Today, we're going to talk about a parasite, the rat lungworm, which is thought to be rare in the US. A report by the CDC tell us the opposite. My guest today is Kathleen Howe. She is a rat lungworm disease expert of the University of Hawaii. Kathleen has led a personal battle against this parasite since her son has been affected by this parasite. Kathleen will talk about the following items: health effects of rat lungworm, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and why rat lungworm disease is underreported in Hawaii.

This a special episode for International Overdose Awareness Day. We will talk about how to prevent drug overdose suicides with our guest Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber, Phd of Columbia Lighthouse Project. She will also talk about the Columbia Protocol a promising test for assessing the risk of suicide. This test can be used by anyone. For more info visit: http://cssrs.columbia.edu/

Today, we will be talking about the health effects of metals present in e-cigarette vapors and how we can lessen the effects of these toxic compounds. My guest is Dr. Ana Maria Rule. She is a research scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Today, BCCDC wildfire smoke expert Dr. Sarah Henderson, will give us all the necessary information to stay healthy during wildfire season. We will discuss the following items:

-Signs and Symptoms of wildfire smoke exposure

-Preventive measures to reduce exposure to wildfire smoke

-Tools to measure air quality

Hot summer temperature contributes to bacterial growth. BCCDC Food Safety Expert Lorraine McIntyre will give us the 411 on how to keep bacteria out of food when cooking outside in hot weather. In this episode, some of the topics that will be discussed are food cross-contamination, proper heat temperature for meat and poultry, and what is the best way to get bacteria out of our hands.

Our guest today is Cat Adams, a Phd candidate at UCBerkeley. She is doing a thesis on death cap mushrooms. She will tells us about the do's and dont's when handling this mushroom. In addition to that, she will give us tips on how to forage for mushrooms

In this episode, Dr. Sarah Vose, Phd from the Vermont Department of Health, tells us about the effects of this skin-burning plant and how to protect yourself from it. She also describe how this plant looks like.

A lot of people think that tuberculosis (TB) is not present in developed countries. However, a study reveals the occurrence of TB in children and teens in British Columbia, Canada. The author of the study, Jennifer Guthrie MSc. Phd (candidate) from the BCCDC, gives us information on the symptoms, detection and prevention of TB. Also, we discuss the findings of the study.

Jason Tetro, aka the germ guy, is back again with advice to protect yourself from Norovirus when you're at the beach. He also talks about how to recognize and treat a norovirus infection.

Today, we will discuss the do's and don'ts of first aid procedures for lion's mane jellyfish stings. In addition to that, we will talk about the signs and symptoms of jellyfish stings. Dr. Angel Yanagihara is my guest for this episode. She is a world renowned expert on this topic. Dr. Yanagihara appeared on documentaries of the BBC, CBC and PBS.