Medicine explained in an understandable way - by experts you can trust.
Welcome to "Wir hören zu", the podcast of the University Hospital Basel. Here we bring medicine into everyday life: understandable, well-founded and straight from the field. Our experts talk openly about illnesses, prevention, therapies and life situations that affect many people.
Each episode offers reliable knowledge, valuable tips and insights from everyday clinical practice - for everyone who wants to better understand health and make informed decisions. We classify, clarify and impart knowledge based on the latest scientific findings.
Episode 1
Understanding breast cancer better: Diagnosis, treatment & questions
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. We talk to Prof. Dr. Walter Weber about how diagnosis and treatment are carried out today, what decisions patients have to make and how modern medicine, research and interdisciplinary collaboration shape treatment.
How dangerous is breast cancer really today? We explain, take uncertainties seriously and show why there is reason for hope. We also find out the very personal reason why Prof. Dr. Walter Weber has chosen this profession.
In the case of unclear findings or palpable changes, we usually make appointments for clarification within a few days. For purely early detection examinations without symptoms, we usually schedule appointments within 4-6 weeks.
Further information can be found here: Basel Breast Center - The best of both worlds
About the guest: Prof. Walter Paul Weber
Prof. Walter Weber is a specialist and titular professor of surgery. From 2013 to 2017, he headed the Breast Center at the University Hospital Basel, where he also studied and completed his clinical training. He trained as a breast surgeon at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA.
Since 2014, he has focused exclusively on patients with breast diseases and has been head of the breast surgery team since 2015. He has founded the largest network of breast cancer specialists from surgery and radiotherapy and patient representatives from all over the world called the Oncoplastic Breast Consortium (OPBC). With the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation, he is leading two international phase III studies to modernize breast surgery by developing new oncoplastic surgical techniques on the one hand and by de-escalating axillary surgery on the other.
With the OPBC consensus conferences, he also develops the globally valid surgical standards for breast surgery, which are regularly published in renowned specialist journals.
His clinical focus is on oncoplastic breast surgery and his aim is to achieve optimal aesthetic results with the corresponding patient satisfaction and quality of life in addition to oncological safety.
He also applies the latest evidence from the specialist literature to consistently avoid overtreatment of patients with breast cancer, for example in armpit surgery.
Episode 2
Understanding menopause better: Symptoms, treatment & answers
The menopause affects every woman sooner or later - and yet it is still often not talked about enough.
We talk to Dr. Ursula Gobrecht-Keller, Head of Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecological Endocrinology at the University Hospital Basel, about what happens in the body during the peri- and menopause, why the symptoms can be so varied and what is medically treatable.
Hot flushes, sleep disorders, mood swings, "brain fog", joint pain or changes in libido: We categorize typical symptoms, explain when it makes sense to seek clarification (and what can also have other causes) and which therapies can help - from hormone treatments to alternatives for women who are not allowed to take hormones. We also look at taboos, how to deal with them in the community and why more research into gender medicine is so important.
To the gynecological endocinology and reproductive medicine page
About the guest: Dr. Ursula Gobrecht-Keller
Dr. med. Ursula Gobrecht-Keller is a specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics with a focus on gynaecological endocrinology and reproductive medicine.
After studying medicine at the University of Basel, she completed her specialist training at various Swiss hospitals, including the University Hospital Basel, Inselspital Bern and Bürgerspital Solothurn. She has been working in reproductive medicine at the University Hospital Basel since 2014, first as a senior physician and later as a senior consultant. She is currently Head of the Clinic for Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine at the University Hospital Basel.
Her clinical focus is on the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, fertility treatments including IVF/ICSI, hysteroscopy and gynecological endocrinology with a focus on menopause and perimenopause.In addition to her clinical work, she is intensively involved in the training of students, residents and senior physicians and is scientifically active with numerous publications in national and international journals. She is Vice President of the Swiss Menopause Society (SGEM) and on the Board of the Swiss Society for Reproductive Medicine (SGRM).
