Monday, May 1, 2017 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

Food, booze, climate and colors. Yes, we are talking about all of that this Monday.  Starting with alcohol and climate.  Really.  Join me and Dr. Ramon Bataller, the Chief of Hepatology and Nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as we talk about the relationship between climate and alcohol use. Ever hear the excuse that "I drink to keep warm." May be more true than you think.

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

After this, we will have Gastroenterology Update, where I will tell you the latest and greatest in the world of digestive disease and answer your questions on all things GI at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

I will not lie.  I have no idea what a Unicorn frappuccino is.  Not sure I want to, but apparently, many people do.  The thing is blowing up Twitter. Join me and Keri Gans, RD as we talk about the color of food.

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

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Monday, April 24, 2017 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

You're probably not going to be surprised, but we are talking basic science and medicine today. Not the "translational" stuff, but the real, nitty gritty stuff that confuse even most physicians find difficult to understand.

The first thing brings together a modern evil with the stuff of the middle ages.  Dr. Victor J. Torres, Ph.D., of NYU, will be joining us to talk about the links between medieval medicines and Staph aureus, a problem in everything from gym bags to ICU's.  Turns out that our medieval ancestors knew more than we give them credit for.  Find out what, and how!

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 via Twitter, of course.

Continuing with our basic science theme, we are going to be talking HIV. Dr. Jenna Honeycutt, a PhD post-doc at the University of North Carolina, will be coming on to talk about how the HIV gene persists in a part of the body despite treatment (something similar happened with Ebola, if I remember correctly).  Find out how one discovery will (hopefully) lead to others and, potentially, a cure for HIV.

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 me a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

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Monday, April 17, 2017 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Shownon SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

a very brief post holiday post.  We will be talking alternatives to reflux surgery, answering your GI  questions, talking about drug use in the USA (not the legal kind) and having Ask Doctor Ira.  It all happens starting 8AM ET on Monday.  Questions? Give me a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS

Monday, April 10, 2017 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110

Happy Holidays to everyone. Passover is here and Easter is just around the corner.  Matzoh, which consists of unleavened flour and water, could also be described as the perfect food to help the gastroenterologists college fund.  But its not just matzoh!  Join me and Dr. Michael Camilleri of the Mayo Clinic as we talk about constipation and irritable bowel syndrome with constipation!

Can't go? Give us call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS

After that, we will expand the conversation in GI with Digestive Disease 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 me a tweet!

I just got back from Miami.  I won't lie, I'm closer to grandchildren than children.  But there is a little something odd about being in a "Zika" area.  Join me as I speak with infectious disease and emerging threat expert Dr. Amesh Adalja.

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

We will end the show, as we usually do, with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any question on any medical topic at all: anything your forgot to ask your doctor ask me!  Give a call at1-877-NYU-DOCS.

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Monday, April 3, 2017 on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

I'm thinking about livers.  Really. Fatty liver has become big news and big business. Join and my fellow NYU gastroenterologist Dr. Lisa Ganjhu as we talk about fatty liver.  After that we will expand the conversation with GI Update where I will tell you the latest and greatest news in the world of digestive disease.  Liver and GI questions...let me know at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

We will continue the GI conversation at 9AM ET when Thangam Venkatesan, MD of the Medical College of Wisconsin joins us to talk about Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome.

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