by David Hilden, MD MPH | Feb 13, 2016 | Health and wellness, Health in the News
You can always pick different parents. Well, maybe not. Recently I was on WCCO-TV, Channel 4 in Minnesota, to appear in the popular segment done by Heather Brown, called Good Question. This week’s question was about “How to live to 100” and I gave...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Feb 7, 2016 | Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
Regular listeners to Healthy Matters know that I often can’t get to all the questions that come from listeners via phone or text message, or I can’t answer the questions as thoroughly as I’d like when doing live radio. So every so often I’m...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Feb 5, 2016 | Health and wellness
As most of my radio listeners know, I’m a runner. Like many of you, I find a few miles on the paths of Minneapolis to be relaxing, rejuvenating and probably pretty good for me. But here in Minnesota, the weather presents some challenges. So how do you stay...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Jan 31, 2016 | HCMC, Health and wellness, Preventive care
Perhaps I don’t have to tell you that in the United States, the percentage of people who are considered overweight or obese continues to get larger with each year. I like to drive this point home when I am giving educational talks about health by showing a...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Jan 28, 2016 | Getting medical information, HCMC
Welcome to MyHealthyMatters! So where exactly do you get your health information? Your doctor? The evening news? Your Aunt Mildred, you know, the one with the bunion and all the answers? Maybe you just Google it. Cable news channels (oh, please)? The...