In this episode, Dr. Roizen talks about the latest health headlines that YOU need to know.
- Vaping patient receives double lung transplant, but at great cost (now and in the future). Should individuals take on a greater personal responsibility?
- Jimmy Carter hospitalized for blood clot in brain (removed successfully).
- Neighborhoods with reduced walkability (e.g. broken-up sidewalks, air pollution) increases cardiovascular disease risk.
- The more children a woman has, the higher her cardiovascular risk.
- Rural Americans are dying more from preventable health conditions.
- Millennials gaining weight and developing diabetes.
- Long-acting birth control option available in a patch.
- Self-testing for cervical cancer.
- Getting at least 10,000 steps per day adds to your longevity -- but does doing more have any extra benefit?
- PLUS so much more...