Episodes

Lewy Body Dementia with Dr. Trey Bateman
May 23, 2023

Lewy Body Dementia with Dr. Trey Bateman

In this episode, Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Trey Bateman about Lewy Body dementia, unique challenges in diagnosis, different treatment options compared to Alzheimer's dementia, and his research on Mild Behavioral Impairment . Dr....

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Frontotemporal dementia with Dr. Halima Amjad
May 9, 2023

Frontotemporal dementia with Dr. Halima Amjad

With the recent news of Bruce Willis' diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, I talk with Dr. Halima Amjad about her own personal journey with her late father's FTD diagnosis as well as her professional role in dementia care an...

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How to Get Better Sleep with Dr. Jaime Hughes
April 25, 2023

How to Get Better Sleep with Dr. Jaime Hughes

Sleep, everyone wants it or better versions of it. Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Jaime Hughes about sleep for older adults. Jaime Hughes is an Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of Implement...

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Honest Aging: what we gain with age with Dr. Rosanne Leipzig
April 11, 2023

Honest Aging: what we gain with age with Dr. Rosanne Leipzig

Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Rosanne Leipzig, a trailblazer in transforming the way we approach aging individually and as a society. In her 40+ year career, she has treated thousands of patients and trained hundreds of doctors and...

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Adult Children of Aging Parents (ACAP)
March 28, 2023

Adult Children of Aging Parents (ACAP)

Dr. Mia talks with Frances Hall and Bob Cain about the unique needs of adult children who are caring for their aging parents and how their organization Adult Children of Aging Parents (ACAP) helps. Frances Hall is the founder...

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Career in Geriatrics: Antidote to Burnout?
March 14, 2023

Career in Geriatrics: Antidote to Burnout?

Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Mariah Robertson and Dr. June Howell about seeming contradictions: geriatrics was the lowest filled medicine specialty in the 2022 match yet geriatricians are among the happiest physicians. 2022 Medicin...

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Getting Your Voices Heard: Advocating for Age-Friendly Policies with Dr. Debbie Freeland
Feb. 28, 2023

Getting Your Voices Heard: Advocating for Age-Friendly Policies with …

Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Debbie Freeland , geriatrician and Health & Aging Policy Fellow 2021-2022, about policies and advocacy for older adults. We discussed big "P" Policy vs little "p" policy: "P"olicy: Congress and/or State...

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Uber of Caregiving: Interview with Neal Shah, CEO of CareYaya
Feb. 14, 2023

Uber of Caregiving: Interview with Neal Shah, CEO of CareYaya

Dr. Mia talks with Neal Shah, CEO and Co-Founder of CareYaya , a new way to find eldercare at home: leveraging college students interested in healthcare careers and technology to create affordable $15/hr direct pay between th...

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Gerotech: technology in aging interview with Dr. Peter Abadir
Jan. 31, 2023

Gerotech: technology in aging interview with Dr. Peter Abadir

As part of Innovations in Aging mini-series, Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Peter Abadir, Associate Professor in Geriatric Medicine and Engineering at Johns Hopkins about technology in aging. Dr. Abadir talks about Artificial Intelli...

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Noticed changes in your loved ones over the holidays?
Jan. 17, 2023

Noticed changes in your loved ones over the holidays?

Dr. Mia talks about common physical, cognitive, and emotional changes in older adults, that adult children and other family members who may have noticed over the recent holidays. More info on specific negotiating tips with yo...

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Season 2 Trailer
Jan. 13, 2023

Season 2 Trailer

Welcome to ask Dr. Mia podcast conversations on aging well. I'm a geriatrician on the mission to empower older adults and all who care about them to thrive with aging. As a primary care doctor and a memory specialist practicing …

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Season 1 Recap
Dec. 1, 2022

Season 1 Recap

Season 1 of Ask Dr. Mia podcast concludes after a baker's dozen of episodes. Dr. Mia talks about the highlight of each episode in season 1, behind the scene happenings, and upcoming Season 2 in 2023. Music & disclaimer Transc...

