It's Your Health

Lisa Davis talks with Bob Carey, MD author of Patients Teach a Doctor about Life and Death: Tales from Fifty-Six Years of Practicing. Bob Carey was born in Arlington, Massachusetts in 1929. He attended Arlington public schools. He graduated from Harvard College Cum Laude in 1950 and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Boston University School of Medicine in 1954. Half of his 4 internship and residency years were at Harvard and half at Boston University teaching hospitals. This was interrupted by 2 years of military service in Okinawa from 1955 to 1957. There he was allowed to focus on care for the very poor indigenous people. Bob married his high school sweetheart, Mary O'Neill in 1954. Five children and 12 grandchildren have brought much happiness to them. In 1960 he joined Dr. Gordon Saunders' practice in Arlington. Together they gradually invited more physicians to join them in internal medicine and most of the medical subspecialties. In 1970 they became a group practice, Internist, Inc. In 1993 the practice joined Lahey clinic to become Lahey Arlington. All of this time Bob did much administrative work, especially in his last five years before retirement in 1998. Bob taught at both Boston University and Harvard Medical Schools for many years and still teaches at BU in retirement. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Cardiology. He has boards in Geriatric Medicine and Internal Medicine. Since 1978 he has volunteered in medical programs for the poor in Bolivia and Ecuador.

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It's Your Health

Lisa Davis talks with Robert N. Butler, MD author of The Longevity Prescription: The 8 Proven Keys to a Long, Healthy Life. Dr. Robert N. Butler's name is synonymous with healthy aging. As the founder of the first department of geriatric medicine in the country at Mount Sinai and the National Institute on Aging within the National Institutes of Health, he is widely regarded as the father of geriatric medicine. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a frequent adviser to the World Health Organization, and the founder of the International Longevity Center, whose mission is to champion research and policy focused on helping our senior population age well and live vibrant lives. In The Longevity Prescription, Butler outlines eight essential facets of longevity: exercise, nutrition, mental vitality, sleep, relaxation, love and intimacy, community connections, and medical care. With each chapter providing specific, prescriptive advice, that has been proven to delay or eliminate chronic illness and promote health, The Longevity Prescription outlines a step-by-step plan for maintaining optimum wellness and offers eye-opening statistics and research-based information. You may be surprised to learn: •A good marriage at fifty-not a low cholesterol level at that age-is a better predictor of good health at eighty. •Stress reduction and a good night's sleep are wellness strategies just as essential as exercise and diet are. •Why honing a center of balance is a key to physical health. •How the brain can be trained to regain lost function and ensure continued clarity. •Why starting a second career in retirement can lead to contentment, and more. With guidance for formulating an action plan and adopting new habits and strategies, The Longevity Prescription offers the latest information on special health challenges, such as diabetes and cancer. A baby boomer turns sixty every 7.6 seconds, but many of America's graying millions approach the later years of life with fear and trepidation. Emphasizing clear-cut research findings that balance physical health with emotional well being, Butler and his colleagues offer a definitive path to whole-life happiness.

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Lisa Davis talks with Kyle Keiderling, author ofHeart of A Lion- The Life, Death And Legacy Of Hank Gathers. On March 4th, 1990 Hank Gathers, the leading candidate for college basketball's player of the year award, fell to the court at Gersten Pavilion on the campus of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Within minutes the man who had led the nation in scoring and rebounding as a junior, and who had proudly boasted of being the strongest man alive, was dead. Heart of a Lion is the story of Hank Gathers, a young man who dared to dream while growing up in "the worst slum in America." "Hank Gathers was an extraordinary player. He was a young man who dared to dream in a place where dreams go to die. Hank's dream ended tragically but his teammates carried on in his honor. Together they provided one of the greatest stories in NCAA tournament history. Hank has been gone 20 years but, the dream is alive." -Jim Nantz, CBS Sports.

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Lisa Davis talks with Larry Levitt, MD, author of Uncommon Wisdom: True Tales of What Our Lives as Doctors Have Taught Us About Love, Faith and Healing. In light of the escalating costs of healthcare in the U.S. and the on-going debate about appropriate health insurance reform, it’s easy to forget about the human side of medicine and the importance of the doctor-patient relationship. In Uncommon Wisdom, neurologists John Castaldo and Lawrence Levitt share what they have learned in their many years as doctors, not just from tests and labs, but from years of listening and learning from their patients. These 16 tales show doctors as human beings: flawed and full of doubt, wonder, and reverence about what it means to be alive. The stories remind us that the medical profession should be about treating people with the dignity they deserve and that medical miracles don’t always involve medicine. These doctors find cures, solve mysteries, and glean many lessons from listening deeply to their patients.

