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Are Young People Getting More Colon Cancer?
Colorectal cancer in younger folks (under 50 years old) is unfortunately on the rise. According to the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, in the US, about 10% of colorectal cancer cases are diagnosed in people under 50. Those numbers are rising about 1-2% percent each year, and researchers are still findin...
Can I Protect Myself From Breast Cancer? (with Liz O'Riordan, MD)
What happens when you turn 40 (and you also have boobs)? Well, since May 2023, the USPSTF has recommended that women at average risk for breast cancer start screening with mammograms beginning at age 40, and undergo mammography every other year. These updated recommendations are still “in progress” ...
Is the Aluminum in Antiperspirants Harmful?
In the 1990s, a chain email circulated around the series-of-tubes we called the internet, suggesting that aluminum-containing antiperspirants clogged your sweat pores, thus disallowing your body to “purge itself of toxins”, and those "toxins" would accumulate in your axillary lymph nodes, and increa...
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Meet Your Podcast Hosts
Jeremy Alland, MD
Sports Medicine Doctor, Team Physician for the Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox and Mount Carmel High School.
Dad, Husband and Dog Lover
Passionate about travel, sports and coffee.
Brand Ambassador for Athletic Brewing and Vuori Clothing
Julie Bruene, MD
Sports Medicine Physician, Team Physician for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bulls and DePaul University.
Likes: Honesty. Cats. The absurd. Accountability. Unexpected animal friendships. Kindness.
Dislikes: Mis/disinformation. Answering the phone. Ambiguity. Bell peppers.
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YOUR DOCTOR FRIENDS on Fox 32 Chicago- a health podcast for the people!
Thanks so much to Anthony Ponce and Fox 32 Chicago for highlighting our podcast! What questions would YOU text your "doctor friend"??
How to make New Year's Resolutions STICK! Your Doctor Friend Julia Bruene, MD on Fox 32 Chicago/WFLD
Wondering how you can get past January 31st with your New Year's resolution goals? Dr. Bruene gives you some evidence-based tips on how to achieve behavioral change. Big thanks to Sylvia Perez of Fox 32 Chicago for a lovely interview!
Your Doctor Friend, Dr. Julia Bruene on WMAQ NBC 5 Chicago: Reframing Your Resolutions
Your Doctor Friend Julia Bruene, MD gives recommendations on how to increase your chances of success when making (and maintaining) resolutions or behavioral changes. Thanks to Lauren Petty from NBC 5 Chicago/WMAQ News for the interview!