Sick & Good Podcast

29/07/2025

We're excited for some upcoming recordings and other news to share soon.

21/06/2025

Our latest episode features Jess Piper, LICSW, discussing rural cancer care and the pitfalls of fragmented care. She highlights the pivot to telehealth and the flood of new patients reentering cancer care post-pandemic.

17/04/2025

We've slowed down a bit this year in publishing episodes due to welcoming another member to the Goodwin family but we're happy to note that we've reached our 25th episode with our latest.

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17/04/2025

Caroline Dorfman, PhD is our special guest for the latest episode covering research geared toward Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) population. Caroline is an Assistant Professor at the Duke Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services and serves as the Director of Research and Behavioral Medicine for the Duke Teen and Young Adult Oncology Program. She illuminates her research done on specific concerns for the AYA age group including pain, fatigue, and distress. We spend time on oncofertility and sexual reproductive health as well as her study of health behaviors and specific barriers to overall well-being.



*Correction: At the time of this recording there were 13 states with fertility preservation coverage. This has been expanded to 18 states and Washington DC.

25/02/2025

Mary Baron Nelson, PhD, RN, CPRP, is our special guest for the latest episode on pediatric brain cancer. She is currently the Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck Medical School at USC and th episode dives into her research and clinical work ranging from brain injury in childhood cancer to late effects of brain cancers for children.

25/02/2025

February is winding down and what better way to have a new episode? Mary Baron Nelson, PhD, RN, CPRP, is the special guest for our latest episode covering pediatric brain cancer.

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02/01/2025

For 2024, we had over 800 downloads! Thanks for listening. We were also able to release an episode a month. Which doesn't seem like a lot but it feels like quite the accomplishment. Looking forward to growth in 2025!

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01/01/2025

Dr. Rushil Patel joins us as a special guest for our latest episode exploring spirituality and religion in cancer care. Rushil is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the O'Neal Cancer Center at the University of Alabama Birminham. It was an honor to hear him speak about his passion for his work and research interest in exploring Dharmic faith in the face of cancer diagnosis and treatment.

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31/12/2024

We've published our last episode of the year and wanted to pause to reflect and voice gratitude for our guests, listeners, and organizations that we've partnered this year for the Cancer Awareness Series. We have some other things in the works that will be shared all in good time but for now just wanted to highlight two things:
Rushil Patel, MD, is our special guest for our latest episode as we discuss spirituality and religion in the context of cancer treatment. It was such a pleasure hearing about his perspective, research and work.
Over the course of the year, we have collaborated with several organizations to create unique merchandise associated with cancer awareness months. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the organization! If you'd like to make a charitable contribution before the end of the year, follow the link below.

05/12/2024

In reflecting on the Cancer Awareness Series being wrapped up for this year, we'd like to pause and acknowledge the relationships we've created with organizations and the fantastic amount of information we've been able to share with our discussions with our special guests. We're humbled to have been a part of conversations, raising and broadening awareness through education and importantly resources to connect those in treatment, in recovery or effected by cancer to the cancer community. We'd like to give a huge thank you to the following organizations that we've partnered with this year: Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Fight Colorectal Cancer Testicular Cancer Society Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) Sarcoma Foundation of America, Inc. Global Liver Institute No Stomach For Cancer
We're happy to have collaborated on episodes featuring Juan Vallle, MD, Zac Getty, Mike Craycraft, R.Ph, Stephanie Chisolm, Brandi Felser, Sarah Manes and Jon Florin, respectively.
We'd also like to thank our subject matter experts Hui Amy Chen, MD, Wendy Hobbie, CRNP, and Julia Diaz, RD for dedicating time to discuss the topics on cervical cancer, survivorship and thyroid cancer. We appreciate you and look to you in leading the way to make changes in the cancer field!
And lastly, thank you to our listeners for joining in our conversations throughout the Cancer Awareness Series. It was a blast!

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27/11/2024

We're concluding our Cancer Awareness Series with Jon Florin. Jon is the Executive Director and Chief Patient Advocate for and joins us to honor Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. He covers risks, symptoms, treatments and adjustments to a gastrectomy.

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13/10/2024

October celebrates LIver Cancer Awareness Month. Sarah Manes, Program Director Liver Cancer joins us in a conversation spanning topics across the Cancer journey for those diagnosed with liver cancer.

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