Doc Handal Speaks! Listen Up, A Doctor's Insider Tips

Learn the lowdown in a basic overview of what you need to know to take best of care when it comes to a medical problem 9.3% of Americans have! Want to read more check out this previous blog.

The prevalence of physician burnout starting from medical school training will shock you. Get the specifics and how to recognize this in your medical care setting. Doc Handal Speaks Up!

Doc Handal offers tips for before during and after your healthcare visit. How to share connect and understand is important- learn how easy it can be in this podcast. Get the most out of any medical care encounter!

You can avert skin cancer with a few inexpensive actions. DocHandal shares specific action and the logic behind them. You can't afford not to listen up to this podcast!

An all too common cancer effecting men 3 times more than women. Learn the needed information to recognize and deal with this stubborn cancer-has a 50-80% chance of recurring. DocHandal packs beaucoup data in this short podcast.

Guidelines for restarting a person's heart have undergone a revision. The 2015 recommendations by the American Heart Association include actions for you. Listen Up as DocHandal succinctly updates what you can do as part of the team.

Doc Handal empowers allergy sufferers to consider all aspects of seasonal allergies. Don't let allergens negatively impact your life, learn causes, ways to fight: boost your immunity, natural remedies and more.

About 90 percent of Americans aged two years or older consume too much sodium. IF Americans diet includes less than 1,200 mg per day of sodium, we would save 20 billion a year in medical costs. Listen to DocHandal for more on the dangers of salt.

If you take non steroidal anti-inflammatory - NSAID meds like aspirin, naproxen (Aleve), Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin). The FDA has a 'black box warning' on this class of drugs. This severe warning is issued as the step before pulling the drug off the market. Doc Handal cautions OTC does not equal safe.

A drop of blood squeezed out of your body can offer so much health information. Quick and able to be done anywhere these tests can save lives. New medical testing exists and is on the horizon so listen up to a short update by DocHandal

You already know the value of eating tofu, broccoli, bran/oatmeal/barley and blueberries. Little known good food choices is what this podcast is about. Know you are trying to guess if you know them. Listen Up!

Rightfully called a Life-Line an intravenous line (IV) opens the ability to infuse directly into the blood life saving blood, fluid, medication and even electric wires to control your heart! You may have had an IV or seen a person with one in place, but do you know much about it? It's one of the first things done in a medical situation. DocHandal lets you know when, how and most important what to watch for once an IV is 'in' - so Listen Up!

Trauma to our skin is all too common need attention. Cuts are wounds or lacerations as we Docs call them. They may simply need cleaning and protecting but repair with a needle and thread may also be required. Especially those that are deep or at angles need sutures-stitches! Sutures are the handiwork that result from 'stitching' our skin together. Skip needed stitches-run the risk of infection and/or horrific scaring. Let the expert DocHandal give you the inside 'skinny' on the alternatives and this minor s

Need to Know the Basics. Over a million Americans suffer from Parkinson's Disease. The mean age is 55, it will start with a non intentional tremor in one of the extremities. They will develop a high degree of disability in 5-10 years even with expert care. The initial tremor indicates that 30% of dopamine stimulating neurons. Learn from DocHandal updates and true facts about this neurological disease.

Take this! All to many of us are guilty of taking medications prescribed for someone else. Friends help out when you are ill by offering and giving you what they were prescribed for the same or similar problem. But your body is different! "Take this" an economic move or a deadly action? DocHandal explains.

Prostate Screening through PSA blood tests every 4 years seem to cut down on death from this cancer. Recent research shows overall there is no difference in # of men's deaths if it is not tested every annually. Complications from prostate cancer are greater than deaths from it. Latest study and new guidelines straight from DocHandal. Easily stated worth the listen.

Just approved for men this vaccine covers prevention of the HPV sexually transmitted virus that can cause cancer and genital warts. It covers 4 types of the HPV virus that in men can cause mouth and throat cancer. Learn specific details along with the exact latest vaccine recommendations by men's ages.

Detected early the 3rd most common cancer in the US could decrease the numbers from the 55,000 deaths a year. Learn the causes symptoms and what you can do to decrease your odds.

The nerve layer in the eye is called the retina. This is where light is sensed and images sent are sent to the brain. Like a camera, our eye has a lens and the retina is the 'film' that lines the back of the eye. Learn the warning symptoms, causes, and medical care for retinal tears and detachments. Early recognition of these conditions can save your vision so listen up to this podcast!

A quick reference to the services, frequency of tests and exams allowed by Medicare. Do not wait for your healthcare provider to inform you. DocHandal empowers you to get the best possible health care. Not 65, know, many if not all health insurers use the same schedule of services so listen up!