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Amassing and Standardizing Genomic Data for Useful Comparisons in Data-Driven Medicine—Kevin Puylaert—SOPHiA GENETICS
April 26, 2019 07:45 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBApproximately 15,000 new genomic profiles are analyzed on the SOPHiA GENETICS platform every month, and nearly 1,000 institutions are sharing and comparing this information for the ultimate goal of better understanding the relationship between genes and cancer and rare disorders, coming up with prognostic information, and identifying the best treatments in light of a patient’s genetic profile. General manager of North American operations and VP of business development at SOPHiA GENETICS, Kev...
A New Approach To Dentistry – Mark A. Cruz, D.D.S, Dental Innovator – Oral Health Perspectives
April 24, 2019 07:40 - 45 minutes - 43.4 MBIn this informative podcast, Mark A. Cruz, D.D.S, an innovator in the dental industry, shares a wealth of information on his approach to dentistry. Dr. Cruz received his degree from the UCLA School of Dentistry. Some of his notable accomplishments, beyond his successful practice, include serving on the National Institute of Health/National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research Grant Review Committee in our nation’s capitol, Washington D.C., and the editorial board for the Journal of E...
From Zero to Nearly 2,000 in Just Over Two Years: Insights from Richard Jacobs, Creator and Host of Future Tech Podcast
April 24, 2019 05:12 - 10 minutes - 8.2 MB“I don’t care what your educational background is, I don’t care what your ability is; everyone…if they want to, can become really knowledgeable…about anything,” says Richard Jacobs, creator, and host of Future Tech Podcast. He started this adventure in October of 2016 with little more than an interest in emerging technologies and a motivation to learn. Since then, he’s shared informative, eye-opening conversations and gained friendships with some of the top experts in numerous industries. To...
Connecting Anywhere, Sickness Everywhere—Dr. Martin Pall—Washington State University
April 23, 2019 11:44 - 45 minutes - 44.2 MBSome of the most common complaints you here nowadays are based on a set of symptoms many people blame simply on the busyness of their lives—headaches, tiredness, poor memory, poor sleep, the inability to concentrate…the list goes on. But what if you were to learn that these are not temporary experiences that are merely inconvenient? What if you were to learn that these symptoms are only going to worsen over time until they produce irreversible damage to the body? Essentially, that’s the mes...
Empowering Individuals with Ability to Drive Biological Research-James Turner-Personal Genome Project, Open Humans Foundation
April 23, 2019 10:07 - 41 minutes - 34.6 MB“Lots of people think of the way genes influence you in terms of eye color or blood type, where one or very few single points in the genome decide these things…but most things have hundreds of genes or tens of genes all influencing them,” says James Turner, participant in the Personal Genome Project and Treasurer and Chairman of the Open Humans Foundation. This is just one among many of the insights he’s learned during his involvement with these projects. The Personal Genome Project was sta...
Taking It All In – Dr. Jake Kushner, Medical Director, McNair Interests – How the Body Processes What We Eat, Diabetes, and Other Medical Conditions
April 23, 2019 07:26 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBIn this informative podcast, Jake A. Kushner M.D., pediatric endocrinologist and Medical Director of McNair Interests, shares his thoughts about diabetes, and other health conditions. Dr. Kushner is a respected diabetes researcher focused heavily in multiple areas of study such as type 1 diabetes and various endocrine disorders. In this podcast, Dr. Kushner talks about his extensive background as a pediatric endocrinologist. He recounts what piqued his interest in the research of diabetes. ...
Lung Life – Joan E. Nichols, PhD,Professor of Internal Medicine,UTMB –Bioengineering Organs to Save Lives
April 22, 2019 09:19 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBJoan E. Nichols, Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, as well as Microbiology and Immunology, and Associate Director of the Galveston National Laboratory at the prestigious University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston delivers a thorough overview of her lab’s work studying the lung. Nichols discusses her background and what motivated her to get into the field of bioengineering, specifically for organs. One major reason was that she saw an incredible need, as the list for organ transpla...
