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What is Applied Kinesiology and how is it different from other forms of medicine?

 
Dr. Gus Spatharakis, who owns and operates two Advanced Health and Wellness Clinics in the Chicago area joins eHealth Radio and the Health News & Pain Management Channels. Dr. Gus and his team use the methods of Applied Kinesiology to help patients suffering from health issues feel good again.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Gus Spatharakis discuss the following:
Applied Kinesiology (AK) is a new term for most of our listeners, can you explain what AK is and what are some of the methods behind your treatment?
What type of diseases or disorders do you most commonly treat?
How do you assess new patients or go about uncovering what you described as underlying causes of pain?
What results have you seen in your patients? 

In your mind, what are the most common misconceptions about Holistic/alternative health treatments?
What advice would you give folks about their everyday health choices?
 
Dr. Gus J. Spatharakis D.C. was born in Crete, Greece in 1968. He and his family immigrated to the United States in December of 1975 and proudly became United States citizens in 1981. Dr. Spatharakis attended Loyola University of Chicago where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1995. He obtained his Doctorate of Chiropractic at the National College of Chiropractic in April of 1999. During his time at the National College of Chiropractic, he served as Sergeant of Arms at the esteemed Sigma Phi Kappa fraternity. He was a founding member, president, and instructor of the Applied Kinesiology Club on the NCC campus.Upon graduation he was awarded the honor of Clinician of His Class, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon interns for their clinical skills, work ethic, and compassion toward their patients. Dr. Spatharakis’ post-graduation education has taken him all over the country where he has amassed over 1400 hours of Basic Applied Kinesiology courses. He has learned from several instructors including founding members George J. Goodheart, David Leaf, Louis Boven, Al Zatkin, and has been personally mentored by Daniel H. Duffy Sr., one of the true legends of Chiropractic.Before finding his passion in health care through Applied Kinesiology, Dr. Spatharakis spent eleven years studying Eastern philosophy through the martial art aspect, achieving a third-degree black belt in eight different styles, and assisting in the training of hundreds of students. Dr. Spatharakis is an active supporter of a number of worthy charitable organizations including the Rape Victim Advocate Group of Chicago, Muscular Dystrophy, and the Jerry Lewis Foundation.
 
Website: www.drguswellness.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrGuswellness Twitter: @drguswellness

Learning to Live with a Chronic Illness

 
Dr. Nikki Martinez, Psychologist and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor again joins eHealth Radio and the Chronic Illness, Health News & Psychology Channels to cover learning to live with a chronic illness.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Nikki Martinez discuss the following:
What are some of the most important lessons you have learned, and that you have tried to pass on to your patients about living with a chronic illness?
Why do people have a tendency to blame themselves for their illness?
You have discussed shifting expectations and goals. Tell me more about this.
You also talk about the Hindu concept of "Mudita." How is this especially important to those with chronic illness?
How can individual therapy be especially beneficial to individuals suffering with chronic illness? Health Psychology is one of your specialties. How can someone reach you for help?
 
Dr. Nikki Martinez received her Masters and her Doctorate from Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and completed her pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowship at Gateway Foundation in Lake Villa, Illinois.
She is the Head of Clinical Development for www.DrNikkiMartinez.com, where she can be reached if you are interested in individual or couples work with her. She is an Adjunct Professor for 2 graduate programs, a Blogger for the Huffington Post, Everydaypowerblog, Older Dating, Success Stories, Sivana Spirit, Proud Stories, and a Contributor for the Chicago Tribune. She just published her first 8th book through Amazon.com.
 
Website: www.DrNikkiMartinez.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikki-martinez-35b36231 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrNikkiMartinez Twitter: @DrNikkiMartinez
 
The views and opinions expressed on any program are those of the persons appearing on the program and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the eHealth Radio Network.

Why 40% of newborn babies won't stop crying and what to do about it

 
Gai Williams, an Australian pharmacist, international author and a partner in a business called Willby's Wind and Colic which provides help, support, advice and natural solutions to new moms whose newborn babies are suffering the debilitating effects of wind, colic and reflux joins eHealth Radio and the Children's Health and Health News Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Gai Williams discuss the following:
What prompted you to change from the community pharmacy to your new business Willby;s Wind and Colic?
What is colic, what causes it and how long does it last?
How does your Willby's product differ from other commercially available products on pharmacy shelves?
How did your book No More Tears Colic Relief come about?
I believe you have a free advice service associated with your business - tell us about that.
 
