Episodes

For the last episode of season 2, Dr. Mia talks about lecanemab, a monoclonal antibody against amyloid, results since the show's most popular episode on lecanemab released on 10/7/2022. Lecanemab or Clarity AD clinical trial results in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Death related to lecanemab , reported in Science, related to Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Donanemab press release by Lilly Key points: 1) Aducanumab approval process eroded public's trust and careful screening for patients for...

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. James (Trey) Bateman is a behavioral neurologist at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the Salisbury Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His clinical care is spread across both Wake Forest and the Salisbury VA, where he focuses on the evaluation and care of people w...

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 and research. Dr. Halima Amjad is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her career as a geriatrician and health services researcher centers around people living with dementia. She cares for patients at the Johns Hopkins Memory a...

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 Implementation Science and Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. As an implementation scientist, Dr. Hughes focuses on how to spread programs that work into different settings, including healthcare clinics and community-based services. She has a particular interest in progra...

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 practitioners in all specialties of medicine. She is the Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Professor and Vice Chair, Emerita of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. We talked about her ne...

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 of ACAP , a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing information, resources, and community for adult children caring for their aging parents and themselves. Bob Cain is a Chapter Coordinator for the Winston-Salem NC chapter of ACAP and Vice President of Marketing for Pie...

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 Medicine & Pediatric Fellowship Match rate- graph on Twitter Program for All-inclusive Care of Elderly ( PACE ) Hospital at Home Home-based Primary Care via Independence at Home ( IAH ) Medicare Demonstration Project CAPABLE program Editing and transcript by Bear Beat Productions. ...

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 level legislation: SNL parody on "How a Bill does NOT become a law" "p"olicy: agencies that carry out laws such as Health & Human Services , CDC, FDA, CMS, local health departments, D-CARE Study Senate Special Committee on Aging in DC contact Congressional Committees - ano...

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 the person who need care and the student. Newly expanded into NC triad (Winston-Salem, High Point, Greensboro) area as well as Wilmington area. Families/clients to request care from CareYaya here . Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Students who are interested in becoming a care...

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 Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Aging Research (AITC) and Gerotech Incubator Program that brings together teams of students, trainees, and faculty members from medicine, engineering, nursing and business to collaborate on innovative solutions to improve life for aging...

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 your family members here: https://www.negotiage.com/resources/tactics Self-administered memory test: SAGE, available in multiple languages: https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/brain-spine-neuro/memory-disorders/sage Music & disclaimer Transcripts on www.miayangmd.com. Email: ask@mia...

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 the full range of medicine from home to the hospital, I bring on diverse guests to embrace the complexity within you and in the world around you . For far too long, geriatricians have been talking about innovations in aging and developing innovative models of care amongst ourselves. Ask Dr. Mia podcast is my attempt to share this amazing body of knowledge and amazing people to you, the global public. There are only 7,000 geriatricians within the United States and certainly we are not able to care for the 56 million older adults older than age of 65 living in the US today, much less than the growing number of older adults who are going to be 73 million by 2030. But we can spread geriatric knowledge to the world. And that's why I'm so excited to share sea…