, “kids will be kids,” but sometimes children act in ways that cannot be explained away so simply. When a young person shows symptoms of fidgeting, issues in getting along with others, excessive talking or risky behavior, it’s possible that child is affected by Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, commonly referred to as ADHD. In fact, the Centers For Disease Control & Prevention estimate that 1 in every 10 kids have been...
Apr 28, 2016•32 min
Original Air Date: MARCH 18, 2016 | The human brain is complex, its various regions wired together by vast and intricate networks of connections so abundant, it’s a wonder we ourselves can understand how it actually works. But a couple of studies are doing exactly that. One is a study being conducted right here in our community, taking a closer look at the brains of people affected by epilepsy. Another is the largest study ever conducted to better understand the healthy human brain. Find out wha...
Mar 22, 2016•30 min
Original Air Date: FEBRUARY 19, 2016 | It’s a progressive disease that attacks the brain, gradually robbing people of their memory, ability to think and, in advanced cases, perform even the most basic tasks. It’s affecting over 5 million adults in the United States today. So far, it’s irreversible, and there’s no prevention or cure. And as horrible as it is for those who suffer from it, it’s equally heartbreaking for those who love and care for them. We’re talking about Alzheimer’s Disease. Most...
Feb 23, 2016•30 min
Original Air Date: January 15, 2016 | Throughout medical history, countless diseases have been diagnosed, treated, and prevented over time. Unfortunately, far too many diseases have no known means for effectively treating them, much less preventing them from occurring in the first place. What we do know is that the need is great for finding a better understanding of what influences our genetics, as well as our environmental and lifestyle choices, have on diseases. But how? One solution being exp...
Feb 04, 2016•30 min
2015 was a year of advancing our community’s health through research and discovery…but what research and what did we discover? On this edition of CTSI Discovery Radio, we’ve prepared a special “2015 Year In Review” show. For the next 30 minutes, we invite you to join us in looking back at the some of the important topics in health and medical research we explored throughout 2015. And later, we’ll give you a look ahead at what’s to come in 2016.
Jan 05, 2016•31 min
Original Air Date: NOVEMBER 20, 2015 | Some of us have been around long enough to remember a time before the Internet, before cell phones, and before personal computers. Yet there’s another generation that has never lived without this technology. Whichever group you’re in, computers and the digital era have revolutionized the way we live our lives. On this episode of CTSI Discovery Radio, we’ll look at how the computer age and biomedical data sharing have changed the way we do research, sped up ...
Nov 23, 2015•34 min
Original Air Date: OCTOBER 16, 2015 | Researchers and team scientists have made major strides in new, non-invasive diagnostic tests for a number of conditions that used to require surgery. On this episode of CTSI Discovery Radio, we’ll look at one of these new tests, designed to care for some of our most delicate patients – infants going through heart transplants. We’ll talk with the scientists who created the new test, and see how it’s sparking interest with business and with patients.
Oct 20, 2015•28 min
Original Air Date: SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 | The Medical College of Wisconsin has made major strides in organ transplants. With its hospital partners, the Division of Transplant Surgery provides abdominal organ transplantation at Froedtert Hospital and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. On this episode of CTSI Discovery Radio, we’ll discuss new innovations in liver transplants, a current study to help kidney recipients, and the ethics of allocating organs to those on a "wait list".
Sep 16, 2015•27 min
Original Air Date: AUGUST 21, 2015 | It’s back-to-school time and that has many parents talking about immunizations. Getting vaccinated is important to keep kids healthy while in school, but immunizations continue well into your adulthood. On today’s program, we’ll talk about the importance of immunizations throughout your lifetime and about the anti-cancer vaccine that many people are not getting.
Aug 17, 2015•31 min
Original Air Date: JULY 17, 2015 | Many people have seen the hit ABC television show "Shark Tank" where the best and the brightest compete to be selected for the best start-up business idea. Well, what if something like that was coming to Milwaukee, except, the best and the brightest pitching their innovative business plans were scientists and researchers from right here in southeast Wisconsin? What if their victory could revolutionize the way we care for ourselves and our community?
Jul 15, 2015•27 min
