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Citius Pharmaceuticals, dedicated to the development and commercialization of critical care products

 
Myron Holubiak, President and CEO of Citius Pharmaceuticals, and Leonard Mazur, Chairman of the Board at Citius Pharmaceuticals, a specialty late-stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of critical care products with a focus on anti-infectives and cancer care joins eHealth Radio and the Cancer Information and Health News Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guests Myron Holubiak & Leonard Mazur discuss the following:
Please give us an overview of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) and central venous catheters (CVCs).
Who is at Risk for Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections (CRBSIs)?
Please give us a brief description of Minolok and how does it help the standard of care in the management of CRBSIs?
Give us a brief description of our NoveCite subsidiary and the impact of Covid 19 patients w ARDS. What is your technology and why is it different?
How is the development of MinoWrap for mastectomies progressing after your collaboration w MD Andersen?
Why did the both of you invest 26.5 million into the company?
Mr. Mazur is an accomplished entrepreneur and pharmaceutical industry executive with notable accomplishments in founding, building and creating value and returns for investors. Mr. Mazur was the Chairman of Leonard Meron Biosciences, Inc. prior to its merger with Citius in March 2016. He is the cofounder and Vice Chairman of Akrimax Pharmaceuticals, LLC (“Akrimax”), a privately held pharmaceutical company specializing in producing cardiovascular and general pharmaceutical products. Akrimax was founded in September 2008, and has successfully launched prescription drugs while acquiring drugs from major pharmaceutical companies. From January 2005 to May 2012, Mr. Mazur also co-founded and served as the Chief Operating Officer of Triax Pharmaceuticals LLC (“Triax”), a specialty pharmaceutical company producing prescription dermatological drugs. Prior to joining Triax, he was the founder, and, from 1995 to 2005, Chief Executive Officer, of Genesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Genesis”), a dermatological products company that marketed its products through dermatologists’ offices, and co-promoted products for major pharmaceutical companies. In 2003, Mr. Mazur successfully sold Genesis to Pierre Fabre, a leading pharmaceutical company.
Mr. Mazur has extensive sales, marketing and business development experience from his tenures at Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation, as Executive Vice President, ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Knoll Pharma (a division of BASF), and Cooper Laboratories, Inc.
Mr. Mazur is a member of the Board of Trustees of Manor College, and is a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Mr. Mazur received both his BA and MBA from Temple University, and has served in the US Marine Corps Reserves.
Mr. Holubiak has extensive experience in managing and leading both large and emerging pharmaceutical and life sciences companies. Mr. Holubiak was co-founder, director and CEO of Leonard Meron Biosciences, Inc. prior to its merger with Citius in March 2016. Mr. Holubiak was the President of Roche Laboratories, Inc. (“Roche”), a major research-based pharmaceutical company, from December 1998 to August 2001.
Prior to that, he held sales and marketing positions at Roche during his 19-year tenure there. As President of Roche, Mr. Holubiak helped transform Roche Labs into a leading antibiotic and biotechnology company. He was also founder of Emron, Inc., a health economics and managed care consulting company, and helped to create the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP). Mr. Holubiak was also a director of Bioscrip, Inc., a national home infusion company, from 2002 through 2016, and served as its Chairman of the Board from 2012 through 2016.
Since July 2010, Mr. Holubiak has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Assembly Biosciences, Inc. (“Assembly”) and its predecessor, Ventrus Biosciences, Inc. Mr. Holubiak is also a trustee of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Foundation. He received a BS in Molecular Biology and Biophysics from the University of Pittsburgh; he received advanced business training from the Harvard Business School and the University of London, as well as advanced training in health economics from the University of York’s Centre for Health Economics.
 
 
Website: citiuspharma.com

How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Worsening the Opioid Crisis

 
 
Dr. Joseph DeSanto, an Addiction Specialist with BioCorRx Inc., an addiction treatment solutions company targeting substance use and other related disorders joins eHealth Radio and the Addiction Prevention and Health News Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Joseph DeSanto discuss the following:
How has COVID-19 exasperated the US opioid crisis?
What added factors may cause addicts to relapse during the pandemic?
How has telehealth helped serve the addiction recovery community? Can you tell me how BioCorRx uses telehealth?
What makes the Beat Addiction Recovery Program unique?
With the winter holidays approaching, why are addicts more likely to relapse?
How can family members help loved ones get help and navigate their addiction during these unprecedented times?
Dr. Joseph DeSanto is a Board Certified Addictionologist for DeSanto Clinics and addiction specialist with addiction treatment solutions company, BioCorRx. He has more than 12 years of experience practicing medicine, is a graduate of Lafayette College and attended the State University of New York at Downstate in Brooklyn for his medical school training. He completed his internship and residency training at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. In addition to his role with BioCorRx, he serves as a medical consultant for a number of treatment centers in Orange County, CA.
 
