Outreach LessonsAt the Outreach Program I learned, I have a cane, I have a guide cane and I have a support cane. They teach you how to guide yourself, they would take us to, how to cross the street alone. They would take us to one street to Beaufain and actually that's by the lake downtown. And the reason they take us there for that lesson is to learn how to cross the street with cars, where there...read more

There are some possible interactions between Levofloxacin and medicines to control heart rhythm—these being Tikosyn, Quinidine, Sotalol; ones like that, that will control heart rhythm. Its possible to get an additive effect and what you dont want is to have irregular heart rhythms because you added an antibiotic. So your doctor would have to use cautiously, possibly change to a different agent....read more

Jennifer Mathews: More than 170,000 Americans are diagnosed with lung cancer each year and 160,000 will die from the disease. Dr. Peter Mazzone: That makes lung cancer far and away the most common cause of cancer-related death in the United States. .Jennifer Mathews: Dr. Mazzone says, "The disease is difficult to diagnose early because there are no symptoms." Dr. Peter Mazzone: It would be wonderf...read more

Dr. Travis Stork: We have covered 22 health mistakes that you often make in the course of 24 hours. With a couple more left next on our list, ignoring your face and it seriously show us how facial exercise can take years of your appearance. Please welcome facial fitness expert and author of The Magic of Facial Exercise, Cynthia Rowland.So, not going to ask your age Cynthia.Cynthia Rowland: Good.Dr...read more

Hi ladies. My name is Paula. Ii am an ovarian cancer survivor, four and a half years at this point in time. This is my second interview with Empoher, I wanted to give you an update and just to let you know that you can live with this disease, this is—I'm going right now through my fourth round of chemo but I had been into admission for over two years and I'm just here. And I hope I will be here fo...read more

Raena Morgan: Dr. Ferguson, most of us know that the role of the adrenal glands is the fight or flight syndrome. But there's more to it than that. Could you tell us about the role of the adrenal glands?Todd Ferguson: Yeah, if you look at the adrenal glands, they're composed of two parts; the outer part and the inner part. The outer part is called the cortex and the inner part is called the medulla...read more

There are several causes of aortic valve disease. The most common cause is degeneration or wear and tear of the valve, and that happens really over a long period of time and most commonly presents in older patients, particularly women, starting in the 60s, 70s and 80s. The valve degenerates and becomes thickened and hardened and calcified so that it cant open properly, causing aortic stenosis or i...read more