From Doctor Radio

Chris Jordan of the Human Performance Institute

in Orlando: 

Based on the principles of high-intensity training, Jordan's video is called the 7-min Workout.

He said it was born out of a need from the corporate athlete, or people who travel and don't have time for the gym .

It gets aerobic and anaerobic conditioning at the same time. 

He said the plyomtrics-Anything leaping and jumping -is high demand on muscles, quite stressful, but something to progress to as you become more fit. The video is meant to be used as a two or three time rotation for maximum results, but for most, getting through one seven minute session is enough.

Books:

Amy Ryan , Shot: Staying Alive with Diabetes. This book is an interesting look at a young woman's sudden transition to living with Type 1 diabetes. It is also important to note that November is National Diabetes Awareness month, and blue is the color to wear to show support.

Technological  Rage, by Peter Sacco, Ph.D... It's a new ebook that you can download off his website. In line with that, there was a study out on heart attack and anger: the study shows if you can reduce the level of anger, you can lower your risk of a heart attack. 

Forget the Facelift is a new book  by Dr. Doris Day. She says there's three components to the face issues: thinning, sagging and wrinkling. There are many products on the market now to help take care of those issues, besides going for the facelift.

For sagging, she suggests using Ulthera. "It's the only high density ultrasound on the market approved for lifting today," Day said.

Thermage can tighten and lift, but for sinking  she said you need  hyaluronic acid. For that there is the new Bellaterra, which has shown great results in the areas of the periphery of the face. Day said it stimulates new collagen and can last a year.

For Wrinkling, she likes to use Botox and Dysport.

However, using sunscreen  is the best way to keep skin from looking discolored and also using products that are on the market that have retinol and peptides are the best defense.

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Psychiatry show with Dr. Michael Aronoff:

Personality issues - he discussed borderline and narcissistic personality disorders. Both personalities are intrinsically not happy with themselves or can not find happiness in themselves. Borderline personalities can connect with other  people and  attach themselves to others in order to find moments of happiness. Narcissistics can find happiness only when they are in power, the boss or have money, etc. Conversely,  if they are not in a power situation they can't find happiness, even though they might have everything else in the world going for them. "Some  of us if  not all of us can find signs and symptoms of these disorders in our own personality," Aronoff said. "It is only considered a disorder when it become a constant." Narcissistic personality disorder is a pattern and effects communication with others. Signs include self importance,  entitlement, holding grudges power struggles, always  being control using conversation as a stage to boost your own self importance.

These personality disorders, along with others like body dysmorphic disorder deal with low self esteem and lack of sense of self. These people have treatment options.  Medication is usually not the answer, psychotherapies are better. Counseling to get to the root feelings  and uncovering what causes the unhappiness is key.

HPV 

A very important discussion took place regarding the HPV vaccine. The most disturbing call was from a woman whose 30 year-old son was suffering with throat cancer, caused by the HPV virus.  Statistics show that 80% of the population will have some strain of the virus. Dr. Lynn Friedman of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York says Approximately 90% of women can clear it as it is a transient disease. However, a small percent of the population will keep the virus. Because  it spreads so pervasively and both men and women are asymptomatic, many doctors are in favor of the vaccine. Because the more serious strain that causes most cervical cancers and things like throat and penile cancer does not bring along symptoms like other strains that produce warts, people do not know they have the virus and are spreading it around. "The implications for women are very serious with regard to cervical cancer," Friedman says.

A caller wanted to know if you had been diagnosed with the disease, could you still get the vaccination? Although some cases are difficult to find out, but they answered the caller by telling him that if someone has had HPV, but not strain 16 and 18, they could benefit from the vaccine.

The vaccines take 6 months to administer. The ideal situation is to do this before the person becomes sexually active, Friedman  says. But it can be given as early as nine years old.

The important thing to remember, according to Friedman, is that boys  need to be vaccinated too as there is no way to know which strain they carry. 

 Extra, Extra!

-A new study shows that most people show less heart pumping ability after running a marathon, which returns after three months ... The findings show that the less fit you are, the worse the effects.

-American Academy of Pediatrics has new screen time suggestions and findings this month. www.aap.org.

-Happy Fall-a-days...and if you are getting a jumpstart on holiday shopping, especially with Hanukkah starting on Thanksgiving this year, You may want to check out www.jamesgames.com. The site is full of tested gadgets  that challenge and entertain kids of all ages. His favorites seem to be the Barbie Makeover Mirror, and Rocksmith ( think Guitar Hero maximized and using a real guitar), both toys run about $79.99. For videos, he like Sonic Lost Worlds, between $39-$49, depending on the gaming system. For the younger kids, he likes Leap Frog's Learn to Write with Mr. Pencil and the Playskool Showcam 2-in-1 Camera and Projector. James says being able to project the image saves you from having to print out tons of pics and saves paper and ink. For toddlers he recommends the ELC Singing Animal Keyboard.

*****And don't forget everyone to set your DVRs or check out Dr. Oz today (Friday). He is going to have the founders of PoundFit on his show. I recently went to NYC for the certification and I loved the workout. As a novice drummer, I always knew drumming can get your arms toned and make you break a sweat. This workout was created out of that idea. It is inspired by drumming, strength-training and Pilates. I am so passionate about it and I can't wait to share It's fun, it's something new and it rocks!

Be Well and Stay Fit!

Marlo Scott