Diet, Exercise and Fibromyalgia
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This week we will discuss how food and exercise affect Fibromyalgia with Dr. Michael Lenz. Dr. Lenz is the host of the podcast, Conquering Your Fibromyalgia, where he blends the best of lifestyle medicine and medical management of fibromyalgia and related problems In years past, depression was often ignored as a “real” problem until finally the medical community acknowledged that this mood disorder is a valid problem affecting million and needs to be treated. Now it is time for physicians to step up and realize fibromyalgia is a similarly debilitating medical problem that...
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C-Diff Can Be Deadly
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This week we had the honor to speak with Christian John Lillis. Christian is executive director of the Peggy Lillis Foundation for C. diff Education & Advocacy (PLF), co-founded with his brother, Liam, following the death of their mother from a Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infection in April 2010. PLF envisions a world where C. diff is rare, treatable, and survivable. In pursuit of its vision, PLF is building a nationwide C. diff awareness movement to educate the public, empower advocates, and shape policy. C. difficile or C-Diff is short for the name of the germ that causes the...
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Migraines
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On today's show we are speaking with Kathleen J. O'Shea, Professor of English at Monroe Community College, (Rochester, N.Y.) Kathy is a 43-year migraine sufferer, who has taken her passion for literature and her chronic illness to create "So Much More Than A Headache, Understanding Migraine Through Literature" As we know, migraine is so much more than 'just a headache' but possibly a refresher would help us understand and in understanding, create a level of empathy for those around us living with this chronic disease. A migraine is a headache that can cause severe throbbing pain or a...
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Staying Healthy as a Veteran
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This week we are talking once again with Dan "Dry Dock" Shockley on "Staying Healthy as a Veteran" For Veteran's Day this year we are featuring Dan because even though he has been dealt a hard blow with a hereditary colon cancer gene he is not letting that slow him down one bit! As a matter of fact he is thriving and advocating for others around the globe as a hereditary colon cancer ambassador! Here is some more about Dan: Dan Dry Dock Shockley, retired U.S. Navy veteran; Operation Desert Storm; Enduring and Iraqi Freedom veteran and 9 hereditary colon cancer...
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Lambert Eaton Syndrome
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This week we will discuss Lambert Eaton Syndrome with Latasha Densie DeRamus. Tasha is 42yrs old, living in Tampa, Fl. with her a daughter Naomi, and a fur baby name Foxy who is 7. Besides Lambert-Eaton, Tasha also deals with Gastroparesis, non-intractable vomiting with nausea, is underweight due to inadequate caloric intake and acute bronchitis. Lambert-Eaton syndrome, also known as Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, is a condition in which the immune system attacks the neuromuscular junctions — the areas where your nerves and muscles connect. Normally, your nerve...
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Autoimmune and The Liver
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This week we will be discussing Autoimmune Hepatitis with our guest Michelle Irving. A pioneer in the Chronic Illness space, Michelle Irving is the Queen of the Underworld. She mentors women around the world, teaching them how to create a life filled with love, meaningful work and deep personal power. She believes we can all have a positive relationship with ourselves even in the midst of experiencing illness. Not to be deterred by a chronic illness, Michelle started her own podcast titled "Pyjama Interviews" as well as providing a six month online course for people...
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Annual Exam
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This week we will discuss the annual medical checkup or annual physical exam. We will not have a guest on this episode but hope you will learn just as much from the discussion based on the research we have done for this episode. Annual Physical Exam: The Basics The physical exam is an essential part of any doctor's visit. Surprisingly, though, there are no absolutes in a routine physical. A good doctor may be thorough or brief, but they will spend time listening to your concerns and providing counseling for your particular complaints and risk factors. Annual exams usually check your:...
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Functional Cardiology
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This week we will discuss Functional Medicine as it relates to Cardiology. Our guest today is Dr. Trent Orfanos. Dr. Trent Orfanos is the Director of Integrative and Functional Cardiology at Case Integrative Health. Dr. Orfanos brings decades of experience in both Cardiology and Integrative Medicine. In his own words: "I practiced adult invasive, nuclear, noninvasive, and interventional cardiology from 1982 to 2019. From 2010 to 2019, I embraced preventative cardiology from a functional medicine perspective while maintaining my full-time interventional cardiology...
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Atrial Fibrillation
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This week we are discussing Atrial fibrillation or A-fib. A-fib is an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots in the heart. )
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Long Covid /Post Covid / Ongoing Covid
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This week we will discuss Long Covid or Post-Covid. Post-COVID conditions are a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems that people experience after being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Most people with COVID-19 get better within a few days to a few weeks after infection, so at least four weeks after infection is the start of when post-COVID conditions could first be identified. Anyone who was infected can experience post-COVID conditions. Most people with post-COVID conditions experienced symptoms days after first learning they had COVID-19, but some...
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I can't believe it's almost flu season already! We still aren't finished with COVID so we thought it would be a good reminder to get your flu shots!! In this episode we discuss the differences between the Flu and the common cold. The symptoms seem similar when it comes to the common cold and the flu. But there are subtle differences between the two. The experts share how flu differs from a cold. (And they all stress that flu can be prevented by getting the flu vaccine.)
1.While people with colds might feel hot, a fever of 102 degrees or higher often signals that a person has the flu.
2. Even though a cold makes people feel miserable, they normally improve without a doctor’s help. “Colds are usually self-healing,”
3. When people develop a cold, it normally starts slowly with mild sniffling, sore throat or congestion for a few days. Then it worsens. With flu, it occurs suddenly. People often feel great and then abruptly feel sick. “Flu comes on very quickly,”
4. “Influenza tends to be associated with more coughing, more myalgia (body aches), the fatigue, more headache. (With) the common cold, you would have more people complaining of nasal congestion, runny nose, sinus congestion. Less likely to have fever. Less likely to have body aches,”
5. For the most part, a cold will last about three to five days, then people start feeling better. But anything lasting five or more days could be the flu. “The influenza lasts a little longer than the common cold,” (Credits: https://on.today.com/3qcniFj )