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This healthcast will show you why smoking is the saddest addiction. My thanks to Dr. Tom Gross for this healthcast.

Length: 5 minutes (see below for listening options)

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This healthcast will introduce you to a major advance in diabetes care,
inhaled insulin. You will learn:

• How to take insulin without shots
• Who should and should not use this treatment
• The effects and side effects of inhaling insulin.

Length: 8 minutes (see below for listening options)

Please note:
The advice in these Healthcasts is no subsititue for the advice of your own physician. You should make no changes in your medical care based on this advice before checking with your physician.

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In this healthcast you will learn:

• The uses of a great new drug for type 2 diabetes called Byetta
• The kinds of patients who should not use it
• The properties of the drug that make it so valuable

Length: 8 minutes (see below for listening options)

Please note:
The advice in these Healthcasts is no subsititue for the advice of your own physician. You should make no changes in your medical care based on this advice before checking with your physician.

There are several ways to listen:

1. Stream this podcast
2. Download this podcast (4 megabyte mp3)
3. Use your podcatching software to subscribe to the Dr. Rubin's Healthcast RSS feed. This is the best option as new Healthcasts will automatically be downloaded to your computer as they are published.
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-- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --

CONTACT: Alan L. Rubin, M.D.
DATE: June 19, 2006
TEL.: 415-391-5667

AUTHORS OF FOR DUMMIES® TITLES TO GATHER AT UNCONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO

(PRLEAP.COM) San Francisco, CA … Alan L. Rubin, M. D., author of Diabetes For Dummies®, is pleased to announce that he is organizing an event with authors of For Dummies® publications. The meeting will be held in San Francisco from November 3 through November 5, 2006. The “unconference” will take place at the San Francisco Hilton Hotel on O’Farrell Street and will include a variety of For Dummies® authors from across the nation. Literary agents and representatives from Wiley Publishing, the publisher of the For Dummies® series, will also be in attendance. Several sessions will be open to the public.

This healthcast will tell you:

• The probable reason for our current epidemic of obesity and diabetes
• How we got into this mess in the first place
• What we can do to get ourselves out of the mess

Length: 6 minutes (see below for listening options)

Please note:
The advice in these Healthcasts is no subsititue for the advice of your own physician. You should make no changes in your medical care based on this advice before checking with your physician.

There are several ways to listen:

1. Stream this podcast
2. Download this podcast (4 megabyte mp3)
3. Use your podcatching software to subscribe to the Dr. Rubin's Healthcast RSS feed. This is the best option as new Healthcasts will automatically be downloaded to your computer as they are published.
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This healthcast will explain:

• What trans fats are and why they are bad for you
• Which foods contain trans fats
• Why fat is needed and which ones to choose

Length: 8 minutes (see below for listening options)

Please note:
The advice in these Healthcasts is no subsititue for the advice of your own physician. You should make no changes in your medical care based on this advice before checking with your physician.

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In this healthcast you will learn:

• Why fish is good for you
• Which fish are the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids, which prevent heart disease
• Who should avoid which fish because of the mercury content

Length: 4 minutes (see below for listening options)

Please note:
The advice in these Healthcasts is no subsititue for the advice of your own physician. You should make no changes in your medical care based on this advice before checking with your physician.

There are several ways to listen:

1. Stream this podcast
2. Download this podcast (4 megabyte mp3)
3. Use your podcatching software to subscribe to the Dr. Rubin's Healthcast RSS feed. This is the best option as new Healthcasts will automatically be downloaded to your computer as they are published.
4. Use the controls on the gray bar below to play the podcast directly from this page. Play will begin a few seconds after you click the play icon. You can control the volume by clicking the vertical bars on the right side of the gray bar.

In this healthcast you will discover:

• How you define insomnia
• The different kinds of insomnia
• What you can do to get a good night's sleep

Length: 10 minutes (see below for listening options)

Please note:
The advice in these Healthcasts is no subsititue for the advice of your own physician. You should make no changes in your medical care based on this advice before checking with your physician.

There are several ways to listen:

1. Stream this podcast
2. Download this podcast (7 megabyte mp3)
3. Use your podcatching software to subscribe to the Dr. Rubin's Healthcast RSS feed. This is the best option as new Healthcasts will automatically be downloaded to your computer as they are published.
4. Use the controls on the gray bar below to play the podcast directly from this page. Play will begin a few seconds after you click the play icon. You can control the volume by clicking the vertical bars on the right side of the gray bar.