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Dr. Alan Frischer is former chief of staff and former chief of medicine at Downey Regional Medical Center. Write to him in care of this newspaper at 8301 E. Florence Ave., Suite 100, Downey, CA 90240. |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Motivation
This past weekend, while exercising with my running group, I began to wonder just why all these people were out here running 13 miles?much of it uphill. What was it that motivated us to be d... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Flu Vaccines
Everyone knows that the flu season will soon be upon us. The news about the H1N1 Swine Flu and just how serious an epidemic we may face this fall is relentless. So far, swine flu is not much... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - STDs
Here are some scary statistics; can you guess the subject? There are about 333 million new cases worldwide each year. In the United States, roughly one in five people have one. Approximately... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Exercise
Calling all exercise nuts?and everyone else who works out! (You can assign me to the "exercise nut" category.) What should we eat before we exercise, and what should we eat after? For tho... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Downey Patriot 64 Bruising
There it is again. Another unsightly mark on your leg. You don't even remember bumping yourself! Why do we bruise, and how can we prevent it? A bruise occurs when tiny blood vessels are dama... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Herbal Medicine
Patients regularly come into my office and state that they have stopped their "dangerous" prescription medication in favor of some "natural", "safer" herbal remedy. Oftentimes a relative or... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Pets
So you're thinking about getting a pet! You've already considered the downsides: the price of the animal, its food and medical care, the possible allergic reactions that someone in the home ... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Chocolate
What one food would you like to hear me say is actually good for you? If I were to say broccoli or fish, it would come as no surprise. But what if I say?chocolate? How could something so tas... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Pharmacogenetics
In medicine, one size does not fit all. Two people suffering from the same disease may be given the same drug, yet react quite differently. Pharmacogenetics is the extremely exciting new fie... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Massage
Everybody knows that getting a massage feels good. But is a massage actually good for your health? Science has not managed to keep up with the multitude of goods and services claiming to be ... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Fertility
Have you or a loved one had trouble getting pregnant? If so, read on. Today we are exploring the field of infertility. If you and your partner have not been able to get pregnant despite havi... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Viagra
Way back in the 1990's, a new drug being tested in England was an utter failure at treating high blood pressure and angina. It did, however, have quite an unusual side effect - it caused ma... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Varicose Veins
They're twisted and enlarged, they're purple and blue, and sometimes they swell and ache by the end of the day. Everybody knows someone with varicose veins. This makes sense; over half of Am... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Hair Loss
Have you or has someone close to you experienced hair loss? What causes it? Can anything be done to prevent it, or to reverse this non-life threatening yet nevertheless distressing condition... |
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Paging Dr. Frischer - Body Shape, Pears v. Apples
A hot topic in health literature concerns pears verses apples. I am referring, not to fruit, but rather to body shape. Are you a pear or an apple? How does your body accumulate fat? How does... |