WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:03.399 Initialize sequence. 2 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:07.080 Coming to you live from Houston, Texas, home to the 3 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:09.359 world's largest medical center in the Bunch of Bays. 4 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:21.199 On the day, Roger Comy, this is your Health First, 5 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:25.679 the most beneficial health program on radio with doctor Joe Galotti. 6 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:26.920 During the next. 7 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.359 Hour, you'll learn about health, wellness and the prevention of disease. 8 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:33.520 Now here's your host, doctor Joe Bellotti. 9 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:50.079 Well, great Sunday evening to everybody, Doctor Joe Galotti, So 10 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.479 glad you're able to join in this evening. Maybe huddled 11 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:57.799 around a fireplace in your house. It is starting to 12 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:02.200 get cold. This is a storm like we have never seen, 13 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:04.879 or at least at least for the past twenty years 14 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:08.239 or so. But it is a big deal. We have 15 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:12.280 to be very careful. I'll talk about that in a 16 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:18.519 couple of minutes, but the weather certainly is on everybody's mind, 17 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:23.120 not only here in Texas, but around the country. The 18 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:27.319 inauguration is being moved inside because of the cold weather, 19 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:30.079 and many parts of the US are just getting hit 20 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:35.159 with very cold, snowy weather. So I'm glad you tuned 21 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.120 in tonight. We'll talk about all of that now. To 22 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:43.200 participate in the program, our website doctor Joegalotti dot com, 23 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:45.920 d R J O E G A l A t 24 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:50.920 I dot com. 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And really, what I tell everybody, that 36 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:39.120 is the easiest way to keep up to date with 37 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:42.400 things that are going on with the radio program, other 38 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:48.159 educational endeavors that we have with our followers, be it 39 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:53.039 a webinar, be it a new YouTube video that we 40 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:56.520 put out, a new article, something we're doing, or something 41 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:00.439 that you should be aware of to keep your health 42 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:05.879 and wellness front and center. Doctor Joeglotti dot com. All right, 43 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:11.879 so the weather now, for the past several years, the 44 00:03:11.919 --> 00:03:19.360 Glotti household has really fit. There's lots of news websites 45 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:25.280 that have weather, but we have been really enjoying Space 46 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:31.800 City Weather and it is space cityweather dot com and 47 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:36.120 they're a local group here based in Houston, and I 48 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:40.439 think they really give a very very detailed analysis of 49 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:45.000 any kind of weather, be it hot, be it dry, hurricane, tornado, locust, 50 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:48.439 whatever it is. Space City Weather is my favorite place 51 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:52.960 to go to and if you want an update to 52 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:54.840 try to figure out what's going on, I would say 53 00:03:55.039 --> 00:03:59.039 go there. So the latest posting from about three forty 54 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:03.800 this afternoon, it looks like the amount of snow between 55 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:08.919 Monday and Tuesday in Houston. If you look at Houston 56 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.080 as the epicenter, about four inches, the Woodlands about four 57 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:18.000 inches going up to Luffkin four inches, Crockett two, Beaumont 58 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:24.639 Port author between four and five, Lake Jackson two going 59 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:28.319 out to Victoria a little less two inches, but basically 60 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:35.319 in the two to four inches of snow, which I 61 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:38.240 believe since two thousand and four was the last time 62 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:43.399 we had that kind of of snow. Worst case scenario 63 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.480 is mapped out it eight inches, believe it or not, 64 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.639 with a one in ten chance, but it could get 65 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:53.319 a lot worse. And of course the other thing is 66 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:56.120 when is this all going to happen. It's probably going 67 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:02.160 to happen Tomorrow evening into Tuesday, should clear up, but 68 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:06.639 it's going to remain cold, and that's where the freezing 69 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:12.279 part comes in, and there's going to be car accidents, 70 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:15.360 there's going to be people slipping, pipes are gonna break, 71 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:19.759 and we have to be, you know, really really very 72 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:27.040 careful there On Wednesday, temperature wise, nineteen degrees in Houston, 73 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:32.560 sixteen in the Woodlands, fifteen in Huntsville, Victoria sixteen, So 74 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:34.439 it's still going to be below freezing. So you have 75 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:39.959 to be very very careful. Now when we talk about 76 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:45.879 these weather emergencies in a sense from a health standpoint, 77 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:48.680 that's what I do. Are you prepared? Do you have 78 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:52.160 two to five to seven days worth of medicines? Now 79 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:55.040 what I would say tomorrow Monday, you should be okay. 80 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:57.240 If you need to get out to a pharmacy to 81 00:05:57.279 --> 00:05:59.720 get refills, though I'm sure they're all going to be inundated. 