How Lactose Intolerance and Ethnicity Are ConnectedPeter: Hi my name is Peter Chang and Im from Fort Lee, New Jersey. I was just wondering is it true that lactose intolerance is prominent in some races more than others?Satish Rao: Peter it is true that the problems of lactose intolerance varies across the world across ethnicity and geographically. For example Chinese Asians the problem is 90%. Ind...read more
Host: How can you protect your feet?Kathy Reily: It's fairly easy to protect your feet, just a couple of things that we recommend that you do on a regular basis and one thing would to be do a daily foot check. Foot check can be done at bedtime, it can be done when your bathe or shower, whenever you just have a few spare minutes, but important to check each foot, check the top of your foot, the bot...read more
Jennifer Matthews: Liz Catalan has almost everything she's ever dreamed of.Liz Catalan: I have my husband. I have a good job. I have my dogs. I have my friends, but there is still that little bit missing and it is always there.Jennifer Matthews: After years of struggling with infertility, Liz's time for having kids is running out.Liz Catalan: We are all, as women, we are born with that maternal in...read more
Whether Arthritis Can Be PreventedTerry: Im Terry, Im 28 and I live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. I do a lot of physical activity and I would like to know how can I prevent arthritis at an early age?Dr. Brian Halpern: Terry, youre asking the million dollar question. If I had the answer to that I would be a Noble Prize winner. Arthritis is a huge issue right now. We have young athletes that are break...read more
You know, the most important thing that you want to look for in a sunscreen is “full spectrum protection.” What do I mean by full spectrum? That means “protection from UVA and UVB.” There is two types of rays out there, UVA are aging rays. UVB is easy to remember; A for aging, B for burning, so UVB are burning rays. We have traditionally always known what UVB was, because that is what SPF measures...read more
How I Felt After a Glaucoma Diagnosis - Janet's StoryHi, my name is Janet. I am a patient of Dr. Aleta Gongs. I have been a patient of hers for quite a few years and right now I am dealing with glaucoma for one year.So, its a year in March that I came to visit her and had an appointment. I had redness of the eyes and they were dry, irritated and I could see a little shaded area and so I thought it...read more
Julia Long: Skyla was diagnosed with a brain tumor four years ago and we are here today with a brain tumor awareness organization to help, educate and to bring people into, inform them about our calls.How has cancer has changed your life?Julia Long: It was changed in every way it possible. We had a lot of fun with our brain tumor diagnosis, early, I think we have. We get to see what life is actual...read more