Health and Well Being

Eating the wrong unhealthy foods can torpedo one's sex life by interfering with arousal and performance.

Pat talks with Precision Medicine Doctor Florence Comite discussing the connection between food and your sex life.  She says healthy fuel can make a big difference with pleasure and performance in the bedroom and also acts as a "canary in the coal mine" serving as forewarnings of trouble elsewhere in the body.

A discussion about replacing aging cells with young cells.

We discuss how aging can be lonely, especially if you are living until 110, 125 or 150.  You'll need a new posse.

Even though life expectancy actually decreased during Covid, it's expected we will not only make up ground, but life expectancy will soon increase by thirty years.

Pat talks with Dr. Michael Roizen, along with co-author Albert Ratner, on their book The Great Age Reboot. It's all about how scientific and medical advances will enable us tolive to 110, 125 and even 150 years of age in just a few short years. But.....will we be ready for it?  And what do we need to do to be in the best possible shape?

There are now 14 different research studies underway on aging and all show greatly increased life expectancy.

Dr. Klein describes the new Valley hospital under construction and how their care is growing and expanding.

There isn't a standard for what qualifies as dense breasts, but talking to your physician is recommended for more intensive screening.

Dr. Klein describes the danger of certain genes and preventive surgery.

They have a helpful and robust survivors program called SHINE.

The best thing a woman can do to take care of her health is to get a regular mammogram.

Pat talks with the Director of the Breast Program at the Valley Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care Center in Paramus, Dr. Laura Klein. She discusses breast cancer, screening, lifestyle changes and dense breasts.

No more squeezing and smushing the breast during a mammogram.  Valley offers the Smart Curve which is more comfortable and 3D.

She is 60 and looks forward to competing for another decade.  She also describes a man and a woman, both in their seventies who compete at her club, which has a great sense of belonging.

She loves to keep going and reaching more and more goals as a triathlete.

She loves showing the world and herself that she can do it!  Her kids are impressed, too.

The feeling not only of accomplishment but of proving herself kept her motivated.

Pat talks with Hilary JM Topper, author of "From Couch Potato to Endurance Athlete".  It's all about how she went from drinking wine on the couch every night to becoming a triathlete.  Her transformation is all the more impressive since she did it approaching age 50 and almost flunked gym class as a child.  

How Hilary went from almost flunking gym class to becoming a driven athlete.

This is an issue we don't have the luxury of ignoring.

 The family has long been a conservation advocate.  Many places like Flint and Jackson have extreme water challenges.  Plus, we can use reusable water bottles so all that plastic doesn't end up in landfills.

We need to pay attention to our water supply and anything that could threaten that precious natural resource. HWB Water Thu 10-20-22 Walton Family and Conservation  The family has long been a conservation advocate.  Many places like Flint and Jackson have extreme water challenges. 

The Supreme Court is considering some limitations to the Clean Water Act.

Pat talks with Mustafa Santiago Ali of the National Wildlife Federation and the Walton Family Fund, discussing the importance of water conservation and the many places with water crises.  He also talks about how the Supreme Court is taking a case that may limit the Clean Water Act, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Act.