Website: BeatAddiction.com
Social Media Links: Twitter: twitter.com/biocorrxinc  Facebook: facebook.com/BioCorRx

CEO of Ready, Set, Food! Talks About Allergy Prevention For Babies!

 
 
Daniel Zakowski, the CEO and co-founder at Ready, Set, Food! - an innovative company that is working to help prevent babies from developing severe food allergies joins eHealth Radio and the Allergy Information & Health News Channels. Daniel even was on the hit show Shark Tank, where he got investor Mark Cuban to join the RSF team!
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Daniel Zakowski discuss the following:
How did you come up with the Ready, Set, Food! product and concept?
What are the health benefits to kids taking it daily?
What is the recommended daily dosage?
For parents that may be worried about adding this to their infants bottles, what have the results been like?
Your product is partnering with hospitals and organizations around the US. Tell us more about what's to come!
 
 
Ready, Set, Food! is the first to introduce a system that is safe and easy for parents to gently introduce products to babies via powder packets that get added to a baby's bottle or food. The company has already helped reduce the risk of food allergies in kids by 80% and helped prevent over 200,000 babies across the US from developing those severe food allergies.
 
 
Website: readysetfood.com
Social Media Links: Instagram: instagram.com/readysetfood  Facebook: facebook.com/readysetfood

COVID-19 and Mental Health Issues: The Changing Picture

 
 
Dr. Jason Levine, Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Los Angeles that specializes in Substance Use Disorders, Anxiety, Depression, LGBTQ+ issues, and anger management joins eHealth Radio and the Mental Health & Health News Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Jason Levine discuss the following:
How has the pandemic impacted people with previous mental health or substance abuse challenges?
What are some things people can do to lessen their anxiety or depression?
What is the CBT Model of treatment?
What do you see as challenges ahead as the pandemic numbers increase and there is uncertainty around when things will get better?
How can loved ones get involved if they see issues developing with someone in their family?
 
 
Dr. Levine is a licensed Clinical Psychologist born, raised, and clinically trained in New York. He has held a number of leadership positions throughout the years and is currently in private practice in Los Angeles, CA. His most recent position was as Senior Executive Director of Promises Treatment Centers in Malibu.
Dr. Levine offers expert treatment for those who seek a caring and highly experienced treatment provider. He offers highly individualized cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic treatment in his specialty areas of substance use, anxiety and depression, LGBTQ+, persons with HIV/AIDS, anger management and smoking cessation treatment. Dr. Levine has been trained at the Mayo Clinic in their Tobacco Specialist Training Program to provide expert vaping, chew and smoking cessation services.
Dr. Levine received his doctorate from the New School for Social Research in New York City and has since been providing clinical treatment and administrative oversight to a myriad of cutting-edge programs for over 25 years. Dr. Levine has always made it his priority to implement the most innovative treatment solutions for the most challenging issues.
Dr. Levine can be reached at: levinephd@gmail.com.
 
 
Website: www.jasonlevinephd.com
Social Media Links: Instagram: instagram.com/levinephd  Facebook: facebook.com/jasonlevinepsychologist
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No Cost Covid-19 Antibody Community Testing with Dr. Harrington, MD

 
 
Dr. Douglas S. Harrington, MD Fellow of the American Society of Preventive Cardiology, and the American Society of Clinical Pathology, who is an expert in laboratory diagnostic testing joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Health News Channels. Dr. Harrington is also the Chairman of the GUARDaHEART Foundation 501(c)3 who is actively partnering with community organizations, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and city officials to provide the community with No-Cost COVID-19 Antibody Tests covered under the CARES Act.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Douglas S. Harrington discuss the following:
What is GUARDaHEART Foundation’s goal in partnering with the community to provide the SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Test?
What is the difference between a COVID-19 swab test vs and COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 antibody test?
Who should take the antibody test and what are the benefits of having the test?
What is the difference between IgG and IgM antibodies and how long does it take to develop antibodies?
How long do the antibodies stay in my body?
If my antibody report results positive, am I immune to COVID-19?
What happens if someone tests positive for the COVID-19 Antibodies? Should they be quarantined?
Is it true that the Latin Community and African American Community have the highest rates of COVID? If so, why is that?
What is the correlation of heart disease and coronavirus?
Tell us about the SARS-CoV-2 serology antibody test being provided with a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 99.6% based on initial performance evaluations. Is this more reliable than other tests being provided?
Are there natural medicines that aim to help to reduce an individual from getting the virus?
 