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Microboosts to Feel Better: Holistic Pain Solutions with Dr. Sharma Part 2
Nov. 21, 2022

Microboosts to Feel Better: Holistic Pain Solutions with Dr. Sharma P…

Continuation of the conversation with Dr. Sharma, dual board-certified in physical medicine & rehabilitation and pain management, about holistic pain solutions based on the 5R's in Dr. Sharma's book The Pain Solution : refue...

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Microboosts to Feel Better: Holistic Pain Solutions with Dr. Saloni Sharma, Part 1
Nov. 17, 2022

Microboosts to Feel Better: Holistic Pain Solutions with Dr. Saloni S…

Dr. Mia talks with Dr. Sharma, dual board-certified in physical medicine & rehabilitation and pain management, about holistic pain solutions based on the 5R's in Dr. Sharma's book The Pain Solution : refuel (food), revitalize...

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Old codgers and living your best life: conversation with geriatric psychiatrist Dr. Matt Kern
Nov. 3, 2022

Old codgers and living your best life: conversation with geriatric ps…

Dr. Mia talks with her colleague, Dr. Matt Kern, a geriatric psychiatrist about how he became interested in the field, how to counter mental health stigma, and living our best lives. Music & disclaimer Transcripts on www.miay...

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OTC hearing aids and the brain: Interview with Dr. Jack Hitchens
Oct. 20, 2022

OTC hearing aids and the brain: Interview with Dr. Jack Hitchens

Dr. Mia talks about the new FDA authorization for sale of hearing aids over the counter, our amazing hearing system, and how to distinguish hearing loss from memory loss with Dr. Jack Hitchens, audiologist. Jack Hitchens Au.D...

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Lecanemab: new Alzheimer's drug
Oct. 7, 2022

Lecanemab: new Alzheimer's drug

Dr. Mia talks about the newly released preliminary results of anti-amyloid drug: lecanemab, the context of this newest drug development, and more questions than answers going forward. News release of clinical trial Clarity AD...

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My Mom's story with anxiety & a surprising diagnosis
Sept. 21, 2022

My Mom's story with anxiety & a surprising diagnosis

Dr. Mia talks about her mom's story with lifelong anxiety as well as a recent surprising diagnosis. How to help someone with anxiety: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/how-to-help-someone-wi...

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Memory Series 3/3: all about care partners
Sept. 8, 2022

Memory Series 3/3: all about care partners

Dr. Mia talks with Samantha Culler, LCSW at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's Memory Counseling Program about her professional and personal journey of being a care partner. Neither of them speak on behalf of their employer...

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Memory Series part 2/3: safety problems in early dementia: story of Steve & Nina
Aug. 25, 2022

Memory Series part 2/3: safety problems in early dementia: story of S…

Dr. Mia talks about the difficult but common safety issues in Steve & Nina's story. 4 M's of safety problems in people with mild/early stage dementia: money, medications, meals, and mobility/driving. Driving safety: https://w...

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Memory Series Part 1/3: Memory domains & Memory Mimickers
Aug. 11, 2022

Memory Series Part 1/3: Memory domains & Memory Mimickers

Dr. Mia describes the domains of memory/cognition: short-term memory executive function visuospatial memory language attention speed of processing Memory mimickers that can confound memory evals: anticholinergic meds obstruct...

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Why so many Alzheimer's drugs fail: two tales of Alzheimer's disease
July 28, 2022

Why so many Alzheimer's drugs fail: two tales of Alzheimer's disease

Dr. Mia talks about two composite patients: Barbara and Steve who demonstrate two very different tales of Alzheimer's disease, what's sexy vs not in Alzheimer's research, and disease-modifying therapy that is NOT aducanumab. ...

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Forks in the road of levels of care
July 13, 2022

Forks in the road of levels of care

Dr. Mia uses a composite patient Ms. Smith's story to demonstrate her journey through different levels of care, from home to hospital, to skilled nursing facility (SNF), and then back to home. She discusses assisted living vs...

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Story of How I Became a Geriatrician
June 24, 2022

Story of How I Became a Geriatrician

This episode I tell you the story of how I became a geriatrician and a couple who inspired me during my training. I use their example to talk about the 5M's of geriatrics: Mind, Mobility, Medications, Multi-complexity, and Ma...

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