Health News

Consented Informatics: Matching samples, patients, and data to accelerate research

 
 
Andrei Soran, CEO at Novaseek Research that is transforming how researchers access clinical data and human biospecimens joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Andrei Soran discuss the following:
What does Novaseek do?
Who are Novaseek’s end customers, and how do they benefit from using Novaseek’s CDNR platform?
What motivates hospitals or labs to partner with Novaseek?
It’s great that hospitals and clinical labs benefit financially and are able to participate in clinical research, but doesn’t this create a lot of extra work for the personnel?
From the clinical researcher side, how does it work?
SUMMARY: Aim is to help streamline the process of getting medicines from the lab to the drugstore quicker, less expensively – patients receive the ultimate benefit when that happens.
 
Andrei Soran, Chief Executive Officer, founded Novaseek Research Inc in 2014. Having served at the helm of several large hospitals, he recognized the opportunity for hospitals to play a bigger role in the clinical research process while generating additional revenue and the power of technology to connect researchers with biospecimens. He formed Novaseek Research, a health IT company that enables clinical researchers to prospectively assemble patient cohorts from whom the biospecimens are collected. Andrei has more than 30 years of experience that includes leadership of financial turnarounds and strategic growth of complex medical centers around the country and has negotiated several large mergers and sales. He has a steadfast commitment to building excellence in clinical programs, enhancing quality and patient service. Career highlights include serving as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Verity Health System; serving as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Detroit Medical Center, a Tenet Healthcare facility; serving as President of Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, DMC Surgery Hospital; as Chief Executive Officer of MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, MA, part of Vanguard Healthcare Inc. and others.Andrei’s career in healthcare began in the field of physical therapy, caring for countless patients over many years.  Today his dedication to healthcare is fueled by his interest in improving the health of entire communities, including the underserved. Andrei has served on the boards of the New England Quality Care Alliance, the Boston University/Metropolitan College, the Mass Bay Community College and the de Cordova Sculpture Park and Museum.
 
Website: www.novaseekresearch.com

Garden Lites, convenient, clean ingredients and gluten free foods that are always made with vegetables as first ingredients

 
 
Andy Reichgut, the Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Garden Lites joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Nutrition Channels to share some news about the company, which is a model for convenient, clean ingredients and gluten free foods that are always made with vegetables as first ingredients.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Andy Reichgut discuss the following:
We heard you are undergoing a major expansion. Can you share the news?
Tell us about the products and what sets them apart.
You’ve been a pioneer in this nutritious, delicious food space, which consumers love. What is new?
People love the convenience of ordering online. Can we order Garden Lites products online?
 
Garden Lites' mission is to get America Hooked on Veggies. Why? Because only 1 in 10 Americans eat the daily recommended amount of veggies. Fad diets come and go, and health advice changes over time, but there is one health message that has never changed: Eat your vegetables.
Vegetables are the first and primary ingredient in every Garden Lites product.  Whether the vegetables that make up the product are hidden, like zucchini and carrots in our Chocolate muffins, or the highlight of the product like kale and cauliflower in our Superfood Veggie Cakes, Garden Lites makes eating your veggies delicious.
We are committed to helping you and your family find new and delicious ways to eat more veggies.
 
 
Website: www.GardenLites.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GardenLites Twitter: https://twitter.com/gardenlites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gardenlites

All Dreams On Deck: Making your resolutions count – and work!

 
 
Jeremy Cage the President of the Cage Group, a firm that helps businesses and organizations unleash their full potential with breakthrough strategy, marketing and innovation solutions and the author of “All Dreams on Deck, Charting the course for your life and work again joins eHealth Radio and the Personal Development Channel to discuss making your resolutions count and work!
 
Listen to host Eric Michaels & guest Jeremy Cage discuss the following:
We are most pleased to have you back to let us know more about your amazing book and happy to do a deep dive into your great advice. Tell us about your thoughts on how to turn our 2018 resolutions into action?
Can we do this at work as well as in our personal life = and how can we do so?
Tell us about how everyone can achieve their highest potential in all walks of life.
You own a well known business consultancy – can you tell our listeners how you take this advice and use it in your own business?
Can you offer a helpful tip to everyone listening about how to stick to even one resolution?
 
