Monday, January 26th on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81, Doctor Radio

Back from a little holiday and ready to go!  Starting with heart disease and women.  Dr. Kevin Campbell, a cardiologist in private practice and at UNC, will be coming on to talk about his new book, "Women and Cardiovascular Disease."  There are differences between how men and women are affected by this most common cause of death in the United States: learn what you need to know!

Heart questions: give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS

After this we will have Gastroenterology Update, where I will tell you some of the latest and greatest stories in the world of digestive disease and answer your questions and tweets!

Kidney disease.  We don't talk it about that much and it is important.  Join me and UPenn Nephrologist Dr. Jeffrey Berns, who is also the President of the National Kidney Foundation as we talk about how common kidney disease is  and how it may affect you!

Worried about your kidneys?  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS

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 your doctor ask me!  Give us a call or tweet!

Monday, January 12th on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio!

Did you ever see that episode of Seinfeld where the doctor marks something in Elaine's chart and for the rest of the show she is a pariah to any other physician?  Well, we don't really have that mark. But it turns out that Seinfeld, the TV show, can be used for the good when it come to medical education.  Join me and Dr. Anthony Tobia,  from Rutgers-RWJ Medical School as we talk about how Seinfeld can be used to teach delusional disorder subtypes.

After this we will have Gastroenterology Update, where I will tell you some of the latest and greatest in the world of digestive disease and answer your questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS or send me a tweet!

Speaking of Gastroenterology, there has been a lot of talk about the use of fecal microbial transplant for everything from C. diff infection to colitis to IBS.  And then there is the poop-sickle.  Find out with me and Dr. Caterina Oneto, a gastroenterologist at Concorde Medical here in NYC.

We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira, where I will answer any questions on anything medical: anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!  Give me a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

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Monday, January 5th, 2015 on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio

We are back!  New Year.  Great Show.  I don't know if any of you follow hockey, but if you do, then you know that there have been a ton of players who have come down with the mumps.  Didn't they get vaccinated for that? And what about this years flu shot: didn't we all get vaccinated for that?  Join me and Dr. William Atkinson of the Immunization Action Coalition as we talk about mumps in hockey players, the flu in all of us and specific vaccine recommendations for those with liver disease.

Vaccine questions?  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

After that we will have Gastroenterology Update, where I will tell you the latest and greatest news in the world of digestive disease and answer your questions and tweets.

So many cholesterol questions, so few answers.  Join me and Dr. Neica Goldberg as we talk about new cholesterol guidelines and what you should do.

Cholesterol questions...give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS

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 your doctor ask me!  Give us a call or tweet.