82 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:05.199 Do you have enough food now when this storm comes in? 83 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:10.000 Do you call nine to one one if you are 84 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:15.120 having a medical problem, or do you drive to the 85 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:20.120 hospital now. Of course, the worst thing you want to do, 86 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:22.800 say Monday night into Tuesday. You don't want to be 87 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:25.959 on the road driving to the er, either by yourself 88 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:28.600 or with somebody else. So you may want to rely 89 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:30.360 on calling nine to one one, but you don't want 90 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:34.680 to over abuse it. So tomorrow, I would say, starting tonight, 91 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:38.240 take inventory. How are you feeling right now? Do you 92 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:40.319 feel like you're coming down with something or are you 93 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:42.199 a little bit more short of breath? Do you have 94 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:46.040 stomach pain, headaches, whatever it may be. Tomorrow is your 95 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:50.199 day eight o'clock check in with your doctor to see 96 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:55.839 if you can get that issue resolved now early, rather 97 00:06:56.079 --> 00:07:00.439 than going until four o'clock tomorrow when all hell is 98 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:02.279 going to be breaking loose and the city is going 99 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:09.920 to be paralyzed. So again it is an ounce of prevention, 100 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.879 and don't wait till things get too bad, because it's 101 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.160 gonna be the worst time to try to get out 102 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:20.680 there or try to get help. All right, I'm doctor 103 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:23.839 Joe Glotti. We're going to continue this conversation in just 104 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:27.120 a moment. Doctor Joglotti dot com is our website. Stay 105 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:31.639 tuned we'll be right back. Welcome back, everybody. Doctor Joe Galotti, 106 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:37.639 I think this song is a little ironic. Considering I 107 00:07:37.720 --> 00:07:39.519 hear this song, I think I should be at the 108 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:51.560 beach in a baiting suit. Instead I'm in a snowmobile suit. 109 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:55.279 But hopefully puts a little smile on your face as 110 00:07:55.279 --> 00:08:06.639 we deal with this impending weather issue. And my main 111 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:10.079 take home message as a physician, somebody to communicate with 112 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:13.120 you few things. Number One, as I said earlier, tomorrow 113 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:15.959 is your free day. Early, I would say before two o'clock. 114 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:21.000 Get the medicine you need, get the food, Situate yourself 115 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:24.759 for two or three days of maybe being a little 116 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:29.160 out of touch. Like I said earlier, if you're not 117 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:31.480 feeling good tonight, or you had a rough weekend, or 118 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:34.000 you're not quite sure how the next couple of days 119 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:38.480 is going to be, don't rely on let's see. Let's 120 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:40.879 give it another day or two, because in two days 121 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:43.600 you're going to be the city's going to be paralyzed. 122 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:46.879 So tomorrow morning, check in with your doctor, see if 123 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:50.679 you could have a tell, a medicine visit, a phone 124 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:55.200 visit to try to get some direction on your health issue. 125 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:01.240 The other thing, if you have appointments Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. 126 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:06.720 See you know, call now to switch the appointment instead 127 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:10.159 of getting falling behind. Because so many of our offices 128 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:13.159 we're going to have to reschedule people, So get in 129 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:17.120 early on that. The other thing is this is a 130 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:20.799 little bit of the community approach to taking care of 131 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:25.440 one another. If you know a relative, a friend, an 132 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:31.360 older person, a neighbor that has a questionable housing situation. 133 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:38.200 They may have a less than reliable heater, drafty house 134 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:42.080 and they live by themselves, Extend a hand, have them 135 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:47.440 come over, find an extra bed, get a sleeping bag, 136 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:50.279 somebody give up the bed and sleep on the couch, 137 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:54.000 just so that they could be in a warm, safe environment. 138 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:57.639 Because we're going here later in the week. House fires 139 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:01.320 that started with space heaters turning down their oven and 140 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:04.960 a family died of carbon monoxide poisoning. They went in 141 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:09.720 their garage and started their car. Guaranteed, it's going to 142 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:13.679 be said Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, you're going to hear these stories. 