Health - Health Facts

June 16, 2010

Interview with Dr. Robert Butler, author of the book The Longevity Prescription: The 8 Proven Keys to a Long, Healthy Life

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Mike Carruthers:
Increasing human longevity it’s a hot topic because obviously we have a lot of control over how long we live.

Dr. Robert Butler:
Well in the last century the 20th Century we gained 30 additional years of life – that’s greater than had been obtained during the proceeding 5,000 years of human history – it’s an extraordinary change.
 

May 7, 2010

Interview with Dr. Laura Nathanson, author of the book What You Don't Know Can Kill You: A Physician's Radical Guide to Conquering the Obstacles to Excellent Medical Care

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Mike Carruthers:
We have great medical care in this country but still things can and do go wrong in the hospital. So here's some advice…

Dr. Laura Nathanson:
Every patient who is in the hospital overnight for anything but the most basic and simple problem needs to have somebody with them twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
 

April 30, 2010

Interview with Marlene Zuk, author of the book Riddled with Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites That Make Us Who We Are

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Mike Carruthers:
No one wants to get sick. However, in one respect illness can be a good thing.

Marlene Zuk:
I'm not arguing that disease is good for you or that people should be happy to get sick.

Biologist Marlene Zuk, author of the book, Riddled with Life...

April 28, 2010

Interview with Mark Fenske, author of the book The Winner's Brain: 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Success

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Mike Carruthers:
All the exciting new research on the human brain keeps showing that we have a lot of power over how well our brain performs.

Mark Fenske:
We’re finding that one of the easiest things that you can do to improve brain function overall is get regular exercise. 
 

Mark Fenske

Mark Fenske, author of the book The Winner's Brain, says we now know….

April 27, 2010

Interview with Mark Fenske, author of the book The Winner's Brain: 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Success

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Mike Carruthers:
How science looks at the brain has changed a lot in the past few years. It used to be thought that…

Mark Fenske:
Past adolescence that the brain was relatively hard-wired – that you had to deal with what you were dealt with.
 

Mark Fenske

Mark Fenske, author of the book The Winner's Brain, says we now know….

April 20, 2010

Interview with Susan Burke March, author of the book Making Weight Control Second Nature: Living Thin Naturally

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Mike Carruthers:
When you go grocery shopping you’ll notice that food packages have a lot of pretty pictures and fancy words to lure you in.

Susan Burke March:
The point is that you have to read the package ingredient label before you read the front. I’m always saying, “Read the package from back to front”.

April 19, 2010

Interview with Thomas Goetz, author of the book The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized Medicine

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Mike Carruthers:
Technology is changing the way people monitor their health in some very exciting ways.

Thomas Goetz:
Look at Nike - Nike Plus is the phenomenon that you stick a little sensor in your shoe, you go on a jog and it tracks - not only how far you’re going and how fast you’re going, but it also calculates how many calories you’re burning.

 April 8, 2010

Interview with Brand Colby, M.D. author of Outsmart Your Genes: How Understanding Your DNA Will Empower You to Protect Yourself Against Cancer, Alzheimer's, Heart Disease, Obesity, and Many Other Conditions

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Mike Carruthers:
You’ve heard a million times about the benefits of regular exercise - it improves your level of fitness, it helps control body weight… and now there is new research that shows that….

Brandon Colby M. D.: Exercise slows down our genetic clock. Our genes actually have a mechanism that counts down over time.

Brandon Colby, M.D.

 April 7, 2010

Interview with Brand Colby, M.D. author of Outsmart Your Genes: How Understanding Your DNA Will Empower You to Protect Yourself Against Cancer, Alzheimer's, Heart Disease, Obesity, and Many Other Conditions

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Mike Carruthers:
Science is learning more and more about your genes.

Brandon Colby, M.D.
Genes can be thought of as the instruction manual for your body.
 

Brandon Colby, M.D.