On this weekend’s edition of YOUR HEALTH®, we’ll talk with nationally known geriatrician Dr. Gregg Warshaw about Caring for an Aging America. Dr. Warshaw is a Professor of Family and Community Medicine and the Semmons Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He recently delivered the 7th annual Robert R. Huntley, MD, Lecture hosted by the UNC Department of Family Medicine.
 
 
 

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• Research That Matters (minute 0-10): fast food & heart attacks, iron & zinc supplements for children, fake smiles, self injury
• Conversations with Dr. Gregg Warshaw on Caring for an Aging America (minute 10-31)
  • Dr. Warshaw’s work history and publications
  • HealthinAging.org
• House Calls (minute 31-40): birth control pills and breast cancer, low dose aspirin, atrial fibrillation, celiac disease, truvia, sugar substitutes
  • Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk
  • Talk with your doctor about taking aspirin to prevent disease
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Celiac Disease
  • Sugar Substitutes
  • More on Sugar Substitutes

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