June 10, 2026 • 25 mins
(June 10, 2026)
New law could create a million new apartments and condos in California. Americans on GLP-1s are overwhelming retailers with returns. Dr. Jim Keany, Chief Medical Officer at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Medical News'! Dr. Keany talks with Bill about adults and alcohol intake, egg allergies in kids, and GLP-1s appearing to cut cancer risk.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from kf I
AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
KFI AM six forty Handle Here on a Wednesday morning,
June tenth, at the bottom of the hour, it's going
to be medical news with doctor Jim Keeney and a
quick word about Saturday. And that's Saturday, June twentieth the
Walkess Disney Concert Hall.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
There is going to be a concert.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
Strangely enough, name Are you sure you mean June?
Speaker 3 (00:33):
That's what did I say? June? I said June? Just checking,
didn't I say June? I said June?
Speaker 4 (00:39):
I thought you said June tenth.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
I'm sorry, I said June twentieth.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
You're doing great. I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Okay, repeat after me. Okay, Heather, June twenty, Okay.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Say it. Say it June twentieth, Very good.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
June twentieth, Saturday, I am m seeing the Philharmon Nick
Lawyers and Judges Philharmonic. There's also the coral the chorus,
which is part of the show and every year, of
course I love am seeing this. You get to see
me a dressed in my tucks and making an ass
out of myself, which I do religiously. And tickets Sago
(01:17):
from twenty bucks to one hundred and thirty five dollars
and half of that is deductible. So go to LA
Lawyers Phil dot org La Lawyers Phil dot org, and
you know, please come up to me and don't say
hello at the concert. Okay, I have no interest in
(01:38):
talking to you LA Lawyers Phil as in Philharmonic dot org.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Building in California, but particularly in southern California, particularly in
Los Angeles, where building is very restrictive. Now, there were
some laws that were passed to open up the ability
to build. For example, there was the ADU Law, which
allows you to take a garage or build a small
(02:06):
mother in law what they call it flats, which heretofore
were was not allowed because of zoning. Well, there's a
new state law kicking in July one, and it's going
to force cities to allow taller apartments near rail and
rapid bus stops, not unlocked zoning for more than a
million homes in California. LA is a big story here
(02:31):
because there are one hundred and fifty covered transit stations,
and what LA is doing is trying to blunt that
law by modestly up zoning fifty five single family areas
and hopefully delaying the implementation until twenty thirty of this
new bill. Okay, now, why is that important and why
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is that horrible for people that own homes? Well, let's
start with a homeowner can be a home can be
half a mile away from a transit stop, a bus station,
or a bus stop that's covered, and that means and
a developer can come in, buy your house next buy
(03:18):
the house next door, and build a four story apartment building.
What do you think that's going to do to your
home value? Where Kono lives, someone can buy a house
right next door four stories, in other words, putting in
(03:39):
four new meth labs, one on each flour and there
isn't anything he can do about it.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
I live in a blue zone in a nice area.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
That's even worse because that doesn't stop, that doesn't stop
the building. Are you near a bus station or transit
station within half a mile?
Speaker 1 (04:01):
No?
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I am okay, you are, okay?
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Yeah, And they just built a massive complex, hundreds and
hundreds of units right by one of the metro stations.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
There you go. That's the whole point. And you're right there.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
So you own a property, and what do you think
that's going to happen to property values because you have
this enormous area.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
You live in a primarily Chinese area.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
Right, yes, predominantly Chinese.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Okay, a lot of Chinese food, very few dogs.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
There's lots of dogs in my neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Okay, all right, they raise them. Okay, and you know why?
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Stop?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I mean, we raised chickens and beef. So you know
what can I tell you? Huh?
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Usually it's Koreans, But this I'll go. I'll go beyond
that and talk about Chinese food, which I like. How
many Panned expresses are being built there quite a few, Okay.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
We have a pan and several Panda expresses.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
No kidding.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
And in your neighborhood, the entire concept of walking the
dog takes on an entirely new meaning.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Oh stop, I had.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
To go there. Come on, how could I do this
topic without going there?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Anyway? Building is huge, Like literally, I don't know where
everybody parks because that's the other problem.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Yeah, crazy, you bet.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I live in San Juela, San Juan, Capistrado, South Orange
County and downtown San Juan. There's no parking. To begin with,
there was a parking, not a parking structure. There was
a parking lot right downtown. They're building a multi story
building there and there's going to be no parking. And
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that's happening all over the place because I think the
laws allow the building.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Well, they have to, because if.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
You're talking building a four story building, I'm assuming you
have to put it on top of a parking structure
at the law. But the bottom line is the state
has basically preempted all the zoning requirements, or most of them,
and is moving as quickly as possible to get rid
of not only the zoning issue, but permitting just to
go much quicker to build, to build housing. And they
(06:18):
have to. They have no choice because how in sousing
is ridiculous. Now should they build the number of apartments
and condos not in my neighborhood?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
They shouldn't.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
I bought my house, and if it were to I
can't even imagine what the prices would go down. What
do you think the value of your place is going down?
