Monday, February 11th on The Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

We are gearing up for running season and Valentine's Day here on Doctor Radio!  Dr. Steven Simons will be coming on to talk about runner's GI issues and so much more!  Lactose intolerance or food allergies?  What's the difference and what do you need to know.  Dr. Julie Wang will be joining us to talk about this and more!  And of course, I'll be answering all of your medical questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS (and tweets too!)

Monday, January 28, 2019 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

Yes, after a relatively long absence due to the holidays and a vacation, I am back!  We have a great show, talking about penicillin allergy, family planning and inflammatory bowel disease, and of course, taking your calls and questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!  Psyched to be back!

Monday, December 10th 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

Happy Holidays! Dr. Anthony Tobia of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School will be joining us to talk about the Grinch and, well, heart disease.  I get the whole 3 sizes too small thing, but...well you'll just have to find out.

Gastroenterology Update Follows.  Call me at 1-877-NYU-DOCS with your Digestive questions or send me a tweet!

Mary Flynn, Phd will be on to talk olive oil and health.  Yes, its a tie in to Chanukah, which is ending, but, in a small miracle, resulted in eight more days of radio conversation!

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

Monday, December 3, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

We will be talking lego swallowing with Dr Tessa Davis of St. Barts Health in the UK.  We will be talking about the life of Dr. Benjamin Rush with Harlow Unger. And of course, taking your calls and tweets!

Monday, November 19th on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

Hello all.  We have a nice Thanksgiving special for you planned for tomorrow.  Starting with smell and taste. Have you ever wondered if food on airplanes tastes different or is just sort of bad.  What about altitude in general.  Join me and Dr. Pamela Dalton of the Monell Chemical Sciences Center as we talk about emotion and smell (and height). 

After that it will be GI Update, where I will tell you some of the latest and greatest in the world of digestive diseases and answer your questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

No one wants to talk about salmonella during Thanksgiving: what would your Aunt Polly say? But food safety is important.  Join me and Cindy Brison, MS RDN as we talk food safety.

Your doctor.  Gone.  Back to see his relatives.  Me.  On air.  Give me a call at 1-877-NYU docs or send me a tweet for Ask Doctor Ira.  Anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!

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Monday, November 12, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

A brief Veternan's day update.  We will be talking Veteran's health with University of Central Florida's Dr. Ramon Hinjosa .  GI update and Ask Doctor Ira at 8:30 and 9:30 Eastern.  At 9AM we will be talking doctors and the tests they need to take with Dr. Niket Sonpal.  

Monday, November 5, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

A brief update in tweet form:

and yes, call with with all of your medical questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS or of course, by tweet!

Stress eating? Not that I don’t understand why but there has to be a better way! Find out with me and @sarigreaves Monday 8AM est on @NYUDocs @SIRIUSXM

— Ira Breite (@doctorira) November 5, 2018

Dark outside. Never like the switch to standard time. But I do like answering medical questions: anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me! at 8:30 and 9:30 EST on @nyudocs @SIRIUSXM

— Ira Breite (@doctorira) November 4, 2018

I’ll be talking with Alison Moed, RN, featured in 5B, on @NYUDocs @SIRIUSXM Monday 9AM ET https://t.co/0JqYOtjSuE

— Ira Breite (@doctorira) November 5, 2018

Monday, October 15th on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

Dr. Caterina Oneto will be joining me for a whole hour to talk about the latest in stool transplant research, what happened at the American College of Gastroenterology Conference and answering you GI questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Polio.  Sounds like a problem of the past.  But its still here, and for years, efforts have been made to eradicate it. Is it worth it?  Sounds easy to answer but its not. Join me and Professor Thomas Abraham as we talk about his book, "Polio: The Odyssey of Eradication "Polio: The Art of Eradication."

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

Monday, October 8th, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

A super quick update.  We will be talking hepatitis E, Native American Health, and answering your questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Monday, October 1, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

Traveler's diarrhea.  Won't kill you but it stinks.  Join me and Dr. M. Stephen Trent as we talk about his lab's research into a potential vaccine for this very annoying problem!  After that first foray into the digestive system, we will expand to the complete GI tract with GI Update, where you ask me any question on any digestive disease problem at all.  Give me a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS or send me a tweet. Doctor Radio on SiriusXM isn't available in the UK. But The Naked Scientists are!  Find out, besides their way better name, how they do Science and Medicine on air in the UK (and they're at Cambridge!).  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 a call or tweet.

Monday, September 24, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Ira!

A brief update on Monday's show.  William Chey, MD will be joining us at 8 AM to talk all things IBS.  After that we will have GI update, where I will tell you the latest and greatest in digestive disease and answer your questions on all things digestive at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!  Join me and Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton as we talk bout heart health and nutrition: separating the facts from the hype.  Speaking of diets, why are you always hungry?  What's the interaction between your intestines and your brain.  Join me and Diego V. Bohorquez, PhD as we talk brain-gut interactions and hunger!