Making Use of the View from Afar: From Earth Observation Data to Practical Applications—Benjamin Koetz—European Space Agency
April 22, 2019 07:21 - 31 minutes - 21.2 MBThere is a lot to be learned from a view of Earth from space; the difficult part is translating that information into something that is useful and applicable to the problems we’re facing on the ground. Benjamin Koetz is a scientist with the European Space Agency who spends his days monitoring Earth from space and determining how best to apply what he’s learning to solve practical issues. For instance, he is able to identify dramatic changes correlated with the death of crops due to lack of...
Curing Resistant Ovarian Cancer in Mice—Jay Shepard—Aravive
April 22, 2019 05:02 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBOne of the essential pathways that cancer takes in order to spread to other parts of the body has long been identified as the Axl/Gas6 pathway; knowing this, researchers have tried for more than a decade to find a way to halt, block, or otherwise remove this pathway from being available to cancer cells, thereby potentially curing cancer. But until about four years ago, the only research efforts that existed were focused on knocking out or making the Axl component unable to bind with Gas6, wh...
Where Dentistry, Epigenetics, and Sleep Health Collide—Dr. Ted Belfor—Homeoblock Appliance
April 19, 2019 11:45 - 44 minutes - 37.3 MBNot many people draw associations between craniofacial development, epigenetics, and sleep disorders, but as a dentist, Dr. Ted Belfor has centered his life’s work on the intersection where these fields meet. When he first started speaking about epigenetics about two decades ago, no one gave any weight to what he was saying, but today, it’s the topics of some of the latest and most exciting research in science. He makes for an eye-opening and informative conversation that details what he’s l...
How Radiology Inspired an Evolutionary Biologist—William B. Miller Jr., MD—The Microcosm Within: Evolution and Extinction in the Hologenome
April 18, 2019 10:36 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBDr. William B. Miller Jr. became a doctor during a time when medicine was much more hands-on in nature than it is today, a time when the diagnosis of appendicitis was made of the basis of palpation and a set of physical signs a new doctor wouldn’t even know, a time when exploratory laparotomies were the norm. So, when the advent of diagnostic imaging came along, such as computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound, Dr. Miller was impressed by and compelled to learn more about its advantages and c...
Virtual Humans – Mariano Vázquez, PhD, Co-founder and CTO of ELEM Biotech – Creating Simulations of Complex Systems to Test Devices and Treatments
April 18, 2019 07:58 - 28 minutes - 19 MBMariano Vázquez, Ph.D., co-founder, and CTO of ELEM Biotech, discusses the many possibilities for testing and advancing treatments by utilizing virtual humans. Mariano Vázquez, Ph.D., has spent many years as a prominent researcher at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and he has worked in tandem with many multi-disciplinary, international researchers with diverse backgrounds spanning physics, mathematics, computer sciences, and engineering. By activating the most powerful supercomputers on...
Myofunctional Therapy Addressing the Root Causes of Sleep Apnea—Sarah Hornsby—Faceology
April 17, 2019 10:06 - 36 minutes - 32.3 MBYou might be under the impression that once someone is diagnosed with sleep apnea, they’re simply sent on their way with a CPAP machine and that’s that—and you wouldn’t be alone in thinking this. Sarah Hornsby joins the podcast to explain why this isn’t—or at least shouldn’t be—the case. Prior to becoming a leader in the field of myofunctional therapy for sleep apnea, Sarah Hornsby worked as a dental hygienist, which eventually led her to discover and dive deeper into an investigation of the...
Collective Human Intelligence: Changing the Future of Medical Decision Making—Matthew Lungren, MD—Stanford University Medical Center
April 17, 2019 07:18 - 28 minutes - 27.4 MB“There are many decisions in medicine often made by groups of people, and as we’ve all experienced, with a large group of people—no matter how educated or organized—there is still a heterogeneous and ultimately not efficient way that we tend to fall to collective decisions,” says Dr. Matthew Lungren, assistant professor of pediatric radiology at Stanford University Medical Center. He goes on to explain why this is, which seems to be in large part because of the power dynamics at play in face...