Once this puppy is open a couple of blocks away.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
I don't know. I'm worried about it.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
You should be. You should be.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I'm worried about my house is not anywhere near, but
I go to San Juan all the time, and I'm
not gonna be able to park. I'm going to have
to take an uper and the driver will fall asleep
and we'll get into a car accident and the driver
will try to rape me. I'm conflating stories here, aren't I.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Just a little bit?
Speaker 1 (07:20):
All?
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Right? Now?
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Retailers are going crazy returning all kinds of items.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
It's way up, way up now.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
The return policy online shopping has always been a little
tough on retailers, and that is because people order different sizes,
and they order different colors of the same shoe or top,
and what they do is return the rest and that's
sort of all built into the pricing and I poy,
(07:49):
I'm at ups or Amazon returns constantly. Well, guess what's
really really hurting retail and I mean the return rate
has exploded.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
What do you think it is? Glp ones?
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Glp ones because people are losing so much weight so
quickly that they're returning so much. I'm talking about you
buy something and it arrives two weeks ago and it
can be down one size, and that is hurting retailers
like crazy, and it's become a real issue. And this
(08:32):
interview in the Wall Street Journal talk to owners of
primarily retail or online shopping venues, and these returns are
the biggest profit killers for retailers.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Number one killer right now.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Jeans, bras, athletic where often the first items are placed.
So cono, how often do you replace a bra that
you've bought because you enjoy sort of cross track? Oh
you know, I'm not going to talk about your cross dressing.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
That's not fair.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
We have to keep that stuff private. So I take
that back. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, please ignore
that last day. So first our jeens, bras and athletic wear,
then come tops and dresses and Levi Strauss, Costco wholesale, Costco, wholesale,
Walmart Man. They're all trying to figure out what is
going on. And as you would think, the trend is
(09:26):
particularly acute and large sizes, but returns for medium, large
and extra large item jump jump the most. Interestingly enough,
and as medications become more accessible through price cuts and
now there's a pill version, retailers are trying to figure
this out and they're simply taking a harder line. It's
(09:48):
that simple. So the dress Outlet, co founded by a
judas amech encouraging customers to diligently check size charts before
ordering a dress or formal galan. Okay, you can ask them,
but are they going to do it?
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Now?
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Here is what actually is working for her and her
company to keep the twenty percent return rate steady, and
it's climbing like crazy. What is she doing charging a
restocking fee twenty percent? Now, okay, that'll slow you down,
and that seems to be the only way to do it.
(10:28):
Sixty percent of returns are items that are too big
or they note weight loss as the cause. So it's
gone from thirty to forty percent a year ago to
sixty percent of the returns. That's how crazy it has
gotten Andrea and a lot of stores. I mean, that's
the magic of buying retail online. Actually it's online shopping,
(10:50):
is that you get the returns and you don't pay
for them. And that's exactly what happens to me. I
am returning items now, not for me.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Although that's not true.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
I just bought wid didn't buy it because I won't
spend that kind of money. But Lindsay bought me a
couple of Tommy Bahama shirts. Well, actually, Tony Bahama shirts
at Costco. They're close, but she returned them because they
were a size too big. I just happened to have
lost weight. I lost ten or fifteen pounds in the
last several months and guess what, they were too big.
(11:26):
Back they go. They were returned and it seemed to
have worked. So you're gonna start paying. You're going to
start paying. And that's the only way these online retailing
establishments are going to be able to keep their profits
because without profits, you're out of business.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
As you know.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
All right, now, it is time for Jim Keeney Medical News,
Jim being the chief medical officer for Dignity Saint Mary
Medical Center in Long Beach. Jim, good morning, and let
us start. Good morning. Let us start with a new product.
The FDA has just approved a new sunscreen, which is
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what decades the last time they did that.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
So what's going on with that?
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Yeah, So this is a sunscreen that's been used in
Europe for decades. It's called bematrizinol and it's the active
ingredient that actually it's considered a broad spectrum UV blocker,
so it blocked both UVA, the one that causes cancer
and wrinkles and everything else, and UVB that causes actual sunburn.
(12:32):
So it's a great it's a great product as far
as you know how well it works. It doesn't break
down as much in sunlight, it doesn't penetrate the skin
as well, so it's not absorbed systemically like a lot
of these other ones. I mean a lot of people
have been raising concerns about the fact that blood levels.
Now that we can measure blood levels of some of
these things that were approved thirty years ago, we're realizing
(12:55):
that they're in much higher concentrations in your blood than
it's so people have said, look, we should go back
and look and see if these levels are safe or not.
