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, April 16, 2017 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

We are talking cryptococcal infections on Monday. Crypto-what?  Find out with me and Drs. Floyd Wormley, Jr. and Althea Campuzano of the University of Texas, San Antonio.  After that we will have #gastroenterology update, where I will tell you the latest and greatest in the world of digestive diseases as well as answering your questions on all things digestively related at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome is finally entering the consciousness of gastroenterologists and the public.  Find out more about this not well defined disease with me and Dr. Thangam Venkatesan of Froedtert Hospital and The Medical College of Wisconsin.

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


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

A brief update on tomorrow's show.  We will be talking the 19th Century Opioid Crisis (really), having GI update, talk weight loss surgery and of course, answer your questions on Ask Doctor Ira starting at 8 AM ET Monday Morning.

Give us call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Monday, April 2, 2018, on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

Holiday time! Traveling, all kinds of great foods, visiting family, and, well, constipation.  Join me and Dr. David Poppers, a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Health, as we talk constipation associated with travel.

Going somewhere and can't go?  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

After that, we will expand our GI talk to all things intestinal.  It's GI Update!  Give me a call or send me a tweet!

Ok, I went to medical school and I learned a lot about organs and stuff.  So I was pretty surprised to learn that there may be a new one!  Join me and Dr. Neil Theise as we talk about the interstitium, the fluid filled spaces in your body!

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! 

Monday, March 19th, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

We have a very digestive disease packed show planned.  Dr. Ira Jacobson, the director of liver disease here at NYULangone Health, will be coming in to talk about hepatitis C.  Even though there are many potential drugs to cure this disease, it remains a vexing problem.  If you or a loved on has, or is at risk, for hepatitis C, give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

We will have GI update after that, expanding our subject to all of the digestive organs!  Give us a call or send me a tweet!

It's Colon Cancer Prevention Month!  Join me and colorectal surgeon Dr. Lynn O'Connor as we talk prevention in men and women as well as treatment options if cancer or a large polyp is found.

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!

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!