Saving Lives with Patient-Specific Prescribing Software—Dr. Martin Dawes—GenXys
April 17, 2019 05:57 - 37 minutes - 34 MBIt’s hard to deny that pharmaceutical companies have played a big role in extending people’s lives through the production of new drugs, but that doesn’t mean the processes they use to produce those drugs have been perfected, or that the drugs they put out are without risk. The fact that nearly 300 people in the US will die today as a result of adverse drug reactions is a testament to this. So, what exactly is going wrong? Dr. Martin Dawes, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of GenX...
On the Inseparability of Oral and Systemic Health—Dr. Doug Thompson—Wellness Dentistry Network, Integrative Oral Medicine
April 16, 2019 12:31 - 37 minutes - 25.2 MBCancer, diabetes, sleep apnea, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease; what do all these have in common? A connection to oral health. A common conception of dentists is that it's their job to fix teeth, while it’s a doctor’s job to treat and cure people of illnesses, but as dentistry grows as a practice and research continues to be conducted, more and more people are realizing that oral health is entirely inseparable from systemic health. As the founder of the Wellness Dentistry Netwo...
Novel Cancer Therapies and the Importance of Understanding Tumor Microenvironments—Masoud Tavazoie, MD, Ph.D.—Rgenix
April 16, 2019 06:44 - 49 minutes - 36 MBTo date, the majority of cancer therapies have been developed to specifically target cancer cells, without much or any emphasis placed on the way in which those cancer cells interact with and alter their environment in order to thrive. Over the past several years, however, a greater understanding of tumor microenvironments has begun to emerge, and this is shaping the way in which therapies are being developed. Since tumor cells have the ability to evolve quickly in response to their environm...
Cell Sized Robots with Applications in the Human Body and a Variety of Industries Albert Liu MIT Department of Engineering
April 15, 2019 08:00 - 30 minutes - 30.4 MBUnlike robotic systems made even partially from organic materials, entirely artificial electronic systems have use cases in both the human body and a variety of other environments, such as tiny crevices in the earth, chemical reactors, and oil pipelines. In order to reach these places, however, these systems must be tiny—the size of red blood cells, which are not more than ten microns in diameter. Albert Liu is a presidential fellow working in Michael Strano’s lab in the MIT Department of E...
Extending Quality of Life and Saving Trillions of Dollars—Tom Sawyer—Cognetivity
April 15, 2019 07:21 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBAccording to a report produced by the Alzheimer’s Association last year, early detection of dementia in the US could potentially save over seven trillion dollars over the lifetime of all the individuals who are eventually diagnosed with dementia. How? By delaying their entry into residential care. The team at Cognetivity has developed a testing platform with a very simple yet effective premise, which is to show people images for a short period of time and then ask them about the content of ...
Keto Battles Cancer – Miriam Kalamian, EdM, MS, CNS, Author of Keto for Cancer Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy as a Targeted Nutritional Strategy – New Discoveries—The Power of Nutrition, Fighting Disease
April 12, 2019 07:57 - 47 minutes - 41.4 MBMiriam Kalamian, EdM, MS, CNS, discusses her work as an educator and nutrition expert, and talks extensively about the connection between diet and disease. Kalamian has devoted much of her life to the study of nutrition. She is board certified in nutrition (CNS), bestowed upon her by the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists. As a noted nutrition consultant and educator, she spends a great deal of her time focused on the importance of diet in an overall healthy lifestyle. And as ...
Eating Through The Ages – Alyssa Crittenden, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) – Civilizations and Diet, the Impact of Diet on Human Development
April 12, 2019 06:40 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBAlyssa Crittenden, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), and Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, delivers a thorough overview of anthropology and diet. Crittenden has spent many years deeply researching the evolution of human behavior, specifically as it pertains to nutrition and reproduction. With a keen interest in the many questions that circulate regarding what makes our human species so incredibly unique...
DNA-Based Electromechanical Systems—Rebecca Taylor, Ph.D.—Carnegie Mellon University
April 12, 2019 06:02 - 38 minutes - 33.3 MB"We are trying to show that DNA is a future engineering material,” says Dr. Rebecca Taylor, assistant professor of mechanical engineering with courtesy appointments in biomedical engineering and electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. She spends many of her days in the lab engineering electromechanical sensors and devices for employment in the human body, but she’s doing so in a revolutionary new way: with the use of DNA. As opposed to top-down manufacturing, which...
