Healthy Talk w/ Dr. Michael Smith

Listen in as Dr. Mike provides the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions.

Listen in as Dr. Mike provides the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions.

Depression in combination with addiction is one of the highest risk factors for suicide.

Segment Number 3
Audio File healthy_talk/1527ht3c.mp3
Featured Speaker Adele Ryan McDowell, PhD
Book Title Making Peace with Suicide: A Book of Hope, Understanding, and Comfort
Guest Website Adele Ryan McDowell
Guest Bio Adele Ryan McDowell, PhD, is author of Making Peace with Suicide: A Book of Hope, Understanding, and Comfort. Dr. McDowell is a practicing psychotherapist and former crisis hot-line responder with more than 30 years experience helping clients find hope and balance in the face of crisis, trauma, and grief.

Making Peace with Suicide (White Flowers Press, 2014) speaks to those who have lost a loved one to suicide, those considering suicide, and those who work with or counsel the bereaved and suicidal.
Length (mins) 10
Waiver Received No
Host Mike Smith, MD

In the U.S. alone, there is a suicide every 13 minutes.

Segment Number 2
Audio File healthy_talk/1527ht3b.mp3
Featured Speaker Adele Ryan McDowell, PhD
Book Title Making Peace with Suicide: A Book of Hope, Understanding, and Comfort
Guest Website Adele Ryan McDowell
Guest Bio Adele Ryan McDowell, PhD, is author of Making Peace with Suicide: A Book of Hope, Understanding, and Comfort. Dr. McDowell is a practicing psychotherapist and former crisis hot-line responder with more than 30 years experience helping clients find hope and balance in the face of crisis, trauma, and grief.

Making Peace with Suicide (White Flowers Press, 2014) speaks to those who have lost a loved one to suicide, those considering suicide, and those who work with or counsel the bereaved and suicidal.
Length (mins) 10
Waiver Received No
Host Mike Smith, MD

If you're overweight or obese, certain enzymes that break down fat for energy slowly stop working.

Listen in as Dr. Mike provides the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions.

Listen in as Dr. Mike provides the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions.

How can you treat your blurry vision?

Segment Number 3
Audio File healthy_talk/1526ht3c.mp3
Featured Speaker Tom Tooma, MD
Organization NVision
Guest Bio Dr. Tom Tooma, MD, is the founder at NVISION Eye Centers. A preeminent leader, Dr. Tooma was the first doctor in California to perform LASIK surgery, the first to perform Custom Wavefront Guided LASIK and the first to use the FemtoSecond Laser (IntraLase FS30 – All Laser LASIK), a safer and more precise method than a traditional blade to increase a patient's chances of achieving 20/20, or better, vision.

Dr. Tooma received his M.D. from Loma Linda University School of Medicine, where he also completed his internship in internal medicine and residency in ophthalmology. He completed his fellowship in Corneal Surgery and External Disease at the Emory University Department of Ophthalmology in Atlanta, Georgia, and has been a board-certified ophthalmologist for more than 25 years.
Length (mins) 10
Waiver Received No
Host Mike Smith, MD

What signs should you look for before things get too blurry?

Segment Number 2
Audio File healthy_talk/1526ht3b.mp3
Featured Speaker Tom Tooma, MD
Organization NVision
Guest Bio Dr. Tom Tooma, MD, is the founder at NVISION Eye Centers. A preeminent leader, Dr. Tooma was the first doctor in California to perform LASIK surgery, the first to perform Custom Wavefront Guided LASIK and the first to use the FemtoSecond Laser (IntraLase FS30 – All Laser LASIK), a safer and more precise method than a traditional blade to increase a patient's chances of achieving 20/20, or better, vision.

Dr. Tooma received his M.D. from Loma Linda University School of Medicine, where he also completed his internship in internal medicine and residency in ophthalmology. He completed his fellowship in Corneal Surgery and External Disease at the Emory University Department of Ophthalmology in Atlanta, Georgia, and has been a board-certified ophthalmologist for more than 25 years.
Length (mins) 10
Waiver Received No
Host Mike Smith, MD

Could this green vegetable be instrumental in fighting cancer?