Recorded June 6,2006
Category Archives: Health & Medicine
Missouri hospitals moving to ban tobacco
Missouri’s hospitals are moving quickly to ban tobacco, not just in the building, but anywhere on hospital property. Some patients are so addicted, they drag their I-V bottles, tubes, and cart out to the parking lot of their hospital so they can get a nicotine fix. Those days are numbered. Hospitals and state health officials have worked to change regulations so hospitals can ban tobacco use anywhere on the hospital campus, not just in the building. [Missourinet.com]
Living Healthy (31) – Sleep Apnea and Snoring
This is one of those conditions we just didn’t hear about when I was young. Oh, sure, people snored but it was more humor than affliction (assuming you didn’t have to listen to it). Somewhere along the way it moved over to the “real medical problem” column and an entire industry blossomed. Recorded May 27, 2006.
Living Healthy (30) – Ankle Sprains
Living Healthy (29) – Warts
Living Healthy (28) – Osteoporosis
Living Healthy (27) – Acne
Henry talks about acne this week (Living Healthy Podcast #27) but he started off the podcast with a caution about “non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.” There’s a bunch of these (prescription and OTC) and they’re used to reduce pain, fever and inflammation. Arthritis sufferers tend to rely on this group (Motrin, Ibuprofen, Aleve, etc.). Henry points out that last year, more people died from complications associated with these drugs than died of AIDS in the U.S. He says tough it out and take two Tylenol.
Living Healthy (26) – Diabetes
Living Healthy (25) – Toenail Problems
Toenail problems come in two varieties: fungus and ingrown toenails. Dr. Domke views the first as a hyped-up, false problem. Toenail fungus is not dangerous and there’s no cure. Affects about 20% of all adults. He thinks the treatment is more dangerous than the problem. Ingrown toenails a different matter. Recorded April 15, 2006