Gai Williams, B. Pharm., A.F.A.I.P.M., is an entrepreneurial Australian pharmacist and author of the book “No More Tears Colic Relief”.During her extensive pharmacy career, she has gathered experience from a multitude of business and pharmacy seminars and pioneered many pharmacy firsts. Twice she has offered her pharmacy premises to be the flagship for new pharmacy concepts, she has become a barista to install a Gloria Jean’s Coffees franchise within her pharmacy and established Pharm-A-Temp which was the first independent fee for service pharmacy locum business in Victoria.Her passion for pharmacy began when she was employed as a Saturday morning girl in her local pharmacy and the desire to make a difference in the pharmacy world has never waned. She believes in offering the best products and advice possible and her search for excellence has culminated in her first published book about baby colic relief –a condition which affects 40% of babies and about which there has been little information until now.Gai’s professional pharmacy career has been enhanced along the way by receiving awards such as an associate fellowship of the Australian Institute of Pharmacy Management, a finalist berth in the Telstra Business Women’s Awards in 2000 and her achievement of becoming the first female chairperson of Guardian Pharmacies Australia.She has been a speaker at many pharmacy courses and business conferences and continues to investigate every possibility to enhance the competitive retail health market.Gai is committed to making a difference in the healthcare of her patients and believes that the community pharmacy model in Australia is the best in the world.Her belief in making a difference and giving back has resulted in a lifetime commitment to parent committees during her children’s education and a leadership role as President of the Boronia Chamber of Commerce – a position she held for many years. She has also served as a business representative on many Knox Council committees. She is also the current Vice Chair of the Board of Mt Evelyn & Districts Financial Services which oversees the running of both the Mt Evelyn and Montrose branches of the Bendigo Community Bank network.Gai is still a practicing pharmacist and, with her business partner Greg, has established Willby’s Wind and Colic –Australia’s only destination hotline for mums needing support, advice and treatment solutions for their babies suffering from the debilitating effects of wind, colic and reflux. Calls and emails are answered by a pharmacist with at least 15 years of experience in the wind and colic space so mums are always receiving the best expert advice.
 
Website: www.willbyswindandcolicmix.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willbyswindandcolicmix

21 Things You Need to Know About Diabetes & Weight Loss Surgery

 
Dr. Scott Cunneen, Director of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and author of a new book just published by the American Diabetes Association called 21 Things You Need to Know About Diabetes & Weight Loss Surgery again joins eHealth Radio and the Diabetes & Weight Management Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Dr. Scott Cunneen discuss the following:
We talked with you a few years ago when your first book on weight loss surgery was published.  What’s different in this new book?
So does weight loss surgery actually provide a cure for diabetes?
With more than 200,000 weight loss surgical procedures performed every year in this country, wouldn’t you think the number of people with diabetes would be going down instead of up?
Which weight loss procedures work the best on diabetes?
How would you suggest people start finding out if weight loss surgery is right for them, whether or not they have diabetes?
 
Scott A. Cunneen, MD, FACS, FASMBS, is Director of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.  A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he hold a master's degree in physiology from Georgetown University and a master's degree in human nutrition from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He earned his medical degree from Georgetown University. 
 
 
A Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgeons, Dr. Cunneen also serves on the editorial advisory board of DiabeticLifestyle.com and EndocrineWeb.com, and is often called upon to teach laparoscopic procedures throughout the U.S. and abroad. He is the author of 21 Things You Need to Know About Diabetes & Weight Loss Surgery, published by the American Diabetes Association.

What this digital health company is doing in the workplace to overcome mental health

 
 
Alex Goldberg, CEO at Provata Health, a digital health company that improves health and lowers medical costs by creating innovative digital health products and solutions joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care, Health News & Technology Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Alex Goldberg discuss the following:
Your digital health company is turning its attention to mental health - in your view is mental health a significant factor in overall physical well being? How significant is it and why place such a focus on it right now?
Are there common misconceptions about mental health that you have run into while working on Provata VR and engaging with your customers?
Who are some of the clients you are sending headsets to and what kind of feedback have you received?
What role should the workplace play in health and wellness - to include mental wellness - and what would you tell a CEO who was considering starting a program for the first time?
What are your personal tips, things that you practice every day?
 
Alex Goldberg is CEO of Provata Health, which delivers the first digital health platform proven in peer-reviewed medical journals to positively impact both the mental and physical health of participants. Provata partners with employers, health plans, and hospital systems to deliver digital programs that are scientifically designed, tested, and proven to change behaviors and generate significant health outcomes.
Forbes dubbed Provata as the startup leading the digital health revolution; while other media outlets including Inc., Entrepreneur, the Huffington Post, and Geekwire have celebrated Provata’s impact on the digital health landscape.
 
The company is changing the healthcare industry by pioneering digital preventive medicine proven to generate better health, better care, and lower medical costs.
 