And meanwhile, in Europe they've been using this for decades
and they've had no issues whatsoever. So it's probably better safety,
you know, reviews than anything else right now.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
So, Jimmy, if it's been used in Europe successfully, why
haven't we jumped on this because I'm assuming that the
manufacturers would love to get into the American market.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Well, in the American market, we have the FDA, and
sunscreens are approved not as cosmetics but as over the
counter drugs, so they have to go through the over
the counter drug process, which costs money and takes time.
On top of that, you add to the fact that
they've been the FDA has been backed up in that
category for a long time, and so just lots of
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reasons that piled up that this stuff never got approved,
and really what it took was was them to kind
of fast track these things and say, Okay, this has
been long enough. In Europe, we really believe that we
can fast track this particular mecha or chemical real quickly.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
When there is a usage of decades and over millions
of people of a particular drug that is being used
in Europe, does the FDA look at that or do
they want clinical trials as if they weren't even looking
at what happens in Europe?
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Yeah, I mean they do. They do look at that,
but they also want the data presented to them by
the man, by the chemical manufacturer to show that it
is generally accepted as safe, and there's certain requirements for that,
and they still need to show all that data. So
fast tracking it, though, can reduce the amount of data
(14:49):
they're expecting to see.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
And I understand that gives you an orange tint And
we're going to market it as you two can look
like Donald Trump. Okay, now, okay, oh sure, I would
be wonderful as it should be, or should be wonderful
as it should all right, moving on to a big
topic GLP one drugs GLP ones, and I just did
(15:12):
a topic on it that the online retailers are getting
nailed because of GLP one because people are losing so
much weight so quickly that when clothing is bought, it
is returned because you can lose one size in two
or three weeks. But we're hearing there's some really good
stuff coming down the pike where GLP ones appear to
(15:36):
be doing some well good things for you medically. Let's
talk about that one.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Yeah, So, I mean this has kind of reminded me
of when statins first came out, and suddenly statins were
the best thing on the planet. You know, they were
supposed to just lower your cholesterol, but we found out
they reduce inflammation. They reduce your risk of heart attacks
independent of your actual cholesterol number. So people started thinking, wow,
we should get this triple pill where you take an
(16:03):
ask back. Then we thought aspron was more helpful than
we think now and more universally helpful. So it was
going to be a triple pill to reduce heart attacks, aspirin,
beta blocker and statins, and they were going to make
it over the counter so everybody could just take it.
And we're starting to feel that way with GLPS right that.
Right now, The news story is that at Cancer Society meeting,
(16:26):
some studies were presented that said, look, this seems to
reduce the risk of cancer, so we do think it's
related to inflammation. It does reduce inflammation, so it may
reduce cancer risk along those lines. But you too early
to say, you know that everybody should be on this
to reduce the risk of cancer.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Yeah, I know there are benefits too.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Well. My question about GLP one drugs or GLP drugs
is that originally I understand it was used for diabetes,
but you never want to overdose almost any drug. Just
talking about some serious overdosing, overdosing diabetic medicine when you
go to GLPS.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
No, I mean, remember we talked about this this last week.
Some of the medications are given within the same therapeutic range,
you know for normal usage with diabetes and others, you know,
maybe two times the dose, three times the dose that
you use for diabetes. So yeah, it is. They are
(17:27):
some in some cases bigger doses, but again it's usually done.
You don't ever start people at that highest dose. To
start them at the lower dose, tolerate, and you work
your way up.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
I'm referring to those where there are two three times
as much because other drugs, I think if you take
three times as much of whatever drug is prescribed, you
can be in big trouble. And that's not the case
with the GOLP drugs, right, correct.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
I mean they don't have you know, like if you
take thailand all three times the dose of Thailand, all
that's going to eventually, you know, cause damage to your
liver where it's process same thing for a lot of
other drugs that are processed that way. But for whatever reason,
you know, these are not toxic, so they don't build
up to toxic levels like some of these other drugs.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
All right, Jim, And this is something we've talked before about.
You've been we visited more than a few times. But
it's getting some legs again and that's egg allergies in kids.
And we now have some information about how to reduce
it or avert them.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Let's share that one.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
Yeah, I mean, I think what you might be thinking
that is, we've done a Peanuts story before, because yeah,
but you know we have.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
But it's basically the same kind of concept.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Yes, same kind of concept. Yeah, you know. And you
like to think, Okay, well, maybe this gut introduction of
allergens across the board will lower an infence risk for
allergic reaction, but you know, you really do have to
look into it to know. And in the case of peanuts,
it was like a forty percent reduction when you introduce
peanut butter early, like it between at six months, as
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opposed to waiting till they're one or two years old
for the old recommendations. And now the similar with eggs
not quite as strong. It's about a ten to twenty
percent reduction in allergy when you introduce the eggs earlier,
like around six months. Again, typically the way you do
that is it's got to be well cooked. You don't
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want it to be raw, you know, scrambled eggs, mashed
up so there's no real choking hazard. And then maybe
even putting it in a purity with known foods. You
want to make sure you do it like early in
the day so you can monitor the kid, right, you
don't want to do it for the last thing and
at night even put them to bed and nobody's monitoring them,
and look for signs of like vomiting, hives, facial swelling,
(19:46):
most type of things. And this even applies to kids
who have already shown that they're hyper know allergic they
have egzima, for example, babies with ezimo. We always used
to say, oh boy, avoid these potential allergens for even longer,
maybe until they're two or three years old. But now
we're saying, look, we're actually seeing a bigger reduction in
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allergy among the kids with ezema when it's introduced early.
