Stay ConnectedHealthy Living from the Cooper Aerobics Center is designed for listeners of any age who want to gain research-based, practical information that can improve the way they look and feel. The program focuses on timely topics in the areas of health, fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle.
The program features Dr. Ken Cooper along with members of the Cooper Aerobics Center staff and is hosted by Todd Whitthorne.
The FDA is planning to make sure consumers know the potential deadly risks with over the counter (OTC) pain medications.
The risk of Alzheimer's disease increases with age and detection is often difficult. We will discuss how you can recognize the early stages of this disease.
Are you resolving to quit smoking? A new study could help reinforce that decision.
Can olive oil reduce the risk of cancer?
Dr. Cooper takes calls.
Millions of women have stopped taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), is there ever a situation when a woman should consider HRT or what about alternative options?
Dr. Cooper discusses a resent study concerning colonoscopies and learning the results of the detection rate from your physician.
There is more information as to why you should be taking vitamin D.
Is there a link between a bacteria and obesity?
Dr. Cooper takes calls.
A huge study presented this week shows breast cancer rates have tumbled since millions of American women stopped taking hormone replacement therapy. Could it be that simple?
Questions are raised about the value of mammograms in women younger than 50.
A study shows how antioxidants play a big role in preventing age-related macular degeneration.
Dr. Cooper and Todd take calls.
When it comes to prostate cancer, is it better to treat the disease or wait and see? A finding from a large study published this week indicates one of those options is clearly superior. Folic acid is an important B vitamin, but does it help prevent heart disease? Also, what can you do for less than a minute a day to possibly add six years to your life? Dr. Cooper and Todd take calls.
Dr. Cooper and Todd Whitthorne review the latest study on back pain from the Journal of the American Medical Association, which indicates surgery may not be the best answer to resolving back pain.
Exercise is good for the heart, but it can also significantly reduce our risks for certain types of cancer.
And, more information on why we need to avoid obesity, and how diet and dementia are connected.
Dr. Cooper and Todd Whitthorne discuss cardiovascular disease.
We review information that will let you take charge of your heart health including new thoughts regarding cholesterol, and why you may want to consider the risks and rewards of the drug-eluting stents.
CAT scans are an excellent way to help diagnose disease, but is there a possible danger from too much radiation?
If you have carotid artery disease, a new study indicates there's one drug in particular you should take.
Low-carb versus low-fat – is one diet better than the other for your heart?
If you suffer from fatigue, muscle weakness, recurring bloating and abdominal pain, unexplained anemia, headaches, depression, osteoporosis, or lactose intolerance, you may have celiac disease (CD). Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate a protein called gluten, found in wheat, rye, and barley. It impacts one out of every 133 people in the United States, but 97 percent of those who have celiac disease don't know it.
Kathy Miller, a registered and licensed dietitian and co-director of the Cooper Clinic nutrition department, joins us.
CAT scans are an excellent way to help diagnose disease, but is there a possible danger from too much radiation?
If you have carotid artery disease, a new study indicates there's one drug in particular you should take.
Low-carb versus low-fat – is one diet better than the other for your heart?
Dr. Cooper takes calls
Did you know that 40 percent of the dogs in the United States are overweight? Today we'll discuss a program that helps both humans and dogs lose weight.
Dr. Marty Becker, veterinarian and author, is back to explain how our dog can become our personal trainer.
Dr. Becker takes calls.
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