Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Health Capsules and Morning Show Demo

Creating see-saw weight loss-gain and fluctuations of your other body numbers by yo-yo dieting can lead to disaster. Vidcast: https://youtu.be/ZL-pqiWi9uA ________ Mee Kyoung Kim , Kyungdo Han , Yong-Moon Park , etal. Associations of Variability in Blood Pressure, Glucose and Cholesterol Concentrations, and Body Mass Index With Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the General Population. Circulation, 2018 DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.034978

The hospital ratings on social media are inaccurate. Learn where you can get the most accurate information before you or your family must be admitted. https://youtu.be/kIgB1-w-7lg _ _______ DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13026 https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html https://www.qualitynet.org/dcs/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=QnetPublic%2FPage%2FQnetBasic&cid=1228776614455

Fraudulent products, procedures, and people abound on the web. Here are some ready strategies that will help prevent you from being taken. VidCast: https://youtu.be/8zG96y1wniw ____________ Bernie Garrett, Sue Murphy, Shahin Jamal, etal. Internet health scams-Developing a taxonomy and risk-of-deception assessment tool. Health & Social Care in the Community, 2018; DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12643

Drink extra glasses of water can prevent bladder infections. Here how much to drink and why. VidCast: https://youtu.be/b_Cuvi_by2I _________ Thomas M. Hooton, Mariacristina Vecchio, Alison Iroz, Ivan Tack, Quentin Dornic, Isabelle Seksek, Yair Lotan. Effect of Increased Daily Water Intake in Premenopausal Women With Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections. JAMA Internal Medicine, 2018; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4204

Creating see-saw weight loss-gain and fluctuations of your other body numbers by yo-yo dieting can lead to disaster. VidCast:https://youtu.be/ZL-pqiWi9uA ______________ Mee Kyoung Kim , Kyungdo Han , Yong-Moon Park , etal. Associations of Variability in Blood Pressure, Glucose and Cholesterol Concentrations, and Body Mass Index With Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the General Population. Circulation, 2018 DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.034978

A2 Milk is in a line of dairy products with a unique milk protein. Should you buy and try it? VidCast: https://youtu.be/tCASKU3lij4 _______________________ A2 Milk: Breakthrough of Science or Marketing? Medscape - Aug 10, 2018. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/900365_2

EPT can help us curb the epidemic of sexually-transmitted diseases. VidCast: https://youtu.be/dPaeclaRCbE ___________________ https://www.cdc.gov/std/ept/legal/default.htm

Dr. Smith reviews tips for extending your healthy life rather than only the duration of your life. VidCast: https://youtu.be/OUBxRCTfk3k _________________ S. Jay Olshansky. From Lifespan to Healthspan. JAMA, 2018; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.12621 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db293.pdf

What do you look for in the ideal doctor? Here’s a checklist assembled by the British Medical Journal and MDLinx that you should use. Vidcast: https://youtu.be/emFPgwnruQ8 https://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/article/2631

Are you a good or a bad boss? Do you have a good or a bad boss. The latest study shows management style definitely affects the bottom line. VidCast: https://youtu.be/xLTvkqWNGVU ______ An-Chih Wang, Chou-Yu Tsai, Shelley D. Dionne, eustachian tube.al.. Benevolence-dominant, authoritarianism-dominant, and classical paternalistic leadership: Testing their relationships with subordinate performance. The Leadership Quarterly, 2018; DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.06.002

Azathioprine can curb IBD and arthritis but the latest study implicates it as a possible cause of skin cancer. Vidcast: https://youtu.be/x1VLkU920Kc --------- Gareth J. Inman, Jun Wang, Ai Nagano, eustachian tube.al.. The genomic landscape of cutaneous SCC reveals drivers and a novel azathioprine associated mutational signature. Nature Communications, 2018; 9 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06027-1

Learn why some people get colds and others don't. Improve your chances of dodging the common cold bullet. VideoPodcast: https://youtu.be/KSq2867eDAI ------- Valia T. Mihaylova, Yong Kong, Olga Fedorova, Lokesh Sharma, Charles S. Dela Cruz, Anna Marie Pyle, Akiko Iwasaki, Ellen F. Foxman. Regional Differences in Airway Epithelial Cells Reveal Tradeoff between Defense against Oxidative Stress and Defense against Rhinovirus. Cell Reports, September 11, 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.08.033

Back. pain in teens is associated with self-destructive and anti-social behavior. VidCast: https://youtu.be/MPiYL1Xvzxc ______________ S J Kamper, Z A Michaleff, P Campbell, K M Dunn, T P Yamato, R K Hodder, J Wiggers, C M Williams. Back pain, mental health and substance use are associated in adolescents. Journal of Public Health, 2018; DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy129

Intro to podcast: Back pain in teenagers is a sign of trouble.