If they do have egzema, you probably want to talk
to your pedutrician about it first, kind of discuss how
you're going to go about it, how you're going to
monitor them. But even in kids with with known allergies,
this is not a bad idea.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Now you talk about a.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Drop, there's no fear on the other side of anaphylactic
shock because because the amount you're putting in is so minor,
does that make sense exactly?
Speaker 1 (20:39):
So there weren't really seeing a significant risk of anaphalactic
shock when you do this and so again they may
have so antaplactic shock is the extreme of an allergic reaction,
where your blood pressure plummets, you have your throat closes off.
That's the type of thing that they're not seeing. They
are seeing some kids that still will have an allergic
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reaction to it, which is why you want to be
able to monitor. But like I said, if you can
reduce food allergies by even ten to twenty percent, you're
saving people a lifetime of hassle. Right, you know, think
every time you go to a restaurant now, the first
thing the waiter asks you most of the time is
(21:21):
do you have any food allergies?
Speaker 2 (21:23):
That's actually not true. Most of the waiters ask me
do you have any money? Because they want to know
if I could pay for dinner? Right, yeah, exactly, all right,
one quick one, and this one is always confusing. You
shouldn't have more than one glass of wine. Two glasses
of wine. You can go five glasses of wine. No,
(21:44):
you shouldn't have any wine. You should get roaring, falling
down drunk, and that's healthier for you.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
So we have a new one of these, right.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Well, I mean there's a new government study that they
tried to It seems like they tried to bury because
the study grew to release it independently, the government didn't
want to release it. So but this, this is the problem. Okay,
long ago, we had the French paradox. Right, they have
a lot of high saturated fat foods, but they don't
(22:14):
have as much heart disease. So we were like scratching
our head, what's what's the difference? Oh, I know what
it is. They drink red wine daily regularly. That must
be it. And that got into the water here. As
far as everybody, they love that idea, right, because why
not a medical intervention that finally we all can enjoy.
It turns out that that really hasn't borne out as
(22:36):
true over the last you know, decades. The chemical they
were looking at was reverse atrol. Even when they put
it in high concentrated supplements, it doesn't really seem to
reduce heart heart disease, cardiovascular disease. It does, it's an antioxidant,
a very strong antioxidant, but it just doesn't seem to
do what everybody thought it was going to do. So
(22:58):
really we don't have a reason to erect commend the
red wine anymore. And that was really the only alcohol
we were recommending to say, hey, maybe this reduces your
risk of heart disease. Alcohol itself, we know, increases the
risk of cancer, it increases the risk of heart attack
and stroke. And it really is it's a brain toxin,
a neurotoxin, it's a heart tox and it makes your
heart so it doesn't pump as hard. So everything about
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alcohol is really not good for you. It's a social lubricant.
And the numbers are small, right, so we're talking. You know,
if you have a one percent chance of having a
heart attack and alcohol increases it by twenty percent, you
now have a one point two percent chance of having
a heart attack. So it's something you have to judge
(23:42):
for yourself essentially. But don't try and tell yourself that
it's making you healthier. It's that it's a risk benefit ratio.
All Right. If I drink a little alcohol, I have
a little more fun in life. Right. If I occasionally
have a few glass of wine with dinner, I enjoy
the whole dinner much better. That's the formula you're weighing out,
not not that it's making you healthier.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Okay, Jim, looking forward to having lunch with you in
the near future.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
As we do.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Jim and I have lunch, and Jim, as he talks
about fatty foods, he orders brisket with extra fat because
you can get away with it.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Jim, take care. We'll talk to you again next Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Take care.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
All right, We're done, guys. The Wednesday show is done.
We're back again tomorrow. Heather is here for the next
couple of weeks, while Amy is gone. Michelle is here
till the end of the week. Neil comes back on Monday,
and Ann is gone also until Monday.
Speaker 4 (24:40):
Right, you get that right?
Speaker 3 (24:42):
No, I got it right.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Okay, finally I get a little confused. I get a
lot confused. Thank you very much, Ash Lindsay nodding and
going damn straight. Okay, guys, we're gonna we back. We
back again tomorrow. Gary and Shannon up next. This is
KFI six.