Jeremy Cage is an optimistic and energetic leader with a 30 year track record of delivering profitable business growth - combining his skills in Marketing, Innovation, Strategy, and General Management with the kind of courage and spirit of adventure that took him and his family on a sailing voyage around the world in 2007 and 2008.  He spent the first 16 years of his career at Procter&Gamble.  He spent 10 years at PepsiCo – as Chief Marketing Officer of the International Foods business and Senior Vice President of the Global Snacks business.  He was subsequently appointed CEO of a leading Lighting Technology company called the Lighting Science Group.  Jeremy is now President of the Cage Group – a Strategy, Marketing and Innovation firm designed to help businesses and organizations unleash their full potential.  He is a founding partner in three business startups – A snacks business – called Farmer’s Pantry; a better for you ingredients business called Galapagos; and a Brand Potential Assessment service for Private Equity and Venture Capital called The Brand Charge.  He has a book coming out at the end of this year entitled “All Dreams on Deck – Charting the course for your life and Work”.    Finally - Jeremy brings a unique global perspective to his work, as he is tri-lingual, and has lived and worked in Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden, the UK, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico and the US.  
 
Website: TheCageGroup.org

Stem Cell Therapy Offers New Hope for What Plagues Us

 
 
Dr. Joseph Christiano, ND, CNC, CNHP, who is a naturopathic doctor, certified nutritional counselor and certified nutritional health professional joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel to talk about Stem Cell Therapy offering new hope for what plagues us.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Joseph Christiano discuss the following:
Why do you characterize adult stem cell therapy and activators as a disruptive technology?
What are the main advantages of stem cell therapy over conventional medical treatments?
How does stem cell treatment work to heal chronic pain or degenerative illnesses?
How should patients choose from the different types of therapies you describe in Stem Cell Revolution?
When do you predict adult stem cell therapy will become mainstream?
 
Joseph Christiano, ND, CNC, CNHP, is a naturopathic doctor, certified nutritional counselor and certified nutritional health professional through Trinity College of Natural Health. “Dr. Joe” has spent more than 50 years both personally and professionally in natural health, including: exercise/diet, pain management, anti-aging and stem cell therapies and treatments.
He is president and founder of Body Redesigning by Joseph Christiano®, and best-selling author of Bloodtypes, Bodytypes and YOU, among others. His new book, Stem Cell Revolution, describes how stem cell therapies, treatments and activators are becoming game changers in the world of natural health.
 
 
Website: www.bodyredesigning.com

Lumin Helps Keep Seniors in their Home Longer

 
 
Paul Wilson, the Managing Director of Blocks Global and co-founder of Lumin, that helps seniors and people with physical and cognitive disabilities live independently for longer and stay closely connected with their families and communities joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Senior Health Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Paul Wilson discuss the following:
What exactly is Lumin?
Why was Lumin created?
Who is the perfect Lumin candidate?
How can Lumin improve quality of life?
Does one require technical skills to operate Lumin?
 
Lumin is more than a phone, simpler than a tablet, Lumin is a communication and entertainment hub linking people with essential information and services to support wellbeing and safety in the home. Lumin is a large 17″ freestanding touch screen for the home customised for the user and delivered ready to use. No technical knowledge required, Lumin is monitored and updated remotely 24/7. Lumin helps seniors and people with physical and cognitive disabilities live independently for longer and stay closely connected with their families and communities.
 
 
Website: www.mylumin.org
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mylumin Twitter: https://twitter.com/_MyLumin

Vasper: Revolutionary Health Technology

 
 
Peter Wasowski, Founder and Inventor of Vasper, a technology that transforms the way we think about health joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Peter Wasowski discuss the following:
What is Vasper?
How does Vasper work?
What are the expected results from Vasper?
Who uses Vasper?
Where is the research work on Vasper being done?
 
Peter Wasowski is the Founder, Inventor and CEO of Vasper. Peter has over 35 years of experience in the field of medical technology and vascular health. As Manager of Clinical Development for GE Medical Systems, he has worked all over the world, including his Native Poland. Later, He became Co-founder and CEO of CoolSystems, Inc. The device he helped to create for CoolSystems has become the industry standard in professional sports care and rehabilitation and is currently marketed under the name GameReadyTM.
As a true visionary, Peter fused his extensive knowledge and experience with the passion for expanding human wellness to create the Vasper system. Today, Vasper is used by the Navy SEALs, NASA, Olympic and professional athletes, and others from 9 to 94 years old.
 
