Today we talked to Andrew Stiehm of Allina Health, he specializes in pulmonary and sleep medicine so we opened up the phone and text lines to ask the doctor anything when it comes to sleep, pulmonary health and much more - covering a variety of topics from sleep apnea, Alzheimer's, insomnia and much more with Dr. Stiehm.

It is always a good time to remind everyone about the importance of heart health and how to maintain overall cardiovascular well being so we went to a specialist on the topic in Mario Goessl, MD, PhD. with Allina Health and he is an interventional cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation with Allina Health. Today we cover some of the risk factors with cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular health, calcium build up, effects of alcohol and caffeine consumption.

It's cold to the bone so today we talked all about bone health with Dr. Suzanne Hecht of M Health Fairview who specializes in Sports Medicine. Covering various topics from calcium intake, osteoporosis, bone mineral loss and much more!

For today’s Health Show we covered hospice care and long term care in honor of November being National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, with our two guests Dr. Glen Varns who specializes in palliative care and Erika Schuld, who is the Operations Director for Hospice and Palliative Care for Allina Health! We handled every and all questions or comments regarding long-term care, differences between hospice, respite and palliative care, insurance with long-term and hospice and even a wonderful poem that will hopefully inspire you and bring hope to your day on the Health Show today!

We are on the fast track to holiday eating so it is important to be mindful of what we are consuming which with holiday treats and overeating can be a challenge so we were pleased to be joined by Keri Anderson Personal Trainer and Health Coach with Lifetime Fitness to walk us through some of those struggles and tips on how to maintain good fitness even during the holiday season! We cover supplement recommendations, habits within the home to help prevent sugar and snacking overload and much more with Keri this morning!

With Halloween behind us and more overeating and sugar intake ahead of us for the holidays we chatted with Nancy Kaley, Program Director and Facilitator of the COR Retreat which helps those who struggle with eating issues they face and helps lead them to a healthier path! She discusses her own experience in the fight against sugar addiction and also we take some of your questions as well pertaining to what you put into your system, consuming sugar from fruit, portion sizes and other tips to avoiding massive sugar intake and fighting through the addiction to sugar and food in general.

Today we chatted with Wendy Lane of Lifespark about providing care for those in need who may need to be able to venture out and get the care they need. She discusses disillusionment with the health care system and how to find the right advice and the right help, how to respond with falls and severe illness in the home as well as a variety of other topics related to home health care!

On today’s Health Show we talked to Kaytlin Hanson, MS, CCC-SLP of Hennepin Healthcare about gun violence prevention and trauma prevention in the aftermath of the incident this week with a 3 year old child being killed from an accidental self inflicted gunshot wound - we discussed ways in which people can properly store their guns and ways in which people can take action when faced with a traumatic situation such as this.

This morning we talked family and group health visits with Dr. Rachel Silva of Hennepin Healthcare and other topics involving keeping your health goals in check and how group medical visits work.

This morning we talked all about sleep - why can't we sleep? How can we get better sleep? How to have good sleep hygiene? All things sleep covered with Dr. Andrew Stiehm MD, board certified for pulmonary and sleep medicine at Allina Health!