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Dr. Len and Nurse Vicki discuss various natural and holistic health topics while taking your calls.
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Monday Jan 09, 2012
Monday Jan 09, 2012
- Osteoporosis News: Calcium deficiency may not be the cause
- A possible cancer breakthrough with a liver nutrient
- Another cancer breakthrough for acute myelogenous leukemia with fish oil!
- Dieting and eating disorders
- What ingredient in some candies can prevent cavities and gum disease?
- The ethics of over treatment in the Intensive Care Unit
- The Month after Christmas (LOL)
- Great Truths to make us laugh at ourselves.
Monday Dec 19, 2011
Monday Dec 19, 2011
- UK study shows mammograms cold be dong more harm than good!
- PSA tests for prostate cancer vs. 3D/4D echo sonograms and MRI with spectroscopy
- Breath tests for detecting lung cancer as with sniffer dogs is 80-90% accurate
- The American Cancer Society is backing down on some cancer screening tests
- Drug treatments for Alzheimers disease are lacking. Is there effective treatment for it?
- John (Oregon) Wife's breast cancer returned and metastasized after 11 years. Discussed zometa and alternatives.
- Mary (Atlanta, GA) - Uterine cancer one year ago and now cancer free. Vegetarian, and other healthy life style measures to prevent recurance, etc.
- Words of Wisdom
- Infant Discovered in Barn.
Monday Dec 12, 2011
Monday Dec 12, 2011
What's more important, fitness or body weight? Should medical wrongdoing be a criminal act? Main stream medicine is finally looking to alternatives for peripheral neuropathy! Photon stimulator explanation and it's benefits Omega 3 Fish reduces heart attacks and strokes in young women. How long does a C. Difficile acquired hospital infection, lengthen your hospital stay? Callers: George (Long Island) re. his peripheral neuropathy Mike (Michigan) re. the effects of smart meters (can post on meter that you don't want it) Tips: #1 Hypnotist at local senior center (LOL) #2 Donald Trump on "Dumbo" Health Care
Monday Dec 05, 2011
Monday Dec 05, 2011
- Low HDL cholesterol does not cause heart attacks
- It is unusual for doctors and nurses to wash their hands in patient's rooms!
- Canadians recommend fewer mammograms, no self breast exams, and no clinical breast exams
- Food in childrens' hospitals is unhealthy
- Adverse drug reactions in seniors leads to 100,000 emergency room visits per year
- One in ten stent patients is readmitted within 10 days with serious outcomes
- Is your hip implant poisoning you?
- Replacement for low vitamin D prevents heart attacks
Vicki's Health Tips:
- Does every body need milk?
- LOL: High tech in a sauna :)
Monday Nov 28, 2011
Monday Nov 21, 2011
Monday Nov 21, 2011
- Garlic oil is protective to the heart and more....
- How too much iron can accelerate the aging process
- Colonoscopy screening is questioned by the National Cancer Institute.
- More news on probiotics. Can they protect us from radiation damage? How do we choose a probiotic?
- Do the majority of Americans want to repeal our Health Care Reform?
- Tom from Illinois on prostate cancer
- Neil from N.C. on Vitamin D3
- Laughter is the best medicine x2.
- How to maintain a healthy level of insanity :)
- The computer industry compared to the car industry :)
Monday Nov 14, 2011
Monday Nov 14, 2011
- MD's over-prescribe tests if they make a profit from them.
- Could probiotics prevent deaths from swine flu as an alternative to the flu shot?
- Are we getting sick from our disinfected water by-products?
- The U.S. still lags in health quality improvements.
- A government backed expert panel joins in the fight against skin cancer by pushing for a ban on tanning booths.
Monday Nov 07, 2011
Monday Nov 07, 2011
- Occupy Wall Street needs revolution and evolution.
- Is getting drugs to market faster better or worse?
- Can you acquire a resistant microbe in your hospital room left from a previous patient?
- If you are taking this drug, don't take Aspirin.
- Does person centered care reduce the length of hospitalizations?
- How can we change our genetic predispositon to obesity?
- An ounce of raw nuts can affect our feel good, serotonin levels, in the gut and help with metabolic syndrome.
- "Ticked Off" about Social Security and Medicare from Montana.
- Senior citizens and their ailments along with one "blessing"!?
Monday Oct 31, 2011
Monday Oct 31, 2011
Prescriptions for Health 10/31/11:
- Antidepressants are on the rise in the US.
- Occupy Wall Street
- Steroids and menopause are both tied to vitamin D deficiency
- Elder surgeries that don't improve quality of life.
Callers:
- Jack (Manhattan) : sensory neural hearing loss with tinnitus
- Maxine (Marin): Update on Doc's hip surgery. Tx. for Sciatica.
- Stuart (LA): How to manage BPH (benign prostatic hypertrophy)
- Murray (Brooklyn): pneumonia
Tips:
- "Why I call him Honey" and tips on cognitive decline
- What love means to a 4-8 year old
Monday Oct 10, 2011
Monday Oct 10, 2011
Vicki's Health Tips:
#1 - Great Truths
#2 - Susan G. Komen Conflicts of Interest and Pink Washing