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The American Psychological Association has published a report showing that stress is on the rise in America and women are bearing the brunt of it. ER visits for financially induced stress and suicide are on the rise. We hear news stories of suicide from a 45 year old father and husband in California to a 90 year old widow in Ohio. Recognize the symptoms of stress and learn to manage stress during these tough economic times. Listen now…

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written by Dr Jim \\ tags: anxiety, economy, financial stress, mortgage stress, subprime stress, suicide

Did you know that you can have advanced breast cancer with no lump and a normal mammogram? This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Dr Jim has chosen to focus on Inflammatory Breast Cancer. If you’ve been diagnosed with mastitis, you need to hear this report! If you have breasts, you need to hear this report! If you know someone with breasts… listen up…

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written by Dr Jim \\ tags: breast cancer, breast cancer awareness, breast cancer prevention, IBC, inflammatory breast cancer, misdiagnosed mastitis, wrong diagnosis mastitis

Headlines say that a simple pneumonia vaccine can reduce your risk of heart attack by 50%. If this true or have the media incorrectly interpreted the data?? Dr Jim sorts out fact from the myth. Listen now…

HERE is an excellent video showing what happens during a heart attack.

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written by Dr Jim \\ tags: health media errors, MI, myocardial infarction, pneumococcal, pneumonia vaccine, pneumonia vaccine heart attack, pneumovax, reduce heart attack risk

Tell men directions and give women landmarks. That’s the upshot of a study in the Journal of Behavioral Neuroscience. Research shows a clear difference in how gender affects our ability to process directions. So testosterone affects our brains in this way too? Dr Jim explains…

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written by Dr Jim \\ tags: asking for directions, gender differences, gender differences navigation, giving direction, Men vs Women, navigation

Are you worried about osteoporosis? Do you already have osteoporosis? What if the treatment only stopped one fracture for every 100 women treated for 3 years. Would you still endure the risk, the expense, and the side effects? Does that sound like a highly effective drug to you? Listen now to hear Dr Jim’s opinion on Fosamax and the newly discovered risk…

HERE is an interesting medical video showing atrial fibrillation in great detail.

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written by Dr Jim \\ tags: actonel, atrial fibrillation, bone mineral density, boniva, esophagitis, estrogen, evista, Fosamax, fosomax, hip fracture, jaw bone necrosis, osteoporosis, reclast, spinal compression fracture

A first-of-its-kind study out today shows that over 26,000 kids a year are brought to US emergency rooms with sports injuries related to gymnastics. 80% of these injuries are girls.

Protect your child from joining these statistics, listen now to learn how…

Read the original research article HERE

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written by Dr Jim \\ tags: amenorrhea, back walkover, cartwheel, eating disorder, female athlete, gymnastics, handspring, headstand, osteoporosis, sports injury

We spend so much time arguing about kids vaccines that we often forget about the adults. Okay, everyone knows about Tetanus shots and Influenza, some know about the Pneumonia vaccine. But do you know all 10 vaccines that should be kept up to date in adults? Listen now to find out…

Useful link:
CDC recommendations for Adult Vaccination for 07-08

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written by Dr Jim \\ tags: adult vaccine, chicken pox vaccine, diphtheria, diptheria, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, HPV, influenza, measles, meningitis, meningococcal, mumps, pertussis, pneumococcal, pneumonia, rubella, shingles vaccine, tetanus, varicella

Dr Jim takes aim at a recent study connecting caffeine intake to miscarriages. Is this true? Dr Jim reveals the true cause of most miscarriages and explains the strengths and weaknesses of this type of investigation.

Dr Jim also answers listener questions regarding bone healing, back pain, and a new acne treatment.  Listen now or download to listen on the road…

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written by Dr Jim \\ tags: acne treatment, back pain, bone healing, caffeine, minocycline, miscarriage, pregnancy, Solodyn, Supplements

This week Dr Jim discusses news articles and answers listeners’ questions. If you have a health related question, call now at 1877-Dr-Keany. In the news this week Dr Jim discusses the recent study showing Zetia had no positive impact on atherosclerotic plaque build up. Also he discusses the study on increase ER waiting times and sheds some light on the cause. Next he tells all about the new drug Libigel, touted as ‘Viagra for women.’

Dr Jim answers listener phone calls on the topics of lung cancer screening for a former smoker, advice on what to do with a ruptured silicone implant, and the topic of live liver donors and liver transplant. Listen now…

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written by Dr Jim \\ tags: ER waiting time, GPS, heart attack, Libigel, liver donor, living donor, Lung cancer screening, silicone implant rupture, Simvistatin, Viagra for women, Vytorin, Wii, Zetia

I decided on a monologue this week. With this sudden flurry of studies released dealing with cancer risk, we need to get to the bottom of it all. What is really helpful and harmful based on these latest studies? The nightly news won’t tell you, because they don’t even read the study before reporting. Listen now to find out what it all really means…

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written by Dr Jim \\ tags: breast cancer, cancer risk, colon cancer, Nutrition, obesity, Supplements