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Living Healthy Podcast #007: How to Stop Smoking
Does hypnosis work? How expensive are nicotine replacement products (gum, patch)? Can I just "cut back" without quitting? Are there prescription medications that can help me quit? Just a few of the...
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Living Healthy Podcast #008: How to set up an exercise program
In LHP #8, Dr. Domke offers some suggestions for setting up a successful exercise program: People who exercise in the morning are more likely to stay with this long term. Daily (or twice daily) during...
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Living Healthy Podcast #009: Insomnia
One of the keys to living healthy is getting a good night's sleep. In LHP #9, Dr. Domke talks about sleeping pills and why he doesn't like to prescribe them. And just how much sleep is "enough?" And...
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Living Healthy Podcast #12: PSA test for prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death in men. The (PSA) Prostate Specific Antigen test can identify the cancer before it can be detected in any other way. Some authorities...
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Living Healthy Podcast #13: Low Back Pain. The best care is minimal care.
What should I do when I get low back pain? Do I need an X-ray? Are MRI's better? Can a Chiropractor help? When is surgery indicated? Do pills cure low back pain? What exactly causes back pain? Just...
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Living Healthy Podcast #14: The "perfect diet" for almost everyone
The DASH Diet is not a fad diet, rather a scientifically proven way to eat to stay healthy. DASH stands for “Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension” and it is the ideal diet for those with high blood...
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Living Healthy Podcast #15: Menopause - Should women take estrogens after...
Menopause is the natural failure of the ovaries to produce the female hormones estrogen and progesterone. When this happens many parts of the body undergo changes. There may be hot flashes, thinning...
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Living Healthy Podcast #16 - Ear Pain
There are many causes for ear pain and it can be difficult to identify unless a physician takes a look. There are basically two kinds of infections: Outer Ear ("Swimmer's Ear") and Middle Ear (the...
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Living Healthy Podcast #17: Heartburn
Heartburn is a general term to describe an irritation of the stomach or esophagus. It is often relieved by eating or taking antacids. Sometimes it wakes people up at night. Heartburn has nothing to...
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Living Healthy Podcast #18: Sore Throat, Strep and Mono
Sore throats are caused by many things. Most often, a virus (the same thing that causes colds). but bacteria can also cause a sore throat, as can smoking, GERD (reflux), and allergies. Antibiotics are...
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Living Healthy Podcast #19: Traveling Healthy
Nothing can ruin that big trip like getting sick. Here are some tips for staying healthy while travelling: Don’t get sunburned. Consider using a tanning bed for a couple months prior to going to start...
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Living Healthy Podcast #20: Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
Sexually Transmitted Disease is too large a topic to cover in one half-hour podcast. You can, however, find most of what you need to know at the Center for Disease Control website. In today's podcast,...
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Living Healthy Podcast #21: Alcohol and Alcoholism
What is alcoholism? Should all people avoid drinking? Is it true that alcohol can prevent heart attacks? Is alcoholism a moral weakness, or is it a chemical imbalance that is caused by genetics? I...
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Living Healthy Podcast #22: Allergies
Allergies of the nose and eyes are very common and annoying. Common symptoms include: runny nose, watery eyes, itchy nose, eyes and roof of mouth and often sneezing. Often you can determine what you...
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Living Healthy Podcast #23: Hypertension
High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects one in four American adults. If not kept under control, high blood pressue increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. Regular exercise and following...
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Living Healthy Healthy Podcast #24: Poison Ivy and Ticks
Poison Ivy Poison Ivy rash is caused by an allergy to the plants oil and routinely lasts 2-3 weeks. If you think you may have touched poison ivy, wash all exposed areas as soon as you can. It is...
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Living Healthy Podcast #25: Taking care of your toenails
As an aspect of healthy living, toenails don't get much respesct. But ignore good toenail health at your own risk. This week Dr. Domke tells us how to trim our toenails to avoid the dreaded (and...
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Living Healthy Podcast #26: Diabetes
Diabetes means that you have too much of the sugar called glucose in your blood. Diagnosing diabetes is remarkably easy and cheap. Simply have your fasting blood sugar level measured. If the fasting...
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Living Healthy Podcast #50: Henry Domke Fine Art
When I was in high school, I enrolled in an art school but, at the last minute decided I wanted to go into medicine instead. Today, as a family practice physician and fine artist, I've been lucky...
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Dr. Domke reflects on The Living Healthy Podcast
Dr. Henry Domke is a Family Physician who has practiced in central Missouri for over two decades. He has always had a strong interest in disease prevention, health maintenance, patient education....
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