Jennifer Mathews: When Beatrice Rosenberg's mother was diagnosed with dementia, she worried she would suffer the same fate.Beatrice Rosenberg: I was concerned. I felt I was losing my memory. I'd forget names.Jennifer Mathews: Then she heard about a new technique that measures brain volume changes by using MRI scans over a period of years.Henry Rusinek: Its accuracy is approximately 90%. We think w...read more
Evan: Hi! I'm Evan from Virginia Beach. I want to know whether smoking create excess phlegm in mucus?Dr. Susan Agrama: Smoking affects the lungs in numerous ways. The way that it causes excess phlegm in mucus is through two mechanisms. First, in everybody's lungs, we have tiny little hairs they're called Cilia, and they move back and forth. What Cilia do is they help clean debris out of your lungs...read more
How to Lose the Pregnancy BellyBrook: This mom looks like she got her hand full. Let's go see if she have a question for the docs. Hi, how are you.Ally: Hi, good, how are you?Brook: I'm good, I'm Brook. Ally: Nice to meet you I'm Ally. This is Trach, hes 13 months.Brook: So how many kids do you have?Ally: I have one, just him and one on the way.Brook: And how far long are you.Ally: I'm 15 months p...read more
What is the length of my hospital stay after a gastric bypass surgery?Most people will stay in the hospital for two nights after their surgery. If you are a type 2 diabetic and you are insulin-dependent, sometimes you end up being in the hospital one extra night, so three nights total, but most people are able to go home two days after surgery....read more
We have to reestablish normal body fluid levels, during the night you get dehydrated. You went several hours without taking any fluid in, and yet you were giving off fluid in expiration through your breath, through your skin, and consequently we need to replenish those fluid levels.And we also need to optimize performance. We can do certain things on our nutrition before a race, or before a workou...read more
Flaccid oil is an excellent source for essential fatty acids which are the basic building blocks of fats. They are categorize as Omega 3 and Omega 6, and our required for proper functioning of nerve cells and cell membrane walls.All cells are enveloped by a membrane composed mostly of essential fatty-acid compounds. Without a healthy membrane, cells loose vital nutrients, electrolytes and their ab...read more