by David Hilden, MD MPH | Mar 28, 2023 | Preventive care
Who should get the pneumonia shot? Can you get multiple vaccines on the same day? Who should get the shingles shot and why? In Episode 23 of the Healthy Matters Podcast, I get these answers from my colleague Dr. Kate Hust, medical director of the Internal Medicine...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Oct 24, 2018 | Geriatrics and aging, Medical research, Pearls from Medical Science, Preventive care, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
I know many people who take a daily aspirin in an effort to stay healthy. I even know many doctors who recommend it. But you may be surprised to know about what the actual medical science says about aspirin. Back in 2016, I wrote a post that proved to be one of the...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Apr 12, 2018 | Cancer, Cardiology, Diet and exercise, Preventive care, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
Think men and women are just the same? No, I didn’t think so. But when it comes to heart disease, much of what the medical community talks about is focused on men’s heart health. So on the Healthy Matters radio broadcast last Sunday, we focused...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Jan 28, 2018 | Dr. Hilden's reflections, Preventive care, Primary Care
I’m a doctor (duh). I do annual physicals sometimes (duh, again). But I recently was put in the position of debating another doctor – on live radio – about whether or not the annual physical is doing anybody any good. Of course, physicals help...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Nov 30, 2017 | Diabetes, Diet and exercise, Dr. Hilden's reflections, Health and wellness, Preventive care, Quick tips, Tips from Healthy Matters radio broadcast
I have been writing My Healthy Matters for nearly two years, and over that time there have been over 50,000 views to the site. To all of you who read along with me, THANK YOU! I took a pause in writing new posts today to look at the statistics on what most of you are...
by David Hilden, MD MPH | Nov 22, 2017 | Cardiology, Diet and exercise, Health in the News, Preventive care
For many years I have been telling listeners and patients that “one-third of you have high blood pressure and many of you don’t know it.” Turns out I need to update that to “nearly one-half of you have high blood pressure and many of you...