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It's Your Health

Lisa Davis talks with Jane Green about her latest book, Promises to Keep: A Novel. In Green's 12th novel, Callie Perry is a happily married photographer with two wonderful kids, a lovable sister, Steffi, and a best friend, Lila. Problems are minor: Steffi can never settle down, Lila has finally found love but the guy has a nightmare of an ex, and Callie and Steffi's divorced parents haven't spoken in 30 years. But then Callie, a breast cancer survivor, is diagnosed with a rare and incurable complication of the disease. Suddenly realizing that she has only months to live, she begins the painful process of saying good-bye. While the subject matter is intense and personal, it's far from depressing; the characters are warm, funny and realistic. Green (The Beach House) manages to create an authentic tale of a woman who truly loves her life and family and is trying to do the right thing for them before she dies. While Green breaks up her chapters with recipes (presumably because Steffi is a cook), this peculiar modern conceit in women's literature feels like a misstep. Overall, Green once again delivers an enjoyable emotional story.

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Arcade Fire on Daily Show 08-12-10

Arcade Fire perform live on the Daily Show 08-12-10 Featuring latest tracks Ready to Start and Month of May off the Suburbs 2010 release.

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It's Your Health

Lisa Davis talks with Amy Boesky about her book, What We Have: A Family's Inspiring Story About Love, Loss, and Survival. At thirty-two, Amy Boesky thought she had it all figured out: a wonderful new man in her life, a great job, and the (nearly) perfect home. For once, she was almost able to shake the terrible fear that had gripped her for as long as she could remember. Women in her family had always died young-from cancer-and she and her sisters had grown up in time's shadow. It colored every choice they made and was beginning to come to a head now that each of them approached thirty-five-the deadline their doctors prescribed for having preventive surgery with the hope they could thwart their family's medical curse. But Amy didn't want to dwell on that now. She wanted to plan for a new baby, live her life. And with the appreciation for life's smallest pleasures, she did just that. In What We Have, Amy shares a deeply transformative year in her family's life and invites readers to join in their joy, laughter, and grief. In a true story as compelling as the best in women's fiction, written with the sagacity of Joan Didion and the elegance of Amy Bloom, Amy Boesky's journey celebrates the promise of a full life, even in the face of uncertainty.

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Lisa Davis talks with Donna Authers about her book Sacred Walk. A SACRED WALK helps dispel the fear of death and draws uniquely on the experience of the dying to show how best to meet the practical, emotional, and spiritual needs of a loved one who is facing death. Writer Donna Authers lived in fear of death from childhood well into her adult life, the result of an unusual number of tragic losses in her family. The miraculous story of how that fear was broken marked the start of her calling as a caregiver to others as they, or their loved ones, prepared to leave this world. Walking alongside someone with a chronic or terminal illness is a sacred time, but we usually want to be told exactly how to help. Read how family, friends, hospice and other resources came together for Anna during her final days. Heeding the end-of-life lessons shared in this book will show readers how best to care for their loved ones and also help them die with no regrets when their own time comes.

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It's Your Health

PART TWO

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It's Your Health

PART ONE- Susan Feniger is well known to Angeleno’s as one half of the popular "Too Hot Tamales" along with her longtime business partner Mary Sue Milliken. Almost 30 years ago, the two chefs opened CITY restaurant, becoming an instant success story. Next came Border Grill in Santa Monica, California and Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, and then the Latin themed Ciudad in downtown Los Angeles and the Border Grill Truck. With the opening of Susan Feniger’s STREET in Hollywood in 2009, the celebrated chef launched her first solo venture. Feniger’s dream of creating a unique restaurant inspired by the authentic flavors of street food was fulfilled, creating a spontaneous love story enjoyed by foodies and the media alike. A veteran of 396 episodes of "Too Hot Tamales" and "Tamales World Tour" series, Feniger also co-authored five cookbooks with Milliken--City Cuisine, Mesa Mexicana, Cantina, Cooking with Too Hot Tamales, and Mexican Cooking for Dummies. She has been on the board of the Scleroderma Research Foundation for 17 years, spearheading a mission to find a cure for scleroderma, a life-threatening and degenerative illness, by funding and facilitating the most promising, highest quality research, as well as placing the disease and the need for a cure in the public eye. Feniger also serves on the board of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center.