Skin-Derived Pluripotent Stem Cells and the Coming Revolution in Human Reproductive Technology—Hank Greely—Stanford University
April 12, 2019 05:10 - 41 minutes - 28 MBWhen it comes to genetic engineering, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), and new reproductive technologies, a lot of progress has been made in recent years. New research pushing the boundaries of how we define, control, and treat biological entities and life itself is welcomed by some and a source of fear for others. As the Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law and professor by courtesy of genetics at Stanford University, Dr. Hank Greely’s work centers around the ethical, soc...
Brain Stimulation – Phil Deschamps, President & CEO, Helius Medical Technologies – Using Technology to Stimulate the Human Brain and Accelerate Recovery From Neurological Symptoms
April 09, 2019 12:02 - 33 minutes - 24 MBPhil Deschamps, President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Helius Medical Technologies delivers an overview of brain function and brain stimulation. Phil Deschamps has been on board with Helius Medical Technologies since 2013. Deschamps has amassed an impressive 28 years of continuous experience in the growing pharmaceutical and healthcare industry and has worked with major corporations such as Bristol Myers Squibb, GSW Worldwide, and MediMedia Health. Deschamps has overseen ...
No More Needles: Self-Orienting Pill for the Oral Delivery of Insulin—Alex Abramson—Chemical Engineering at MIT
April 08, 2019 07:06 - 24 minutes - 26.1 MBMost people have an aversion to needles, and for good reason—they cause pain and are usually associated with unpleasant experiences, not to mention the regular use of them leads to a significant amount of biohazardous waste. For the over 30 million Americans who have diabetes, however, the use of needles for insulin delivery is unavoidable or at least imminent. But this might not be the case for long. Alex Abramson is a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering at MIT, and for the past four y...
Cracking the Puzzle of Cocaine Addiction in Mice Xiaoyang Wu and Ming Xu—University of Chicago
April 05, 2019 07:10 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBDespite the widely used and highly addictive nature of cocaine, as well as the ever-present threat of lethal overdose, there’s still no FDA-approved medication for treating cocaine abuse, which results in many cocaine addicts being turned away from treatment centers and hospitals and never receiving the care they need. But recent findings by researchers Xiaoyang Wu and Ming Xu at the University of Chicago might indicate a promising solution—one that could forever change the future of how coc...
Cellular Clues – Dr. Toshihiro Shioda, PhD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School – Exciting New Developments in Cellular Modeling That Could Enhance Disease Research
April 04, 2019 06:31 - 50 minutes - 49 MBIn this informative podcast, Toshihiro Shioda, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, provides an overview of the current research in cellular biology, with a focus on primordial germ cells. As a noted researcher, Toshihiro Shioda, MD, Ph.D., has devoted a great deal of his life to the study of cellular activity and cellular processes. Shioda’s lab researches a vast array of important scientific areas including the role of estrogens and antiestrogens in human breast canc...
On the Intersection of Physiology, Adaptation, Ecology, and Evolution—J Scott Turner—Physiologist, Professor, and Author
April 03, 2019 09:16 - 50 minutes - 51 MB“Living things adapt not necessarily by being genetically endowed to function well in a particular environment, but they actually modify the environment to themselves…adaptation…is a two-way street: animals and organisms adapt to environments, but they also adapt environments to themselves,” says J Scott Turner, physiologist, professor, and author who focuses his work on the intersection between physiology, evolution, ecology, and adaptation. He’s best known for his research on macrotermis...
Radiofrequency and Micro-Movements Studying Sleep without Disrupting it in the Process—Roy Raymann, PhD—SleepScore Labs
April 03, 2019 06:35 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBWhen we don’t get a good night’s sleep, we can usually tell simply by the way we feel the next day—we’re tired, unproductive, unable to think clearly, etc. But it’s much harder to pinpoint why we didn’t sleep well, or at what point during the night things went wrong. And while there are a number of “sleep trackers” on the market which promise to deliver useful data on our sleep patterns, the only true measurement of sleep—or at least the gold standard for objectively measuring sleep—involves...