 
Dr. Douglas Harrington has over 25 years of experience in the research, development, commercialization, and expansion of innovative healthcare technology and services. Dr. Harrington was a member of one of the first heart transplant teams led by Dr. Jack Copeland from Stanford University. Heco-founded one of the first clinical molecular biology laboratories in the U.S. with the Nebraska Lymphoma StudyGroup headed by Dr. Jim Armitage. As President and Lab Director of Nichols Institute, Dr. Harrington expanded their molecular genetics, infectious disease, immunology,cytogenetic, and anatomic pathology offerings. Dr. Harrington led the team that developed one of the first digital microscopes targeted at minimal residual disease and circulating tumor cells as the founder and CEO of Clarient. Dr.Harrington also led the turnaround and reinstatement of theFederal license of Specialty Laboratories, a New York StockExchange company, as CEO and Laboratory Director.
Dr. Harrington has developed patents for an automated method for image analysis of residual cancer cells, a patent covering catalytic heavy metal extraction, and a patent pending on biomarker assay for diagnosis and classification of cardiac disease. He has been involved as director or founder of multiple startup companies - from devices to molecular genetics focusing on immunology, cancer and cardiology,where he has taken a number of new molecular technologies through state and federal regulatory approval, and has been involved in the commercialization of over 200 academic discoveries. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society.
Dr. Harrington is the inventor of the PULS Cardiac Test (TM) ,a breakthrough blood test for the detection of the leading cause of heart attacks, and CEO & Laboratory Director ofGlobal Discovery Biosciences. Throughout his career Dr.Harrington has remained a Clinical Professor of Pathology at the USC Keck School of medicine, a published author of numerous peer-reviewed papers, and a sought after speaker in the area of preventive medicine and technology development. Dr. Harrington received his BA in molecular biology, his MD from the University of Colorado HealthSciences Center, and is a board-certified in hematology,anatomic and clinical pathology.
 
 
Website: www.guardaheart.org
Social Media Links:       Facebook: facebook.com/Guardaheartfoundation   Twitter: twitter.com/guardaheartorg

National Coop Month & Budget Friendly Meal Planning

 
 
Regan Jones, a registered dietitian nutritionist who’s been working in social media and recipe development with Cabot Creamery for more than a decade joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and the Nutrition Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Regan Jones discuss the following:
Tell us more about National Coop Month (which was last month in October) and how that ties into budget friendly meal planning?
When we think of planning budget friendly meals, we often think of “cutting back”... which sounds like cutting back on the flavor and enjoyment of meal time. How can we keep meals tasting great while still watching our budget?
What tips can you give us about shopping for budget friendly meals?
Other than visiting your website for recipes, what other advice can you give us about finding budget friendly recipes to cook for our families?
People are sometimes reluctant to buy less expensive frozen or canned produce out of concern that it’s less nutritious. Is it?
What’s the one thing you want to leave listeners with that will help them with budget friendly meal planning?
 
 
Regan Jones is a nationally-known, award-winning registered dietitian nutritionist. She has more than 20+ years of experience sharing quick & easy solutions for healthy living, including roles as a former assistant food editor at Weight Watcher's and Cooking Light Magazines and as a spokesperson for Cabot Creamery Cooperative for more than a decade.
Regan's recipes and nutrition insights are frequently featured in the national media. In 2017 she was awarded the prestigious Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Media Excellence Award.
An age 40+ mom to two boys, Jones has been blazing trails as a women entrepreneur for more than a decade, and is currently the host of the iTunes Top 25 Personal Journal Podcast, This Unmillennial Life.
 
 
Website: www.cabotcheese.coop
Social Media Links: Instagram: instagram.com/cabotcheese  Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/cabot-creamery  Facebook: facebook.com/cabot  Twitter: witter.com/cabotcheese

CEO of Noobru Talks Science Behind Helping To Optimize Your Brain With His Drink Solution!

 
 
Martyn Cook is the CEO and co-founder of Noobru.com, a healthy cognition drink solution that has taken the industry and world by storm joins eHealth Radio and the Brain Health and Health News Channels! Athletes, parents, etc. have all jumped on the Noobru bandwagon to help keep them healthy!
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Martyn Cook discuss the following:
How did you come up with this product? And what's the science behind it?
What are the health benefits to someone taking it daily?
What is the recommended daily dosage?
What types of people should be drinking your product?
Tell us about your charity give back with every purchase?
What if every day could be you at your best? Sharp focus, clear thinking, a quick mind and a happy, relaxed alertness that's ready to take on your day? That's what we wanted, so that's why we created Noobru, to give the brain everything it needs to unlock its peak performance. For Whatever You're Trying to Achieve, an Optimized Brain will help you get there!
 
