With every fall, comes a new flu vaccine. As we age, vaccines become an increasingly important tool to keep us healthy and avoiding unnecessary illnesses. In this month's podcast, moderator Lillie Shockney is joined by infectious disease expert, Dr. Anna Durbin, to discuss various different vaccines and the importance of vaccine compliance as we age.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation: 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. In 2024, an estimated 310,720 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. An estimated 42,250 U.S. women will die from breast cancer in 2024.

In this month’s podcast, moderator, nurse and two-time breast cancer survivor, Lillie Shockney, sits down with medical oncologist Dr. Channing Paller, associate director of oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, to discuss her study showing that natural compounds derived from soy and other plants can reduce breast cancer recurrence and improve survival.

As baby boomers grow older, the World Health Organization projects that by 2060, 95 million people will be age 65 or older.

This month, moderator Lillie Shockney is joined by geriatrician and researcher Peter Abadir, an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to discuss aging well, especially the role that our DNA plays in the development of chronic inflammation.