is that where we re headed? you know, don, our health care systems are already overwhelmed. my own hospital system today delayed or canceled almost all elective surgeries requiring an overnight stay and many of the day surgeries as well are being canceled. those are things like gallbladders, joint surgeries, things people have been waiting for for months. we are in the midst of a delta wave here in rhode island right now, not yet an omicron wave. so absolutely things are going to get worse before they get better at health systems around the country. and i will say as an e.r. doc this is the time to follow the girl scout model motto and be prepared. if you don t already, buy rapid tests for home, have ibuprofen, chicken soup, possibly a pulse oximeter. again, if you re fully vaccinated, you re almost certainly going to be okay. but expect that over the winter holidays you ll likely have an exposure to someone who tests positive just given the way things are going in the country, and
is on the wall, you see covid hospitalizations up 43% just from a month ago, according to the hhs, an alarming one in six hospitals already reporting critical staffing shortages, even if omicron cases cause less severe illness, i mean, could it still end up overwhelming our health care systems, is that where we re headed? you know, don, our health care systems are already overwhelmed. my own hospital system today delayed or cancelled almost all l elective surgeries requiring an overnight stay and many of the day surgeries as well are being cancelled, things like gallbladders, joint surgeries, things that people have been waiting for for months. we are in the midst of a delta wave in rhode island, not yet an omicron wave, so absolutely things are going to get worse before they get better at health systems around the country, and i will say as an e.r. doc, this is the time to follow the girl scout model and be prepared, if
seems like there is still a lot that we do not know about the medical effects of heavy marijuana use. that is the take-home message. i talk a lot about long-term effects in terms of behavioral changes, judgment, how you do on exams, effects on the long, this is a big one. and the biggest take-home, people misdiagnosis all the time. people have had their gallbladders taken out by mistake because they come to an emergency room vomiting uncontrollably, and doctors are not used to this. over 3 million people, and as we zoom up more than 10 million who are chronically smoking pot nationwide, we will see more of this. it is a terrible side effect. pain and vomiting. it is a warning for people out there. there is no free lunch here. tucker: the politicians are really reckless. dr. siegel, thank you very much. that has been in for us tonight, unfortunately we will be back tomorrow, apm, the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink. a dvr it if you dare, but above
credit for the liver flush, it s been around for a long time in a lot of different variations, as you mentioned, the gallbladder sits off the side of the drainage system from the liver. whams is that the gallbladder can develop stones. this happens when the bile gets very thick. the bile is how the liver gets rid of waist. but the bile is also used by the body to digest fat. when you eat a big meal, the gallbladder squeezes out bile. people get abdominal pain every time they eat a fatty meal. and what they do these days, is they take the gal bladder out. that s right and about 750,000 people a year get their gallbladders out. but there s much better ways to get rid of those gal stones
them? number one, you save a lot of money and time. number two, you stop taking the gallbladders and bowels for wrong reasons. they think they re bloatd, it must be gallbladder. we don t understand. the cause is unknown but genetic predisposition is one thing. there are certain families that have this more. certain trauma in your life, a horrible motor vehicle accident, loss of loved one, something triggers to have fibromyalgia. i think the treatment is a lot of anti-depressanpressant as a w dose, diet, cognitive behavioral therapy. i want people to know that low vitamin d is one of the things that can do this, and also diet drinks, aspartame. less caffeine also. this is one of the few times that coffee and caffeine is not good for you. glad you brought it up. jamie: you both offered such great perspective. we don t want folks