Empowering others to take charge of their health, starting with a fix for sleep apnea and snoring

Dr. Nancy Markley, of MPowrx™, a company that empowers people to better health and wellness through the development of products that address significant unmet clinical or market needs on a global level joins eHealth Radio and the Health News & Sleep Health Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Nancy Markley discuss the following:

• What is your background and why did you decide to start MPowrx™?
• Tell me about your product Good Morning Snore Solution® - what is it, how does it work?
• What sets the Good Morning Snore Solution® apart from other snoring devices?
• What’s next for MPowrx™?
• Do you have any advice for people looking to start a healthcare startup?

Duration: 10:46

Dr. Nancy Markley is the President & CEO of MPowrx™ Health and Wellness Products 2012 Inc.

Dr. Markley held senior management positions with SemBioSys Genetics Inc. as Director of Business Development, and Botaneco Specialty Ingredients Inc. as Managing Director, before launching her own technology consulting practice and medical device company: MPowrx™ Health and Wellness Products 2012 Inc. She has led the development of MPowrx™’s products, financing, and expansion into international markets, in addition to creating the foundation for continued global growth, which has ultimately taken MPowrx™ from a local Calgary start-up to an international medical device company, which currently sells its products in 85+ countries worldwide.

Dr. Markley holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology, and is a Certified Management Consultant from CMC Canada, recognizing her contributions to advising start-up companies on how to develop and bring technologies and products to market.

Websites: http://mpowrx.com | https://goodmorningsnoresolution.com

Social Media Links:
Facebook: facebook.com/goodmorningsnoresolution
Twitter: @MPowrx, @BestMorningEver

Why having a good night’s sleep is vital to your health with Meredith Yardley

Meredith Yardley, Managing Director at MeredithYardley.com who helps busy women live a life of abundant health and wealth joins eHealth Radio and the Female Health and Sleep Health Channels. Meredith is here to speak with us today on the importance of having a good night's sleep.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Meredith Yardley discuss the following:

• What is it so important about having a good night’s sleep?
• What are some of the reasons people may not sleep well?
• Also could there be health implications for continued sleep deprivation?
• Is it just our physical health that is affected?
• How can listeners improve their sleep?

Duration: 13:23

Meredith Yardley describes herself as a Personal Change Agent. She takes what she learnt from over 20 years in the corporate world as a communication and change management expert and has translated that into a business that helps busy women claim back their lives. As Meredith says, change can be hard, regardless of whether you initiate it or it is imposed on you, so it helps to have someone on your side who has no agenda other than to help you achieve the goals you’ve set yourself.

Meredith is offering a free 45 minute Discovery session, where you and can have a discussion with her and find out if she can help you. You can email her at meredith.yardley@gmail.com.

Website: MeredithYardley.com
Facebook:  Enrich Your Energy

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.

Importance of Good Sleep and How to Get It

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Nikki Martinez discuss the following:

• What types of things does good or poor sleep impact?
• What are some things you can do throughout the day to help with sleep?
• What can you do to your evening routine to help with sleep?
• What can you do to your room to help with sleep?
• Does your Chicago Tribune Article Discuss this?

Duration: 7:51

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.

Head of Clinical Development for www.DrNikkiMartinez.com, she is an Adjunct Professor for 2 graduate programs, a Blogger for the Huffington Post, Everydaypowerblog, Older Dating, Success Stories, and a Contributor to the Chicago Tribune. She just published her first 7th book through Amazon.com.

Links:
Website: www.DrNikkiMartinez.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikki-martinez-35b36231
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrNikkiMartinez
Twitter: @DrNikkiMartinez

How Good Sleep Can Improve Your Day to Day Life

Richard Shane Ph.D., founder of Sleep Easily, a learn-at-home, medication-free Sleep Solution joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Sleep Health Channels. Richard Shane, Ph.D., has been a psychotherapist since 1977 and is the Behavioral Sleep Specialist for New West Physicians, Colorado, with 85 physicians serving over 170,000 patients.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Richard Shane discuss the following:

• What is your background in health and sleep?
• What are the damaging effects of poor sleep?
• What is Sleep Easily?
• Who did you test this product on and what percentage benefited from Sleep Easily?
• Is this something that can help someone who is a chronic poor sleeper?
• What about those that wake up during the night?
• Where can you get the Sleep Easily Method?

