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Health News of the Week with Dr. Darria

Guest : Darria Long Gillespie, MD
From the Show: Sharecare Radio
Summary: Each week, Dr. Darria goes over the Health News you need to know to keep you and your loved ones well.
Air Date: 8/4/15
Duration: 10
Host: Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA
Health News of the Week with Dr. Darria
Each week, Dr. Darria goes over the Health News you need to know to keep you and your loved ones well.

In this week's segment, Dr. Darria discusses the following:

  • Kids eat more sugar, watch more TV and eat fewer vegetables during summer vacation than when they're in school.
  • Music instruction can help students do better in school by improving their hearing and language skills.
  • HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) may help ease pain and inflammation of arthritis sufferers.
  • Strong relationship between sleep problems (such as insomnia) and self-harm in adolescents.
  • Drinking coffee on a consistent daily basis reduces the risk of reducing MCI (Mild Cognitive Impairment).
  • Women who exercise as adolescents have a reduced risk of cancer and other diseases in their middle ages.