Tuesday April 29 / 2008

Tuesday April 29th / 2008

12:10: The Health Roundup with Jay McQueen.


12:12: New date released from the 2007 National Physician Survey (NPS) highlight the need for governments, medical schools and professional medical organizations to pay attention to the changing face of the medical profession.

Guest: Dr. Ruth Wilson, President of The College of Family Physicians of Canada.


12:20: Asthmatics who have seasonal allergies, spring can spell double trouble. Not only are sufferers airways and nasal passages affected, but it can also affect daytime activities and love lives.
Guest: Dr. Alan Kaplan, Family Physician and Director of Family Physician Airways Group of Canada.


12:35: It's much easier saving lives in popular TV shows such as House, ER, and Bones than it is in real life says a globe-trotting surgeon who has practiced medicine in five continents, seven countries and nine cities. Knife on Skin at 7:30 takes you straight into the operating rooms and emergency wards around the world - complete with the tension, surging adrenalin and internal fighting, for a first-hand look at what few outsiders get to experience.
Guest: Dr. Farhan Ansari, Consultant Pediatric Surgeon in Saudi Arabia.


12:45: Rexall Radio Health Matters segment.
Guest: Hilton
About Inhalers!

Several different kinds of asthma medicines are taken using an inhaler. Inhaled asthma medications go directly to the site of inflammation and constriction in the airways instead of traveling through the bloodstream to get there. Inhaled medications are the preferred therapy for asthma. Inhaled medications only work if they get to the airways so it’s important on the proper usage. Many people do not use their inhalers and chambers correctly, it is important to ask your health care professional for educate you on the inhaler and chamber. Using an inhaler is just part of an asthma treatment plan. Checking lung function with a peak flow meter, eliminating asthma triggers and exercising, know your information to better manage your asthma. A variety of inhalers exist, but they basically fall into two categories.
• Metered-dose inhalers. These inhalers use a chemical propellant to push the medication out of the inhaler. The medication may be released by squeezing the canister or by direct inhalation.
• Dry powder inhalers. These inhalers don’t use a chemical propellant to push the medication out of the inhaler. Instead, the medication is released by your inhaling more rapidly than you would with a traditional metered-dose inhaler.

Medications delivered through inhalers.
Asthma inhalers are used to deliver a variety of asthma medications, some that assist with long-term control and others that provide a quick relief of symptoms.
• Short acting bronchodilators
• Long-lasting bronchodilators
• Corticosteroids
• Cromolyn or nedocromil
• Corticosteroid plus long-lasting bronchodilator
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Canada Phases Out CFC MDIs / your Inhaler is changing !
More than 2.7 million Canadians suffer from asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD) placing these diseases among the most frequent health problems in Canada. The use of inhalers is the mainstay of treatment for these conditions. Many health care professions and their patients will soon be seeing changes in the inhaled medications available for prescriptions The phase-out metered –dose inhalers (MDIs) that use chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) while safe for you, is harming the ozone layer, and so can no longer be used in inhalers.

Nadine Janacek Rexall #0202
Blog Reporter