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It's Your Health

Think you worry too much? You're not alone?over 40 million Americans suffer from some form of anxiety. Help is here in this friendly guide, which offers sound advice on identifying anxiety triggers through taking self-tests, improving your eating habits, relaxing, and finding support for you and your loved ones. Now with 25% new and revised content, Overcoming Anxiety For Dummies, 2nd Edition explores all of the most common triggers for anxiety, recent developments in medications, newly emerging biologically oriented approaches for treating anxiety, and the most up-to-date advancements in psychotherapies. Understand why you?re anxious and pinpoint your triggers Get trusted advice on whether you can overcome anxiety on your own or seek professional help Covers anxiety in teens, young adults, and veterans The practical information in Overcoming Anxiety For Dummies, 2nd Edition is your first step toward getting your life back and winning the war against your worries! From the Back Cover

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It's Your Health

Dr. Brian S. Boxer Wachler, MD is a world-renowned ophthalmologist, nationally and internationally admired for his expertise in Keratoconus treatments, LASIK and other vision correction procedures. Dr. Boxer Wachler was named as one of " America 's Top Doctors" by Castle Connolly this year. He founded the Boxer Wachler Vision Institute in Beverly Hills, California to further research into new vision correction procedures and provide patients with the most advanced vision care treatments. He has served on the Board of Medical Directors of a non-profit Keratoconus Foundation and was Chairman of the Communications Committee for the Internal Society of Refractive Surgery. Because of his expertise, he is routinely invited to lecture worldwide on the latest advances in Keratoconus treatments, safety in refractive surgery, and other new refractive surgery innovations. He has published over 65 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in his field and is widely regarded as one of the world's best eye surgeons.

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It's Your Health

With a library of bestselling fitness DVD's, nutrition & weight-loss books, and lifestyle products, Kathy Smith has been an icon and leading force in the wellness industry for nearly 3 decades. Selling over 16 million workout videos since 1980, Americans have grown up with Kathy and followed her through each stage of their lives. Today she continues to shape and inspire the lives of millions around the world, including health and wellness for the aging population. Just this year Kathy launched Rejuvenation (www.RejuvenationRehab.com ), her new line of fitness equipment created for the aging population. Complete with convenient kits that cater to the specific needs of aging individuals, each product and exercise helps to restore the body as well as rehabilitate and prevent injury by building strength, increasing flexibility, improving range of motion and boosting muscle endurance.

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It's Your Health

Confessions of a Professional Hospital Patient is a humorous first person account of how to survive a hospital stay and escape with your life, dignity and sense of humor. The book, written with the insight worthy of a physician but from a patient's perspective, relates the TRUE goings on in hospitals and medical care today. Through Mr. Weiss' sharing of his most intimate, embarrassing and funny experiences, the book takes you through chapter upon chapter of useful nuggets of information on such important topics as preparing for the hospital stay, coping with nurses in the middle of the night, communicating with doctors, getting treated in the emergency room, creating privacy and dignity in the often demeaning hospital setting, dealing with the pain and setbacks associated with recuperation/rehabilitation and pursuing payment/reimbursement from bureaucratic managed care companies. In addition to the book being a very useful source of practical information for prospective hospital patients and their families, it is unique in its blend of humor and candor in addressing a delicate and uncomfortable topic. As a bonus, Mr. Weiss' personal story is truly inspiring and the manner in which he conveys his experiences is entertaining, funny and poignant.

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3P-061 Wossamatta U

Examines the university as the self-perpetuating goal of education. Reviews the NY Times article "Placing the Blame as Students Are Mired in Debt," the Washington Examiner article, "Higher Education's Bubble is About to Burst," and the book by Anya Kamenetz, DIY U. Cites statistics on drop-out rates, the cost/benefit ratio, and a jaundiced look at college from "The Economics of Education and the Education of an Economist."

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It's Your Health

Most weight "loss" programs focus on overeating and lack of exercise; very few of them address the underlying reason for weight issues. Weight issues area a result of unhealthy patterns of behavior and a negative self image. The Service to Self TM process, taught in this book, focuses on reprogramming and healing old patterns of behavior to create a positive, lasting change, in self image - weight "release" is a natural byproduct of this process.

