Alcohol and Heart Disease
Best of: Sep 1991
Dr. Smith speaks with Charles Hennekens MD, DrPH, formerly the Chief of Preventive Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Professor of Medicine and currently Research Professor of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University. They discuss whether alcohol use is good or bad for your heart and your health.
#heart #alcohol #tobacco #hennekens #alcoholism #wbznewsradio
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Dry Throat:
Best of: Oct 1991
Dr. Smith speaks with a caller to WBZ Radio about throat dryness and a “lump in the throat.”
#throat #dryness #globus #humidification #guaifenesin #mucinex #wbznewsradio
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Tonsil Disease: When Should Tonsils Be Removed: Best Of: WBZ Radio; 0191

Dr. Smith discusses the reasons for removal of the tonsils. They include infection and obstruction.

#tonsils #tonsillectomy #infection #lingualtonsils #snoring #obstruction #sleepapnea #wbznewsradio
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Giving Doctors-In-Training The Patient Experience: Best Of - WBZ Radio - 0891: In this WBZ Medical Minute introduced by the late Gary LaPierre, Dr. Smith tells how one medical school gives doctors to be a patient’s point of view.
#physicians #patients #sensitivity #wbznewsradio
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Second Opinion For A Back Problem: Best Of - WBZ Radio -0590 Dr. Smith discusses how to obtain a second opinion for possible surgical management of chronic back disease. #backpain #weakness #secondopinion #neurosurgery #orthopedics #wbznewsradio https://www.instagram.com/p/CyPyK_WOtZB/
Fainting: When to get an evaluation: Best Of - WBZ Radio -0191
If you experience fainting, when should you get a formal evaluation. Dr. Mark Linzer, formerly of Tufts Med and now at UMinnesota tells Dr. Smith the indications that are worrisome.
#linzer #fainting #syncope #driving #weakness #cardiovascular #wbznewsradio
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Fainting: It’s Causes and Symptoms: Best Of - WBZ Radio -0191 Dr. Smith talks with Mark Linzer, MD formerly of the New England Medical Center and currently professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota. Fainting is also known as syncope and is driven by the vasovagal reaction. #linzer #fainting #syncope #vasovagal #wbznewsradio https://www.instagram.com/p/CyPvR7uOCTe/