Stress. It’s everywhere these days: a cry for help, the answer to why illnesses pop up (or won’t go away), an issue for students and workers, and a culprit when it comes to everything from car accidents to weight gain. Stress is one of those problems most of us are left to figure out and solve by ourselves (a warm bath with scented candle only goes so far). Dr. Sam Akbar walks worried readers through how to calm themselves in her book Stressilient: How to Beat Stress and Build Resilience (published by St. Martin’s Essentials (St Martin’s Publishing Group).

Dr. Roizen talks about the latest health headlines that YOU need to know.

Dr. Roizen talks about the latest health headlines that YOU need to know.

Dr. Natasha Chhabra is here to help identify and treat food poisoning, dehydration and heat stroke, what impacts travel can have on your digestion and so much more.

Dr. Roizen talks about the latest health headlines that YOU need to know.

First of all, it's important to understand why we have more unruly airline passengers than ever. It can be traced to the Covid 19 pandemic and lockdowns. When we were in lockdown for such a long period of time, it made us lose some of our humanity and our empathy for others. We became less able to socialize appropriately, and some of us tossed etiquette out the airplane window. Hear what Dr. John Huber has to say about how to better deal with airline passengers.

Dr. Roizen talks about the latest health headlines that YOU need to know.

Professor Tinglong Dai discusses a current cancer drug shortage that was caused by a deplorable foreign manufacturing facility that stopped exporting chemotherapy drugs to the U.S. after an  inspection that revealed "a cascade of failures." But it could be worse — 4 Americans have died and 8 have been blinded after using generic eyedrops made in a foreign facility that was never inspected by the . In 2022, the  inspected only 6% of the nearly 3,000 foreign drug manufacturing facilities. America relies on these facilities for most of our prescription drugs.

Dr. Roizen talks about the latest health headlines that YOU need to know.