Your Body - Your Life with family practice doctor, Elizabeth Twardon, M.D.

Hi James Navé, here, your host for Twice 5 Miles Radio. I'm pleased to welcome former journalist and family practice doctor Elizabeth Twardon, M.D., to the microphone. In this conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Twardon, who likes to be called Liz, you will hear us touch on many of the topics that I like to cover on this show. I invited Liz to the show because she is my family practice doctor, and I have had a yearly physical with her for over 20 years. We have become friends while she has help keep me stable and healthy. Ten years ago, thanks to her vigilance, Liz determined he might have prostate cancer and recommended immediately following up with a urologist. It turns out she was right. Thanks to Liz, I was able to address the problem successfully. We talked a bit about that experience on this show. In this conversation, Liz talks about working as a professional journalist before she becoming a doctor. If you were thinking about switching professions or wondering if it's too late to move in a new direction personally or professionally, this conversation with Liz will give you a sense of how you might make further moves in your life. Liz tells more than one excellent story about her time working in India and how her experiences in that country influenced her to go in the direction of medicine. Finally, Liz discusses the value of getting your COVID-19 vaccinations. She frames her argument around her faith in science. Liz will tell you, and I agree with her, that she trusts her scientific sources more than she trusts the information one acquires through social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other platforms. I found this conversation to be informative, helpful, and enjoyable. I'm confident you will too.