Recorded June 17, 2006
Category Archives: Health & Medicine
Living Healthy (33) – Colon Cancer
If you are under the age of 50, skip this post. In Living Healthy Podcast #33, Dr. Domke talks about colon cancer. Very bad juju. Second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. But easily treated if detected early and much of the half-hour podcast deals with colonoscopy screening. Long-time readers will recall that smays had his first screening a couple of years ago and it was a walk in the park. Seriously.
I hate being nagged and would never recommend it but if you have a loved one that is over fifty and has not had a colonoscopy, ask them to. Then insist that they do. Then make their life a living hell until they do. Like Henry says, how many chances do you get to save someone’s life?
Living Healthy (32) – LASIK Surgery
Recorded June 6,2006
Missouri hospitals moving to ban tobacco
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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
Tattoo: “Do Not Resuscitate”
A great grandmother wants to make it absolutely clear where she stands should she ever become incapacitated. So, at age 80, Mary Wohlford of Decorah, Iowa, has had the phrase “DO NOT RESUSCITATE” tattooed on her chest. In addition to the tattoo on her chest, Wohlford has a more binding document in a prominent place. She has signed a living will and has hung it on the side of her refrigerator.
Sorry, Mary, but it doesn’t matter what you want. The Pope and Jerry Falwell and some dicks in Washington will decide this matter for you.
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.