143 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:16.799 A lot of this could have been prevented now. The 144 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:23.639 other main point is for those that are I'd like 145 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:25.879 to say over fifty, not to pick on anybody over 146 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:29.879 fifty or those that have chronic disease. The cold does 147 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:33.159 funny things to your body, especially if you have heart 148 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:35.759 disease or if you have lung disease. So, if you 149 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.840 have heart disease, you have hypertension, you have high cholesterol, 150 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.120 maybe you've had a heart attack, you have some stens in, 151 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:47.840 you've had open heart bypass surgery, you have congestive heart failure. 152 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:51.279 Many times the cold is not your friend. It puts 153 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:56.200 a tremendous stress on you if you get cold sitting 154 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:02.799 in a cold house, sitting outside, or trap outside. And 155 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:06.679 so it is not uncommon that when somebody with underlying 156 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:12.360 heart disease goes outside and oh, now they decide to 157 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:16.440 clear some snow up their driveway, off their front stoop 158 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:21.120 their car, that they start getting chest pain. It's called 159 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:26.360 Angina or New York, we would say in China. But 160 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:28.879 angina has a sign almost like that early warning that 161 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:30.679 you may be having a heart attack. You're not getting 162 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:34.720 enough blood to the heart muscle. And so you have 163 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:37.519 to look at things and say, look, I'm a little 164 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:40.679 bit older, i have high blood pressure, I've had heart failure, 165 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:43.879 I've had a heart attack, I'm on three heart medicines. 166 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:47.840 I better stay warm, So if you do have to 167 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:54.279 travel out, legitimately bundle up, keep your chest warm, keep 168 00:11:54.279 --> 00:11:59.200 your legs warm, your body, your core, maybe put a 169 00:11:59.799 --> 00:12:02.279 man over your face so that the cold air is 170 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:05.960 not going directly into your lungs. And if you have 171 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:14.799 underlying lung disease COPD, chronic bronchitis, the cold air or asthma. 172 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:18.320 A lot of people get sick with asthma this time 173 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:23.799 of the year. The cold air can trigger an asthmatic attack, 174 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:27.399 an exacerbation of COPD, and a lot of you may 175 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:30.039 know this, but gosh, you've been living in the South 176 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:34.440 for many, many years and you're not really accustomed that 177 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:37.039 getting a cold blast of air. So you have to 178 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:42.720 be very careful in those regards. And for Pete's sake, 179 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:48.360 find some kid in the neighborhood to sweep off your car, 180 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:54.320 clean your front walkway, have some you know, give the 181 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:57.480 kid a few bucks, have them go shopping for you, 182 00:12:57.639 --> 00:13:00.360 or you know, we have all these delivery services now 183 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:04.759 if you need certain essential things delivered to your house. 184 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:10.960 But the main thing also is, let's say after Tuesday 185 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.559 or part of Tuesday into Wednesday, the ice. If you 186 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:20.679 do not have to drive anywhere. Stay home. I've been 187 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:24.720 in Houston, Texas thirty plus years now, love the people, 188 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:30.679 this is my home. But cold weather people here don't 189 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:33.960 know how to drive. Don't know how to drive when 190 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:36.879 the weather is in clement, especially snow or ice or sleep. 191 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:42.399 The other thing is there's going to be slips on 192 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:47.600 icy surfaces. And if you're sixty five, you're seventy seventy 193 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:51.159 five and you break a hip, break an arm, break 194 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:55.240 a shoulder, it's going to be a tough recovery for you. 195 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.600 So again you have to look at this and say, 196 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:02.159 it looks icy out there. I am not going out 197 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:05.759 by myself. Make sure if you have to go out, 198 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:10.080 you have a strong bodied person helping you to the car, 199 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:13.559 helping you into the store, whatever the case may be. 200 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:19.120 And I cannot say enough of being careful with the 201 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:24.279 space heaters, carbon monoxide toxicity and poisoning that's going to 202 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:29.039 take place, and the fires. You know a lot of 203 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:31.399 emphasis is on your pipes. Yes we don't want the 204 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:34.320 pipes to bust, and your flowers and your pets, but 205 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:40.480 you really have to be very, very cautious with how 206 00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:46.840 you are going to take care of yourself and it 207 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:51.679 you know, it really is important, and for so many 208 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:58.000 