 
Website: www.provatahealth.com
Twitter: @provatahealth
Watch the Video: http://provatahealth.com/vr-health#provata-vr-video
Website for the app: http://provatahealth.com/vr-health
Download the app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/provata-vr-guided-meditation

Unexplained Eye Pain: The Causes, the Problems and the Treatment

 
Dr. Perry Rosenthal, a pioneering ophthalmologist and founder/director of the Boston Eye Pain Foundation joins eHealth Radio and the Eye Health and Health News Channels. 
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Perry Rosenthal discuss the following:
Since, as you have said, symptoms of dry eye are actually a special type of eye pain, how do you explain why so many people constantly complain of having dry eyes even though their eyes are not dry? .  Why does this occur?
You've written that LASIK surgery is one of the prime causes of persistent dry eye symptoms in eyes that are not really dry.  How is this explained?
I assume the LASIK industry is not happy that you're talking about this.  What kind of pushback have you experienced from them?
Why did you start the Boston EyePain Foundation?
Is there any hope for people with devastating dry eye symptoms whose eyes seem to have adequate tears?
 
SUMMARY: If you're going to have LASIK, be aware of all the potential risks, including devastating eye pain which, while it affects only a small percentage of people who have had LASIK, is a real issue.
 
Perry Rosenthal, MD, founder of the nonprofit Boston EyePain Foundation, specialized in ophthalmology through the residency program of Harvard’s Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. As a resident, he founded the Infirmary’s first Contact Lens Service at the “suggestion” of Professor Edwin P Dunphy, then chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and a visionary who understood the potential of hard contact lenses to improve vision impaired by corneal diseases. Dr. Rosenthal quickly discovered that the usefulness of first generation commercial contact lenses was severely limited by blocking corneal access to oxygen needed to support their metabolism. In effect, these devices asphyxiated the corneas while they were worn. The solution was obvious and Rosenthal co-founded Polymer Technology to develop rigid contact lens plastics that ‘breathed” and compatible solutions known as the Boston Lens™ products. The company was subsequently acquired by Bausch & Lomb.
 
Website: www.bostoneyepain.org
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BostonEyePain Twitter: @BostonEyePain

What baby food is supposed to be!

 
Rita Katona, Founder of So Good Baby and the So Good brand that is dedicated to creating deliciously simple, nutritionally outstanding, better-for-you food and beverage products joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Nutrition Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Rita Katona discuss the following:
Why did you decide to create So Good Brand? What was the impetus for adding in Baby?
Baby foods usually are shelf stable - can you tell us why you developed a perishable product that requires refrigeration, are there benefits associated with this and why this is so important?
What is High Pressure Processing and what does this mean in terms of vitamins and food nutrition?
We know you go above and beyond with ingredient safety testing for your baby product - can you share a bit more information about this process and why you do such rigorous testing?
For our listeners - where can they buy So Good Baby, and other So Good Brand products?
 
Growing up eating foods made from fresh, organic produce grown in her grandmother’s garden, Rita Katona grew increasingly troubled by the current state of the foods we eat.  In 2014 she decided it was time to leverage her successful corporate retail career to follow her calling. Joined by her husband, health and fitness entrepreneur Eric Hall, they started So Good.
 
Website: SoGoodBaby.com, part of the brand SoGoodSoYou.com
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sogoodbabyfood Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sogoodbabyfood Twitter: https://twitter.com/sogoodbabyfood

The Role of Good Fungus

 
Afif Ghannoum, CEO of Pathobiome, the creators of the first probiotic that works through restoring the healthy bacteria and fungus in the digestive tract joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Nutrition Channels.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Afif Ghannoum discuss the following:
Tell us about Dr. Ghannoum and his role in researching the microbiome?
What is BIOHM and how does it work?
Explain digestive plaque and how it effects people?
What is the role of good fungus in the gut?
How do you see this research and science progressing?
 
Entrepreneur, businessman and biotechnology lawyer Afif Ghannoum has a passion for bringing brands to market that improve the lives of consumers.  In his current role as CEO of PathoBiome, makers of BIOHM Probiotics, he oversees the strategy, marketing and sales initiatives for the breakthrough brand.
Always a pioneer in new business ventures, he has created and launched ten products that have sold millions online and in over 27,000 stores at America's largest retailers. Afif is a named inventor on multiple patents, and has licensed a technology to one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, that’s now a product sold in over a 100,000 stores in the US and Canada. He has also raised almost $11 million, and counting, in venture capital funding.
BIOHM is ideal for any consumer who wants to maintain a healthy gut microbiome, promote optimal digestive health, and support his/her immunity. For the estimated 15% of Americans who suffer from digestive challenges, BIOHM is engineered to relieve occasional digestive issues such as, upset stomach, diarrhea and bowel irritation. BIOHM’s strains have also been proven to break down digestive plaque while supporting immune health as well as overall digestive health.
 