 
Website: https://noobru.com
Social Media Links: Instagram: instagram.com/drink_noobru Facebook: facebook.com/noobru Twitter: twitter.com/NooBruEdge

The health benefits of implementing biophilic design to build your home

 
 
Leigha Dickens, a green building expert who works with Deltec Homes known as the Original Green Builder joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel. For decades, the company has continually found ways to make homes even more energy efficient. Their homes have been built around the world to an array of building-science backed certification programs including the demanding Department of Energy’s (DOE) Zero Energy Ready Home in 2019.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Leigha Dickens discuss the following:
What is Biophilic design?
What is a good biophilic design?
What are a few of the health benefits to the homeowner?
There are many health benefits of living in a green home, can you explain further?
How does Deltec Homes offer biophilic design in their custom-built homes?
 
 
Leigha is Deltec Homes Green Building & Sustainability Manager. She applies a background in physics and environmental science to guide Deltec clients into building the best homes they can.  With experience as a physics researcher and an interpretive park ranger, she specializes in finding “the big within the small” and making building science concepts relevant to her client’s experiences in their homes.  She also serves on the board of Asheville NC’s Green Built Alliance, a non-profit whose mission is to forward the environmental sustainability of the built environment in Western North Carolina. 
 
 
Website: deltechomes.com
Social Media Links: Instagram: instagram.com/deltechomes        Facebook: facebook.com/DeltecHomes  Twitter: twitter.com/deltechomes

Bringing a groundbreaking product to market

 
 
Shep Doniger, the Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Communications Officer for G-Mask, LLC, the importer of MyGo2Mask face mask that destroys and kills Covid-19 within 2 minutes of contact joins eHealth Radio and the Health News Channel.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Shep Doniger discuss the following:
Tell us about your face mask and what makes it so special? What is it that sets it apart form other face masks that are so in demand?
How does graphene oxide destroy Covid-19 particles or droplets?
While we need this now, where has it been and how come it hasn’t been available before?
Tell us how you are bringing this to market?
Can anyone get one of these face masks or are they only for the health care market on a large scale?
 
 
Whether it’s working for some of the nation’s leading political figures, at one of the world’s Fortune 100 companies, with a leading type 1 diabetes foundation or with emerging technology, financial services/payments, med-tech or consumer packaged goods companies, Shep Doniger has spent nearly 30 years creating successful strategies and messaging, developed deep connections with key influencers and implemented interesting and differentiating programs that achieve the desired results his clients want. He has helped build brands and protect the reputations of US Senators and big city Mayors as well as that of the Chairman of IBM.
Shep runs the NY offices of two advertising/PR agencies leading accounts that included Visa USA, Olympus, Seiko, the US Virgin Islands and Bank One. He’s built a multi-disciplinary communications agency headquartered in Florida with a satellite office in New York that creates and manages marketing events, media trains business leaders and manages crisis situations across industry sectors with a keen eye on building and protecting brands while satisfying business objectives. Shep has energized emerging local, regional and national brands in areas as diverse as beverages, not-for-profits, foods, financial services and technology, helping them gain awareness, credibility, trial, raise funds and pull/sales.
 
 
Website: www.mygo2mask.us
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/MyGo2Mask  Twitter: twitter.com/mygo2mask

Shmaya David on Creating the Ultimate Loving Relationship

 
Shmaya David, a Master Life coach, Executive Coach and an author of eight books in the self-help, coaching and business categories with his most recent "Love, Simplified: Practical Habits to Creating The Ultimate Loving Relationship", a #1 international bestseller in eight countries joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Relationship Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Shmaya David discuss the following:
Why did you write the book?
Why do you say love is a habit?
What does it mean to take total responsibility in your relationship?
Can you share some tips on practical romance?
Why is a sincere apology important to the relationship?
Tell us about what you call, the fine art of foreplay.
 
 
Shmaya David is a Master Life and Executive Coach (MCI/EMCI) and a business consultant with more than 19 years of experience. His mission is to contribute to human success and happiness in the most practical manner. Shmaya is an author of eight books in the self-help, coaching and business categories. His most recent is Love, Simplified: Practical Habits to Creating The Ultimate Loving Relationship, a #1 international bestseller in eight countries across multiple categories. Shmaya started his professional life as an engineer and held management positions in various industries.
 
 
Website: http://love-simplified.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: facebook.com/lovesimplified  Instagram: instagram.com/shmayadavid  Twitter: twitter.com/Shmayad