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- Balanced hormones are critical for vibrant health. - This applies both to your own hormones or those prescribed. - Science is now saying it's safe to take hormones for some women. - For some women it's safer to take hormones, even for a few years, than to not to take them at all. For the first time find out - - How balanced hormones can decrease the risk of heart disease, diabetes, being overweight, getting hospitalized, getting wrinkled, low sex drive, insomnia, exhaustion, even safeguard breasts. - Learn about the protective side of estrogen & the dangerous side of folic acid. - About the environment and progesterone resistance. - Learn the safety of soy before or after a diagnosis of breast cancer. - Hear about sedentary versus athletically fit food. - Which 7 foods you must eat to keep hormones safe, and which 7 you must avoid. -Learn which nutrients keep hormones safe and which ones put us more at risk of disease. This is an entertaining page turning book on the science behind hormones and foods. Learn about the truth about soy and breasts, how melatonin and vitamin D are estrogen's good buddy and how women's bodies yearn and synergize with fish oil. Discover a new understanding of estrogen and how it can make anti-cancer substances in your body if you eat right and take the optimal supplements at the appropriate times. Learn about the good estrogen dominance. Laugh and learn at the same time with Lindsey, a scholar at a science driven think tank on estrogens, a nutritionist, and a breast cancer survivor.

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It's Your Health

Annatha Wolcott, a rebellious young woman, seeks to terminate an unplanned pregnancy. She inadvertently meets Wendy Malloy, a zealous pro-lifer who has other plans and lures her into a trap from which there is no escape. Annatha's disappearance lands in the lap of FBI agent Rachel Ward who works tirelessly to find the missing girl. A pregnancy complication threatens to undo Wendy's plans and unbeknownst to agent Ward, turns the investigation into a race against time. Each character is faced with difficult situations that seem irreconcilable. The characters in Gestation must choose their paths in the hope of finding the one with least resistance. However, sometimes the supposed easier way leads them to what appears to be insurmountable odds. As often happens, their choices clash and a battle of wills results with no consideration for compromise. When an unborn life is involved, personal judgments and morality create the foundation from which their actions are justified and even glorified as divine. In Gestation, you will journey through the lives of these characters who suffer nightmarish consequences from their life choices.

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It's Your Health

Lisa Davis talks to chiropractor Doc Joe Leonardi about Fat then Fit Now Listen to his huge weightloss success and hear how he can help you. One on one consultations and guidance in setting and reaching your body remodeling goals. Seminars covering nutrition, exercise and motivation. Available to speak to your groups about weight loss and weight management. Design of eating plans. Design of exercise programs. Regular progress meetings. Phone and email support.

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It's Your Health

Starting your own business is hard. But the biggest obstacles often have less to do with time and money, and more to do with fear and doubt. In What If? and Why Not? serial entrepreneur and small business advocate Jen Groover—creator of the Butler Bag and creator and host of Launcher’s Café, an online community for entrepreneurs—shows you how to transform your fears into action by rethinking the negative questions that can lead to failure before you even get started. Being an entrepreneur, Groover says, isn’t just about selling a product. It’s about personal growth—about taking your vision and bringing it to fruition, and about always pushing yourself to take that vision further. What gets in your way isn’t the money you don’t have, or what you don’t know about the industry you want to get into—it’s believing you can’t do it, that you don’t have the power or the resources you need to make your dream into a reality. Groover walks you step by step through ten negative “What If?” questions—What if I don’t know what I’m doing? What if I don’t have the money? What if I fail?—and how to turn them around by asking yourself: What if I can learn? What if I don’t need much money? What if I succeed? She also asks “What Not?”: Why not find a mentor or take a class? Why not ask for investors? Why not try? With dozens of personal stories from successful entrepreneurs in areas as diverse as dog walking and handbag-invention, plus practical advice for every step of your journey, What If? and Why Not? is the most complete guide available to help you you start the business of your dreams.

