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, 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, 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, June 11, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

OK! Getting ready for the Tony's and my show at the same time! Dr. Caterina Oneto is coming on from 8 to 9 tomorrow to talk about the big news from Digestive Disease Week and answer your questions on all things digestive at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Summer is here! And that means, well, summer disease. Join me and Dr. Nitin Damle, the former President of the American College of Physicians, as we talk about the most common diseases of summer.

We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any medical questions on any topic at all. Give us a buzz at 1-877-NYU-DOCS or send me a Tweet.

Monday, June 4, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

Is 45 the new 50?  We'll be talking about whether colon cancer screening start at 45 and not 50. Find out the latest with me as I'm joined by Dr. Durado Brooks of the American Cancer Society and Dr. Andrea Cercek of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. After that we will expand the conversation to any topic in Gastroenterology during GI Update. Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS with your Gastroenterology related questions or send me a tweet!

While many people are very, very aware of the their reflux, there is a group of people who have gastrointestinal reflux disease and don't even know it. Join me and Dr. Jonathan Aviv as we talk about silent reflux and what you can do about it.

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!

Monday, May 21st, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

A very brief update on tomorrows show as I watch basketball.  We are going to be talking Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with Dr. Clare Francomano of The Greater Baltimore Medical Center.  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.  There is a lot of food poisoning going around, and Dr. Robert Brackett of the Illinois Institute of Technology will be joining us to talk all about it.  We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any questions on any medical topic: anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!  Give a call or tweet at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

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Monday, May 7th, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

A brief update on tomorrow's show.  Dr. Tod Cooperman of Consumerlab.com will be joining us to talk supplements, CBD oil, vitamin labeling and more.  Supplement questions? Let us know at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.  GI update follows.  Any digestive disease questions? Let me know with a call or tweet! Then we have a medical mystery with Dr. Marlana Orloff-Dacey of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia....find out!  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 me a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

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

A very brief Sunday night update on Monday's show. Ms. Lois Parshley, a freelance journalist who is coming on to talk about her Scientific American article on how climate change is making it harder to protect against disease outbreaks.  We'll have Gastroenterology Update, where I will tell you the latest and greatest in digestive disease and answer your questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.  We will welcome back Dr. Seema Aceves of the University of California at San Diego as we talk Eosinophilic esophagitis. Do you or a love one have it...then give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS or send me a tweet.  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!

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

Opioid use is a constantly in the headlines, and its important to separate fact from fiction and treatment from hysteria.  For those people who are chronically on opioids, a common problem is constipation.  Join me and Dr. Judy Nee of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital as we talk about the latest treatments for opioid induced constipation.

Constipated and using opioids?  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

After this we will talk with anesthesia pain specialist Dr. Joseph Pergolizzi about opioid induced constipation and about non-narcotic ways to treat a variety of pain!

Pain? Looking to avoid opioids?  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS

After this, the office is open!  We will have a combined gastroenterology update and Ask Doctor Ira...anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!

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

A really, really short update this week.  Why? One, the Oscars.  And two, just got off a plane (circling Newark for a little too long).  We will be talking diabetes, colon cancer prevention, and taking your calls at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Monday, February 12th on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

Another brief update as I obsess on curling. We are talking women's heart health tomorrow with Dr. Eugenia Gianos, the co-clinical director of the Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at NYU Langone Health.  Usually when I talk chest pain its GERD, but not in this segment!  Heart questions? Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

We will have a super combo Ask Doctor Ira and Gastroenterology Update at 8:30 and 9:30 AM.

As someone who literally does poop for a living, I was excited to find out that there is a documentary coming out about it!  Join me and Jason and Randy Sklar as we talk about their new movie, Poop Talk.

Monday, December 4th, 2017 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

The holiday season is upon us! But what about the Grinch, whose heart was three sizes too small? Join me and Dr. Anthony Tobia of the Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School as we talk about Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.  Yes, you are going have to listen to find out what it is.

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 GI questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

Speaking of holidays and gastroenterology, for those of us with IBS, now may not be the moment you want to eat your aunt's fruitcake. Or her eggnog.  Join me and Dr. William Chey of the University of Michigan as we talk about IBS and the Holidays.

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

Monday, November 20th 2017 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

Its right before Thanksgiving and we have food and drink on our minds.  Dr. Knut Lundin of The University of Oslo will be joining us to talk about Celiac (Coeliac for folks in Europe) disease. Dr. Kundin is also the aut

After that we will have digestive disease Update, where I will tell you the latest and greatest in the world of gastroenterology and answer your questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

While Thanksgiving is not known as a drinking holiday, lots of us have that relative who always seems to have a wee bit to much to drink.  Or maybe a bit more.  Curiously, some people seem to react severely even to a single sip.  Join me as I speak with Dr. Howard Edenberg, PhD, of Indiana University School of Medicine.  Dr. Edenberg studies the genetics of alcoholism and how alcohol exposure affects gene expression in the brain.  He also helped elucidate the Alcohol Flush Reaction, where people turn blotchy or red after having a drink.