A Drug-Free Solution for the Silent Epidemic: Neurostimulation for Chronic Pain Relief—Frank McGillin—Quell
April 03, 2019 05:42 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB“People are looking for drug-free alternatives...and we are really focused on making people aware of the fact that technology can be a really viable and effective solution for their chronic pain,” says Frank McGillin, COO of Quell, a company that’s offering just that: a completely drug-free, over-the-counter, wearable solution that employs neurotechnology in the treatment of lower-extremity chronic pain. By stimulating nerves with high-frequency electrical stimulation, the device triggers a ...
Artificial Enhancement –Louis Rosenberg,CEO,UnanimousAI -The Many Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Assist Industry
April 01, 2019 07:12 - 36 minutes - 24.5 MBIn this podcast, Louis Rosenberg, Ph.D., founder of Unanimous AI (unanimous.ai), provides an analysis of the current state of artificial intelligence and discusses his company’s mission: to enhance human intelligence via AI. Rosenberg is the chief scientist at Unanimous AI, a company that has devised a means to utilize artificial intelligence to enhance human intelligence. Rosenberg holds a bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. from Stanford University. The science expert talks about the connect...
The Medical Model of Dental Health Preventing Damage,Rather than Trying to Repair It—Dr. Kim Kush—CariFree
March 27, 2019 06:24 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB“I think the biggest challenge for dentists is to step away from the restorative model and look at the medical model…let’s treat this like a disease proper, let’s figure out what the cause of the disease is and fix that instead, and that’s what really motivated me 20 years ago,” says Dr. Kim Kush, explaining what led him to shift his focus as a practicing dentist—away from the restorative model of dental health he was taught in school, and toward the medical model of dental health, which cou...
Sleep Clinic Technology Brought to the Comfort of Your Home—Guirec Le Lous—URGOTech
March 27, 2019 05:03 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBThe lack of quality sleep is becoming a global epidemic—almost all of us either suffer from a sleep problem or know someone who does. But at the same time, sleep clinicians are still few and far between, making it difficult and inconvenient for people to find legitimate help with their sleep. This leaves people in a cycle that consists of poor sleep, poor work performance, and poor quality of life. URGOTech is a company that’s offering a solution: they’re bringing the same technology used by...
Exploring a Novel Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease—Erik Gunther, PhD—Yale School of Medicine
March 26, 2019 06:36 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBAlzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., and statistics suggest that an individual has a 50% chance of developing the disease after age 85. Approximately 150 drug trials for Alzheimer’s have failed, but the efforts continue nonetheless. Erik Gunther, Ph.D., is an associate research scientist at the Strittmatter Lab at Yale University School of Medicine, and he is working on the development of a new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s—one that operates under the ...
Dental Deduction – John Tucker, DMD, Tucker Educational Excellence – Discovering Airway and Breathing Issues and Expanding Dental Education
March 22, 2019 05:40 - 34 minutes - 32.3 MBIn this interesting podcast, John Tucker, DMD, the founder of Tucker Educational Excellence LLC (tuckereducationalexcellence.com), provides a thorough overview of the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea, and the promotion of sleep medicine education. For more than ten years John Tucker has treated patients and provided valuable education opportunities for dentists. Tucker Educational Excellence is intently focused on dental sleep medicine practices. Tucker describes their mission and goa...
In Sickness and Health: The Science of Movement and Neurological Rehab—Dr. John W. Krakauer—Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology
March 22, 2019 05:26 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBWhen someone suffers from a stroke, an insufficient amount of blood and oxygen reaching their brain causes tissue death and disturbs what’s called the corticospinal tract. This tract lends itself to an impressive level of human dexterity, but also to a range of devastating consequences when damaged. This is why people who’ve suffered from a stroke often have low dexterity, loss of limb movement or control, and weakness. Similar symptoms can be seen with other neurological diseases and injuri...
