Mark Osmers, board member of the Susan G. Komen foundation in Los Angeles, talks with Mark Alyn about breast cancer. Early detection is the key. Did you know that: One in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime? Every minute, somewhere in the world, someone dies …
When I heard the words, The Big C, like most people I thought of cancer. But once I was actually diagnosed with it that no longer held true. Now I think of The Big C as The Big Change. Obviously, your values and priorities will shift dramatically (there’s even scientific research that proves that). But …
Maternal death is on the rise in the United States. Each year 700-1200 women die from pregnancy or childbirth complications and black women are 3-4 times more likely to die of pregnancy or delivery complications than white women. Additionally, more than 1,000 babies die prematurely each year in North America. Dr. Kecia Gaither, MD, is …
Leading into National Black History Month, it’s ideal for Late Night Health host Mark Alyn to have a discussion about how to rewrite breast cancer mortality history for African American women. In a conversation with Arnedra Jordan, an ambassador for the Susan G. Komen Los Angeles County Circle of Promise, Mark learns that gains from …
It was March 8, 2012, and I was in my car at the Temple University Hospital frantically searching for my parking receipt to leave the hospital garage. There were so many reasons not to leave. I had just left the cardiac intensive care unit where my 57-year-old husband, Harry, had received his last treatments. I …
Doctors Are Not Following Their Own Advice—And They Are Burning Out Doctors are known for giving advice about healthy living—to eat a healthy diet, get enough sleep and downtime, and to enjoy healthy relationships, exercise, meditation and gratitude practices, but do they follow it? The answer is—not as much as they should. Over 50 percent …
In the increasing world of data based medicine and value based outcomes Physician Burnout is increasing at an alarming rate. Physicians describe this feeling like an overwhelming sense of physical, emotional and cerebrally/mental exhaustion. “We feel like our body’s are racing on overtime but moving at a snails pace where nothing gets finished.” There is …
Strokes are the leading cause of disability in America and can result in depression, personality changes, poor memory, faulty judgment, concentration challenges, visual impairments and weakness. When it comes to the basics of stroke awareness most people know the risk factors that include: uncontrolled diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and sleep apnea; …
Only 7% of people see their dentist regularly every six months. And that most people don’t ever visit the dentist until they feel acute pain. On this edition of Late Night Health, Dr. Sam Low will let you know why that may be too late. We’ll find how your teeth and gums are linked to …
Today, mammography is a woman’s best defense when it comes to detecting breast cancer at its earliest. The technology has saved countless lives, but it’s not fool-proof. Radiologists are the doctors who specialize in reading the breast images taken during a mammography screening. And depending on breast density, the pictures don’t always tell the whole …