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KFI AM six forty Handle Here on a Wednesday morning,
June tenth, at the bottom of the hour, it's going
to be medical news with doctor Jim Keeney and a
quick word about Saturday. And that's Saturday, June twentieth the
Walkess Disney Concert Hall.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
There is going to be a concert.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
Strangely enough, name Are you sure you mean June?
Speaker 3 (00:33):
That's what did I say? June? I said June? Just checking,
didn't I say June? I said June?
Speaker 4 (00:39):
I thought you said June tenth.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
I'm sorry, I said June twentieth.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
You're doing great. I'm sorry.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Okay, repeat after me. Okay, Heather, June twenty, Okay.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Say it. Say it June twentieth, Very good.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
June twentieth, Saturday, I am m seeing the Philharmon Nick
Lawyers and Judges Philharmonic. There's also the coral the chorus,
which is part of the show and every year, of
course I love am seeing this. You get to see
me a dressed in my tucks and making an ass
out of myself, which I do religiously. And tickets Sago
(01:17):
from twenty bucks to one hundred and thirty five dollars
and half of that is deductible. So go to LA
Lawyers Phil dot org La Lawyers Phil dot org, and
you know, please come up to me and don't say
hello at the concert. Okay, I have no interest in
(01:38):
talking to you LA Lawyers Phil as in Philharmonic dot org.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Building in California, but particularly in southern California, particularly in
Los Angeles, where building is very restrictive. Now, there were
some laws that were passed to open up the ability
to build. For example, there was the ADU Law, which
allows you to take a garage or build a small
(02:06):
mother in law what they call it flats, which heretofore
were was not allowed because of zoning. Well, there's a
new state law kicking in July one, and it's going
to force cities to allow taller apartments near rail and
rapid bus stops, not unlocked zoning for more than a
million homes in California. LA is a big story here
(02:31):
because there are one hundred and fifty covered transit stations,
and what LA is doing is trying to blunt that
law by modestly up zoning fifty five single family areas
and hopefully delaying the implementation until twenty thirty of this
new bill. Okay, now, why is that important and why
(02:55):
is that horrible for people that own homes? Well, let's
start with a homeowner can be a home can be
half a mile away from a transit stop, a bus station,
or a bus stop that's covered, and that means and
a developer can come in, buy your house next buy
(03:18):
the house next door, and build a four story apartment building.
What do you think that's going to do to your
home value? Where Kono lives, someone can buy a house
right next door four stories, in other words, putting in
(03:39):
four new meth labs, one on each flour and there
isn't anything he can do about it.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
I live in a blue zone in a nice area.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
That's even worse because that doesn't stop, that doesn't stop
the building. Are you near a bus station or transit
station within half a mile?
Speaker 1 (04:01):
No?
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I am okay, you are, okay?
Speaker 4 (04:05):
Yeah, And they just built a massive complex, hundreds and
hundreds of units right by one of the metro stations.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
There you go. That's the whole point. And you're right there.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
So you own a property, and what do you think
that's going to happen to property values because you have
this enormous area.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
You live in a primarily Chinese area.
Speaker 4 (04:26):
Right, yes, predominantly Chinese.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Okay, a lot of Chinese food, very few dogs.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
There's lots of dogs in my neighborhood.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
Okay, all right, they raise them. Okay, and you know why?
Speaker 4 (04:40):
Stop?
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I mean, we raised chickens and beef. So you know
what can I tell you? Huh?
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Usually it's Koreans, But this I'll go. I'll go beyond
that and talk about Chinese food, which I like. How
many Panned expresses are being built there quite a few, Okay.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
We have a pan and several Panda expresses.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
No kidding.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
And in your neighborhood, the entire concept of walking the
dog takes on an entirely new meaning.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Oh stop, I had.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
To go there. Come on, how could I do this
topic without going there?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Anyway? Building is huge, Like literally, I don't know where
everybody parks because that's the other problem.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Yeah, crazy, you bet.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I live in San Juela, San Juan, Capistrado, South Orange
County and downtown San Juan. There's no parking. To begin with,
there was a parking, not a parking structure. There was
a parking lot right downtown. They're building a multi story
building there and there's going to be no parking. And
(05:48):
that's happening all over the place because I think the
laws allow the building.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Well, they have to, because if.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
You're talking building a four story building, I'm assuming you
have to put it on top of a parking structure
at the law. But the bottom line is the state
has basically preempted all the zoning requirements, or most of them,
and is moving as quickly as possible to get rid
of not only the zoning issue, but permitting just to
go much quicker to build, to build housing. And they
(06:18):
have to. They have no choice because how in sousing
is ridiculous. Now should they build the number of apartments
and condos not in my neighborhood?
Speaker 3 (06:31):
They shouldn't.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
I bought my house, and if it were to I
can't even imagine what the prices would go down. What
do you think the value of your place is going down?
Once this puppy is open a couple of blocks away.