 
Website: www.vasper.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VasperSystems Twitter: https://twitter.com/VasperSystems Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vasper_systems

Reinventing retirement: The Best is Yet for Come for Boomer Men

 
 
Dr. Thelma Reese, author of The New Senior Man: Exploring New Horizons, New Opportunities joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel. She is here to talk about an entirely new concept of retirement. What Baby Boomer men face when they finish working has little to do with what their fathers faced. Retirement is a far longer phase of life, and it’s filled with possibilities.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Thelma Reese discuss the following:
What prompted you to write this book? Can you talk about your experiences on book tour for your first book?
Why do men have their own set of challenges facing retirement?
Can you give a few examples of men who’ve rewritten their own playbook on retiring, and why they’re inspiring?
Why is retirement changing so much?
Did you find that men dealt with intimacy and sex differently than the preceding generation? Why?
What’s your advice for a man heading into this next phase of his life?
Live alone, or live with others? What’s the consensus among the men you interviewed?
How can men stand up to ageism — and how is it different for men than women?
 
Dr. Thelma Reese, author of The New Senior Woman: Reinventing the Years Beyond Mid-Life, wrote The New Senior Man to satisfy the numerous requests from men who wanted their own book. She is the creator of the blog, www.ElderChicks.com, is a retired professor of English and Education, was the spokesper for Hooked on Phonics, and has long been active in literacy and cultural initiatives in Philadelphia.
 
Website: www.ElderChicks.com

Mushroom Networks, leading SD-WAN and broadband bonding solutions vendor setting networks on autopilot

 
 
Jay Akin the CEO of Mushroom Networks, a leading SD-WAN vendor that has been enabling wired and wireless networks to run on autopilot joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Technology Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Jay Akin discuss the following:
Please tell us about Mushroom Networks and how your solutions have been helping organizations in healthcare?
Tell us about some of the use cases and benefits of your mobile 4G LTE routers in healthcare?
How about clinics and hospitals? Can they also benefit from Mushroom appliances?
What is involved in installing one of the Mushroom Networks devices and how does the total cost of ownership look like for typical deployments?
Any predictions, tips or recommendations for 2018 and beyond regarding healthcare IT that you can share with our listeners?
 
Before founding Mushroom Networks, the industry leading SD-WAN company, Dr. Jay Akin was a venture partner at ITU Ventures for 7 years. Previously, Dr. Akin has worked as a senior marketing consultant at Princeton Brand Econometrics - a boutique marketing consultancy firm on Wall Street – New York. Dr. Akin has managed the Adaptive Systems Laboratory within Qualcomm Institute, a $12 million project which spun off 2 venture backed startup companies.
Dr. Akin received his Ph.D. and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Masters degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Dr. Akin has worked on technical and research aspects of communications for over 20 years including several patents and many publications. Dr. Akin was a nominee for the Most Admired CEO award by San Diego Business Journal. Dr. Akin is a recipient of the NATO Graduate Study Scholarship award and was a national team member for the International Mathematics Olympiad in 1993.
 
 
Webiste: www.mushroomnetworks.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MushroomNetworks Twitter: https://twitter.com/mushroomnet

National Heart Month: Offering free screening for first responders

 
 
Dr. Anuj Tolia, a radiologist at Montclair Radiology, with 5 imaging facilities in New Jersey joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Heart Health Channels to discuss the launching of a new model that is ground breaking. February is National Heart Month, and what better way to celebrate and safeguard our hearts than to offer free screening for first responders including police, fire and EMTs - which is exactly what Dr. Tolia and Montcliar Radiology is doing with "Docs and Cops".
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Anuj Tolia discuss the following:
Can you describe in your own words how the Calcium Scoring works?
Should people with a family history of heart attacks, stroke and other conditions consider doing this scan?
Research shows stress is a killer - so does it make sense to recommend this to people who are in high stress careers, such as EMT staff, ER staff, Police, fire fighters, etc?
What about radiation - is this high or low - and what does that mean?
Do you need a prescription?
Cost is inexpensive, correct? I heard it was around $99.
 
Dr. Anuj J. Tolia received his BS at The Wharton School of Business and his Doctor of Medicine degree from New York University School of Medicine where he was elected to the Medical Honor Society, Alpha Omega Alpha. After completing an internship in Internal Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, Dr. Tolia completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at New York University. Dr. Tolia received the Resident Research Scholarship Award presented by The Radiologic Society of North America.
Following his formal training at New York University Medical Center, Dr. Tolia completed a fellowship in Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neuroradiology, Musculoskeletal Radiology and Body/Breast Imaging at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Upon completing his fellowship, Dr. Tolia joined the staffs of Montclair Radiology and Chilton Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Tolia is a Diplomat of the American Board of Radiology and an active member of The American College of Radiology, The Radiological Society of North America, The American Roentgen Ray Society and The New York Roentgen Ray Society.
 