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it's Your Health

Lisa Davis and Dr. Sharyn Wynters talk about her fantastic book, SURVIVE!: A Family Guide to Thriving in a Toxic World. In the guidebook SURVIVE!, a naturopath and an alternative medicine expert share valuable tips for parents and others on how to minimize exposure to the harmful toxins in our everyday lives. From the foods we eat, to the water we drink, to the products we use, the human race is constantly exposed to chemicals designed to improve life's experiences, but instead are causing potential birth defects, hyperactivity, learning disabilities, and early puberty in children-to name just a few. Sharyn Wynters, a naturopath with over thirty years of experience in health and wellness, partners with Burton Goldberg, LHD, the founder and former publisher of Alternative Medicine magazine, in order to bring others a comprehensive guide to understanding the long-range effects of such toxins as indoor air pollution, water contaminants, and electromagnetic smog on our bodies, our immune systems, and our environment. Wynters and Goldberg provide descriptions of areas of concern, offer suggestions for healthier solutions, and provide lists of products and companies that provide safer alternatives. SURVIVE! will inspire awareness of the dangers of the toxins in everyday products and services and motivate others to take personal responsibility for their own health as well as the health of planet Earth.

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It's Your Health

Lisa Davis interview Tara Stiles. This is yoga like you have never seen before. Tara guides you through an intense calorie-burning workout that penetrates deep to elongate, strengthen and streamline your entire body, for a slimmer, more defined yoga physique. This is yoga at its finest; hip, stylized scenes set to rock music, shot in the most beautiful places in NYC.

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Lisa Davis interviews Jerzy Gregorek, author of " Happy Body: The Simple Science of Nutrition, Exercise, and Relaxation" The Happy Body: The Simple Science of Nutrition, Exercise, and Relaxation by Aniela & Jerzy Gregorek Jurania Press reviewed by Jeanette J. Jennis "Athletes focus on what they do, not on how they look, although beauty comes along anyway. The same principles that work for athletes also work for ordinary people of all ages." The Gregoreks, world weightlifting champions, produced a practical and personal book that exemplifies the outstanding accomplishments of these two Polish refugees who sought a better way of life by coming to the United States in 1986. Realizing that people of all ages desire good health, including a universal goal to extend an aura of youthfulness, they found their mission as professional coaches. After thirty years of study and implementation, a system called The Happy Body program emerged. This elegantly illustrated book contains three parts: The Philosophy of the Happy Body, Designing Your Happy Body, and Nourishing Your Happy Body. As outlined, there are six primary qualities of youthfulness: flexibility, strength, speed, leanness, ideal body weight, and good posture.

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"Contrasts"

There's plenty of contrast on this RADIOLA!

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Haile Sellasie's 98th birthday

recorded off the air in Montego Bay, Jamaica on July 23, 1990. Royal Jamaican Radio (RJR) late night show with The Night Doctor discussing ras tafari, also known as Haile Sellasie. Sorry about the sound quality and the thick patois. Enjoy!

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06AUG2010: Another crazy weekend, GWAR-B-Q and more

Sunday's GWAR-B-Q is gonna be nuts...10 bands, competitions, tattoos, general mayhem. Lots of former GWAR/Death Piggy members are gonna play. Can't wait. So tonight let's play tunes by GWAR, Death Piggy, Alter-Natives, Meat Cleaver, plus Mudd Helmut & Fear, then later maybe switch things up and get a little bluesy, funky, dancey. www.wrir.org/index.php?/blog/entry/833

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Balanced Budget Madness Hits Social Security with James Galbraith

The Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction Commission established by the President, will deliver an attack on Social Security & Medicare dressed up in sanctimonious rhetoric of deficit reduction. The Obama spending freeze is another sacrifice to the deficit gods. But, the deficit phobia of Wall St., the press, some economists and practically all politicians is one of the deepest dangers that we face. It's not just the old and the sick who are threatened; we all are. To cut federal budget deficits w/o first rebuilding the economy is a sure path to stagnation, to a double-dip recession--even to a second Great Depression. Plus AFSCME Pres. McEntee introduces a new reality show - "It's Time to Play "Social Security Survivor"

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Switzerland In Sound August 14, 2010

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Classic Finally Friday August 14, 2010

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Our Daily Meds with Melody Petersen

More than 100,000 people die in the US each year from prescription drugs -- used as directed by their doctor. How did aggressive marketing make our health care system a cause of widespread sickness? Why haven't government regulation or medical research been able to protect the public? New York Times health reporter Melody Petersen discusses her new book, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs. www.ourdailymedsthebook.com/

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