Pat Baird – Registered Dietician
Tune in on Friday, February 2nd at 5:30pm EST. Joining Host and Registered Nurse Barbara Ficarra, is Pat Baird, Registered Dietitian; together they will talk about living a Heart Healthy Lifestyle. Pat is an award-winning author, nutrition expert and has appeared on CNN and The CBS Morning Show. Now Pat will join Health in 30 as one of its guest experts.
Read More...Solving the Obesity Crisis
By Leo Galland M.D. and Jonathan Galland The obesity crisis is the greatest threat to this nation’s future. At home, at school and in the workplace, the terrible toll of suffering is being felt. Obesity plays a central role in creating our major causes of death and disability: type 2 diabetes hypertension heart disease strokes Alzheimer’s disease certain types of cancer arthritis The facts are truly alarming: 200 million Americans are overweight and 100 million…
Read More...Vitamin E: Friend or Foe During Radiation Therapy?
Vitamin E: Friend or Foe During Radiation Therapy? By Carol L. Kornmehl, M.D., FACRO Many people believe that Vitamin E is beneficial, and therefore take Vitamin E supplements. Despite the absence of proven advantages, antioxidant vitamins are widely used for prolonged periods of time and at high doses by healthy people, those at risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer, and by individuals with cancer. Intuitively, one would think that Vitamin E protects the body from…
Read More...Code Blue: Nursing Shortage!!!
Join Host, Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA and guest expert, Linda Honan Pellico, APRN, PhD Assistant Professor from Yale University and Nurse Educator at Yale New Haven Hospital live on January 26th as they discuss the ailing state of the Nursing Shortage.
Read More...Jawonio – Advancing the Independence of People with Disabilities or Special Needs
Barbara Ficarra will be back live in the studios on January 12, 2007! Barbara’s guests include: Barbara Blattstein, Director of Diagnostics and Health Services and Jill Warner, Assistant Executive Director for Programs from Jawonio of Rockland County, New York. Jawonio’s mission is to “advance the independence, well-being and equality of people with disabilities or special needs.” Tune in on Friday, January 12th to learn all about the comprehensive services provided at Jawonio. For more information…
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