Category: health

The Future of Medicine

Dr. Brickey September 12, 2008January 4, 2025

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Stephen Schimpff

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You had a CAT scan and blood tests on Friday and you are stuck in the hospital for the weekend, anxiously waiting to hear test results, which will have to wait until your doctor makes rounds on Monday. But wait, Dr. Rounder, a robot cart with a monitor on top wheels into your room. Your doctor, who is at home, looked up the results online and is in a videoconference with you about the results. Welcome to the hospital of the future.

Medical Tourism: Top Medical Care with a Free Vacation

Dr. Brickey September 6, 2008January 4, 2025

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Dr. Paul Gahlinger

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Imagine a limo picks you up and whisks you to a top hospital with top physicians. You stay in a beautiful suite with superb food and courteous attentive staff. The doctor spends time with you explaining the procedure and gives you his phone number and cell phone number. Sounds like treatment only the super rich get? Not necessarily. Dozens of countries are offering top medical treatments with top notch doctors and plush amenities for a fraction of what it costs in the US.

How to Overcome Back and Neck Pain

Dr. Brickey August 24, 2008January 4, 2025

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Dr. Mark D. Brown

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Second only to the common cold, back pain is the most common reason for sick leave at work. Hardly anyone over fifty hasn’t had at least one serious episode of back pain or neck pain. Chances are you have experienced some serious back or neck pain. We go to our doctors and want instant results. Translation—we want pills. We want a quick fix. But pain killers, muscle relaxers, and steroids are likely to aggravate the problem and give unwanted bonuses of depression, slower healing, and drug dependency. Spine specialist Dr. Mark Brown says if you throw away the pills and walk it off 90% of the time you will recover from the problem and the pain—if fact you are more likely to recover and recover more quickly without the pills. Dr. Brown is an eminent orthopedic spine surgeon, is on the editorial board of four medical journals, and is a professor at the University of Miami. He is an MD and Ph.D., teaches, does research, and has a clinical practice. His new book, Conquer Back and Neck Pain: Walk It Off helps diagnose what kind of pain you have and determine what to do—and not do.

Centenarians: 100 Year Old Role Models for Ageless Lifestyles

Dr. Brickey August 18, 2008January 4, 2025

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Lynn Peters Adler

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Who do you want as a hero—someone who swims six hours a day so he can swim a half second faster than everyone else, someone who is really good at catching a football, or someone who models living a long, healthy, happy life. I think our society is a little nuts with its hero worship of athletes, rock stars, and movie stars. Yes, they can teach us about focus and perseverance, but who can teach us how to live a good life? For that we need role models who have exceptional spiritual depth and deeds. We also need role models for how to navigate the largely unchartered territory of living well into your hundreds.

The Facts of Life About Aging

Dr. Brickey August 10, 2008January 4, 2025

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Lynette Padwa

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There are lots of textbooks and manuals on aging but they are usually boring and rarely address nitty-gritty questions about aging. Lynette Padwa, author ofQuick, Answer Me Before I Forget The Question, researched the facts of life on aging. She gives practical advice and does it with a great sense of humor. The show has fun looking at the facts of life about aging—and answers some questions you didn’t even know to ask.

Change Your Genetic Destiny, Reprogram Your Genes

Dr. Brickey July 26, 2008January 4, 2025

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Dr. Vincent Giampapa

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Most people think their parents shuffled the genetic deck and dealt a sperm and egg that determined their genetic destiny. Dr. Vincent Giampapa teaches how you can have a lot of influence on what genes get turned on and off. This in turn has a big effect on your health and longevity. Rather than a fixed destiny, your genes continuously dialogue with what is happening in your body and to in your environment. Dr. Giampapa is a renowned plastic surgeon and one of the six founding member of the 20,000 member American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Learn how you can influence which genes of your genes are on and off. Dr. Giampapa’s websites are:

Enjoy Food More and Lose Weight

Dr. Brickey July 19, 2008January 4, 2025

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Dr. Michelle May

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Did you ever overeat and then felt bad because you overate and then started beating yourself up or said all is lost and binged some more? There must be a better way. Dr. Michelle May says trash the guilt, trash the rules, enjoy eating, and lose weight as well. Rather than feel trapped, she teaches confident, fearless eating. Dr. May is a Board Certified Family Physician and author of Am I Hungry? What to Do When Diets Don’t Work, and the CD Stop Dieting, Start Living. Back in January Dr. May taught us how to know when we are hungry as opposed to eating for emotional reasons. Today we are going to focus on how to enjoy eating more. In the second part of the show, we will focus on how to enjoy eating and lose weight even when you are on the road, on vacation, or in a fast food restaurant.

Raw Food Pros and Cons

Dr. Brickey July 12, 2008January 4, 2025

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Dr. Ruthann Russo

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Dr. Ruthann Russo takes a very holistic approach to healthcare. Recently on Ageless Lifestyles Radio, she shared with us her health system advocacy strategies for getting what you need from doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies. In addition to her book, 7 steps to your best possible healthcare, she has done a very balanced study of the raw food movement. Her brand new book is The Raw Food Diet Myth. Frankly I didn’t know much about raw foods but I trusted Dr. Russo from our previous show. I also had a good friend tell me how he has gotten into raw foods and loves raw ice cream. When I read Dr. Russo’s book, I was so impressed with how instead of evangelizing for a movement, she gently makes the case with the perspective that most people who would consider raw food would want to wade in gradually and pick and choose what makes sense to them. Ten years ago organic foods were hard to find. Now we have supermarkets like Whole Foods and many mainstream grocery stores have organic food sections. It wouldn’t surprise me if ten years from now the raw food options are equally common.

Common Harmful Medical Practices and Treatments

Dr. Brickey July 6, 2008January 4, 2025

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Dr. Alan Zelicoff

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Many of the most commonly performed medical procedures are ill advised and can do more harm than good. We go to our physicians and expect surgery of pills for our ills. Our physicians feel pressured to try to fulfill our expectations. Financial incentives provide little compensation for patient education but often richly reward performing procedures. Patients and physicians often don’t fully appreciate the statistics behind using evidence based medicine for choosing the best course of treatment. Or guest today is physician and physicist Dr. Alan Zelicoff, author of the brand new book, More Harm Than Good. If you or any family members are at risk for cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, back pain or arthritis, you’ll want to be sure to listen and learn about how to avoid overtreatment and get the most effective treatment.

Get What You Want from Doctors, Hospitals, and Insurance

Dr. Brickey June 29, 2008January 4, 2025

Host: Anti-Aging Psychologist Dr. Michael Brickey

Guest: Dr. Ruthann Russo

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What you don’t know about healthcare can hurt you, even kill you. What if you knew how to get your doctor to focus on your goals, get the information you need from your doctor, and enjoy the process as well? What if you knew a little karate for getting specialists, hospitals, and nursing homes to do what they are supposed to do and share information with you? Would you like to know how to comprehend all those EOBs, bills, and statements? How about not paying $2 for an aspirin at a hospital? Would you like to know how to organize your medical records so you have the information when you need it and can even give it to your doctor?