KYW Medical Reports

KYW’s Medical Reports are sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — It is well known that a woman’s diet before pregnancy can have an impact on the unborn child. What many don’t realize is that father’s diet before conception could...

KYW’s Medical Reports are sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Parkinson's disease is a progressive disease that slowly destroys the nervous system. In some cases, the damage can be detected up to 20 years before the onset of...

KYW’s Medical Reports are sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — One of the major concerns in public health is the cost of care. Certain conditions cost a great deal to treat — heart disease or cancer come to mind, but in...

KYW’s Medical Reports are sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Respiratory syncytial virus causes respiratory tract infections in children. RSV, as it is also known, is most common between November and April. December is the...

KYW’s Medical Reports are sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Abdominal pain is very common, and in the vast majority of cases, it is a result of a virus or eating something that irritates the stomach. However, about 15 percent...

KYW’s Medical Reports are sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: You may not have heard of it, but physicians around the country are becoming more and more concerned. The common name is fatty liver...

KYW’s Medical Reports are sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Do you suffer from migraine headaches? Certainly there are many medications on the market that can help a person deal with the pain of migraines, but studies are...

KYW’s Medical Reports are sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — You have probably seen the billboards displaying the ratings of different hospitals. We can see them in just about every town: Hospitals buy advertising that...

KYW’s Medical Reports are sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Let me be as blunt as I possibly can: Much like cigarettes are a major health problem and have been for decades, the emergence of electronic cigarettes is going to...

KYW’s Medical Reports are sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. By Dr. Brian McDonough, Medical Editor PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Arthritis is a major health problem in the U.S., which affects more than 50 million people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects this number to...