Speaker 4 (06:47):
I don't know. I'm worried about it.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
You should be. You should be.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I'm worried about my house is not anywhere near, but
I go to San Juan all the time, and I'm
not gonna be able to park. I'm going to have
to take an uper and the driver will fall asleep
and we'll get into a car accident and the driver
will try to rape me. I'm conflating stories here, aren't I.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Just a little bit?
Speaker 1 (07:20):
All?
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Right? Now?
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Retailers are going crazy returning all kinds of items.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
It's way up, way up now.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
The return policy online shopping has always been a little
tough on retailers, and that is because people order different sizes,
and they order different colors of the same shoe or top,
and what they do is return the rest and that's
sort of all built into the pricing and I poy,
(07:49):
I'm at ups or Amazon returns constantly. Well, guess what's
really really hurting retail and I mean the return rate
has exploded.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
What do you think it is? Glp ones?
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Glp ones because people are losing so much weight so
quickly that they're returning so much. I'm talking about you
buy something and it arrives two weeks ago and it
can be down one size, and that is hurting retailers
like crazy, and it's become a real issue. And this
(08:32):
interview in the Wall Street Journal talk to owners of
primarily retail or online shopping venues, and these returns are
the biggest profit killers for retailers.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Number one killer right now.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
Jeans, bras, athletic where often the first items are placed.
So cono, how often do you replace a bra that
you've bought because you enjoy sort of cross track? Oh
you know, I'm not going to talk about your cross dressing.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
That's not fair.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
We have to keep that stuff private. So I take
that back. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, please ignore
that last day. So first our jeens, bras and athletic wear,
then come tops and dresses and Levi Strauss, Costco wholesale, Costco, wholesale,
Walmart Man. They're all trying to figure out what is
going on. And as you would think, the trend is
(09:26):
particularly acute and large sizes, but returns for medium, large
and extra large item jump jump the most. Interestingly enough,
and as medications become more accessible through price cuts and
now there's a pill version, retailers are trying to figure
this out and they're simply taking a harder line. It's
(09:48):
that simple. So the dress Outlet, co founded by a
judas amech encouraging customers to diligently check size charts before
ordering a dress or formal galan. Okay, you can ask them,
but are they going to do it?
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Now?
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Here is what actually is working for her and her
company to keep the twenty percent return rate steady, and
it's climbing like crazy. What is she doing charging a
restocking fee twenty percent? Now, okay, that'll slow you down,
and that seems to be the only way to do it.
(10:28):
Sixty percent of returns are items that are too big
or they note weight loss as the cause. So it's
gone from thirty to forty percent a year ago to
sixty percent of the returns. That's how crazy it has
gotten Andrea and a lot of stores. I mean, that's
the magic of buying retail online. Actually it's online shopping,
(10:50):
is that you get the returns and you don't pay
for them. And that's exactly what happens to me. I
am returning items now, not for me.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Although that's not true.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
I just bought wid didn't buy it because I won't
spend that kind of money. But Lindsay bought me a
couple of Tommy Bahama shirts. Well, actually, Tony Bahama shirts
at Costco. They're close, but she returned them because they
were a size too big. I just happened to have
lost weight. I lost ten or fifteen pounds in the
last several months and guess what, they were too big.
(11:26):
Back they go. They were returned and it seemed to
have worked. So you're gonna start paying. You're going to
start paying. And that's the only way these online retailing
establishments are going to be able to keep their profits
because without profits, you're out of business.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
As you know.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
All right, now, it is time for Jim Keeney Medical News,
Jim being the chief medical officer for Dignity Saint Mary
Medical Center in Long Beach. Jim, good morning, and let
us start. Good morning. Let us start with a new product.
The FDA has just approved a new sunscreen, which is
(12:06):
what decades the last time they did that.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
So what's going on with that?
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Yeah, So this is a sunscreen that's been used in
Europe for decades. It's called bematrizinol and it's the active
ingredient that actually it's considered a broad spectrum UV blocker,
so it blocked both UVA, the one that causes cancer
and wrinkles and everything else, and UVB that causes actual sunburn.
(12:32):
So it's a great it's a great product as far
as you know how well it works. It doesn't break
down as much in sunlight, it doesn't penetrate the skin
as well, so it's not absorbed systemically like a lot
of these other ones. I mean a lot of people
have been raising concerns about the fact that blood levels.
Now that we can measure blood levels of some of
these things that were approved thirty years ago, we're realizing
(12:55):
that they're in much higher concentrations in your blood than
it's so people have said, look, we should go back
and look and see if these levels are safe or not.
And meanwhile, in Europe they've been using this for decades
and they've had no issues whatsoever. So it's probably better safety,
you know, reviews than anything else right now.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
So, Jimmy, if it's been used in Europe successfully, why
haven't we jumped on this because I'm assuming that the
manufacturers would love to get into the American market.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Well, in the American market, we have the FDA, and
sunscreens are approved not as cosmetics but as over the
counter drugs, so they have to go through the over
the counter drug process, which costs money and takes time.
