Good Day Health

On today’s Good Day Health Show - ON DEMAND…Host Doug Stephan and Dr. Ken Kronhaus of Lake Cardiology (352-735-1400) cover a number of topics affecting our health. First up, Doug and Dr. Ken discuss the biggest news stories in the medical world, starting with the good news of a gene-editing technique that could correct a mutation responsible for a certain type of inherited heart disease. This is a significant step forward that could offer a potential targeted correction of genetic faults. In other heart news, and not good news, there are more heart complications in pregnant women — which could be related to higher rates of obesity, women getting pregnant at an older age, and a steady increase in heart-related health problems during pregnancy. Moving on, a discussion on the growing preference of marijuana use over alcohol, and whether or not either is OK in what kind of moderation. In the good news department, there’s a new blood test for cancer detection in your head and neck, a successful pig liver transplan