Monday, June 25, 2012 on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio

Summer.  A time to relax. Certainly not a big time to think about colon cancer prevention. To quote one of my patients: "its too hot to get a colonoscopy!"  What about other techniques for finding colon cancer early? How about one you can do in the comfort of your own air conditioned home?  University of Texas, Houston Gastroenterologist Dr. David Wolf will be joining us to talk about "at home" fecal immunohistochemical tests for early detection of colon cancer.  Will be both end up out of a job?  Find out!

Call us with your colon cancer prevention questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS

After this, we are going to expand the conversation with GI Update.  We'll be covering some important news in the world of the world of gastroenterology as well as discussing some of the interesting things that I've seen recently.  Call us with any of your questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

Summer.  You think the allergies are over, but they are not (I'm sniffling a little as I write this).  Join me and Dr. Clifford Basset of Allergy and Asthma Care New York and find out why its not a virus...its your allergies!

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!

Monday, June 18th, 2012 on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio!

I am back from vacation and raring to go.  We have a great show planned.

Starting with vacation disease, of course.  Join me, microbiologist and Director of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology and NYU Medical Center Dr. Phillip Tierno as we talk to the author of "Teenage Waistland: A Former Fat Kid Weighs in on Living Large, Losing Weight, and how Parents Can (And Can't) Help" Abby Ellin about her recent trip and what joined her on the way home!

Traveling this summer....you are not going to want to miss what Dr. Tierno and Ms. Ellin have to say.
Questions about travel bugs...give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

After that its time for Gastroenterology update.  I received some great questions on email at irabreite@yahoo.com while i was on vacation...we'll go over those, as well as taking your digestive disease questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.  Of course, you can always follow me on twitter at @doctorira and find and follow me that way too!

If you've ever had a sick parent or child,  you know how difficult it can be to navigate the healthcare system.  If you're the patient, it can be even more difficult to figure out the correct thing to do.  Martine Ehrenclou, MA, the author of "Critical Conditions," has written a new book, "The Take-Charge Patient," addressing her issues dealing with the health care system and telling you how to find the right doctor, the right treatment,  and get what you need done done!

We'll end the show, as always, with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any questions on any medical topic at all:it doesn't matter what it is...anything you forgot to ask your doctor, ask me at 1-877-NYU DOCS!

Monday, June 4th, 2012 on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio!

Digestive diseases and young geniuses are the themes for this years show. Digestive Disease Week has just finished...11,000 gastronterologists that made San Diego look slightly more sallow have come and gone. Dr. Mark Pochapin, NYU's Director of Gastroenterology, will come in to tell us about some of the highlights from this important meeting. We are going to follow this up with Gastroenterology Update, where we will continue the digestive disease by answering your questions at 1-877-NYU-DOCS. What were you doing when you were 15? Even after all these years, I'm loath to admit what I was doing. Jack Andraka developed a new test to detect pancreatic cancer that's 100 times better than anything out there now. Hear his story. We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any questions on any medical topic at all. Any thing you forgot to ask your doctor, ask me. Give me a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Monday, May 21, 2012 on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio!

Food Allergies!  Bad enough when you have some control of them at home.  Much worse in the workplace when the guy in the cubicle next to you is unwrapping his peanut butter and shrimp sandwich!  Join me and Dr. Ellen Epstein as we talk about the importance of food allergies in and out of the workplace!

After that, we are doing double-time "Ask Doctor Ira!"  A half hour now, and a half hour at the end of the show (with a little Gastroenterology thrown in for good measure, of course).  Anything you forgot to ask your doctor ask me at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!

Metabolic syndrome: we know that it can lead to heart disease and diabetes. But neurological problems?  Find out with me and author of a study looking at how metabolic syndrome in the brain and omega-3 fatty acid deficiency can lead to cognitive decline!  Join me and study author Dr. Fernando Gomez-Pinella of UCLA as we talk about his new study!

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

End of the show?  Not at all.  As promised, we have more Ask Doctor Ira!

Monday, May 14th on The Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio!

A brief note on tomorrow's show...as much as I love Doctor Radio, mothers (and my wife!) come first.

Its Trucker Week on SiriusXM and we are talking about Trucker Health on Doctor Radio.  Join me as I speak with Brett Blowers of the Healthy Trucking Association of America.  We will have Gastroenterology Update, and then speak with Dr. Karen Heaton of the University of Alabama.  Dr. Heaton is an expert on truckers, both professionally and personally!  We will end the show, as always, with Ask Doctor Ira...anything you forgot to ask your doctor, ask me!  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!


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Monday, May 7, 2012 on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on SiriusXM 81: Doctor Radio!

Bioterrorism!  Now there is a way to grab your attention.  There is a recent study in Nature showing that it is possible to enhance bird flu virus.  Some experts believe this article could be used as a recipe for bioterrorism.  Join me and Fox News Medical Corespondent and Doctor Radio Medical Director Dr. Marc Siegel as we talk about whether we should be afraid of bioterrorism from this kind or research or this is just legitimate scientific inquiry that should be distributed widely.

Comments about where the line between scientific freedom and helping terrorists is...give us call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.

After this its time for Gastroenterology Update!  Questions about digestive disease...give me a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS.  Thanks to emails and comments at my twitter @Doctorira.  We will try to get to as many of your calls, tweets and emails as we can!

Speaking of terror, what about the murder and mayhem that accompanied the beginnings of the Soviet Union?  Rising to the top of this was Vladmir Lenin, born in 1870 in in Russia.  Lenin died in 1924 at the age of 54...but what killed him?  Join Dr. Philip Mackowiak, MD, the author of 'Post Mortem: Solving History's Great Medical Mysteries," and Dr. Harry Vinters, a Professor of Neurology at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the expert who examined the medical records of Lenin and presented the results at the 19th Historical Clinicopatholigical Conference at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

We will end the show as usual with "Ask Doctor Ira," where you can ask me any questions on any medical topic at all...it does not matter what it is.  Anything you forgot to ask your doctor, ask me!

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

(The photo is of a sick Lenin and a young Stalin)

Monday, April 30th on the Doctor Ira Breite Show on Doctor Radio: SiriusXM Channel 81

IBS is awful and difficult to treat.  Many people, desperate for relief, have tried numerous unproven therapies. What about acupuncture?  Join me and Eric Manheimer, MS, a research associate at the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Maryland, as we talk about his new study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology looking at research on whether acupuncture is an effective treatment for IBS. 

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

After this, its time for Gastroenterology Update!  Call me with you digestive disease questions and hear about some of the latest and greatest Gastroenterology news!  You can also follow me on twitter at @doctorira to find out some of these headlines!


If you've never heard of it, the Wounded Warrior Project is sponsored by the GW Bush Presidential Center.  Twenty disabled servicemen recently joined former President George W. Bush on a 100K bike ride. Join me and Doctor Radio Medical Director (and my radio boss) Dr. Marc K. Siegel as we discuss the race.  Marc was there...I wonder if he was riding or hanging out in the News Van! 

We'll 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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