Long Form (multi topic, hourly/full show)

1. Dr. FRED BUCKHOLD, SLU Care General Internist at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, and a professor of medicine at St. Louis University School of Medicine.  New Stanford University study on aging -- finding that we age in spurts, not gradually, with the biggest aging seen at age 44 and age 60.  Also -- what to make of new findings about dementia risks?

2. Dr. JEFFREY SCHERRER, professor of family and community medicine -- and professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.  He is senior author of a new study that found PTSD is a modifiable risk factor for Type 2 Diabetes and related adverse outcomes.  How was this study done?  Why the correlation?  What are the implications of these findings? 

3. Dr. LINDSAY KUROKI, Washington University gynecologic oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center.   Starting this fall, women will be able to use a simple swab to screen for cervical cancer -- no Speculum will be required anymore.  How will it work?  How welcome is this?  How will this help address disparities in who develops cervical cancer?

4.  ADRIEL BETTELHEIM, Senior Healthcare Editor for AXIOS -- talking with KMOX's MEGAN LYNCH and TOM ACKERMAN.  What to know about the new strain of M-pox -- formerly known as Monkeypox.  The World Health Organization just declared M-pox to be a global health emergency.  How worried should we be?

1. Dr. FRED BUCKHOLD, SLU Care General Internist at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, and a professor of medicine at St. Louis University School of Medicine.  New Stanford University study on aging -- finding that we age in spurts, not gradually, with the biggest aging seen at age 44 and age 60.  Also -- what to make of new findings about dementia risks? 2. Dr. JEFFREY SCHERRER, professor of family and community medicine -- and professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.  He is senior author of a new study that found PTSD is a modifiable risk factor for Type 2 Diabetes and related adverse outcomes.  How was this study done?  Why the correlation?  What are the implications of these findings?  3. Dr. LINDSAY KUROKI, Washington University gynecologic oncologist at Siteman Cancer Center.   Starting this fall, women will be able to use a simple swab to screen for cervical cancer -- no Speculum will be required anymore.  How will it work?  How welcome is this?  How will this help address disparities in who develops cervical cancer? 4.  ADRIEL BETTELHEIM, Senior Healthcare Editor for AXIOS -- talking with KMOX's MEGAN LYNCH and TOM ACKERMAN.  What to know about the new strain of M-pox -- formerly known as Monkeypox.  The World Health Organization just declared M-pox to be a global health emergency.  How worried should we be?

Health Matters

​Your Health Matters! Saturdays at 4:00 Health Reporter, Fred Bodimer 
checks in with the Physicians of SSM Health for the latest information to 
keep you healthy.

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