On top of that, you add to the fact that
they've been the FDA has been backed up in that
category for a long time, and so just lots of
(13:53):
reasons that piled up that this stuff never got approved,
and really what it took was was them to kind
of fast track these things and say, Okay, this has
been long enough. In Europe, we really believe that we
can fast track this particular mecha or chemical real quickly.
Speaker 2 (14:10):
When there is a usage of decades and over millions
of people of a particular drug that is being used
in Europe, does the FDA look at that or do
they want clinical trials as if they weren't even looking
at what happens in Europe?
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Yeah, I mean they do. They do look at that,
but they also want the data presented to them by
the man, by the chemical manufacturer to show that it
is generally accepted as safe, and there's certain requirements for that,
and they still need to show all that data. So
fast tracking it, though, can reduce the amount of data
(14:49):
they're expecting to see.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
And I understand that gives you an orange tint And
we're going to market it as you two can look
like Donald Trump. Okay, now, okay, oh sure, I would
be wonderful as it should be, or should be wonderful
as it should all right, moving on to a big
topic GLP one drugs GLP ones, and I just did
(15:12):
a topic on it that the online retailers are getting
nailed because of GLP one because people are losing so
much weight so quickly that when clothing is bought, it
is returned because you can lose one size in two
or three weeks. But we're hearing there's some really good
stuff coming down the pike where GLP ones appear to
(15:36):
be doing some well good things for you medically. Let's
talk about that one.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Yeah, So, I mean this has kind of reminded me
of when statins first came out, and suddenly statins were
the best thing on the planet. You know, they were
supposed to just lower your cholesterol, but we found out
they reduce inflammation. They reduce your risk of heart attacks
independent of your actual cholesterol number. So people started thinking, wow,
we should get this triple pill where you take an
(16:03):
ask back. Then we thought aspron was more helpful than
we think now and more universally helpful. So it was
going to be a triple pill to reduce heart attacks, aspirin,
beta blocker and statins, and they were going to make
it over the counter so everybody could just take it.
And we're starting to feel that way with GLPS right that.
Right now, The news story is that at Cancer Society meeting,
(16:26):
some studies were presented that said, look, this seems to
reduce the risk of cancer, so we do think it's
related to inflammation. It does reduce inflammation, so it may
reduce cancer risk along those lines. But you too early
to say, you know that everybody should be on this
to reduce the risk of cancer.
Speaker 3 (16:47):
Yeah, I know there are benefits too.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
Well. My question about GLP one drugs or GLP drugs
is that originally I understand it was used for diabetes,
but you never want to overdose almost any drug. Just
talking about some serious overdosing, overdosing diabetic medicine when you
go to GLPS.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
No, I mean, remember we talked about this this last week.
Some of the medications are given within the same therapeutic range,
you know for normal usage with diabetes and others, you know,
maybe two times the dose, three times the dose that
you use for diabetes. So yeah, it is. They are
(17:27):
some in some cases bigger doses, but again it's usually done.
You don't ever start people at that highest dose. To
start them at the lower dose, tolerate, and you work
your way up.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
I'm referring to those where there are two three times
as much because other drugs, I think if you take
three times as much of whatever drug is prescribed, you
can be in big trouble. And that's not the case
with the GOLP drugs, right, correct.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
I mean they don't have you know, like if you
take thailand all three times the dose of Thailand, all
that's going to eventually, you know, cause damage to your
liver where it's process same thing for a lot of
other drugs that are processed that way. But for whatever reason,
you know, these are not toxic, so they don't build
up to toxic levels like some of these other drugs.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
All right, Jim, And this is something we've talked before about.
You've been we visited more than a few times. But
it's getting some legs again and that's egg allergies in kids.
And we now have some information about how to reduce
it or avert them.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Let's share that one.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
Yeah, I mean, I think what you might be thinking
that is, we've done a Peanuts story before, because yeah,
but you know we have.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
But it's basically the same kind of concept.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
Yes, same kind of concept. Yeah, you know. And you
like to think, Okay, well, maybe this gut introduction of
allergens across the board will lower an infence risk for
allergic reaction, but you know, you really do have to
look into it to know. And in the case of peanuts,
it was like a forty percent reduction when you introduce
peanut butter early, like it between at six months, as
(19:03):
opposed to waiting till they're one or two years old
for the old recommendations. And now the similar with eggs
not quite as strong. It's about a ten to twenty
percent reduction in allergy when you introduce the eggs earlier,
like around six months. Again, typically the way you do
that is it's got to be well cooked. You don't
(19:23):
want it to be raw, you know, scrambled eggs, mashed
up so there's no real choking hazard. And then maybe
even putting it in a purity with known foods. You
want to make sure you do it like early in
the day so you can monitor the kid, right, you
don't want to do it for the last thing and
at night even put them to bed and nobody's monitoring them,
and look for signs of like vomiting, hives, facial swelling,
(19:46):
most type of things. And this even applies to kids
who have already shown that they're hyper know allergic they
have egzima, for example, babies with ezimo. We always used
to say, oh boy, avoid these potential allergens for even longer,
maybe until they're two or three years old. But now
we're saying, look, we're actually seeing a bigger reduction in
(20:07):
allergy among the kids with ezema when it's introduced early.