we operate on sort of this brinksmanship. We wait for 209 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:00.559 the very end. Do you have enough get in your car? 210 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:06.720 That is one thing that my wife will always tell me. 211 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:10.679 It's gonna be a storm, it's gonna be cold, it's 212 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:15.440 gonna rain. Do you have enough gas in your car? Yes, ma'am, Yes, honey, 213 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:23.159 I'm gonna go get gas. But be prepared. And again 214 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:28.480 part of the neighborhood community check in. All of us 215 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:33.320 have at least one or two or three people that 216 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:38.399 you probably need to check in on. And if you 217 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:41.200 know that they're elderly with a bunch of medical problems, 218 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:43.679 see how they're doing. Maybe you have to help them 219 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:49.159 get some refills on their prescriptions, maybe communicate with their physician. 220 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:54.080 But the other thing for yourself. Much of what we 221 00:15:54.159 --> 00:15:59.720 do here we try to empower you to understand the 222 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:02.879 warning signs of things that may be getting worse, the 223 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:05.960 warning signs of a heart attack, chest pain, shortness of breath, 224 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:13.519 pain down your left arm, some vague indigestion. If you're 225 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:17.720 sitting there tonight Sunday evening, seven twenty seven pm and 226 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:23.080 you're not feeling right, take action now rather than waiting 227 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:30.279 till tomorrow or the next day. It really is very 228 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:39.440 important there. All right, Coming up, I want to chat 229 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:46.440 a little bit about alcohol use disorder and dry January. 230 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:49.799 Are you all familiar with that. I'm not against it, 231 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:54.159 but I just think we have to think about what 232 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:58.879 we're doing not drinking alcohol in January, and is that 233 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:02.240 something we need to do? All right, I'm doctor Joe Glotti. 234 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:04.839 Stay tuned. News is coming up in a minute and 235 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:09.240 we'll be right back. Welcome back, everybody, doctor Joe Galotti. 236 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:14.039 We're here every Sunday evening between seven and a pm 237 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:19.079 with a single mission, raising your health EyeQ, making you 238 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:24.680 better consumers of healthcare, staying out of the er, staying 239 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:29.960 out of the doctor's office, of course unless it's for 240 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:37.680 a schedule check up. And I always like to say 241 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:43.440 that roughly eighty percent of all the chronic disease that 242 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:46.720 we see, the high blood pressure, the diabetes, the cancer, 243 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:54.839 the heart disease, delivered disease is related to lifestyle decisions 244 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:58.440 we make. Now. This is not to look down and 245 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:03.400 say bad you, You've made yourself sick, get out of 246 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:07.319 the office. That's not the point we're here to help. 247 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:13.440 But in all the years that I've been practicing medicine, 248 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:19.720 liver disease, very sick patients, very complicated patients, so many 249 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:23.839 of them that by the time they come to visit 250 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:28.359 me and my team, they have had things going on 251 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:35.720 for years to decades and they just didn't realize that 252 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:42.519 a particular behavior which everybody else is doing, but for them, 253 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:48.519 was somehow harming their heart, their liver, their lungs, their kidneys, 254 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:52.319 whatever the case may be. So the idea is to 255 00:18:53.920 --> 00:19:00.880 have that eighty percent down to fifteen percent twenty let's 256 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:05.960 try to take a big bite out of that. But 257 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:08.480 it's all about awareness, and that's what this program is about. 258 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:10.440 This is what I'm all about, is what my team 259 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:16.720 is about. We want to empower you to understand we're 260 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:22.359 not selling anything. We're not trying to get you to 261 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:26.160 take snake oil. We're just trying to enlighten you and 262 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:29.319 your family. And I've always been saying for the twenty 263 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:32.519 two years I've been on the radio here, I want 264 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:36.160 to give you actionable information. You could hear something tonight 265 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:43.920 and make a change immediately. So with that said, I'll 266 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:47.039 get into dry January just in a few minutes. But 267 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:54.119 one one thing that came out right after New Year's 268 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:58.880 was the Surgeon General. US Surgeon General came out with 269 00:19:59.039 --> 00:20:07.519 a twenty twenty Alcohol and Cancer Risk Report, and this 270 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:11.400 got a fair amount of play in the press. And 271 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:18.799 the basic synopsis is that there is a relationship between 272 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:26.720 consuming alcohol and getting cancer. And the data would indicate that, 273 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:34.319 well a few things. Alcohol use is a leading preventable 274 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:39.279 cause of cancer in the US. A preventable cause of 275 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:45.160 cancer which means drink less or don't drink and you 276 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:49.119 reduce your chance of getting cancer. Now, it's estimated that 277 00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:54.799 there are about one hundred thousand cases of cancer directly 278 00:20:54.839 --> 00:21:01.359 related to alcohol, with about twenty thousand cancer deaths every year. 279 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:09.200 So these are numbers that really do get your attention worldwide. 