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Category Archives: Quick tips
Quick tips: shingles, dementia & depression, high blood pressure medications
Since you asked . . . here’s another “Quick tips” post from last week’s Healthy Matters broadcast. I have included links to point you toward reliable information if you want to learn more. The Internet is full of not-so-reliable … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiology, Dermatology, Geriatrics and aging, Infections, Kidney disease, Medications, Mental Health, Primary Care, Psychiatry, Quick tips, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
Tagged dementia, depression, high blood pressure, hypertension, shingles, shingles vaccine, zoster
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Quick tips: Shingles and pnuemonia shots, blocked coronaries, antibiotics for dental work, HIV test
Hey, friends! Here’s another “Quick tips” post in which I answer a few of the questions posed by listeners to a recent Healthy Matters radio broadcast. As is often the case, I can’t get to all the questions, but this week’s grab … Continue reading
Quick tips: tremors, blood pressure, constipation
Hey, everybody. Some of my most popular posts are these Quick Tips in which I do relatively brief answers to health topics raised by listeners to the Healthy Matters radio broadcasts. This time, I’ll cover these three topics from actual listener questions. … Continue reading
Quick tips: influenza, angina, kidneys, & blood pressure
Hi, everybody. I’m back with one of these “Quick tips” posts where I answer questions that were sent to me on a recent Healthy Matters radio broadcast. Regular listeners will know that I never can get to all of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiology, Diabetes, Infections, Quick tips
Tagged angina, flu, influenza, kidney disease, microalbumin, pneumonia
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In case you missed it: our most popular topics
I have been writing My Healthy Matters for nearly two years, and over that time there have been over 50,000 views to the site. To all of you who read along with me, THANK YOU! I took a pause in … Continue reading
A variety of everyday health concerns . . . from the Fair!
Last Sunday I joined 197,890 of my closest friends at the Minnesota State Fair. Along with the best radio person in the business, Denny Long, I did a live, in-person broadcast of Healthy Matters. This was our 451th (!) live … Continue reading
Posted in Allergies, Dermatology, Getting medical information, Medications, Quick tips
Tagged BPH, dermatitis, dermatology, enlarged prostate, fair, Minnesota State Fair, prostate, rash, shingles, skin, vaccinations, zoster
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Special topics: Lyme disease
Back in April I posted about medical science and what I had learned at my latest continuing education conference (the American College of Physicians conference in San Diego). Go ahead and re-read that post to get my thoughts on how … Continue reading
Posted in Infections, Joint and Muscle issues, Quick tips
Tagged Chronic Lyme Disease, Lyme, Lyme disease, Post Lyme Disease Syndrome
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Quick tips: C. difficile infection will gross you out
OK, let’s talk poop. As promised in my April 2 post, I plan to do a series of short posts about specific medical topics since I recently returned from “doctor’s school” in San Diego at the American College of Physicians … Continue reading
Posted in Gastroenterology, Infections, Quick tips
Tagged C diff, CDI, diarrhea, quick tips
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