Hallberg's Picture of Health Podcast
1) Hallberg's Picture of Health: Water-related diseases
Water is essential to health, but when it's not clean, it can cause serious diseases.
2) Hallberg's Picture of Health: What's our goal for care?
Questioning what health care should accomplish is a tricky, complicated thing to do.
3) Hallberg's Picture of Health: Picking the right doctor
It can be tricky to find the right doctor and avoid the bad ones.
4) Hallberg's Picture of Health: Opioids
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are now telling doctors to stop prescribing the addictive pain-killers for long-term pain management.
5) Hallberg's Picture of Health: The open-notes movement
A new movement called OpenNotes proposes that doctors open their personal notes so patients can read what they have to say about their individual health.
6) Hallberg's Picture of Health: Is sitting all that bad?
A recent study in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine warns that sitting down can increase the risk of early death.
7) Hallberg's Picture of Health: On happiness
Dr. Jon Hallberg discusses a Harvard health study on happiness that's now back in the public eye.
8) Hallberg's Picture of Health: The impact of Zika
A recent study in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine says Zika virus "infection during pregnancy appears to be associated with grave outcomes."
9) Hallberg's Picture of Health: Talking to your doctor
When was the last time your doctor said to you, "Can we talk?" And what difference would having a conversation really make?
10) Hallberg's Picture of Health: Concerns with acid reflux meds
There are concerns about the long-term use of proton pump inhibitors, which are used to treat acid reflux and other stomach problems.