ZEEQ: The Infinitely Adjustable, Music-Streaming, Cool-to-the-Touch Smart Pillow—Kevin Houston—REM-Fit
March 20, 2019 07:57 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBDid you know that 40% of your sleep comfort comes from your pillow? The team at REM-fit knows this, which is why they’ve spent the last several years putting so much energy into the creation of a pillow unlike any other—one that utilizes the technology of today’s world in every way possible to bring you the best night’s sleep, every night. The ZEEQ pillow is both Alexa-integrated and IFTTT-integrated (If This Then That), which means it can connect with any smart Home-enabled device you have....
The Biology That Creates Change – Luis P. Villarreal, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UC Irvine – Viruses, Their Role in Biological Change
March 19, 2019 06:13 - 59 minutes - 37.7 MBIn this informative podcast, Luis P. Villarreal of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, provides an overview of theories and thoughts on life, and biological changes that occur. Villarreal has long been interested in research related to viruses that thrive either in the genomes or epigenomes of their host. Villarreal’s position is that viruses have had a significant influence on the origin of life. Villarreal discusses his background and outlines his s...
Rock You Like a Sleep Machine – Mark Russell, Creator of Rocking Bed – The Good Sleep That Comes With Rocking Motion
March 19, 2019 05:42 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBIn this podcast we’ll hear from Mark Russell, the innovation entrepreneur and founder of Rocking Bed (rockingbed.com). Mark talks sleep and motion, and provides info on his exciting new product. We all want to sleep better and Russell believes he has the answer. Taking a cruise in 2004 changed his life and the lives of many others whom will some day soon be purchasing a Rocking Bed. On the cruise Russell was stunned by how much the vessel’s rocking motion helped him to sleep like a baby. ...
Understanding the Restorative Nature of Sleep—Dr. John Peever—University of Toronto Department of Cell and Systems Biology, Canadian Sleep Society
March 19, 2019 05:12 - 38 minutes - 37.4 MBIt’s well known that getting quality sleep is good for us, and pretty much everyone would agree that a good night’s rest makes getting out of bed in the morning easier and our days more productive. But Dr. John Peever, professor at the University of Toronto Department of Cell & Systems Biology and Vice President of research at the Canadian Sleep Society, is focused on answering more in-depth questions about sleep that involve identifying exactly how and why sleep provides the benefits it doe...
The Origin of Life – John Hands, Author, Cosmosapiens – The How, What, and Why Regarding Life
March 18, 2019 10:37 - 37 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this informative podcast, John Hands, author, scientist, talks about his new book and the origins of life itself. John Hands’ new book, Cosmosapiens: Human Evolution from the Origin of the Universe, delivers interesting theories regarding cosmology and neuroscience. Hands discusses his thoughts on how humans evolved, with a special consideration of topics such as dark energy, cosmic inflation, neurogenetic determinism, and string theory. His book challenges many of the widely accepted sc...
Insights from a Paleontologist, Futurist, and Evolutionary Theorist—Michael Garfield—Future Fossils Podcast, Santa Fe Institute
March 18, 2019 07:23 - 35 minutes - 23 MB“Organisms at all levels—from individual cells within the tissues and organ systems, to the animal, to the society that it lives in, to the ecosystem, to the entire planet and the solar system—are all different frames of this single metabolic process,” says Michael Garfield, as he explains the conceptual transition that he believes characterizes the human experience today. It’s his view that the human worldview is becoming one in which we see ourselves embedded in our environment; we don’t j...
Addressing the Opioid Epidemic with a New Technique for Wisdom Tooth Removal—Dr. James Babiuk—The Wisdom Tooth Doc
March 18, 2019 07:04 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBAccording to a recent government-issued press release, only 183 people died as the result of opioid overdose in a Chicago suburb over the past year, and this is something officials were celebrating. Upon hearing this, the first questions that came to Dr. James Babiuk—an oral surgeon who’s been practicing for over 20 years—were, “Only 183?” and “How can this be something to be proud of?” He began diving into the research on opioid use in the medical field and statistics on opioid addiction, ...
