Ask Dr. Paul

In this episode, we start out the new year 2020 with a call to action. This year, we want to start your journey to the best health ever. To do this, our podcast will be available to you along with resources at our upcoming website soon to be launched.  The website is quantitative-health.com.  We are looking forward to working with you to develop a plan tailored for you and your goals for 2020.  Let's do this!

In this episode, we discuss a topic important to all of us: water. 

Our bodies lose water every day through our skin and respiratory tract (lungs, mouth).  But, how much water do we need to replace?

Because water is essential to live, our bodies have an elegant system for water regulation. 

The secret weapon is the kidney.

Today, we discuss how your kidneys help regulate water and electrolytes (salt) in your body. And, you will also hear about those key things you can do to protect your kidneys from harm.

Please share with anyone you think may find this helpful.  Thanks for listening!

In this special episode, we discuss the steps you can take to begin your health journey. We start by recalling back to our earlier years and creating a list (an inventory) of our previous health challenges. We then think of the present time and create a list of our current health challenges. In the end, after we think carefully about our past and present, we then can look ahead.  When we look ahead, let's first rank those present health conditions or challenges we have. In the ranking system described in this podcast, you will begin to identify those health priorities.  These health priorities then begin to focus our attention and help to frame the beginning of our health journey going forward. Let's start this today and start by listening to this special episode. Thank you!   Dr. Paul Kilgore, MD, MPH. 

In this episode, we begin to define what is normal blood pressure, elevated blood pressure, high blood pressure Stage 1, high blood pressure Stage 2 and "hypertensive crisis". Understanding your own blood pressure measured by your doctor, nurse or other health-care provider or the blood pressure you measure using an automated blood pressure device at home is very important. Many of us are walking around with high blood pressure. When we do that, we run the risk of suffering the consequences of high blood pressure including heart disease and stroke. In this episode, we begin to discuss things we can do to lower our blood pressure---some of which include the "non-pharmacologic" or interventions that do not involve taking medicine. Please let me know if you find this episode helpful by writing a review and rating Quantitative Health podcast.  Thank you so much.  Yours in good health, Dr. Paul Kilgore, MD, MPH. 

When getting our "health house" in order, we can take small steps. But these can be very important steps to help ensure our own health and even the health of our loved ones, friends and neighbors. One of these steps is listing all of the medicines we take for our health. In this episode, I discuss how you can create a list of prescription and over-the-counter medicines as well as supplements and vitamins. In this episode, you'll learn why this is important and how it can actually improve the care you receive when you go to the doctor or need emergency care. If we are a caregiver for a family member, friend or neighbor, making a list for yourself and the one's you care for can be invaluable. Please enjoy this important topic and share this podcast with anyone you think can benefit. Thank you, Dr. Paul Kilgore, MD, MPH.

In this episode, we use this important quote from Louis Pasteur, the famous French microbiologist to help guide us in learning how to use the information we have about our own health to stay healthy and potentially prevent future illness. 

In this episode, we begin to consider what action steps we can take to get our "health" house in order. We will revisit this topic of quantitative health often in our journey together so that we can help you help yourself. 

In this episode, we begin the journey of understanding a systematic approach to organizing our health.  Because finding our best health is a journey, consider this a first small step. 

In this episode, we begin the discussion around objective measurement and quantification of stress using available laboratory tests. We will revisit this topic often to provide deeper dives into how we quantify stress that we humans experience.

In this episode, we begin to discuss the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test and prostate cancer. This is a continuing area of research so this will be a topic we revisit often.