Monday, April 25th, 2016 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

The pancreas...mysterious and foreboding.  And complicated.  And in two parts both anatomically and functionally.  Join me and Dr. Christopher DiMaio of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York as we talk about the exocrine pancreas, what it does, and how to fix it when it doesn't function like it should.

Pancreatitis? Gallstones? Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction?  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 in the world of digestive disease and answer your questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.  Or send us a tweet!

As you can see from the meme above, Passover is here.  For those of us who observe, its eight days of eating flour and water and not enough vegetables.  But there is hope!  Join me and my fellow Doctor Radio host Samantha Heller as we talk matzo, gluten and more!

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

Monday, April 18th on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

Back from birthday fun and ready to get back to regular Doctor Radio Fun!  Starting with parasitic worms.  I guess we all have our own definitions of fun. Dr. Ken Cadwell, PhD and Dr. P'ng Loke will be joining me to talk about their new study (published in Science) at worms and inflammatory bowel disease.

After that, it will be time for Gastroenterology Update, where I will tell you the latest in the world of digestive disease and answer your questions and tweets.  Call me at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

April is IBS awareness month.  Join me and Dr. Andrea Shin of Indiana University School of Medicine as we talk about the IBS in America Study.  Dr. Shin is an author of the study.

We will end the show, as usual, 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 a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

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Monday, April 4th, 2016 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

Colitis tends to flare in the Spring, at least a little bit. Dr David Hudesman, the Director of NYU Langone's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program will be coming on to talk about what's going on in the world of inflammatory bowel disease.

IBD? Crohn's? Colitis? Wondering about the latest cures.  Give us call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

After that, it will be time for Gastroenterology Update, where you can ask me any questions on any medical topic at all...anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!  Give us a call or tweet!

All it takes is one trip to a hospital for most of us to realize how expensive medical care has become.  Recently, people have been traveling out of the country for everything from breast augmentation to cardiac bypass.  Is this a good idea?  Join me and I. Glenn Cohen, a Professor of Law and Faculty Director at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School as we talk about his book, "Patients with Passports: Medical Tourism, Law and Ethics."

If you've thought about leaving the US for medical care, give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

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

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