Sign Use in Biological Systems: What Does it Mean and What Can We Learn From It?—Victoria N. Alexander—Dactyl Foundation, Author of The Biologist's Mistress
March 15, 2019 12:16 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MB“Every cell in our body uses signs to interpret its environment and to respond intelligently, and to respond intelligently just means to preserve itself,” says Victoria Alexander, biosemiotician, Director of Dactyl Foundation, Fulbright specialist, and author of The Biologist's Mistress: Rethinking Self-Organization in Art, Literature, and Nature. According to Alexander, biological cells do more than just react to their environment—they interpret the signs within it and respond accordingly, ...
Drugs Improved– Ilan Morad, Founder and CEO, Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies Ltd. – Treating Disease, Drug Development for the Modern World
March 15, 2019 11:32 - 36 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this interesting podcast, Ilan Morad, PhD, founder and CEO of Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies Ltd. (aebi-bio.com), talks about drug discovery, and the cellular process. As a lifelong biology enthusiast and researcher, Morad has been working in molecular biology and biochemistry for multiple decades. His research has spanned many scientific areas including gene cloning, protein engineering, purification and characterization, and more. Morad discusses his company, Accelerated Evoluti...
Controlling Your Own Health by Harnessing the Power of Data—Damien Blenkinsopp—The Quantified Body Podcast, Ketosource.co
March 15, 2019 10:52 - 43 minutes - 44.6 MBWhen Damien Blenkinsopp set out to visit Thailand in his early twenties, he had no idea what was in store for him: the acquisition of an unknown illness resulting in a myriad of strange and scary symptoms that would take years to recover from, but that would also change the direction of his life for the better. He visited countless specialists and bounced from hospital department to hospital department over the course of many years in search of a diagnosis and reprieve from his sickness, bu...
Medical Machine – Jack Rubinstein, Doctor, Author of The Perfect Dose – Profits versus People, New Drugs for Old Conditions, and The Future of Pharmaceuticals
March 13, 2019 07:37 - 39 minutes - 27.9 MBIn this interesting podcast, Jack Rubinstein, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, provides an overview of some of the challenges and serious problems in our healthcare system. Dr. Rubinstein discusses the themes in his medical thriller, The Perfect Dose. The book’s characters provide a glimpse into the many real problems that are plaguing our healthcare system, such as corruption. Dr. Rubinstein provides the example of disgraced hedge fund manager, Martin Shkreli, wh...
Balanced Life, Balanced Diet – Dr. Christianson, Physician and Author of The Metabolism Reset Diet – Thyroid Health and a Good Diet to Support Your Body’s Functioning
March 13, 2019 05:46 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBIn this informative podcast, Dr. Alan Christianson, a naturopathic medical doctor and author, talks about diet, hormones, thyroid disorders and so much more. Dr. Christianson discusses many of the topics he writes about in his book, The Metabolism Reset Diet. As a specialist in endocrinology, he has a particular interest in the study of thyroid disorders. Dr. C, as many refer to him, discusses the importance of living a balanced life and eating a proper diet, and he explains how many factor...
AI-Driven Temperature-Regulating Pillow Pad Helping You Fall Asleep Quicker and Stay Asleep Longer—Nicolas Roux—Moona
March 12, 2019 06:46 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBYour mood, your level of productivity, and your health are just a few things that can be affected by poor sleep. Considering that about one-third of the global population reports not getting enough sleep or not getting quality sleep, this is a real problem that many argue has approached epidemic proportions. Talk to any number of sleep experts and you’re likely to get a different answer as to what contributes to or prevents quality sleep. But Nicolas Roux argues that there’s one contributor ...
Ketones & Cancer – Andrew Koutnik, Biomedical Research, University of South Florida – Inflammation, Wasting, Nutrition and the Future of Treatment
March 12, 2019 06:25 - 50 minutes - 47 MBIn this important podcast, Andrew Koutnik provides a detailed analysis of cancer cachexia, explaining how this unfortunate process of muscle mass atrophy causes the death of approximately 20% of cancer patients. Koutnik has spent many years studying nutrition and metabolism in the Metabolic Medicine Lab at the University Of South Florida Morsani College Of Medicine. In the podcast Koutnik gives a complete and thorough overview of cancer cachexia, a systemic wasting syndrome. As Koutnik expl...