Medical Topics from Dr. Patrick O’Connell
Gluten Made Simple
Gluten Made Simple Is my peanut butter and jelly sandwich gluten-free, and does that matter? What's the deal with gluten anyway? So what is the deal with gluten? You know, you look at the restaurant menu and things are labeled as gluten-free and the question is, is gluten bad or what's the story with this? Do I need to be worried about gluten? Do I need to avoid gluten? So here's [...]
Exercise: How much to do?
Exercise: How much to do? Did you see on WRAL about a week and a half ago that Winston-Salem was rated the 18th most overweight city in America? I grew up about 25 minutes from Winston-Salem, and I thought, "This is almost my hometown and it's number 18 in America in terms of being overweight." I decided to say something about exercise in today's video. Today's message is on exercise, and [...]
Drinks to Rehydrate from that Stomach Bug!
Stomach Bugs: Rehydration Drinks, and How to Reduce Transmission! Are you tired of every medical news story being about the flu? Let's talk about something different: stomach bugs. Last weekend as I was cleaning my son's barf out of the floor mats in the car, I thought, "There is a community outbreak going around and this is a timely topic." The symptoms that you can get with a stomach bug are [...]
A Cold… or the Flu? When to Call Your Doctor?
A Cold…or the Flu? How do you know if the sore throat and the runny nose and the cough that you're coming down with is a cold or if it might be the flu? Because starting antiviral medication for the flu early can be helpful, it's an important question. When researchers have looked at this question, it turns out there's a couple of things that are useful predictors. Fast onset of [...]
Check Your Blood Pressure the Right Way!
Check Your Blood Pressure the Right Way! Greetings to all of you members of Sentinel Primary Care. We're going to get into the medical content in just a moment, but for this members video I actually wanted to open with a story. As you probably know, a portion of our work here is charitable care. I give away a portion of my care for folks who don't have insurance. A few [...]