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WCCO Health Radio

WCCO Health Radio

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WCCO's Health Radio show brings you the latest medical news, and discussions on health trends, wellness, and nutrition with local and and national experts!2024 © 2023 Audacy, Inc. Hygiene & Healthy Living
Episodes
  • Weekly Dose, Battling Air Quality and Pancreatic Cancer Advancements!

    Weekly Dose, Battling Air Quality and Pancreatic Cancer Advancements!
    Jun 14 2026
    As always we take a look at the Weekly Dose with this past week in health headlines, then we pivot to an interview done with Micah Niermann of Gillette Children's talking about the ongoing air quality struggles! Finally, there is a novel pill that has been tested to help those struggling with pancreatic cancer live longer and more on this pill and when it could be widely available and other questions surrounding the pill, pancreatic cancer and pre-diagnosis with Dr. Girum Lemma with MN Oncology!
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    35 mins
  • Quit Partners and Nick Schneeman, LifeSpark on Senior Mental Health!

    Quit Partners and Nick Schneeman, LifeSpark on Senior Mental Health!
    Jun 7 2026
    First show of June and we begin the show recapping a few stories from the week in our Weekly Dose! Then today, we talked about carcinogens and quitting when it comes to smoking and nicotine addiction with Michael Sheldon of the Minnesota Department of Health! Then we pivot to talk about mental health and services available to help with those struggling among seniors with Dr. Nick Schneeman, Chief Medical Officer with LifeSpark!
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    40 mins
  • Obesity isn’t your fault and there’s more than one way to treat it!

    Obesity isn’t your fault and there’s more than one way to treat it!
    May 24 2026
    Susie Jones and Lindsey Brown in studio for this morning’s Health Radio show. We lead off with our ‘Weekly Dose” with this week’s health headlines. In the second segment, Susie is joined by Dr. Omar Ghanem from The Mayo Clinic to talk about a study he conducted about different treatment avenues for obesity. Dr. Ghanem speaks about his study of weight loss treatments and their outcomes. The study compared GLP-1 use to surgical interventions. Dr. Ghanem talks about their findings, what we should know and gives credit to those seeking to treat obesity. Susie and Dr. Omar sift through listener texts. Dr. Omar talks about minimizing the stigma of obesity in order to better serve patients.
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    40 mins
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