 
Website: www.montclairradiology.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MontclairRadiology

Keeping your pet fit and healthy and what to do if your pet needs to lose weight

 
 
Dr. Katy Nelson, a Veterinarian at the Belle Haven Animal Medical Centre in Alexandria, Virginia again joins eHealth Radio and the Animal Health Channel to discuss keeping your pet fit and healthy and what to do if your pet needs to lose weight.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Katy Nelson discuss the following:
People and their pets need to balance their diets, that is certainly true. How do you figure out how much to feed your pets and how often?
If you feed your pets table food or unhealthy food now, how can you transition them to eat more healthy options?
What about exercise in the winter?
Where do you find FreshPet?  Is it in your local supermarkets and stores?
If there is one piece of advice for pet lovers and how they feed their pets, what would it be?
 
Dr. Nelson is an associate veterinarian at the Belle Haven Animal Medical Centre in Alexandria, VA. as well as the host and executive producer of "The Pet Show with Dr. Katy" on Washington DC's News Channel 8 - the show airs at 11am on Saturday mornings. She serves as an expert on animal health on Washington DC's All News Radio Station, WTOP News as well as onWashington DC’s ABC affiliate WJLA ABC 7. She has been featured on the TODAY Show, Fox & Friends, NPR, CNBC, The Meredith Vieira Show, HuffPost Live, and is the expert for the second season of the popular show “Unlikely Animal Friends” to air this Spring on NatGeo Wild.  Dr. Katy is the Medical Director of Pet Health for Stop Aging Now, a leading nutrition and lifestyle company that relies on the latest clinical research to guide them in their efforts to help people and pets. She is also the Medical Director of Pet Health for BioStem Logics, the leader in regenerative medicine for humans and pets. She is a frequent contributor to HuffPost Pets, BarkPost and PetMD and you can also read "Ask Dr. Katy" quarterly in the Virginia-Maryland Dog Magazine, or online.
Dr. Nelson is passionate about health and fitness, and she strives to help dogs and cats to live the longest, fullest life that they can lead by staying fit and trim. Along with Steve Pelletier from SlimDoggy and Krista Wickens from DogTread, she is a founding partner of PetsMove.org, a national health and fitness initiative aimed at getting people healthy alongside their dogs. A lover of fashion and beauty, she envisions a world where all products are cruelty-free, not tested on animals, made in a sustainable manner, and free of harsh chemicals that are unsafe not only for us, but for our pets. She is also a passionate advocate for pet rescue and Pit Bull Type Dogs, and speaks ardently on the subjects in many different forums. Dr. Nelson is a Certified Veterinary Journalist (CVJ), accredited by the American Society of Veterinary Journalists (ASVJ). She is the former President of the District of Columbia Academy of Veterinary Medicine, the oldest and largest veterinary continuing education society in the United States. Through her consulting business, KJN Pet Marketing, she has served as a valuable source to reporters around the country for the past 6 years, and as a marketing consultant for pet-related companies - from Fortune 500 corporations to pet/pet parent targeted start-ups. A native of Louisiana, Dr. Nelson was raised on a small farm in the heart of the state where her childhood was filled with many beloved pets. She earned her veterinary degree in 2001 from the Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Nelson has had some very unique opportunities in her career to hone her skills in both small animal practice and corporate veterinary medicine. She lives in Washington DC with her husband, their son and daughter, their rambunctious dogs Papi (Dr. Nelson's co-host on "The Pet Show"), an incredibly lovable Labradoodle, Eddie Underbite, a Shih Tzu/Poodle mix obtained through Mutts Matter Rescue and Petfinder.com, and The Lizard of Oz, a bearded dragon rescued through the Fairfax County Animal Shelter.
Despite being a very busy wife, Mom, pet parent and doctor, Dr. Nelson still carves out time for many charitable organizations in the DC area and beyond. She is committed to helping the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary in Newtown, CT, become a reality. She serves on theWashington Humane Society's Fashion for Paws Advisory Board, the Washington DC area's premier philanthropic fashion event. She is a proud member of the advisory board for The Chaos Foundation and is a long-term supporter of The Tigerlily Foundation and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
 
 
 
Freshpet: www.FreshPet.com
Affilitation Websites: http://www.bhamc.com | www.thepetshow.tv
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Freshpet Twitter: https://twitter.com/Freshpet