Website: www.BIOHMHealth.com (After March 1, 2017) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrGhannoum

Small Changes to lean towards a healthier lifestyle

 
Candace Karu, Life Style Expert at Cabot Creamery Cooperative, the makers of Cabot Cheese joins eHealth Radio and the Fitness, Health News & Nutrition Channels to discuss small changes to lean towards a healthier lifestyle.
 
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Candace Karu discuss the following:
Tell us about Cabot Creamery Cooperative, something listeners may not know.
What are some simple steps listeners can take to lean in toward a healthier lifestyle?
What are some easy substitutions or additions we should be incorporate in our diet?
How about exercise? Any easy ways to incorporate movement without going to the gym everyday?
How would listeners learn more and get additional tips/healthy recipes?
 
Candace Karu is a Lifestyle Expert + Fitness Fan + Social Media Strategist + Foodie. The 1,100 farm family owners of Cabot Creamery Co-operative want to lend you one of our best assets, at no charge to you or your organization: Candace Karu
Candace is a social media marketing strategist, a lifestyle blogger, a passionate cook and a fitness fanatic. She is ready to help your audience gain the upper hand on cooking and fitness, lend your organization her talents and experience with seminars and demonstrations or enhance your publication with her insights and very clever writing on food and lifestyle.
Whether it's a live TV cooking demonstration or a social media seminar, a fitness class or a guest blog post, Candace works creatively with warmth and humor to engage. Her thousands of followers on Facebook, lnstagram, Twitter and Pinterest rely on Candace for the latest trends in food, fitness, cuisine and culture.Candace loves working for Cabot's 1,100 farm family owners, spreading their message of developing and maintaining healthy bodies and communities by giving her audience the tools to make lives better, healthier and happier.
During the past decade with Cabot, Candace has done scores of interviews and cooking appearances on TV, radio and online outlets, including Good Day L.A. She's hosted seminars on cooking, wine and cheese pairings, creating healthy kitchens, kids' fitness and senior fitness, and has appeared on panels at conferences to talk about dairy farming, fitness, work-life balance and cooking. An award winning writer, Candace is also the former Editorial Director for Running Times Magazine.
In addition to her professional life, Candace is dedicated to maintaining a fit and healthy lifestyle. This 60-something athlete has completed more than 200 road races across the world, and is a veteran of 19 marathons including Boston and NYC. Her enthusiasm for fitness isn't limited to running. She is a certified IFA Aerobics Instructor, Personal Trainer, Sports Nutritionist and Senior Fitness Instructor, as well as an avid Cross Fitter, hiker, biker, kayaker, paddle boarder and dog-walker.
 
Website: www.cabotcheese.coop
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cabot Twitter: @cabotcheese

Honey, Do! Why eating honey is really good for you

 
 
Tony Landretti from L.R. Rice Honey and Rice's Family Honey, a wonderful American Honey family owned business joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Nutrition Channels.
Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Tony Landretti discuss the following:
How old is L.R. Rice Honey and Rice Family Honey and does the original family still own and run it?
How do you make your honey – and where?
What does “raw and unfiltered honey” mean and why does it matter?
Can you share some of the health benefits honey provides?
Where can we buy the honey?
Honey sometimes crystalizes - is it still good when this happens?
 
 
L.R. Rice founded Rice's Lucky Clover Honey LLC, headquartered in Greeley, Colorado in 1924. This women-owned, family operated company, now in its 5th generation, remains a leading producer of authentic, high quality, raw, and unfiltered honey. The company’s honey is 100% pure, local United States, raw and unfiltered honey. Ronna Rice is the fifth-generation CEO and co-owner of Rice’s Lucky Clover Honey LLC, which is headquartered in Greeley and a leading producer of authentic, raw and unfiltered honey.When the company first began in 1924, the family worked bee yards, extracted honey, filled and labeled glass jars, then sold products door to door in Northern Colorado. Since that time, Rice’s Lucky Clover Honey has established and nurtured long-standing relationships with beekeeper families throughout the United States. This allows for quality U.S. honey to be packed in every bottle of Rice’s Lucky Clover Honey. Our customized filling process and system ensures the natural pollen and enzymes of the raw honey remain in every bottle.Rice’s Lucky Clover Honey has generated significant brand equity through its commitment to producing high quality, premium, raw, and unfiltered honey at affordable prices.
 
Website: www.riceshoney.com
 
Social Media Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RicesHoney Twitter: @riceshoney