YOU: The Owner's Manual

With over-the-counter or OTC hearing aids being among the most anticipated new technologies to hit store shelves in years, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is advising consumers to be smart shoppers if they’re intending to purchase one of these products for themselves or for a loved one.  

OTC hearing aids have been sold in the United States only since mid-October 2022. They are intended for adults with self-perceived mild to moderate hearing loss. 

ASHA recommends that anyone purchasing an OTC product first get a hearing evaluation from a certified audiologist (such evaluations are generally covered by insurance, even if hearing aids are not). This is important because people typically misjudge their degree of hearing loss. A hearing evaluation also can rule out other medical conditions that could be causing hearing loss.

Joining us to share more about these developments is Lindsay S. Creed, AuD, CCC-A, an audiologist who is currently working as an Associate Director of Audiology Practices at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

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

 

Rutgers Gardens is a 180-acre botanic garden, consisting of designed gardens, farms, plant collections, natural habitats, and a farmers market. As part of Rutgers University, the Gardens provides experiential and service learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. It serves as a living laboratory for faculty and staff to better serve plant science research, landscape architecture, and the nursery and public horticulture industry.

Dr. Lauren Errickson serves as the Director of Rutgers Gardens and Campus Stewardship within the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University. In this role, she aims to improve human health and well-being through increased access to nutritious food and green space while stewarding the plant collections, display gardens, and natural areas of Rutgers Gardens.  Dr. Errickson’s research and programming efforts have focused on urban food access, community health initiatives, and sustainable agriculture and food systems, as well as on ecology and horticulture.  

She joins Dr. Roizen today to talk all about the health benefits of gardening, growing your own food and relaxing outdoors.

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

 

Are you holding your breath, even just slightly? Are you leaning forward, tensely anticipating the next problem to land in your email inbox? Most of us, without realizing it, hold our breath while we’re at our desks or at work. 

Take a moment now to lean back in your chair and take a few deep slow breaths. Shallow breathing, while we’re responding to email, is just one of the many ways in which we’re unconsciously contributing to the stress response in our bodies.  Personal and societal stress add up in our bodies every day. We wake up with it, carry it with us like heavy luggage, pile on more throughout our daily routines, and wrap ourselves in it as we fall asleep. Even if we are not aware of it. We are on high battery mode, and exhausted by the end of day. 

But we don’t have to live this way.  We can put down the luggage. We can live on a more powerful battery mode, using the regenerative energy of joy and purpose. 

Dr. Elissa Epel is a New York Times bestselling author (The Telomere Effect) with a plan to turn stress into strength in her new book, The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease. As a leader in the fields of stress and biological aging, she is acutely aware of the ill effects of stress on our health. But her research also explores how we can transform our relationship to stress—how we can stress better, viewing stress as an exciting challenge rather than a threat, and how we can find true relief from feeling overwhelmed. Dr. Epel’s 7-day plan equips you with practical, science-based tools from her decades of research.

More than 1 in 4 U.S. adults (26%) have untreated dental cavities, according to oral health data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In addition, nearly half (46 percent) of adults 30 and older have signs of gum disease, and 13 percent of youths ages 5 to 19 have untreated tooth decay.

Worldwide, untreated cavities (also called caries) are the most common oral health issue, affecting more than 2 billion people, and severe gum disease affects about 1 billion people, according to a new report on oral health from the World Health Organization. Calling the global situation “alarming,” WHO officials say nearly half of the world’s population has untreated oral diseases, and that these illnesses affect more people worldwide than mental disorders, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and cancers combined.

Dr. Parul D. Makkar joins us today to tell us more about these statistics. She is the founder of P.D.M Family Dental on Long Island, New York. Since losing her younger sibling (and fellow dentist) Dr. Manu Dua to oral cancer, Dr. Makkar devotes her time to educating doctors and patients alike about risk factors, prevention, and advocating for early diagnosis.  Dr. Makkar has also co-authored of the book 'Life Interrupted, Dr. Dua's Survival Guide' which is a winner of the CIPA EVVY Award for Motivational/Inspirational books.

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

 

Underactive thyroid function is becoming alarmingly common — and the condition is horribly underdiagnosed.

According to board-certified internist Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, the good news is that once it is diagnosed, it can be very easy to treat in ways that can save your life in addition to significantly enhancing your quality of life.

This updated edition of his book "From Fatigued to Fantastic!"  includes the most up-to-date information, as well as state-of-the-art protocols and treatment plans that you can implement on your own or with the help of your physician. The answers are in your hands, with clearly organized, easy-to-read information from one of the world’s premier researchers in the field of CFS and FMS.

Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, is one of the most frequently quoted integrative medical authorities in the world. He is the author of several best-sellers, including From Fatigued to Fantastic!, the Beat Sugar Addiction Now! series, The Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Solution, and the popular free smartphone app Cures A-Z. He is the lead author of 4 studies on effective treatment for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. He earned his MD degree from Ohio State University and recently celebrated his 50th year as a physician.

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.