Duration: 10:45

Richard Shane, Ph.D., has been a psychotherapist for 35 years. He is the Behavioral Sleep Specialist for New West Physicians, Colorado, with 85 physicians serving over 170,000 patients. From 2010 through 2014, he was the Behavioral Sleep Specialist for Lutheran Medical Center Sleep Center in Denver.

In 1991 as a result of a life crisis, Dr. Shane developed severe insomnia. He spent years internally exploring and resolving his own insomnia. Through that process, Dr. Shane discovered five physical triggers for sleep. He further researched the neurophysiology of sleep and developed the Sleep Easily Method.

Website: www.sleepeasily.com

Social Media Links:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sleepeasily
Twitter: @sleepeasily
Instagram: @sleepeasily

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Transformative Technology and Meditation. Finding Your Unique Solution to Reduce Stress and Improve Relationships

Dr. Jeffery Martin, Co-Founder of the Transformative Technology Lab for Well-Being and Finders Course for meditation joins eHealth Radio and the Sleep Health, Stress Management & Technology Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Jeffery Martin discuss the following:

• What is transformative technology for well being and how is it becoming more important for meditation,sleep and stress reduction?
• As the driving force behind the first major data centric study on extraordinary states of well being, what are 5 key outcomes you found from participants?
• How can people know if meditation is working for them?
• How can meditation be used every day, even for the busiest of us, to improve a relationship with a spouse or significant other?
• Do see meditation having bigger role in our work lives as well? Who is out in front on this? Do you worry it's becoming too trendy?

Duration: 20:43

Dr. Jeffery A. Martin is a  bestselling author and award-winning educator, Jeffery has authored, co-authored, or co-edited over 20 books and numerous other publications. His work has regularly been featured at leading academic conferences worldwide, as well as major public forums such as Deepak Chopra’s Sages and Scientists Symposium, Wisdom 2.0, the Science and Nonduality Conference, the Asia Consciousness Festival, and TEDx. He has been covered in media as diverse as the South China Morning Post and PBS’s Closer to Truth, and been an invited speaker at many top universities including: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, University of London, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the National University of Singapore. He is founder of the Transformative Technology space, and a social scientist who researches personal transformation and the states of greatest human well-being. He spent the last 10 years conducting the largest international study on persistent non-symbolic experience (PNSE), which includes the types of consciousness commonly known as: enlightenment, nonduality, the peace the passeth understanding, transcendental consciousness, unitive experience, and hundreds of others. More recently, he has used this research to make systems available to help people obtain profound psychological benefits in a rapid, secular, reliable, and safe way.

Websites: www.transtechlab.org | www.finderscourse.com

Social Media Links: 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/transtechlab
Twitter: @transtechlab

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 show host and the eHealth Radio Network.

The Future of Wearable Technology for Health Care with Michael Asaly, Founder Practical Sleep Solutions

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Michael Asaly discuss the following:

• So I’ve heard of a lot of growth in the wearable technology and health data tracking. Smart watches and wrist trackers show some sleep tracking. How is Practical Sleep different and how is your data analyzed?
• Who is affected by sleep apnea? What are the common symptoms of someone who is affected by sleep apnea?
• What are the health risks associated with Sleep Apnea? Are there any correlated health conditions? For example - a recent study showed there was correlation between sleep apnea and heart attacks? 
• Sleep deprivation is a huge problem in the U.S., according to the CDC, insufficient sleep has become a national health problem.  What are some home remedies for a better night’s rest?
• Where can listeners take your free sleep quiz find out more about Practical Sleep?

Duration: 6:56

Practical Sleep offers a new solution to the traditional doctor’s sleep study. The California based company provides patients with a self-testing solution that is easy and comfortable and done in the comfort of home. Practical Sleep offers customers the APAP machine without the need for insurance that bypasses the pre-existing risk on insurance records that often leads to premium  increases. People save a tremendous amount of money and get the same equipment and treatment options as doctors and sleep clinics provide. Practical Sleep offers an easy and cost effective alternative to handling sleep apnea and empowers patients to take their sleep issues into their own hands. Practical Sleep offers sleep apnea solutions for a perfect night’s sleep.

Website: www.practicalsleep.com
Facebook: https//:facebook.com/Practical-Sleep-Solutions
Twitter: @PracticalSleep

Writing for the Health of It!

