Urban Health Weekly

Dr. Bruce Dorr, MD, FPMRS, FACOG, discusses menopausal women who possess gene mutations, such as BRCA1/2 or PTEN, and what they need to know about Hormone Replacement Therapy.

Tamara Thomas and Dr. Monique Nugent debate whether the FDA should actively inform the public that its FDA GRAS loophole allows companies to test and report on their food products.

Terra Wonsettler, PharmD, Vice President of Clinical Evidence, Policy, and Oncology Pharmacy at Evolent, discusses the cardiotoxicity of many cancer drugs, cancer patient awareness of these risks, and the accelerated cancer drug approval process.

Tamara Thomas and Dr. Monique Nugent Discuss:Behind the Scenes of a recent Hospice Meeting;A 20-year-old diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer (CRC)

Bernie Williams is a former MLB star, a musician (a Latin Grammy award nominee), and an Interstitial Lung Disease advocate. He talked to Urban Health Today, in recognition of Rare Disease Day, about his father, whom he lost to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, a rare ILD responsible for over 40,000 US Deaths annually that is often tragically misdiagnosed. Bernie also discussed raising ILD awareness, his partnership with Tune In To Lung Health, and the healing power of music.

Tamara Thomas and Dr. Monique Nugent Discuss:A study reveals that GLP-1s have concerning side effects; Writers Downplay Ultra Processed Food & Alcohol Use

Gaylyn, an Inflammatory Bowel Disease and ostomy advocate, was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease at only 14 years old. Initially, her family thought it was anything but an IBD, but once it was clear something serious was wrong, they rallied around her. Today, Gaylyn is an IBD Social Circle partner. She discusses the importance of IBD representation and awareness in the Black community. Gaylyn also talks about normalizing and being a model with an ostomy bag.

Tamara Thomas and Dr. Monique Nugent discuss: *Supreme Court's decision to take up a case challenging the Affordable Care Act's preventive coverage requirements*Former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's strong recommendations for US alcohol warning labels to help raise awareness of alcohol's relationship to cancer. *Murthy's wise words about our physical and mental health.

It took 10 years before Cedric Pulliam, Ph.D, received a diagnosis and treatment for his Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Throughout college, as he suffered debilitating bouts of bowel distress, doctors advised him everything from managing his stress and improving his diet to decreasing alcohol consumption. No one bothered to dig deeper into the pain and frequent diarrhea. Now an Inflammatory Bowel Disease patient advocate and partner with IBD Social Circle, Dr. Pulliam shares his journey from struggling with unmanaged illness to firing his provider to get properly diagnosed and treated.