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Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastYou Can Have Better Hair: An Expert Explains How to Prevent and Treat Hair Loss If you’re experiencing hair thinning or bald spots, here are some things Dr. Kyei would like you to know: First, losing your hair is just a symptom. If you’re experiencing hair loss, you deserve a DIAGNOSIS. See a dermatologist for a complete history and scalp exam. You might also need lab work and a biopsy. DON’T WAIT! If you’re experiencing hair loss, get an evaluation within 3-6 months. Avoid hair dyes with peroxide, ammonia and PPD. Pulling hair tightly in braids or ponytails can inflame hair foll...2025-07-3139 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastStart Your Day Like A DIVAWe all have a morning routine, but we’re not always intentional about it. Maybe you wake up and lie in bed and scroll on your phone and get slightly depressed about other people’s Instagram posts. Or maybe the alarm goes off and you don’t want to get up, so you keep hitting snooze. You might get up right away, but feel anxious about the day or you start to feel down for no real reason. Before you know it, these feelings can start to consume you, feelings that cast kind of a shadow over the day. ...2025-07-0612 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastMake Yourself A PriorityToday’s episode is for every woman who thinks she needs to do it all, for every woman who is exhausted and burned out. I’m talking to you if are constantly putting yourself last. Living this way caught up with today’s guest, Natalie Fink. Working full-time and taking care of a husband and two children, she felt worn out, like she couldn’t go on. She knew something was terribly wrong. I’d like you to listen to her story: how she reframed the way she was thinking. how she change...2025-06-2428 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastAn Alzheimer's UpdateSince June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, I put together an Alzheimer’s update. Today’s guest is Dr. Sarah Hopp, a brilliant NIH-funded neuroscientist and researcher. She starts by discussing why Alzheimer’s disease is more common in women. She also reviews what “goes wrong” in the brain during Alzheimer’s: the formation of amyloid plaque outside of neurons and neurofibrillary tangles inside neurons. She also discusses why Black Americans are at higher risk for Alzheimer's and has a theory for this racial disparity. Dr. Hopp reveals her area of research: to identify specific pathways that can be ta...2025-06-0825 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastGiving Courage To CaregiversAre you an exhausted caregiver? You’re not alone. In the United States, sixty percent of caregivers are women. Being a caregiver is hard work; it requires a great deal of patience, strength and courage. It’s hard to keep going, to keep caring for a loved one. Caregiver burnout is becoming all too common. Today’s guest, Kristi Horner, founder of Courage to Caregivers, is here to help. She had a brother who suffered from mental illness and eventually died by suicide. It was out of the terrible pain of losing her brother that Courage to Caregi...2025-05-2733 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastSkin Mistakes You Might Be Making: A Conversation With Dr. Shannon TrotterYou won’t want to miss this special episode on how to take care of your skin! May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month and Dr. Shannon Trotter, a board certified dermatologist, is here to correct any skin mistakes you might be making. She also tells us about her favorite skincare products. Her secret is this: first cleanse your skin, then use one product to do the rest! She takes time to sit down and answer our questions about skin: When should you worry about moles and other skin changes? How do yo...2025-05-1749 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastGetting Ready for Surgery? Some things you need to knowDr. Carolyn begins this episode with a personal story about a surgery she had that resulted in a serious complication. She shares what she learned from this difficult experience so you won’t make the same mistake she did. SOME PRE-OP IDEAS to help you prepare for surgery: Ask about anesthesia options Confirm who will be doing your surgery Decide on Medical Power of Attorney Create a Living Will https://www.ohiobar.org SCREENING TESTS Various pre-op screening tests that you might need include: an EKG, Chest X-ray, Cardiac str...2025-04-2018 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastHow to Kick Your Sugar (and Carb) Cravings with Gretchen Spetz“I think I have a sugar addiction.” In this episode, Dr. Carolyn talks candidly about her difficulty saying no to carbs. She grew up in a “baking family” and has many happy memories attached to homemade cookies and birthday cake. The thing is, too many carbs can lead to elevated blood sugar levels that might develop into diabetes, fatty liver disease, and even Alzheimer’s. Plus, high blood sugars (blood glucose) can make you gain weight, feel tired, and give you brain fog. In this important episode of Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland, we listen to Gretchen S...2025-03-2936 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastDr. Nancy Johnson: An Interview With a True TrailblazerMarch is Women's History Month, and today we interview a true trailblazer in the field of women's health, a physician who paved the way for many women who came after her. In this episode, we enter the world of Dr. Nancy Johnson who tells us what life was like at a time when there were very few women in OBGYN, a time when male physicians weren't always offering adequate care to their female patients. Dr. Nancy tells us how she fought to improve care for women, and in the end, how men came to accept her as...2025-03-2335 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastLOVE Should Not Hurt: A Conversation with Carol CarbaryDOMESTIC VIOLENCE is more common than you think. Worse yet, physical injuries are often missed, even by medical professionals. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY or TBI doesn’t just affect football players and boxers. Women who are hit in the head by abusers can develop TBI, too. Again, often an invisible injury. STRANGULATION during sex is also being reported. An alarming new statistic: one in three young women describe being strangled during a recent sexual encounter. In this podcast, Dr. Carolyn talks with Carol Carbary who tells us what we need to know: What...2025-03-1322 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastProtect Your Heart: Three Tests You Need To Know AboutThis episode is personal. I always thought I was at low risk for a heart attack, but I was wrong. I want to share with you the story of how I found out I was at high risk. With this important information, hopefully you can learn how to protect your own heart. Today’s show will include information from Dr. Leslie Cho, Head of the Women’s Heart Center at the Cleveland Clinic. She is an international expert who carries out research on women’s heart health. If anyone knows how to protect our hearts, it’s her. We are now living...2025-02-2812 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastIt Might Be Your Heart: A Message from Jan JonesDo you ever think about how hard your heart works for you––the strong muscle in your chest that beats every second of your life? If not, maybe it's time to think about taking care of this vital organ. When an artery to the heart muscle becomes blocked, the flow of blood is interrupted, and a small piece of this muscle can die. We call this a heart attack (also known as a myocardial infarction or MI). This is what happened to Jan Jones, a Cleveland TV celebrity, and she didn't realize it right away. 2025-02-1728 min
Dr. Carolyn in Cleveland: A Women's Health PodcastHow to Make and Keep Friends and the Science of Why It MattersJoin Dr. Carolyn and Dr. Marisa G. Franco, author of PLATONIC, as they explore how non-romantic friendships can help us be healthier. We each have "attachment styles" that influence how we make friends and it helps to be aware of these styles. A book like PLATONIC can guide us as we do the work of healing ourselves, resulting in relationships that are deeper and richer. Good friends also help us live longer. Friendship truly is medicine! 2025-02-1028 min