How do you know when your diabetes requires the help of a specialist? Dr. Tim Graham is a diabetes expert and he says he wouldn’t want patients to pay more...
What you eat (or don’t eat) can have an impact on your oral health. Acidic foods and sugar free sodas wear the teeth down faster than most foods, and forcing...
What’s the biggest benefit to the Five for Life program? Men who sign up can meet with experts they normally wouldn’t get to see. Your insurance pays for a doctor...
In 2013, poison control centers received 16,000 calls about children eating hand sanitizer and getting sick. Dr. Cindy Gellner warns that some hand sanitizers are twice as strong as vodka...
Learning that your child has cancer is overwhelming. Soon after you learn about it, you’ll be on the receiving end of piles of information from your child’s doctor and many...
There are dangerous items all over the house, but what’s the most dangerous to ingest? Household bleach, Visine eye drops, or those colorful pods of laundry detergent? Barbara Crouch with...
Every parent knows how frustrating it is when their baby is crying and they don’t know how to help them. While young children can’t use words to convey what they...
Most of us are familiar with the health risks associated with exposure to bisphenol-A (BPA), found in most plastics, but there is still a lot that we don’t understand. Christy...
Neck and back pain are common, but if you have recurring pain, you might wonder if there’s something going that’s contributing to your chronic cricks. Spinal surgeon Erica Bisson, MD...
Are you noticing a combination of neck or upper back pain and a tingling or slowing in the reaction time of your arms and legs? It could be a compression...
As you age, your nutritional needs drastically change. Meeting those needs every day by eating the right foods and taking some supplements is important to keeping your body strong and...
The question comes up every few years but seems particularly relevant today as funding for scientific research gets tighter and the numbers of academic jobs decrase. Richard Dorsky, Ph.D., director...
Pre-diabetes is much more common than you might think: Diabetes expert Dr. Tim Graham says about forty percent of Americans are pre-diabetic and less than ten percent of those people...
The rate of childhood obesity has more than tripled in the last 30 years. About one third of kids are either overweight or obese. But the US ranks number fifth...
Teenagers are growing to become more independent, which can lead to clashes with parents. In this podcast, Dr. Cindy Gellner gives some helpful tips for maintaining a healthy and respectful...
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the leading cause of infertility in reproductive age women. A new study reveals genetic changes that lead to PCOS, findings that are helping to explain...
One in ten Americans deal with mental health issues such as depression or anxiety every year, but there’s still a stigma surrounding the topic. Many people don’t seek treatment because...
Just because the human papilloma virus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted disease doesn’t mean that’s the only way you can get it. HPV is known to cause many cancers, including...
There’s a growing trend of women taking home their placenta and ingesting it after delivering a baby. Are there benefits to this? Certified nurse Midwife Debra Penney talks about why...
When you get your lab results in the mail or online, it’s possible that you might have results outside the normal range. What does that mean? Should you worry? Dr...
Did you know puberty could start as early as eight years old? Many parents worry about the changes and behaviors that can accompany the teenage years: bad attitudes, rebellion, and...
These days, we use the internet to search for answers to almost everything. But if someone is having an emergency because they ingested too many pills or drank something under...
