Health Professional Radio - Podcast

The population over 60 is expected to double to 22 percent, reaching 2.1 billion from 2000 to 2050. Dr. William Haseltine discusses his new book "Aging Well" that looks at ways to support the health and well-being of older adults and offers caregivers, policymakers, and healthcare leaders insights into reducing health spending especially by means of innovative workflow and novel digital health technology.

Michael Morgan, CEO of Updox, a single collaboration platform of digital document management for out-of-hospital healthcare providers, discusses how healthcare can break free of the hold paper-based fax has on provider communications. He talks about how much time and money fax costs the average provider, how fax errors can leave protected patient information exposed, how greater interoperability between systems will cut down on fax use and why holdouts to going fax-free will still exist.

Dr. Christopher Starr discusses a new Harris Poll survey from the American Academy of Ophthalmology that uncovered significant gaps in Americans’ knowledge that could leave their eye health at risk.

Celebrity fitness trainer Anna Kaiser, Founder of AKT, partnered with Lilly in October 2018 to create "The Thriver Movement" She is kicking off the new year with the 30-day Thriver Challenge to help bring awareness and support to people living with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). The purpose of the challenge is to provide 30 days of mindfulness activities and “life hacks” for and by the community coming out of the busy holiday season and into a new year to encourage self-care, empowerment, and inspiration for women and men living with MBC. She is joined by Christine Hodgdon, Patient Advocate for MBC. For more information, please visit: moreformbc.com Provided by Eli Lilly and Company

Start the New Year off on a healthy note. Dr. George Koob, Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) discusses possible signs to an alcohol use disorder (AUD) and if taking part in "Dry January" (not drinking any alcohol during the month) can be a healthy step. He also talks about the newest treatment options now available, including medication and behavioral treatments by health providers and the role of mutual support groups.

Curtis Gattis, Co-founder and CEO of LeadingReach discusses the company's low cost, high-value software solutions that empower healthcare professionals to ensure patients get the right care from the right providers faster, easier, and more cost-effectively than ever before. From the largest health systems to independent offices LeadingReach helps care teams more effectively communicate with each other while monitoring and facilitating care transitions. The company also empowers patients with a better experience and access to happier, healthier lives.

Tzvia Bader, co-founder, and CEO talks about TrialJectory, a first-of-its-kind AI-powered platform that uses self-reported clinical data to match cancer patients with clinical trials and removes barriers to advanced treatment options. Tzvia is a cancer survivor and knows first hand what it's like to be in search of the right clinical study. This service will allow all patients, regardless of where they are or their income level, to have access to the most up-to-date treatments

Matthew Bauer, L.Ac., President at The Acupuncture Now Foundation, a non-profit organization discusses the practice of acupuncture, the foundation, and their mission to bring accurate up to date information and resources to health professionals and the public. He also talks about how acupuncture works with mainstream medicine.

Alison Corcoran, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at DentaQuest discusses the gaps in dental care in the U.S., the future of oral health in this country, and what can be done to change a system that is failing millions of Americans.

Theresa (Terry) Hush, CEO of Roji Health Intelligence, a company that is helping to improve the quality of healthcare by enabling better decisions through integrated data, discusses her mission to give doctors/healthcare providers the right information to make smarter patient decisions while reducing healthcare costs. She also talks about why patient experience needs to move beyond convenience and responsiveness.

Roughly 75% of the earth’s surface is covered by water, yet the ocean remains largely unexplored for drug discovery. Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute (GMGI) scientists are excited to lead the charge in exploring the ocean’s microbiome to provide research to inform treatments – possibly cures – of devastating diseases. Dr. Andrea Bodnar is here to talk about some of the latest marine research and its look at anti-aging and human health effects.

Dr. John Albert, a rheumatologist at the Rheumatic Disease Center in southeastern Wisconsin, discusses a Horizon Therapeutics presentation from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Meeting 2019 that looked at how methotrexate may attenuate the immune response to KRYSTEXXA to allow more patients on KRYSTEXXA to continue their treatment and is helping to inform rheumatologists on effective treatment practices to control this serious and chronic disease of gout.

Dr. William (Bill) Dalton, founder and executive chair of the board at M2Gen, a health informatics solutions company discusses the partnership with the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network® (ORIEN), a national network of leading cancer centers that exchange research and clinical data that is advancing the care of patients and accelerating the discovery and development of medicines to treat them. He also discusses Total Cancer Care®, the world's largest prospective research study in cancer where patients donate clinical data and tissue to help researchers.

Dr. Kristen Hurley, MPH, PhD, Senior Vice President of Nutrition at Vitamin Angels; and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses Vitamin Angels' new partnership with the Gates Foundation to connect more pregnant women around the world with prenatal vitamins. Though most countries offer some level of nutritional aid to pregnant women in need, millions of women worldwide do not have access to prenatal multivitamins. Dr. Hurley is working to close that gap

Dr. David Stern, CEO of Experity discusses his role and the company’s role in driving innovation in on-demand care in the urgent care space. He also talks about going from practicing physician to CEO of the leader in on-demand technology.

Remington Walls, a 19-year-old sophomore at Valdosta State University in GA talks about living with a chronic, allergic inflammatory disease known as eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and can only consume nutritional formulas.

Dr. Thomas Kim, President and CEO of EpiVario, a preclinical pharmaceutical company, discusses the study published in "Nature" (Oct 2019) titled "Alcohol metabolism contributes to brain histone acetylation". This new research is the first empirical evidence indicating a direct link between alcohol consumption and the memory formation process. Mice tested during the study showed a preference for alcohol when exposed to environmental cues to consume alcohol; and when this metabolic route was blocked, via the ACSS2 enzyme, this preference was eliminated. These new findings could pave the way for novel therapeutic interventions for alcohol use, fetal alcohol syndrome, and other neuropsychiatric disorders.

Shelley Fuld Nasso, CEO at the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) and Justin Birckbichler a 28-year-old cancer survivor discusses a new program/series called "Survivorship Today" that looks at what it's like to live with cancer and aims to help people understand the realities that people affected by cancer face each day. Actor Sterling K. Brown will be narrating the series by Bristol-Myers Squibb which tells the stories of cancer survivors across the country.

Dr. Nimesh Patel talks about Redbird Bioscience, Oklahoma's largest commercial medical cannabis processor. He discusses best practices and guidance on what doctors, medical support teams and patients need to understand in order to maximize the benefits of medical cannabis.

Dan Reynolds, lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning band Imagine Dragons, discusses his experience living with ankylosing spondylitis or AS and his work with Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation to launch "Monster Pain in the AS" to raise awareness of unexplained back pain that may be AS. He is joined by Dr. Hillary Norton, rheumatologist, who is also living with AS. She shares signs and symptoms and her own personal perspective on the disease and the importance of getting the correct diagnosis.