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God Food vs Man Food: Making the Choices
Chuck Garcia offers yet another view of food. Whichever God you may pray to, he/she created the heavens and the earth. Whether Adam & Eve lived in the Garden of Eden or we evolved from the...
View ArticleAre We Really Running Properly?
Day 23 of the 31 Days of Wellness discusses the art of running. In a nice article by GRETCHEN REYNOLDS, she discusses the history of running, and wonders if modern man is actually running properly? In...
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Eat More Avocado: Day 24
Eat More Avocado for Health Todays post by Chuck Garcia talks about a favorite food of mine-Avocado. There are so many ways to make use of this versatile food, that with a little creativity, and...
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Learn to Love Blueberries: Day 25
Blueberries We like to refer to blueberries as a super food, because of the amazing nutrition it packs in. Work hard this year to incorporate blueberries into your diet-daily. Note: eating a blueberry...
View ArticleDr. Galati on the Radio: Your Health First Discusses Hands Only CPR and Heart...
This past Sunday on the radio, I discussed the American Heart Association’s “Hands Only CPR“. This is a new technique that does not require rescue breathing, or commonly known as mouth to mouth...
View ArticleLiver Transplant Houston: Calculating the MELD Score and How it Works
For those patients awaiting a liver transplant, the MELD score, which is a number calculated by evaluating the bilirubin, creatinine, and INR, is what the allocation of donor livers is based on. The...
View ArticleInformation on Colon Cancer: Colon Cancer Awareness Month with Dr. Joe Galati
March is Colon Cancer Awareness month, and on a recent segment of Your Health First, Dr. Joe Galati dedicated a segment to review some o the basic facts regarding colon cancer, as well as colonoscopy...
View ArticleDr. Joe Galati and the Liver Specialists of Texas Staff: Supporting Local...
Our practice, Liver Specialists of Texas and staff, have been supporters of the First Colony Dream League. The Dream League roster is approximately 60 physically- and/or mentally- challenged players....
View ArticleHeart Gift: Dr. Joe Galati Interviews Bret Sanders
Bret Sanders, Chair of the Houston Chapter of Heart Gift, was on Your Health First with Dr. Joe Galati on May 19, 2013. Heart Gift is a charitable organization that provided life-saving open heart...
View ArticleDr. Joe Galati Discusses Hepatitis A and Breast Milk Flavored Lollipops on...
This past week on Your Health First, I discussed the situation surrounding the outbreak of hepatitis A related to frozen fruit sold at Costco. For more information on Hepatitis A, click here.
View ArticleLiver Education Video: Hepatitis C and Liver Transplant in Houston Part 2
Over the next week or two, we plan to roll-out a series of comprehensive videos covering a wide-range of topics related to all facets of liver disease. This is geared for our patients, their families,...
View ArticleWilsons Disease Houston:Transplant Will Cure the Disease
While still on vacation this week, I received news from my murse that one of our patients who has Wilsons Disease received his liver transplant. It was quite a relief for the patient, his family, and...
View ArticleLiver Transplant Houston: Is There a Special Diet to Follow?
A common question I am asked daily is in regard to “what kind of diet do I need to be on while waiting for my liver transplant?”. There is a great deal of misunderstanding surrounding this, that it...
View ArticleHepatitis C and HIV Co-Infection: Research Study Houston
We are please to announce that Liver Specialists of Texas and our research division, Research Specialists of Texas, will be conducting a clinical research study treating co-infected patients with...
View ArticleWorld Hepatitis Day: Missed Opportunities for Awareness?
Yesterday was World Hepatitis Day. This is a day where we can give special attention to the world wide problem of viral hepatitis, the people that it affects, and celebrate the new therapies and...
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Salad for Breakfast: Really? Another Twist to Try
Over the years, I have written about the benefits of eating salad for breakfast. Usually, this is received with an assortment of facial expressions, and the obligatory polite statement that they would...
View ArticleColon Cancer Screening: Are You Up to Date?
Take this poll and let us know your status. Remember, colon cancer screening with colonoscopy is recommended to start at age 50 for average risk individuals, and 45 years old for African Americans. If...
View ArticleNew Dr. Galati Poll: Where Do You Get Your Health Information From?
I find it interesting every day to learn where patients get their health and wellness information from. In most cases, it is from a variety of sources…some good, some not. Let me know what you think....
View ArticleBroccoli and Joint Health
Broccoli and Joint Health: Dr. Joe Galati's Medical Minute by Your Health First Radio on Mixcloud
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