Episode 3
Understanding the prostate better: Prevention & treatment with Prof. Helge Seifert
Men's health often starts with an organ that is rarely talked about: the prostate. But what changes are normal and when should you take a closer look? We talk to Prof. Helge Seifert, Head of Urology at the University Hospital Basel, about the functions of the prostate, age-related changes and typical complaints.
We clarify symptoms such as problems urinating, getting up at night or sexual changes and explain when preventive care makes sense. One focus is on prostate cancer - the most common cancer in men - from modern diagnostics to individual therapy decisions and gentle treatment methods.
More information on prostatecancerscreening
About the guest: Prof. Helge Seifert
Prof. Dr. med. Helge Seifert studied medicine in Kiel, Germany, and completed his specialist training as a urologist at Düsseldorf University Hospital. After holding senior physician positions in Düsseldorf, Basel and Zurich, Prof. Seifert habilitated at the University Hospital Zurich on the subject of "Cancer Pathways in Bladder Cancer" and was appointed Head Physician in 2008. In 2009, he was appointed Chief Physician at the Clinic for Urology and Pediatric Urology at the Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum in Singen, Germany, where he remained until 2014.
After moving to the University Hospital of Basel, Prof. Seifert initially worked as Deputy Chief Physician and Chief Physician ad interim and was appointed Chief Physician of Urology at the University Hospital of Basel in February 2018. In 2017, he acquired the FMH specialty title of Operative Urology and has headed the Uro-oncological Tumor Center since 2018.
Prof. Seifert is known for his expertise in the field of surgical treatment of benign prostate enlargement and is a pioneer in the introduction of innovative and minimally invasive surgical methods (Greenlight laser, REZUM, Aquabeam). Prof. Seifert is also the most experienced daVinci robotic surgeon (since 2006) in the entire region and is particularly well-known for his tumor operations on the kidney, bladder and prostate. Together with his team, he has developed urology at the University Hospital Basel into the leading urological center in the region.
Episode 3
Understanding the prostate better: Prevention & treatment with Prof. Helge Seifert
Men's health often starts with an organ that is rarely talked about: the prostate. But what changes are normal and when should you take a closer look? We talk to Prof. Helge Seifert, Head of Urology at the University Hospital Basel, about the functions of the prostate, age-related changes and typical complaints.
We clarify symptoms such as problems urinating, getting up at night or sexual changes and explain when preventive care makes sense. One focus is on prostate cancer - the most common cancer in men - from modern diagnostics to individual therapy decisions and gentle treatment methods.
More information on prostatecancerscreening
About the guest: Prof. Helge Seifert
Prof. Dr. med. Helge Seifert studied medicine in Kiel, Germany, and completed his specialist training as a urologist at Düsseldorf University Hospital. After holding senior physician positions in Düsseldorf, Basel and Zurich, Prof. Seifert habilitated at the University Hospital Zurich on the subject of "Cancer Pathways in Bladder Cancer" and was appointed Head Physician in 2008. In 2009, he was appointed Chief Physician at the Clinic for Urology and Pediatric Urology at the Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum in Singen, Germany, where he remained until 2014.
After moving to the University Hospital of Basel, Prof. Seifert initially worked as Deputy Chief Physician and Chief Physician ad interim and was appointed Chief Physician of Urology at the University Hospital of Basel in February 2018. In 2017, he acquired the FMH specialty title of Operative Urology and has headed the Uro-oncological Tumor Center since 2018.
Prof. Seifert is known for his expertise in the field of surgical treatment of benign prostate enlargement and is a pioneer in the introduction of innovative and minimally invasive surgical methods (Greenlight laser, REZUM, Aquabeam). Prof. Seifert is also the most experienced daVinci robotic surgeon (since 2006) in the entire region and is particularly well-known for his tumor operations on the kidney, bladder and prostate. Together with his team, he has developed urology at the University Hospital Basel into the leading urological center in the region.
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