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!

Monday, February 26th 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio

We are starting the show with a whole hour of Caterina Oneto, MD! She will be joining us to talk microbiome, bacteriophages (really), and the potential  of a dermatology drug in ulcerative colitis.  Not only that, we will be taking your calls on all things digestive!  Give us a call at 1-877-NYU-DOCS or send me a tweet!

It's hard to think about ticks at this time of year, but tick born disease season is right around the corner.  And it's not just lyme disease: ticks cause of whole host of human misery.  Join me and Dr. Rafal Tokarz as we talk about on new "multiplex test for tickbourne diseases."

We will end the show, as usual, 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 or send me a tweet!

image: By Richard Bartz - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5

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, February 5th, 2018 on the Doctor Ira Breite Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Show on SiriusXM 110: Doctor Radio!

A very brief post Superbowl update. As a Giant's fan, I wasn't winning no matter what but it was a great game to watch.  On an unrelated topic, Dr. Lisa Steinberg will be joining us to talk about her research showing that microbes may help astronauts turn human waste into food. We will have Gastroenterology update, and then Drs. Stuart Spechler and Rhonda Souza of Baylor University will be joining me to talk about GERD post Superbowl. We will end the show with Ask Doctor Ira, where you can ask me any questions on any medical topic at all.  Give me a buzz at 1-877-NYU-DOCS!