Take Charge of Your Health
Every week, producers Corinne Furnari PA CCN and Carol Petersen RPh, CNP present you new and creative ways to help you make sense of health information and bring it home to you and your family. With years of clinical experience and research into traditional and cutting edge technologies, Corinne and Carol give you practical information to help you Take Charge of Your Health.
Episodes

Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
There is a body of research that confirms health benefits for exposure to cold and cold baths. Corinne's nephew Joe who is a cold bath enthusiast helps kick start the discussion.

Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
The first oral contraceptive has been approved for non prescription sales. Clinical biochemist Dr. Phyllis Bronson joins us to discuss the implications. We are in agreement that women need to know the risks to their endocrine system by regularly ingesting an altered molecule. It is still important that women make their own life choices. We also discuss some of the alternatives.

Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
The use of progesterone is essential for PMS, PMDD and much more as one of our primary and most abundant hormones. Yet, the literature confuses synthetic analogs and muddies the picture of progesterone. Deliberate or not?

Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Menstrual cycles are not meant to be painful and life limiting. Known sometimes as "the curse", we discuss what can be done to help with heavy menstrual flow, cramping, endometriosis, PCOS and more. Birth control pills have been a catch all solution for young women but actually disturb our endocrinology further.

Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
The changes in seasons make for special considerations. It's possible to build up more vitamin D. People may get more exercise because of the improved temperatures. What do you do with excessive sweating? How should salt be replenished.

Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
The deficiency of progesterone creates huge problems in women's health. Even though Dr. Katharine Dalton championed the use of progesterone and described the deficiency symptoms in the 1950, way too many women suffer still with PMS, PCOS,infertility, PMDD, mental disorders,fibroid, heavy bleeding, hysterectomies, ovarian cysts, The lack of progesterone is solidly behind all these issues.

Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Dr. Sandy Ziya is functional medicine physician and also a triathlete including finishing 4 iron man competitions. We discuss how our conventional medicine practices can harm teens and adults and importantly how we can reach out and coach young people struggling with issues.

Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Dr. Chris Shade, creator of Quicksilver Scientific, provides mercury and heavy metal testing, detoxification programs with nutrients and herbs. We discuss liver detoxification, binders, the important of bile and bitters in detoxification.

Monday Jun 05, 2023

Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Dr. Thomas Lewis and his colleagues at Health Revival Partners have tightened the results of lab tests to have better prediction of mortality and morbidity. Dr. Lewis points out that current lab testing can yield different results when changing labs, the reference ranges do not ensure health nor do the references always indicate disease. Clearly we are doing something wrong.