Maternal death is on the rise in the United States. Each year 700-1200 women die from pregnancy or childbirth complications and black women are 3-4 times more likely to die of pregnancy or delivery complications than white women. Additionally, more than 1,000 babies die prematurely each year in North America. Dr. Kecia Gaither, MD, is …
Leading into National Black History Month, it’s ideal for Late Night Health host Mark Alyn to have a discussion about how to rewrite breast cancer mortality history for African American women. In a conversation with Arnedra Jordan, an ambassador for the Susan G. Komen Los Angeles County Circle of Promise, Mark learns that gains from …
It was March 8, 2012, and I was in my car at the Temple University Hospital frantically searching for my parking receipt to leave the hospital garage. There were so many reasons not to leave. I had just left the cardiac intensive care unit where my 57-year-old husband, Harry, had received his last treatments. I …
Doctors Are Not Following Their Own Advice—And They Are Burning Out Doctors are known for giving advice about healthy living—to eat a healthy diet, get enough sleep and downtime, and to enjoy healthy relationships, exercise, meditation and gratitude practices, but do they follow it? The answer is—not as much as they should. Over 50 percent …
In the increasing world of data based medicine and value based outcomes Physician Burnout is increasing at an alarming rate. Physicians describe this feeling like an overwhelming sense of physical, emotional and cerebrally/mental exhaustion. “We feel like our body’s are racing on overtime but moving at a snails pace where nothing gets finished.” There is …
Strokes are the leading cause of disability in America and can result in depression, personality changes, poor memory, faulty judgment, concentration challenges, visual impairments and weakness. When it comes to the basics of stroke awareness most people know the risk factors that include: uncontrolled diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and sleep apnea; …
Only 7% of people see their dentist regularly every six months. And that most people don’t ever visit the dentist until they feel acute pain. On this edition of Late Night Health, Dr. Sam Low will let you know why that may be too late. We’ll find how your teeth and gums are linked to …
Today, mammography is a woman’s best defense when it comes to detecting breast cancer at its earliest. The technology has saved countless lives, but it’s not fool-proof. Radiologists are the doctors who specialize in reading the breast images taken during a mammography screening. And depending on breast density, the pictures don’t always tell the whole …
Whether you are sore after starting a new workout routine or you pulled something carrying groceries, everyone deals with muscle or joint pain at some point. A national survey conducted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) concluded that over half of Americans experience muscle or joint pain daily. Neck, back, knees, shoulders, hips, elbows. …
As a leading thoracic surgeon specializing in minimally invasive surgery,and a much sought-after authority on all things lung cancer, Dr. Eric R. Presser has successfully maintained his affiliations with traditional allopathic medicine while associating with and learning from a wide range of complementary practitioners. Since 1999, he has been an innovative doctor with a thriving …