I'm Elizabeth Goldenberg founder of Onespot Allergy. I have two sons and my younger son Jacob has a severe food allergy. I setup this video blog because I want to share tips parent-to-parent about living safely with food allergies.People with food allergies need immediate access to an EpiPen or Twinject auto-injector and the best way to ensure this is for that medication to be worn in a medication...read more
The LAP-BAND® procedure or the REALIZE Band procedure is an outpatient procedure. Patient stays 23 hours in the hospital....read more
Jennifer Matthews: When Kim Thomas found out she had breast cancer, she took it as more than bad news.Kim Thomas: It was probably the worst news I got in my whole life. You know you hear the diagnosis cancer, you automatically think, death.Jennifer Matthews: She underwent chemo to shrink the tumor and surgery to remove it. Doctors then recommended radiation as an extra measure, but Kim's tumor was...read more
Lyle Hurd: Sherry, obesity is considered probably one of the gravest health problems that we have in our country today. People are morbidly obese, the diabetes, I mean—tell us a little bit about a supplement called Phase 2 and how that interacts with trying to get involved in weight management.Ms. Sherry Torkos: Well, obesity is a very common health concern today. We have a situation where over tw...read more
Host: Can kissing someone who has recently ingested the food I am allergic to, cause an allergic reaction?Bob B. Gravani: For severely food allergic consumers being associated with someone who has just consumed the product that you have a severe allergy to, could be indeed life threatening. So, a person must be careful to avoid contact with an individual who has consumed these kinds of products an...read more
What are the common characteristics of a good doctor?Dr. Thaddeus Bell: Well, the characteristic as of a good physician are many but the ones that people pay most attention to are a good physician is thorough, a good physician is compassionate and forthright and respectful and then here recently weve come up with come up with the new term called “clue management” and that means, a physician who ca...read more
Ivy Hartman: A major illness can be a critical crisis for a small business owner but there are some steps that you can take to reduce your chance or your risk of medical bankruptcy. And our guest today is Dr. Jason Deitch and Dr. Bob Hoffman; our co-authors of the best selling book “Discover Wellness: How Staying Healthy Can Make You Rich.” And today were going to talk a little bit about; well fir...read more