Jennifer Longworth from Bourbon Barrel Podcasting sent us a question regarding some recent lab work that her doctor wanted to discuss with her. She has an amazing podcast and talked about many topics including Bourbon and craft beer.

On this episode, Faaiz Siddiqui, a premed intern, discusses a case of sciatica with Dr. Emran. Sciatica is an extremely painful lower back condition. The sciatic nerve is 1 of the largest nerves in the human body.

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/simplehealthradio/Ep.108_What_is_Fried_Rice_Syndrome.mp3 What is Fried Rice Syndrome? Each year, over 63,000 cases of food poisoning occurred due to one specific bacteria. That bacteria is called Bacillus cereus.

When a patient is on a blood thinner, why do they have to stop it a few days before having a procedure?   Today’s question comes from Terry Fletcher who is the producer of the CodeCast podcast. She is an expert medical coder and builder.

Why did the FDA assign a black box warning to Ambien? The FDA is the Food and Drug Administration. They are a federal agency responsible for the safety and monitoring of prescription medications. Recently a new pattern of illnesses was identified calle...

Over 120,000 people die each year due to COPD Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema are the types of COPD COPD is the #3 cause of death in the US Pulmonary Rehab helps prevent deaths from COPD Smoking is the #1 cause of COPD COPD stands for Chronic Obstruct...

What’s the best way to lower blood pressure? Recently, one of our online supporters, Mike Curtis from www.TheAwkwardScrew.com, sent in a question regarding high blood pressure. First, I want to thank Mike Curtis from The Awkward Screw podcast.

A listener from California recently asked: “Is there an outbreak of Hepatitis A in the US? Yes, there is a national outbreak of Hepatitis A with clusters in multiple states. Hepatitis is an infection or inflammation of the liver.

By Dr. Emran from Simple Health Radio Today’s question comes to us from Ricardo in Dallas. Ricardo asks: What causes gout? Gout is a very painful type of arthritis. Last year, over 8 million Americans suffered from an episode of gout.