Jigsaw's butane HCL with pepsin product, it's designed to help people digest particularly protein. We hear a lot about people who have acid in digestion or acid reflux and the first part is that I making too much acid, really that's not the case, you really you are not making enough acid, and what's happening is that the food in your stomach is actually fermenting and putting gas pressure up again...read more
First of all I think it is really important to get involved with the care of the premature baby right from the start. So many times these parents of premature babies, when they are in the neonatal intensive care unit and they are surrounded by all of the technology in the unit they dont feel comfortable with getting involved in that babys care.So I would say first off its important to begin to get...read more
Well now, Im kind of in a new situation because my son just started kindergarten at a new school and my daughter just started preschool in a new school. So Im meeting a lot of new people who dont know me and dont know my health history and how disabled I was and Im just looked up like a regular person now.But once in a while, I bump in to a mom that says, “Are you that woman that was in the wheelc...read more
Question: Will medical insurance pay for a lung transplant?Dr. Ross Bremner: We certainly would never do a lung transplant without knowing the patient has adequate health care coverage. Is a lung transplant process is fairly expensive and as long-term care includes expensive medications. So yes, these transplants are fully insured and insurance companies do cover them, and we ensure that that proc...read more
Shelley: Hi! I am Shelley from Boston. Is it hot in here or is it just me. I would like to know more about the best way to deal with hot flashes.Dr. Adrian Dobs: Well, Shelley hot flash is something that women who go through menopause, practically all women will have this in some way. And another term people use for this is vasomotor instability. Unfortunately, the only really good thing that work...read more
How Long Term Antibiotics Affect the IntestineAntibiotics are often lifesaving, obviously, but if we have to take antibiotics over a long period of time, those destroy that healthy eco system, that bacteria, those organisms that are helping us live in that symbiotic relationship. And if we dont have that bacteria to help with that mucus that affects that intestinal permeability and allows that doo...read more
What should women know about restless legs syndrome?Dr. McPherson: Women who are wondering about restless leg syndrome should know that it often can occur in families. It is often a clinical diagnosis thats made based on the patients symptoms. People usually have symptoms in the evening, and at night when they go to bed they have an unusual discomfort in their legs. Its often difficult for them to...read more