Monday, October 28, 2013 on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio.

Its Halloween.  Apparently its been Halloween in NYC all weekend, with parties costumes, and very large quantities of candy for kids and more adult oriented snacks for everyone else.  Which brings us to our show tomorrow.

For the snacks: GERD.  But while reflux is always a trick and never a treat, for those people with Barrett's esophagus and dysplasia it is especially so.  Join me and Dr. Nicholas Shaheen of UNC as we talk about RFA ablation for Barrett's and how ablating the bad cells appears to keep working.  Call us with your Barrett's questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

After this we will expand the conversation to not just GERD and Barrett's but to all of gastroenterology.  Join me for Gastroenterology Update, where I will tell you some of the latest and greatest news in the world of digestive disease and answer your tweets and questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Now more the more adult oriented.  As I was getting around NYC, I saw hundreds of ghosts, ghouls, zombies and some costumes that clearly shouldn't be described in oriented health blog. But what I didn't see was costume contact lenses.  Honestly, I didn't think anyone besides actors ever wore them.  It took me long enough to realize people wore contacts to change their eye color.  Join me and NYU Ophthalmologist and Doctor Radio Show Host Dr. Elisabeth J. Cohen as we talk about costume contact lenses: who knew anyone would stick something like that in their eyes?  How safe are they?  We'll find out!

We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any questions on any medical topic at all and I'll be glad to answer it...anything that you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!  Give me a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

Monday, October 21, 2013 on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio!

I'm watching the Denver Broncos play the Indianapolis Colts as I write this.  Looks painful.  Particularly, at this moment, if you are an Indy fan.  Speaking of pain, Dr. Sanjay Bakshi of the CRPS Institute in NY will be joining me to talk about chronic regional pain syndrome.  Find out about this poorly understood syndrome which may affect millions of Americans.

Pain syndrome in your extremities that no one can figure out?  Want to avoid narcotics?  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

GI Update follows.  Find out the latest and greatest news in the world of digestive disease, and ask me your questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.  You can tweet me as well!  We will get to all of that at 8:30 AM ET.

I won't lie.  I am eating barbecue as I watch the football game and get this together.  I'm trying to lose weight, but, well, sometimes I get a little weak.  So I am very excited to hear from Dr. Deborah Levine, a medical historian at Providence College in Rhode Island.  She will tell us about her work on President William Howard Taft, who I will forever think of after this as "Modern Dieter Zero."

We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any question on any medical topic at all...anything you forgot to ask you doctor, ask me at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

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Monday, October 13th on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio!

Greetings from Foxboro, MA.  I am writing this in the Snack Bar of a Hockey Rink, where one of my sons is participating in a tournament and I am working on my food poison talk at the American Museum of Natural History this November.  Which brings us to our first topic: GERD, and how diet can effect it.  Join me and reflux expert and otolaryngologist Dr. Jamie Koufman as we talk about all things reflux and I point out to my friend the ENT how our Radiofrequency Ablation Procedure really seems to work in patients with Barrett's esophagus and dysplasia!

After this, we will expand the topic to GI update, where I will tell you some of the latest and greatest news in the world of digestive disease.

Questions?  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Tomorrow is Columbus Day.  And what would Doctor Radio be without an in depth discussion of how whomever's holiday it was either got sick or died?  Joining us to talk about Christopher Columbus is Dr. Phillip Mackowiac, Professor of Medicine, Medical Historian and Author!

We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any questions on any medical topic at all: anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!  Give me at call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS or tweet me at @doctorira!

Monday, October 7th on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio!

Its Flu Shot Season.  And yes, Doctor Marc K. Siegel, the Medical Director of Doctor Radio, will be coming on the air to give me mine.  High dose?  Tetravalent?  Quadravalent?  Find out with us tomorrow (and feel my pain) during our second hour.

As a physician, I recommend and am often asked about obesity surgery options.  One step before getting the surgery is a "psychological evaluation."  Patients and physicians often think of it as just a hoop to jump through to make the insurance company happy: but is it?  Join me and Psychologist Dr. Leslie Heinberg of the Cleveland Clinic as we talk about eating disorders before and after Bariatric Surgery.

We have a solid hour of Ask Doctor Ira and Gastroenterology Update as well.  Find out some of the latest and greatest news in the world of digestive disease, and have your questions answered on any medical topic at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!