280 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:12.559 It's it's it's certainly a big problem. Now. The issue here, 281 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:15.079 and this is where I like to say, hey, you 282 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:17.240 need to be better consumers. We want you to be 283 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:22.160 better consumers. The data indicates that less than half of 284 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:29.880 Americans are aware that alcohol consumption increases cancer risk. So 285 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:34.160 when you look at radiation X rays, ninety percent of 286 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:37.240 the population is where that radiation can give you cancer. 287 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:43.880 Tobacco eighty nine percent. Asbestos. You know, you watch TV, 288 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:49.160 listen to radio. There's all these class action lawsuits. Did 289 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:51.920 you work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in nineteen fifty three, 290 00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:55.039 Oh yeah, I did. You might be at risk for 291 00:21:55.119 --> 00:22:00.000 lung cancer. Okay, so we get that kind of awareness. 292 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:04.079 Asbestos is bad, You're going to get cancer. Obesity. Fifty 293 00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:06.839 three percent of the population knows that obesity is related 294 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:10.359 to cancer, which is a good thing. But only forty 295 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:15.240 five percent of the population eighteen and older are aware 296 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:19.440 of the connection between alcohol consumption and the increased risk 297 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:26.480 of cancer. And so that's something we need to work on. Now. 298 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:30.359 The other issue is, and again this is where you 299 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:34.440 need to all be aware consuming alcohol increases the risk 300 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:39.319 of developing at least seven different types of cancer. Well, 301 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:43.960 you're probably sitting there, doctor Glotti. What are the seven cancers? Mouth? 302 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:51.319 That would be the oral cavity, throat, your pharynx, back 303 00:22:51.359 --> 00:23:00.160 of your throat, voice box, larynx, esophagus, breasts in women. And 304 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:05.279 there's a little side note to that. Liver cancer. Now 305 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:08.319 that's where I come in, just as a side note. 306 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:11.960 But then colon and rectum. But two things on the 307 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:18.680 liver if you have hepatitis C or you have hepatitis B, 308 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:23.440 both of which have very good medical treatments available. If 309 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:26.400 you consume alcohol, you have an increased risk of getting 310 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:31.200 liver cancer and cirrhosis if you have a fatty liver. 311 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:35.920 There's one hundred million people in the United States with 312 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:39.279 a fatty liver. Separate topic, but just take it at that, 313 00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:44.799 Consuming alcohol, even small amounts, increases your risk of getting 314 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:48.680 cerrosis and or liver cancer. The other thing about breast 315 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:55.240 cancer and women. Now, we always talk about women should 316 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:59.319 drink no more than one standard alcohol drink per day 317 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:04.640 and no more than two, But even with small amounts 318 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:08.640 of alcohol, the risk of breast cancer goes up about 319 00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:14.039 sixteen percent sixteen percent. So if you're a woman sitting 320 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:16.720 there tonight and you say, well, gosh, I don't want 321 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:20.960 breast cancer. I don't want my daughter to get breast cancer. 322 00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:25.279 I don't want my mom to get breast cancer, reducing 323 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:31.079 alcohol can cut that risk down. So again, these are 324 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:39.680 very important bits of information that I really do think 325 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:44.240 that we need to be aware of and share with 326 00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:48.920 one another. Believe it or not, I did post the 327 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:52.960 report on TikTok, but I don't know if TikTok is 328 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:55.039 up and running, so I'm going to repost it on 329 00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:58.960 our Facebook page, even though I think I posted it 330 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:02.000 immediately when it was up there. But Facebook is at 331 00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:05.440 doctor Joe Galotti. But go to doctor Joeglotti dot com 332 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:07.759 and you'll see it there. All right, Stay tuned. Final 333 00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:11.119 segment coming up. I'm doctor Joe Galotti. I hope you're 334 00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:17.519 all staying warm tonight Tomorrow Wednesday, I'll right back final 335 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:21.759 segments for this Meets Your Health First. I'm doctor Joe Galotti. 