If they do have egzema, you probably want to talk
to your pedutrician about it first, kind of discuss how
you're going to go about it, how you're going to
monitor them. But even in kids with with known allergies,
this is not a bad idea.
Speaker 3 (20:24):
Now you talk about a.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Drop, there's no fear on the other side of anaphylactic
shock because because the amount you're putting in is so minor,
does that make sense exactly?
Speaker 1 (20:39):
So there weren't really seeing a significant risk of anaphalactic
shock when you do this and so again they may
have so antaplactic shock is the extreme of an allergic reaction,
where your blood pressure plummets, you have your throat closes off.
That's the type of thing that they're not seeing. They
are seeing some kids that still will have an allergic
(21:01):
reaction to it, which is why you want to be
able to monitor. But like I said, if you can
reduce food allergies by even ten to twenty percent, you're
saving people a lifetime of hassle. Right, you know, think
every time you go to a restaurant now, the first
thing the waiter asks you most of the time is
(21:21):
do you have any food allergies?
Speaker 2 (21:23):
That's actually not true. Most of the waiters ask me
do you have any money? Because they want to know
if I could pay for dinner? Right, yeah, exactly, all right,
one quick one, and this one is always confusing. You
shouldn't have more than one glass of wine. Two glasses
of wine. You can go five glasses of wine. No,
(21:44):
you shouldn't have any wine. You should get roaring, falling
down drunk, and that's healthier for you.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
So we have a new one of these, right.
Speaker 1 (21:53):
Well, I mean there's a new government study that they
tried to It seems like they tried to bury because
the study grew to release it independently, the government didn't
want to release it. So but this, this is the problem. Okay,
long ago, we had the French paradox. Right, they have
a lot of high saturated fat foods, but they don't
(22:14):
have as much heart disease. So we were like scratching
our head, what's what's the difference? Oh, I know what
it is. They drink red wine daily regularly. That must
be it. And that got into the water here. As
far as everybody, they love that idea, right, because why
not a medical intervention that finally we all can enjoy.
It turns out that that really hasn't borne out as
(22:36):
true over the last you know, decades. The chemical they
were looking at was reverse atrol. Even when they put
it in high concentrated supplements, it doesn't really seem to
reduce heart heart disease, cardiovascular disease. It does, it's an antioxidant,
a very strong antioxidant, but it just doesn't seem to
do what everybody thought it was going to do. So
(22:58):
really we don't have a reason to erect commend the
red wine anymore. And that was really the only alcohol
we were recommending to say, hey, maybe this reduces your
risk of heart disease. Alcohol itself, we know, increases the
risk of cancer, it increases the risk of heart attack
and stroke. And it really is it's a brain toxin,
a neurotoxin, it's a heart tox and it makes your
heart so it doesn't pump as hard. So everything about
(23:20):
alcohol is really not good for you. It's a social lubricant.
And the numbers are small, right, so we're talking. You know,
if you have a one percent chance of having a
heart attack and alcohol increases it by twenty percent, you
now have a one point two percent chance of having
a heart attack. So it's something you have to judge
(23:42):
for yourself essentially. But don't try and tell yourself that
it's making you healthier. It's that it's a risk benefit ratio.
All Right. If I drink a little alcohol, I have
a little more fun in life. Right. If I occasionally
have a few glass of wine with dinner, I enjoy
the whole dinner much better. That's the formula you're weighing out,
not not that it's making you healthier.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Okay, Jim, looking forward to having lunch with you in
the near future.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
As we do.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Jim and I have lunch, and Jim, as he talks
about fatty foods, he orders brisket with extra fat because
you can get away with it.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
Jim, take care. We'll talk to you again next Wednesday.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
Take care.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
All right, We're done, guys. The Wednesday show is done.
We're back again tomorrow. Heather is here for the next
couple of weeks, while Amy is gone. Michelle is here
till the end of the week. Neil comes back on Monday,
and Ann is gone also until Monday.
Speaker 4 (24:40):
Right, you get that right?
Speaker 3 (24:42):
No, I got it right.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Okay, finally I get a little confused. I get a
lot confused. Thank you very much, Ash Lindsay nodding and
going damn straight. Okay, guys, we're gonna we back. We
back again tomorrow. Gary and Shannon up next. This is
KFI six.
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