Show 864: Summertime Remedies
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2012
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Summertime offers great opportunities to enjoy the outdoors, but sometimes there are risks that might be hard to avoid. Chiggers, ticks and mosquitos can make you miserable. What can you do to avoid them or manage the itch that results?
Summertime Remedies:
This summer has broken heat records in many places. Is your medication putting you at risk for heat stroke? We’ll find out how to recognized the signs and what to do.
Watch Out for Sunburn:
Going out in the summer sun can result in a painful sunburn. Little children, with their delicate skin, are especially vulnerable. And there may be serious consequences years later, in the form of skin cancer. How should parents be protecting them?
We explore the stories behind the health headlines and entertain listeners’ summertime remedies.
This Week’s Guest:
Alan Geller, RN, MPH, Senior Lecturer, Harvard School of Public Health
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Joe Graydon. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm Terry Graydon. |
| 0:06.0 | Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines. |
| 0:12.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Ocean Nasal Care products, offering easier breathing for people suffering from allergies, sinusitis, a cold or the flu. |
| 0:21.8 | Online at oceanasalcare.com. |
| 0:29.6 | How well have you been protecting your skin this summer? |
| 0:33.0 | Is a nice, dark tan, a sign of beauty, or of damaged skin? |
| 0:37.4 | This is the People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graydon. Thank you. nice dark tan a sign of beauty or of damaged skin. |
| 0:40.7 | This is the People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graydon. |
| 0:51.9 | The delights of summer come with some serious downsides. |
| 0:55.9 | Ticks, mosquitoes, and chiggers are just waiting to suck your blood. |
| 0:58.5 | What's the best way to avoid their bites? |
| 1:00.7 | Has the heat been getting you down? |
| 1:05.4 | If you take certain common medications, you may be at increased risk for heat stroke. |
| 1:07.9 | What are the early warning signs of danger? |
| 1:12.5 | Coming up on the people's pharmacy, we talk about summertime hazards and home remedies to counter bug bites, stings, poison ivy, itching, and blisters. |
| 1:17.1 | Ask a question or share your own favorite remedy. |
| 1:22.8 | First, this news. |
| 1:28.8 | In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, |
| 1:31.8 | sitting may shorten your life. |
| 1:34.5 | A recent analysis of data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition |
| 1:38.3 | Examination Survey concluded that if we could reduce the time we spend sitting at work or at home |
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