Doctor Dean Edell is an American physician and broadcaster in the United States who hosts the Dr. Dean Edell radio program, a syndicated radio talk show. The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ... In the entertainment and news industries, syndication is a method of making content available to a range of outlets simultaneously. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ...

Private life

Born in New York state in 1942 to a Jewish family, Edell studied zoology at Cornell University and earned his M.D. from Cornell University Medical School in 1967. He later opened a private ophthalmology practice in San Diego, California and acted as an instructor of Anatomy and a clinical instructor at the University of California, San Diego. Edell soon left private practice, claiming that he "... didn't like medicine originally...I kind of found the thing I love the most, which is really the information and communicating the information". [1] NY redirects here. ... Zoology (rarely spelled zoölogy) is the biological discipline which involves the study of non-human animals. ... Cornell redirects here. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: Americas Finest City Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates: Country United States State California County San Diego  - Mayor Jerry Sanders  - City Attorney Michael Aguirre  - City Council Scott Peters Kevin Faulconer Toni Atkins Tony Young Brian Maienschein Donna Frye Jim Madaffer Ben Hueso Area    - City 963. ... Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ... The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD) is a public, coeducational university located in La Jolla, California. ...

He spent the next several years experimenting with lifestyles that included buying and selling antiques, acting as a silversmith and goldsmith, organic farming, painting, living in a '50s-vintage bus and engaging in a self-described hand-to-mouth existence that included scavenging for food thrown out by grocery stores. During this period he describes himself as a hippie. Antiques (Latin antiquus, old) are objects which have reached an age which makes them a witness of a previous era in human society. ... Band made of Silver. ... A goldsmith creating a new ring A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with precious metals, usually to make jewelry. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Organic horticulture. ... For building painting, see painter and decorator. ... // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... Dumpster diving is the practice of rummaging through trash, whether commercial or residential, to find items of use that have been discarded. ... Singer at contemporary Russian Rainbow gathering Hippie, usually spelled hippy in the United Kingdom, refers to a subgroup of the 1960s and early 1970s counterculture that began in the United States, becoming an established social group by 1965 before declining during the mid-1970s. ...

In the mid 1970s, Edell served as medical director of the County Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center in Sacramento, California. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1980, and currently lives in a rural area in Marin County. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Nickname: City of Trees Location of Sacramento in California County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Area    - City 99. ... USGS satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Marin County (pronounced mah-RIN) is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. ...

Edell has been married five times, has five sons, two stepsons and a stepdaughter.^{[citation needed]}

Edell maintains collections of Chinese art, Chinese snuff bottles, and rare books on anatomy. Chinese art is art that, whether ancient or modern, originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers. ... Book collecting is the collecting of books. ... Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ...

The Dr. Dean Edell Radio Program

In 1978, Edell began broadcasting regularly on KGO AM 810 radio in San Francisco. The Dr. Dean Edell radio program has been in continuous production since then, and is currently (2005) syndicated to 90 markets by Premiere Radio Networks, and airs weekends on Extreme XM on XM Radio. KGO-AM is an ABC/Disney owned radio station operating out of San Francisco, CA. It operates on 810 khz with 50,000 watts of power, permitting it to be heard throughout the western United States and beyond. ... Premiere Radio Networks syndicates some of the most popular radio programs in the United States. ... EXTREME XM is a talk radio channel on XM Satellite Radio featuring terrestrial show simulcasts from across the United States. ... XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR) is a satellite radio service in the United States based in Washington, DC and controlled by News Corporations DirecTV, General Motors, American Honda, Hughes Electronics, and several private investment groups. ...

The program's format includes commentary from Edell and medical-related calls from listeners. He reports recent developments in medical science and exposes fraud whenever he sees it, which is often, particularly in the area of food supplements and holistic healing. He frequently summarizes complicated medical material into language that is easily understood by laymen, and is fond of tackling controversial concepts from a viewpoint based on the scientific method.

During most of the program, Edell takes medical questions from callers and provides answers as capable. Edell is extremely critical of drugs such as Ritalin and the increasing number of diagnoses for attention deficit disorder (ADD) among children, based partially on Edell's own experience as someone diagnosed with ADD. He also is critical of routine circumcision. Methylphenidate (C14H19NO2), or MPH, is an amphetamine-like prescription stimulant commonly used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and adults. ... DISCLAIMER Please remember that Wikipedia is offered for informational use only. ... This article is about male circumcision. ...

Other radio and television broadcasts

Edell also anchors Medical Minutes, a series of ten weekly radio medical reports. He also hosts a quarterly series of TV specials called "Medical Breakthroughs presented by HealthCentral," which are syndicated to local stations via The HealthCentral Network. Dr. Dean also does health reports for KGO-TV (San Francisco Bay Area) for its nighttime newscasts. KGO-TV (ABC7) is an owned-and-operated television station of The Walt Disney Company-owned ABC, based in San Francisco, California. ...

Publications

Periodicals

Dr. Edell was the author of the "Edell Health Letter", published from 1982 until 1994. He also contributes articles to HealthCentral.com, a prominent online health news organization.

Books

• The Brush & The Stone, Art Media Resources, 1999
• Eat, Drink, & Be Merry, Harper, 2000
• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Healthiness, Harper, 2005

Websites

In 1999, Edell launched the aforementioned HealthCentral, a website featuring both personally authored content and general health-related information with the mission of "becoming your favorite consumer health information service." Edell lost his ownership position in this company when it filed for bankruptcy in 2001. The site is now owned and operated by Washington, D.C.-based The HealthCentral Network. Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Federal District District of Columbia  - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D)  - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack Evans...

Dr. Dean Edell Reading Glasses

Edell has lent his name to a line of reading glasses sold in the United States since the mid-1980s.

Awards

Edell has won media awards for his work, including the C. Everett Koop Media Award competition, the Edward R. Murrow Award, a national Emmy, the American Cancer Society recognition award, and the American Heart Association award. The Edward R. Murrow awards are presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association in recognition of what the Association terms outstanding achievements in electronic journalism. ... An Emmy Award. ... The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a medical organization with a corporate attitude in the United States. ... The American Heart Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. ...

References

• Antonucci, Mike (Jan. 5, 2004). "The Dr. Dean You Don't Know". San Jose Mercury News
• "About Dr. Dean". Retrieved Dec. 23, 2005
• uncredited (Oct. 10, 2001) "HealthCentral Files Chapter 11" East Bay Business Times
• abc7news.com Dr. Dean's tv bio
• kgoam810.comDr. Dean's radio bio and blog site.
• HEALTHCENTRAL.COM