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 a call at 1-877-DOCS or send me a tweet!

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Monday, October 29, 2017 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

A brief note to let you know that we have a heck of a pre-Halloween show planned tomorrow.  Since we want to get to Trick or Treating, we're going to start off with office hours: a complete hour of Ask Doctor Ira.  Call me with your medical questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS. Anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!

Halloween is about scary, and who isn't scared of something (clowns, spiders).  We will be talking with psychologist Dr. Julie Pike about anxieties, fears, Halloween and, well spiders. 
Phobias? Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

Vampires? Nah. But, porphyria? Maybe! We will talking with University of Utah Professor Dr. John Phillips about this rare, but fascinating, disease of the blood.

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

We have a pretty humorous show planned Monday. Sometimes, science is just funny.  We are starting the show with Marc Abrahams, the found of the IgNobel and the editor of Improbable Research to talk, well, yeah.  Makes ya laugh, but thne makes you think. 

Then it will be time for Gastroenterology Update, where I'll tell you the latest and greatest in the world of digestive disease and answer your questions on all things digestive at 1-877-NYU-DOCS! Or send me a tweet.

Dr. Lydia Kang is and internist and the author of numerous books, including Quacker: The Worst Ways to Cure Everything.  She is an NYU Medical School graduate and will be joining us to talk about her new book.

We will end the show, as usual, with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any question on any topic at all. Anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!  Or send a tweet of course.

Monday, September 11, 2001 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

A brief note on Monday's show.  Dr. Caterina Oneto will join us to talk new treatments on C. diff, treating diarrhea and more from 8 to 9 AM eastern.  After that, the office will be OPEN and I will be taking your calls, emails and tweets at 1-877-NYU-DOCS on all medical topics.  Anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!

Our hopes and prayers go out to all those affected by the hurricanes.

Monday, August 28th on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

Back again!  Yes, we are trying to get back to a regular schedule here but the summer calls! As I sit here eating perhaps a bit too much I am thankful that our first guest Monday is Ryan Madanick, MD, an assistant professor at UNC.  We will be talking tough reflux and what to do about it, as well as a bit on C. diff.  After that, it will be time for Gastroenterology Update, where we will expand the conversation to any digestive disease topic.

Know a kid with bad allergies who had a severe reaction?  How do you get them to try new (safe) foods after this experience?  Find out with me and Dr. Hemant Sharma, the Clinical Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C.

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 us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS or send me a tweet!

On a final note, our hopes and prayers go out to those affected by the hurricane in South Texas.

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

Ok, its been a while since we've heard about Ebola.  But the disease hasn't gone away, and it is quite possible that it could come back. Join me and Dr. Steven Hatch, the author of "Inferno: A Doctors Ebola Story" as we talk about his time in Liberia on the front lines of treating this disease.

Questions about Ebola? (Come on, you want to know!)  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

After that, Gastroenterology Update, where I will answer your calls and tweets on all things digestive.

Lupus.  A mysterious disease of mysterious cause that does great damage to the body.  We know so little that it makes even diagnosing this problem difficult.  Join me and Dr. Betty Diamond of The Feinstein Institute at Hofstra University Medical School and Northwell Health as we talk about Lupus and her new study showing that a lack of Blimp-1 ( a protein, not a floating airship) is seen in women with this disease.

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

We will end the show at 9:30AM ET 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! (or tweet, of course)

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Monday, June 26, 2017 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

Hot weather, hot medical topics.  Briefly, Dr. Robert Amler, the Dean of the School of Health Practice at New York Medical College will be joining us to talk about legionella. I will be having GI update, answering your questions on the latest and greatest in digestive diseases. Dr. David Shlim of Jackson Hole Travel and Tropical Medicine will be joining us to talk travel medicine.  And, of course, we will end with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any medical question on any topic at all: anything that you forgot to ask your doctor ask me!

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Monday, March 20, 2017 on the Doctor Ira Breite

Ok, I just got in from Chicago and boy are my arms tired.  Bad jokes aside, a brief update on tomorrow's show. We are talking probiotics, sleep and hiatal hernias...three of my favorite topics.  Tod Copperman, MD of ConsumerLab.Comwill be coming on to talk about probiotics, prebiotics and labels on both of them...what to look for and more.  Dr. Lori Lovitz, DO of the North Shore University Health System in Evanston will be coming on to talk about sleep, the lack of it, and what you can do!  Dr. Brian Bosworth of NYU will be talking hiatal hernias.  And 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 or send me a tweet.