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Driftless HealthCast — 154 episodes

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1

How Much Protein Is Too Much Protein?

2

High Protein Foods vs High Protein Imposters

3

How Not to Wreck Yourself on a Trampoline

4

Can You "Treat" Menopause?

5

How Many Calories Do You Burn Taking The Stairs?

6

When Can Babies Have Cow's Milk?

7

Which Protein Powder Should I Choose?

8

How to Stop A Nosebleed

9

Is MSG Bad For You?

10

Which Type of M&M's Are the Healthiest?

11

Can You Loose Weight By Donating Blood?

12

How to Pick a New Pair of Sunglasses

13

If You Aren't Sweating, Is It Even a Workout?

14

Is My Testosterone Low?

15

Allergies or a Sinus Infection?

16

Are You in Shape?

17

Should I Wear Hearing Protection While Mowing the Lawn?

18

What Type of Milk Should You Drink?

19

Money Savers: Prescription Assistance Programs (Free Medicines)

20

Perimenopause and Menopause

21

Phytosterols And Lowering Your Cholesterol

22

Money Savers Series: Generic vs Name Brand Meds

23

Seasonal Allergies

24

Treating Iron Deficiency

25

Should I Get My Iron Checked?

26

Returning to Physical Activity After Pregnancy

27

Pregnancy and Pelvic Health

28

How to Keep Your Skin Looking Younger

29

How to Clear Out Your Sinuses: Nasal Rinse

30

The Best Question We Ever Received

31

So Your Provider Suggested Physical Therapy-Featuring "PT Pat"

32

Should I Get Tested For the Flu?

33

Don't Overcomplicate: Here is an Easy Strategy to Start Improving Your Health

34

Dry Skin Care

35

How Accurate Are Home Pregnancy Tests Anyway?

36

Getting Back to Sleep

37

How to Lighten Up Your Starbucks Drink

38

How Many Oreos Go Into Your Starbucks Drink?

39

Should My Child Stay Home From School?

40

Marriage vs Chemotherapy

41

Time for Your Flu Shot

42

Too Good to be True? Recognizing Medical Fraud

43

Money Savers Series: GoodRx

44

How to Choose Your Bug Spray

45

How Much Water Should I Drink?

46

Hydration for Athletes

47

Shin Splints

48

Ramblings of a New Dad

49

Am I Getting Enough Sleep?

50

Razor Rash

51

Bug Bites

52

How to Naturally "Up" Your Testosterone

53

Exercises for Stress Incontinence (Kegels)

54

Bladder Training for Overactive Bladder

55

College Health Prep and Physicals

56

The 5 Senses

57

How Much Sleep Does My Child Need?

58

What Type of IUD is Best?

59

Our 100th Episode: How to Live to be 100!

60

Protein Shakes for Weight Loss?

61

Can a Fiber Supplement Lower Your Cholesterol?

62

Tips for Starting Ozempic and Other GLP-1s

63

Misconceptions in the Media About the New Weight Loss Medications

64

What is Dialysis (Renal Replacement Therapy)?

65

How to Start (or Re-start) running:

66

How to Check Your Blood Pressure at Home

67

Does Creatine Supplementation Help With Athletic Performance?

68

Sugar Content in Popular Beverages

69

How to Prevent Runners Toe

70

Should I start a cholesterol medicine?

71

"How to Up Your New Years Game"

72

Dealing With a Challenging Semester in College

73

Journaling Your Symptoms

74

How to Prevent Wrinkles And Early Aging of the Skin

75

Should I Workout While Sick?

76

How to Deal With a Stuffy Nose

77

The SSRI's

78

Newborn Constipation

79

Tips for Successful Virtual Visits

80

What Foods Make You Feel Full?

81

Obesity and BMI

82

Almost Time for Your Flu Shot (rebroadcast)

83

Childhood Biting

84

What is a Calorie?

85

Shingles and the Shingles Vaccine

86

Chicken Pox

87

Why are many of our labs abnormal, yet nothing to worry about?

88

Chocolate Cake for Breakfast? For Weight Loss?

89

Monkeypox: What You Need to Know

90

College Prep: What to Cover Before Heading off to College

91

Excessive Sweating (Hyperhidrosis)

92

Warts: How to Get Rid of Them

93

What is Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)?

94

Treating a Sunburn

95

Tips for Contacts Lens Wearers

96

How to Lower Your Blood Pressure Without Medicines

97

What Should My Blood Pressure Be?

98

Heel Fissures

99

How to Improve Your Cholesterol

100

Colon Cancer Screening

101

Acetaminophen (Tylenol)

102

Topical Diclofenac (Voltaren)

103

What is the Best Question to Ask Your Provider?

104

Does Riding an E-bike Count for Exercise?

105

Should You Take a Vitamin?

106

Pills for COVID-19? A New Option

107

How Much Activity Do I Need?

108

Impaired Fasting Blood Sugar (Prediabetes)

109

What is a Formulary Medication?

110

Part 2: Pills for Acne Treatment

111

Acne: Over the Counter Options

112

Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin

113

Screen Time for Children and Young Adults

114

DayQuil vs NyQuil

115

Timing Your Labs: Before or After Your Visit?

116

Athlete's Foot: Treatment and Prevention

117

Duloxetine and the SNRI's

118

Ear Wax

119

Hair Loss

120

Melatonin

121

Sleep Hygine

122

We Love the Patient Access Portal (MyChart)

123

COVID Booster Update

124

Preventative Screening and Guidance at Your Wellness Exam

125

High Deductible Health Care Plans and HSA's

126

Time for Your Flu Shot!

127

Sports Drinks 101

128

Part 2: Tobacco Cessation

129

Part 1: Tobacco Cessation

130

Breaking Through the "Weight Loss Plateau"

131

mRNA Vaccines for COVID: Answering Listener Questions

132

Caffeine: America's Favorite Recreational Drug

133

COVID Vaccine Update: August 2021

134

Get to Know Your Medicines: Metformin

135

Part 3: Joint Pain; a Review of Common Supplements

136

Part 2: Joint Pain

137

Part 1: Joint Pain

138

What to look for in a Primary Care Provider

139

Part 2: Heartburn

140

Part 1: Heartburn

141

COVID Vaccination in 12 to 18 Year Olds

142

Sun Protection Part 2

143

Sun Protection Part 1

144

Anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs)

145

Top 3 Sources of Salt in the American Diet

146

Tick Prevention

147

Lifestyle Changes to Improve Your Cholesterol

148

How to Feel Better When You Catch a Cold

149

Natural Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure

150

Seasonal Allergies: Part 2

151

Seasonal Allergies: Part 1

152

Light Beer vs Dark Beer for Better Sugars

153

Pilot: Get to Know Your Medicines: Sertraline (Zoloft)

154

Bananas: Myth Busting