Mari L. McCarthy, Founder and Journaling Therapy Guide at CreateWriteNow.com that guides and inspires people to create a daily pen to paper journal writing practice for health, healing and wellness joins eHealth Radio.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels and guest Mari L. McCarthy discuss the following:

• For those that may not be familiar, tell us what is CreateWriteNow?
• How and why was CreateWriteNow set up?
• How does a person get started in setting up a daily, pen to page Writing for the Health of It Practice?
• Why daily, why pen-to-paper only?
• How do people get all the health benefits available to them with a Writing for the Health of It Practice?

Duration: 12:20

Mari L. McCarthy is The Founder and The Journaling Therapy Guide at CreateWriteNow.com. She shows health-conscious people how to use a daily pen-to-page Journaling for the Health of It™ Practice for self-healing, health and wellness. She offers ideas, information and inspiration through her many online journaling resources (eBooks, newsletters, weekly journal writing prompts, Facebook Journaling Challenge Groups) as well as personal transformation journaling consultations. With help of her own daily, pen-to-page journaling practice, she has not used prescription drugs for over 12 years nor over-the-counter drugs for over 7 years. She has changed her diet too and provides her body with only fresh fruits and vegetables and unprocessed foods.

This year, she’ll publish her self-help book: Journaling Power: How To Create The Happy, Healthy Life You Want To Live.

A singer, who recently released her third album entitled ‘Lady With A Song’, she lives in a beachfront home south of Boston, MA where she writes her way to health and happiness, raises roses and her consciousness, and roots for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Website: www.CreateWriteNow.com

How prosthodontists can help with sleep apnea

Dr. Cramin P. Wiltz II, DMD, CDT a Board-Eligible Prosthodontist and founder of Madison Prosthodontics that focuses on treating patients with the most challenging dental problems in the greater Huntsville-Decatur Metropolitan area of Alabama joins eHealth Radio and the Dental Care and Sleep Health Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Dr. Cramin Wiltz discuss the following:

• Please tell our listeners how a prosthodontist differs from a regular dentist and who could benefit from your services?
• What is your advice to those of us that might be putting off extensive dental work? Maybe because of anxiousness. 
• It is Better Sleep Month and lots of us suffer from a condition called sleep apnea. How can prosthodontists help and is surgery often required?
• You also perform a cutting edge procedure called All-on-Four solution. What is the procedure and how does it benefit patients? 
• What are some other services you provide? Do you screen for oral cancer? 
• Does one need a referral from a dentist to make an appointment with you and do you accept insurance?

Duration: 11:31

Cramin P. Wiltz II, DMD, CDT is a Board-Eligible Prosthodontist and Founder of Madison Prosthodontics that focuses on treating patients with the most challenging dental problems in the greater Huntsville-Decatur Metropolitan area of Alabama. As a prosthodontist, Dr. Wiltz is the expert in aesthetics, full mouth reconstruction, and teeth replacement options using dental implants (including the All-on-4 technique), complete dentures, partial dentures, crowns and bridges, veneers, and inlays/onlays.



Dr. Wiltz maintains professional memberships with the following organizations: American Dental Association, Alabama Dental Association, Huntsville-Madison County Dental Society, American College of Prosthodontists, Southeastern Academy of Prosthodontists, Academy of Osseointegration, National Board for Certification in Dental Laboratory Technology.

He has won multiple award including: "Best of the Best" in Prosthodontics, Hanau Excellence in Prosthodontics Award, Outstanding Student in Implant Dentistry Award, Southeastern Academy of Prosthodontics Scholarship, Student Leadership Award, Board of Directors of Delta Dental
Student Leadership Award, The Alabama Dental Association Professional and UAB President's Diversity Award.

Website: www.madisonprosthodontist.com

Somnia, a new solution for sleep wellness and care

Peter Fatianow, the President and CEO of Somnia, a new retail sleep solutions store located just outside of Denver, Colorado in the Park Meadows Mall joins eHealth Radio and the Sleep & General Health Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Peter Fatianow discuss the following:

• Why is sleep so important for us all to get right?
• Tell us about how you came up with the idea to start Somnia?
• What do you offer at the Somnia store?
• Name a few ways someone can vastly improve their sleep sanctuary?
• