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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Baby Mama, the movie, a strange place to learn about child safety. In the movie they hire a professional service to baby proof the home. Each day, 1 child under 5 years old is seriously injured. Each month, 2 die as a result of injury. So what to do? Most of us don’t have that kind of extra cash laying around to hire professionals. Does that make you a bad parent? Can you accomplish this yourself? Get Dr Jim’s opinion on the subject. Listen now…
Useful Website for the Do-it-yourself-er:
Injury Prevention
Safe Kids USA
Childrens Hospital Orange County
Recent OC Register article quoting Dr Jim on this subject
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BPA (or Bis-phenol A) is a chemical in plastics which can leach out of the plastic containers into the food products we eat. Previous studies showing precancerous tumors, urinary tract problems and early puberty were disregarded because the researchers injected the chemical into rats rather than feeding it to them. But the federal National Toxicology Program has changed their stance on those studies and is now asking the FDA to reconsider the safety of BPA. Hear Dr Jim’s take on this issue now…
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Do all these products really make our children smarter, safer, more well-adjusted, more apt to attend college, marry well, and overall realize the high hopes we as parents place in them? Today I speak with Pamela Paul, author of Parenting Inc. Through a combination of research and common sense, she reveals the truth about the big business of ‘baby.’
A ‘must-hear’ before your next baby shower.
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Watch this short but VERY impressive video to learn the proper way to deal with a kitchen fire. Something we’ve all learned, but I’ve never actually seen how devastating it can be.
A good science project to NOT try at home. Water is heavier than oil. If thrown in the pan it sinks to the bottom, becomes superheated instantly and the water vapor explodes outward, throwing the flaming oil everywhere. Sugar and Flour are not useful either. Both are flammable.
Firefighters tell me that this is a standard demonstration in the academy and that this is an accurate video.
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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A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the #1 prescribed medication for elevated cholesterol may not work as advertised. How did this drug “of last resort” get to be #1? Is it still a useful medication? Is newer always better? Listen now to learn these answers and more…
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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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This month is Colo-rectal Cancer Awareness Month! Why is colon cancer the 2nd leading cause of cancer death in the US when early detection leads to a cure in 90% of cases?? Because only 1 in 3 who should get screened actually get it done. Are there symptoms? Who’s at risk? How simple is the screening test? Dr Jim answers these questions and more. Listen now…
Background information for this episode provided by Dr Ron Adamany and his nursing staff (thanks Kate Kamel, RN).
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Give Dr Jim seven and a half minutes and you’ll get everything you need to know about this deadly trend among teens. One study actually showed that in the early teen years, deaths from the choking game outnumbered suicide by strangulation. How do I talk about this with my kids? What signs do I look for? Listen now for these answers…
Useful Websites related to this topic
G.A.S.P.
Orange County Register News Article
You Tube Video
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