Monday, September 17th on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM: Doctor Radio

I know its hard to believe, but cold and flu season is upon us, flu shots are here, and NYU has an outpost in West Palm Beach.  Talking about the first two, Dr. Tom Rockland of NYU Langone in West Palm Beach will join me at 8AM.

Flu, cold questions?  Let us know at 1-877-NYU-DOCS

Gastroenterology Update follows!  Digestive questions, we want to hear em!

September is national Suicide Prevention Month.  Join me and Dr. Chana Sachs, whose cousin Daniel was killed during the Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut, as we talk about the roles physicians play in preventing gun related suicides.

We will end the show, as always, 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!

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Monday, September 10th, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

A very quick update: I am back after the summer and ready to get going!  William Chey, MD will be joining me and so will Danielle Capaplino, RD.  We will be talking FODMAP, IBS and more and answering your questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Monday, August 20th, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

It's the dog days of summer, but what happens if you're allergic to your dog?  Join me and Dr. Scott Sicherer, the Director of the Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai and the Icahn School of Medicine as we talk about the deal with epic-pens, and how to manage food allergies in your child.

After that, we will have gastroenterology update.  Give me a call with digestive questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

Where do babies come from? I can see your smirk through the computer, but for thousands of years, no one was sure! Join me and Edward Dolnick, the author of THE SEEDS OF LIFE: From Aristotle to da Vinci, From Sharks’ Teeth to Frogs’ Pants, the Long and Strange Quest to Discover Where Babies Come From as we talk about, well, that.

We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira: anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!  Give a call or send a tweet!

Monday, August 13th, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

A very brief note after the weekend.  Dr. Caterina Oneto, MD will be coming on to discuss digestive issues and your college kid (and you, too).  Dr. Tamara Wexler MD PhD will be coming on to discuss concussions and how they effect the endocrine system.   Of course, we will have Ask Doctor Ira as well.  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS or send me a tweet!

Monday, August 6th, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

Keri Gans, RD will be joining me at 8 AM ET to talk about good nutrition in your college kid.  Not that you can tell them anything, but if you could, this is what you should. College kid eating issues (or is you college kid driving you to eat?) Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS

After that it will be gastroenterology update, where I will tell you the latest and greatest in digestive disease and answer your questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS or send me a tweet!

Dr. David Rubin is more than a world class gastroenterologist, he is a passionate advocate for his patients in an increasingly complex clinical environment.  He joins me at 9AM to talk all things Colitis and Crohn's

We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira: anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!  Give me a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

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Monday, July 30th 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastreonterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

Hey!  Really brief update today.  Dr. Mark Noar will be coming on at 8 AM to talk reflux and things you can do about it.  We will have Gastroenterology Update at 8:30 and talk all things digestive and answer your calls at 1-877-NYU-DOCS (and tweets,too!).  Colon cancer screening is important!  But when should it start.  The American Cancer Society just changed their guideline for most people from 50 to 45?  Not everyone has followed.  Find out what's going on with me and Dr. Y. Nancy You of MD Anderson Cancer Center.  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!  Give me a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Monday, July 23rd on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

I remember kids in high school smoking.  I may have even seen a few kids in middle school doing the same. Are millennials and gen-Zers follow the pattern of what the boomers and gen-x did?  It's an important question with lots of public health implications.  Join me and Dr. Cheryl Perry of UTHouston Medical Center as we talk about her research on teen and young adult smoking. 

After that we will have GI update, where I will tell you the latest and greatest in digestive disease and answer your questions and tweets at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

Back pain!  Yeah, it wouldn't be summer without a back pain show.  Lifting all those bags, driving hours in the car, etc.  Find out what to do with you back pain as Dr. Askash Bajaj joins me to talk about bringing pain free back! Call us with your back pain questions.

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!


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Monday, July 16, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

A brief note on tomorrow's show.  We will be talking with Jim Kremidas of the Association for Clinical Research Professionals about clinical trials: the what, the when and the why.  Questions about participating in a clinical trial? Let us know at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.  After that, I'll host Gastroenterology Update, where I will tell you the latest and greatest in the world of GI disease and answer your questions on all things digestive.  We will continue that theme after the break, when I speak with Dr. Doron Kahana, a pediatric gastroenterologist, about GERD in the under 30 set.  We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any question on any medical topic: anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me at 1877-NYU-DOCS!

Monday, July 9th, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

Happy July!  I'm back after the holiday rested and ready to go.  Starting with the Liver! Dr. Ira Jacobson, the head of liver disease here at NYU, will be joining us to talk about liver disease and more! Whether its iron overload, viral hepatitis, or a little bit too much to drink, we will be talking all aspects of liver disease.  Any liver questions? Let us know at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

After that, it will be time for Gastroenterology Update, where I will tell you the latest and greatest in the world of digestive disease and answer all of your phone calls and tweets.

Many times I am what to eat.  Its a tough question for many physicians.  Join me and Dr. Amy Burkhart, who is both and MD and an RD, as we talk celiac, POTS and more!

We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any medical question...anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

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