On Call for Men's Health
Men don’t like to talk about their health. So, we are. Host Michael Lutz, M.D., is a retired urologist and president and founder of the Michigan Men’s Health Foundation. Featuring special guest experts on issues related to men’s health and personal stories of survival, the On Call for Men’s Health podcast improves the health, through conversation, of listeners and the men they love.
Episodes
In this episode, we sit down with Commander Craig Reiner, a retired Navy fighter pilot and prostate cancer survivor, to explore the intersection between military service and men's health. We open with Craig's journey through the Naval Academy and his decorated career as a combat pilot, including the high-risk, high-adrenaline experiences of landing an F/A-18 on an aircraft carrier at night. But it’s another risk—one far less visibl...
In this episode, we explore how we’re reshaping the way we approach prostate cancer screening. We begin with Dr. Arnon Chait’s fascinating personal journey—from working as a physicist and rocket scientist at NASA to co-founding Cleveland Diagnostics. His transition from space science to biotechnology is rooted in a deeper mission: making medical diagnostics more effective, accessible, and less invasive.
Dr. Chait explains how he and...
In this episode of the On Call for Men’s Health Podcast, we sit down with Alex Kimbrough, a longtime Emmy Award-winning director at Fox 2 Detroit, to explore his deeply personal and professional journey. While known for his behind-the-scenes presence in news broadcasting, Alex opens up about his upbringing, the influence of Cass Technical High School, his health battles, and his path to transformation.
We begin by understanding Alex...
In this episode of the On Call for Men's Health podcast, Dr. Michael Lutz is joined by Frank Lescas, Vice President of Marketing at Blue Earth Diagnostics, to discuss prostate cancer survivorship, the evolution of prostate cancer diagnostics, and the role of radiopharmaceuticals in improving men's health. Blue Earth Diagnostics, founded in 2014, has become a leader in developing innovative diagnostic tools, especially for prostate ...
Today, Dr. Michael Lutz's guest is award-winning filmmaker Landi Maduro. Her documentary, The Silent Killer: Prostate Cancer in the African American Community has been screened by the Congressional Black Caucus and has been used by health care professionals and scholars educating on healthcare disparities and prostate cancer survivorship.
As a Black female, Landi got involved with this topic when her filmmaking partner, Chris Edwar...
For years, urology has operated under the assumption that high testosterone was a risk factor for prostate cancer. Thanks to new research, we are now learning that low testosterone could be a greater cause for concern. At the forefront of this research is Dr. Ananias Diokno, Professor of Urology at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and University of Central Florida College of Medicine. He and Dr. Lutz have w...
Dr. Deanna Lites has over 20 years of local and national health reporting experience on television and on the radio. She's interviewed Dr. Lutz many times over the last 10 years, but today we are turning the tables on her.
She tells stories of covering many different aspects of health, what got her into the field, and the phenomenon of men often putting off their own health care.
Dr. Lites tells the story of her own personal heal...
Ken Hayward is a Vice President for Community Relations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. He joins us today to discuss his journey as a prostate cancer survivor.
Ken talks about his experience from diagnosis to treatment to survivorship, and how his experience as a collegiate baseball player at the University of Michigan informed his perspective. He needed "teammates," from his wife to fellow survivors and more. This came i...
Gary Thompson is not A beer guy. He's THE beer guy. For 40 years he worked in the beer industry. He's now retired from Michigan's Powers Distributing.
We open the show with the big question. Is "breaking the seal" an urban legend, or is it true? Your friends often warn you against making that first trip to the men's room in the bar. What's the science behind beer and urination?
What about kidney stones? Dr. Lutz tells us about ...
Dr. Michael Rovito founded the Male Wellness Collective (formerly the Men's Health Initiative) in 2010. He's often collaborated with us at the MIU Men's Health Foundation and was very intentional in choosing his organization's new name. He explains why.
Dr. Rovito had a testicular cancer scare at the age of 16, a time in a male's life when he may not be comfortable discussing such things. He talks us through that today. Now, as a ...
Come on, man. Let's talk about the stuff you don't want to talk about, even though you're thinking about it. It could save your life. And women,. let's talk about how your man can get healthy and stay healthy. All topics will be fair game from hair loss and penis size, to premature ejaculation and testicular cancer.
We're going to talk about all of it on the On-call For Men's Health Podcast. I'm Dr. Michael Lutz, urologist and found...
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