Osteopathic Videos

How can you make healthier substitutes for the foods you eat? Whether eating out or staying in, you should strive to control calorie, saturated fat, trans fat and sugar levels. Though all of these are important, the most crucial is probably calories. This is for two reasons. One, lower calorie foods will tend to be lower in these other areas as well. Second, weight gain comes about when you consume more calories than you burn. And, being overweight is linked with a higher risk for heart disease, cancer and diabetes. It's wise, therefore, to eat a healthy and balanced daily diet. Script Number: 30080 For archived Family Health programs visit fhradio.org.

What should you do if you have a panic attack? A person having a panic attack experiences the sudden onset of feelings of intense fear. This overwhelming fear can trigger a variety of physical symptoms -- including chest pain, sweating, shortness of breath, rapid pulse, hot flashes, nausea and dizziness. These symptoms begin without warning. They can even come on during sleep. An attack lasts for about 15 minutes, and you feel tired when it has subsided. Script Number: 30079 For archived Family Health programs visit fhradio.org.

Is it a good idea to have your tonsils removed? Tonsillectomy, having the tonsils surgically removed, used to be one of the most common childhood surgeries in the United States. It is still done, but much less often. Records show that tonsillectomies were performed by ancient physicians before 100 AD. This was done without anesthesia and was very painful. With the development of effective anesthesia, the number of tonsillectomies performed each year began to increase in the late 1800s. Script Number: 30078 For archived Family Health programs visit fhradio.org.

What is a traveling blood clot? A traveling blood clot, as its name implies, is a clot that originates in one part of your body but ends up in another part. Clots often can develop in the legs, then travel through your veins to the heart and then the lungs. If the clot is large enough, it can be fatal. Script Number: 30077 For archived Family Health programs visit fhradio.org.

How can you tell if you're anorexic? A listener wrote and said that she was wondering if she might be anorexic. She said that she's just not interested in food. She told us: (quote) "Many people think I am too thin, but I think I am just about the right size." (unquote) While our listener should be commended for her level of self-awareness in asking this question, anorexia is not a disorder that can be self-diagnosed. This is because one of the hallmarks of this disorder is a distorted body image. You may think you're overweight or "just right" but an objective observer may correctly see you as extremely thin and emaciated. Script Number: 30076 For archived Family Health programs visit fhradio.org.

What's the connection between diet and age-related macular degeneration? Macular degeneration, an uncurable eye disease, is the leading cause of blindness in older adults. It damages the macula, the part of the retina that controls the center of the visual field. Approximately ten percent of adults between the ages of sixty-six and seventy-four have traces of macular degeneration. That figure jumps to thirty percent among those sevety-five to eighty-five years of age. Script Number: 30072 For archived Family Health programs visit fhradio.org.

What is the Mediterranean diet and what makes it healthy? In recent years, the so-called "French Paradox" has given way to the "Mediterranean diet" in the headlines of popular media. Both terms relate to the low rates of heart disease among Mediterranean populations, despite their relatively high consumption of fatty foods. But while the "French Paradox" focuses only on the heart benefits of red wine, the "Mediterranean diet" expands to include an active lifestyle and foods high in omega fatty acids. Script Number: 30071 For archived Family Health programs visit fhradio.org.

Pediatric osteopathy is a system of natural medicine which uses gentle manual techniques to rebalance problems within the body's systems. We visit the Osteopathic Centre For Children to find out more about their work.

Su Laurent visits the Viveka Osteopathic Clinic, where we see an osteopathic treatment on a baby