You The Owners Manual Radio Show

Dr. Roizen talks about the latest health headlines that YOU need to know. Climbing more than 5 flights of stairs daily and what it does to help your heart Exposure to air pollution and raised risk of strokes Benefits of whey protein and how to take it PLUS so much more...

If a disaster took away the high-technology we take for granted, would you be prepared to keep you family healthy? Could you be an effective medic when hospitals are overcrowded and the ambulance is heading in the other direction? Can you take over if you were the highest medical asset left? Medical preparedness advocates Joe Alton, MD and Amy Alton, NP’s award-winning “Survival Medicine Handbook: A guide for when help is NOT on the way” is now out in its greatly expanded and revised 4th edition! Joseph Alton, M.D. and Amy Alton, A.R.N.P co-wrote The Survival Medicine Handbook", a guide for the non-medical professional to staying healthy is situations where help is NOT on the way.  It has occupied the #1 Amazon Bestseller spot numerous times in the Survival Skills, Disaster Relief, and the Safety and First Aid categories since it was published and is an Amazon Best Seller Top 100 book. Their Ebola book is a New York Times Best Seller, "The Ebola Survival Handbook". They have also written "The Zika Virus Hand

DR. ANNIE FENN is the founder of the Brain Health Kitchen, the only cooking school of its kind focused exclusively on brain health and helping people prevent cognitive decline through food and lifestyle. After twenty years as a board-certified ob-gyn, she traded in her stethoscope for an apron to pursue her passion for the culinary arts. But it was her mother's diagnosis with dementia that helped Annie find her path and her new calling, one that enabled her to not only help her mother but also create significant and meaningful impact for others. Annie lives in Jackson, Wyoming. She writes a twice-weekly newsletter at brainhealthkitchen.substack.com and posts on Instagram at @brainhealthkitchen.

Dr. Roizen talks about the latest health headlines that YOU need to know. The multiple benefits of statins Menstrual irregularity in adolescence and what you need to know Risks of drinking multiple times a week PLUS so much more...

Dr. Roizen talks about the latest health headlines that YOU need to know. A new twist for the wrist and what it means for you Gout prevention Dementia risk rises as activity rate falls PLUS so much more...

For many of us, time spent in recovery—from a broken leg, a virus, chronic illness, or the crisis of depression or anxiety—can feel like an unwelcome obstacle on the road to health. Modern medicine too often assumes that once doctors have prescribed a course of treatment, healing takes care of itself. But recovery isn’t something that “just happens.” It is an act that we engage in and that has the potential to transform our lives, if we can find ways to learn its rhythms and invest our time, energy, and participation. Drawing on thirty years of medicine, and on insights from practitioners, psychologists, and writers across history, physician Gavin Francis delivers a profound, practical, and deeply hopeful guide to recovery. Rejecting the idea that healing is passive, Recovery offers tools and wisdom for convalescence, and shows how tending to our bodies, environments, and perspectives can help us move through the landscape of illness—and come out the other side whole. RECOVERY is an expert guide to the secret

Dr. Roizen talks about the latest health headlines that YOU need to know. Blood pressure and keeping it under control Glaucoma and how to know if you have it Men are much less healthy than they think they are, according to surveys PLUS so much more...  

Something interesting happened when physicians started prescribing medications that were developed for people with type 2 diabetes. They saw that these patients often experienced a reduced appetite followed by weight loss. The most popular currently, Semaglutide (sold as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and others), affects hormones and appetite to help people lose weight. These drugs are currently trending on social media and the news, with many influencers touting them as a miracle weight loss drug.  But just like everything in the nutrition-world, there is a complex list of pros, cons, and questions that are left to be explored when it comes to these and other weight loss medications. If you’ve been wondering about all these weight loss drugs buzzing in the news and online, it’s time to better understand what they are, who they’re for, and some of the ethics and considerations behind using them.

Dr. Roizen talks about the latest health headlines that YOU need to know. Cardiac arrest and the chance of finding out about them before you have one Women fall more, but men face a higher death rate Keeping weight stable for longevity PLUS so much more...