YOU: The Owner's Manual

Dr. Teresa Yang is here today to discuss her book, "Nothing but the Tooth". Have you ever visited a new dentist and been told you need a “smile makeover,” with the implication that if your teeth were whiter and straighter, you would be more successful and happier? Or maybe you’ve never had a cavity – and now, suddenly, you have a half dozen that require immediate attention. Perhaps you’ve been told you need a root canal or a crown or implant. What are all these things? Which procedure is best for your situation? Did you leave those offices thinking, “It’s not really bothering me. Do I need to get all this work done?” Nothing But the Tooth is a ready guide to dental health that answers all your questions and the ones you didn’t even know to ask. It begins with the most important how to choose a competent and ethical dentist – and ends with a discussion about technological advances in the dental field. Topics such as the cost of dental treatment, pediatric and geriatric dental needs, and the link between sleep apnea and your mouth are covered. Most importantly, it guides readers to a better understanding of the link between dental and overall health.

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

Can a difficult diagnosis create a stronger faith? On November 3, 2022, Mark and Mary Kay Liston went to the ER to treat a nasty cough that Mark had picked up. After hours, the doctor entered the room and gave Mark the somber diagnosis of lung cancer, indicating a ping pong-sized lump in his lung. To Mark, who was a healthy, lifelong non-smoker, the diagnosis was both shocking and confusing. In the following seventy-six days, the author journaled and wrote notes down on all his daily medical interactions, doctor and hospital appointments, and medications given. This meticulous process of fact-finding, coupled with the author's friend-and-family invitation for -- and inclusion of -- twenty-six others' stories of similar life-threatening diagnoses, resulted in the compilation and creation of Diagnosed: Inspirational Stories After an Alarming Medical Diagnosis. The husband and wife Liston team divided the book into two different sections: the first section for the twenty-six individuals interviewed who share their diagnosis/recovery stories, and the second section for the authors' own story. Each individual who shared had a different story. Each had survived cancer or another life-altering illness, or cared for someone who had. Each one offered special insights. Yet, all are inspirational stories that can help any reader cope with their own possible life-altering diagnosis. Ninety percent of the patients interviewed shared the importance that their faith in God, and prayer, had played in their recovery story as they, along with the author team, all navigated the powerful, healing waters of faith. Mark and Mary Kay Liston are retired franchise executives - both presidents of different franchise companies. Mary Kay is a Navy brat - having grown up on Navy bases throughout the west coast and Japan. She received her undergrad at San Diego State, her hometown, and MBA from Pepperdine. She had five other siblings. Mark grew up in Northern Illinois, got married at 18 and had three kids by the time he was 22. His only brother was 18 years older. He lost his dad while in grade school. Now snowbirds, they spend time with kids and grandkids, and enjoy traveling. They were inspired to write this book after a diagnosis of lung cancer.

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

If a disaster took away the high-technology we take for granted, would you be prepared to keep you family healthy? Could you be an effective medic when hospitals are overcrowded and the ambulance is heading in the other direction? Can you take over if you were the highest medical asset left? Medical preparedness advocates Joe Alton, MD and Amy Alton, NP’s award-winning “Survival Medicine Handbook: A guide for when help is NOT on the way” is now out in its greatly expanded and revised 4th edition!

Joseph Alton, M.D. and Amy Alton, A.R.N.P co-wrote The Survival Medicine Handbook", a guide for the non-medical professional to staying healthy is situations where help is NOT on the way.  It has occupied the #1 Amazon Bestseller spot numerous times in the Survival Skills, Disaster Relief, and the Safety and First Aid categories since it was published and is an Amazon Best Seller Top 100 book. Their Ebola book is a New York Times Best Seller, "The Ebola Survival Handbook". They have also written "The Zika Virus Handbook: A Doctor Explains All You Need To Know About The Pandemic".

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

DR. ANNIE FENN is the founder of the Brain Health Kitchen, the only cooking school of its kind focused exclusively on brain health and helping people prevent cognitive decline through food and lifestyle. After twenty years as a board-certified ob-gyn, she traded in her stethoscope for an apron to pursue her passion for the culinary arts. But it was her mother's diagnosis with dementia that helped Annie find her path and her new calling, one that enabled her to not only help her mother but also create significant and meaningful impact for others. Annie lives in Jackson, Wyoming. She writes a twice-weekly newsletter at brainhealthkitchen.substack.com and posts on Instagram at @brainhealthkitchen.

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

For many of us, time spent in recovery—from a broken leg, a virus, chronic illness, or the crisis of depression or anxiety—can feel like an unwelcome obstacle on the road to health. Modern medicine too often assumes that once doctors have prescribed a course of treatment, healing takes care of itself. But recovery isn’t something that “just happens.” It is an act that we engage in and that has the potential to transform our lives, if we can find ways to learn its rhythms and invest our time, energy, and participation. Drawing on thirty years of medicine, and on insights from practitioners, psychologists, and writers across history, physician Gavin Francis delivers a profound, practical, and deeply hopeful guide to recovery. Rejecting the idea that healing is passive, Recovery offers tools and wisdom for convalescence, and shows how tending to our bodies, environments, and perspectives can help us move through the landscape of illness—and come out the other side whole.

RECOVERY is an expert guide to the secrets of recovering – showing why we need it and how to do it better. Rejecting the idea that healing is passive, RECOVERY offers tools and wisdom for convalescence, and shows how tending to our bodies, environments, and perspectives can help us move through the landscape of illness—and come out the other side whole.

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