336 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:32.319 I got a text during the program here from a 337 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:37.440 friend and listener and they said, Joe, are you sick 338 00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:47.680 a little head cold? The studio here is a little dry. 339 00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:50.319 I probably haven't had enough water to drink today, but 340 00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:52.519 my voice and my nose is a little nasal, So 341 00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:56.000 I hope I don't sound too too bad here on 342 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:58.680 the radio tonight. But I am well. I was out 343 00:25:58.720 --> 00:26:03.519 in Big Bend National Park for a week hiking with 344 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:08.880 a bunch of friends, and it was cold out there, 345 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:15.279 beautiful if you've If you've never been to Big Bend 346 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:19.680 National Park out in West Texas, you definitely have to 347 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:22.240 put it on your bucket. List. Now, I've been to 348 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:27.359 essentially or nearly every national park in the United States, 349 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:30.000 and this was the first time I've been to Big Bend. 350 00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:35.160 And it is way way out there. It is quite 351 00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:41.359 a drive. And these friends of ours have been going 352 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:44.559 for years in January and I said, well, what about 353 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:48.200 like April or May? And They're like, no way, it's 354 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:51.960 too damn hot. It's desert out there. People die out there. 355 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:57.720 So I think this is really a fall into early 356 00:26:57.839 --> 00:27:01.200 spring type of place to visit if you want to 357 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.640 have a good time with your family. But Big ben 358 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:06.200 National Park. I'll try to post some pictures on social 359 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.319 media in the days to come and give you a 360 00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:10.400 little bit of a taste of it all. Right, final 361 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:13.640 segment here, don't forget go do doctor Joegalotti dot com. 362 00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:16.400 Sign up for our newsletter. All of our social media 363 00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:19.839 is there. If you want to answer me a question medical, 364 00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:25.319 you need a consult of some kind. And what a 365 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:27.240 lot of people do. They will reach out to me 366 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:31.559 that they have a relative, a friend, coworker, a neighbor 367 00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:37.119 that lives in somewhere out west, let's say, and outside 368 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:41.359 of Houston. Let's say we have we're able to get 369 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:45.599 you connected with other specialists around the country. That is 370 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:52.319 a role. I really do enjoy linking people up because 371 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:54.480 the worst thing is to say, hey, I've got this problem, 372 00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:57.599 I have this disease, I need surgery. It sounds bad, 373 00:27:58.279 --> 00:28:04.599 and you just have that one local opinion, always, always, always, 374 00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:08.440 if you want a second opinion, get a second opinion. 375 00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:13.839 And me and my team we always enjoy connecting people's free. 376 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:15.319 We're not going to charge you for anything. It's a 377 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:18.039 service of what we do here. But you have to 378 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:21.079 go to doctor Joeglotti dot com to reach out to us, 379 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:27.839 all right. With regard to alcohol and as a liver 380 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:33.119 disease specialist, a lot of my time is spent taking 381 00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:38.680 care of patients that have alcohol use disorder alcoholism that 382 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:41.799 affects the liver to the point that it causes all 383 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:47.279 kinds of life threatening complications, cancer, cirrhosis, need for transplant, 384 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:50.839 et cetera. It is a big problem. Now. While I 385 00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:55.240 am not an addiction expert, I deal with addictionologists nearly 386 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:57.720 every day. We're talking to people that are in alcohol 387 00:28:57.839 --> 00:29:03.799 recovery nearly every day, and we look at alcohol use 388 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:12.440 disorder alcoholism as no different than any other chronic disease, asthma, bronchitis, psoriasis. 389 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:17.599 It's chronic disease. It's not necessarily a disease that you're 390 00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:20.519 an alcoholic, you're a bad person, and you have no control. No, 391 00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:24.000 it is a disease of the brain. And there's lots 392 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.680 of stuff that we've talked about in the past on 393 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:34.640 the program here. But it's January and I hear people 394 00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:38.880 are out, they're at a party, they're over for dinner. 395 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:45.160 Would you like a glass of wine? Bob, No, dry January? Well, 396 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:51.519 what's that all about? So I'm not here in any 397 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:56.480 way to fault people that are following a dry January. 398 00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:02.920 That's fine. But if you have a glass of red 399 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:06.920 wine on Friday when you go out to dinner with 400 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:11.119 your family, and it's only Friday night, so that means 401 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:14.599