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a greater number of rhino virus that's the virus that causes the common cold and there's a lot of that coming around so people who are. Developing common cold the common cold in greater numbers. Are worrying whether they have the swine flu it probably they don't. So if you have now an upper

And then the next -- flaws that when a woman gets a heart attack she didn't get chest pain is often choose different symptoms. The facts are that men and women. Who are undergoing a heart attack have absolutely. The same symptoms the main ones are chest pain or pressure. And don't emphasize pain it usually pressure if somebody sitting on your chest. And that the symptoms may go. Up to the next the job. There -- in the shoulder. The pain pattern may very but women have the same pain complaints -- pressure complaint as man. And then. It depending on the seriousness of the heart attack how many vessels arm all how much heart is. Being deprived. How much of your heart is being deprived by blood. He gets -- brand. Nausea sweating is a very common complication. Were you break out into a cold sweats palpitations . A weakness. And one major symptom of a heart attack his fear. There's something in the body. The tips you off that this isn't just an ordinary pain pattern that fear they

call we want to clear -- some facts on another medical topic heart attack symptoms in women is it any different than a heart attack symptoms that men experience stock.

I can do I can to protect her against. -- dying from breast cancer and the best way to do that. Is to pick it up early now I don't give a damn if it's only one in thirteen hundred or one in 1600. That is maybe. The fact is that when mammograms were introduced the death rate from cancer breast cancer dropped by 30%. Those are the facts. Now I command and I see a woman and I -- Tell her how to examiner breast and I encourage her to do it there are statistics that say it doesn't matter but I can OK you. From my own experience. That there are many women who have been -- did. They're breast cancer themselves you know what I didn't show up on -- you have little I don't know why they've they've even before they

because a lot of women I know that it young women have breast cancer and this is breast cancer what was breast cancer awareness month but every month should be. Then these recommendations come out this week from this preventative task force. Although we don't know who's on the task force at. Saying don't get your mammogram at forty. Started fifty which is a full ten year spread which if you're not really good at self exam leaves you at risk for breast cancer potentially. And when it comes to cervical screenings that you shouldn't start that till you're 21. Even for young women who may

there any other. -- of females in your family who have had breast cancer I mean that's a very important risks and IA. Tell my patients. At the age of forty. To start getting a mammogram.

that one impresses me. Is that in my. 51 years as a practicing physician . I have seen many many women. Whose lives have been saved by the early detection of breast cancer and the same is true. For the cervical cancer . I tell my patients that when a woman become sexually active. She should start getting the cervical screening. And mind that we're

got us talk about glucosamine this is another email. People with arthritis. Sometimes take glucosamine doesn't help though with knees hips and spine dot. -- you know this glucosamine business goes back three years. Glucosamine is a natural substance that's present in cartilage. And and bone. And in arthritis to cartilage gets lost and the bones rub against each other and so on and it causes pain. Now over the years we have found some doctors have found. That taking glucosamine supplements. With or without control -- helps this pain mostly in the knees. And people have been taking it and tremendous numbers. I give it to my dogs for example. Now. They're recent study has shown. That if you look at it objectively. In a double blinded thing where you give some people who glucosamine . And some not. And they and the bottom line is the glucosamine . Makes no difference. So whether it's a placebo effect or want. Did that glucosamine itself. Does nothing for you. So what he would do -- that information. You know. There have been so many studies. Showing that did guys who work for whatever reason. And because glucosamine . Has no side effects of which I'm aware. If you've got arthritis of the near anything else. And you know the painkillers you don't don't agree with you or they don't help you take the glucosamine . Nevermind this country.

among major claims that the distributors make. Is that it helps you lose weight . I have not seen a single. Documented study showing that the yes I eat there very helps weight loss but people believe -- you know lot of this is psychological. -- so it's a very good product but I mean have

Barry. Really popular trendy type of foods been touted. But everything from weight loss to better health but it's awesome and a focus of some scans what is the aside very -- that they don't.

have severe diabetes. Or you have. Any kind of rooms where your immune system is impaired like HIV. You are. You are interest. And -- otherwise say minor illness. Can -- life threatening.

an arrhythmia an abnormal heart rhythm extra beats fibrillation I think coffee. Aggravates that and I advise my patients and -- those conditions not to take it. Now for years doctors have believed. That caffeine coffee aggravates . Heart failure or even causes heart failure in people with preexisting heart disease . Then there was a very interesting. Study recently completed. In Denmark I think it was bad play 37000. People were followed over a long period of time. And their history. Was they analyze your history with respect to coffee and take. And and they found that over I think it was a ten year period. The people who drank coffee did not not have any higher incidence of heart failure than those who did. So the answer to your question Eric is that coffee does not cause or aggravate heart failure . -- Drink up and the happy --

a minute. Or fact do coffee lovers have an increased risk of heart failure when about that stuff.

because people. And we as we get older. We worry about developing alzheimer's disease cognitive impairment that's especially true. If you have a relative or with whom you live a parent somebody else it's closed Q

shouldn't you shouldn't take an aspirin every day except if you have heart disease that's true. But if you have a family history of colon cancer without symptoms. And even with a negative colonoscopy . Take. An aspirin tablet every day we don't know how it works it has some effect on cancer cells it makes them destroy themselves. But whatever the mechanism is take it.

when you come to there. Tell the technician if you have any breast implants that. Makes a difference in the technique that they use and don't wear a beautiful long dress or skirt with past with the topped its easy to take off. Now most important of all on the day of your mammogram. Don't use any lotion powder perfume or deodorant under your arms that can affect the interpretation. Of the of the X ray. And also. If you're not if it's it's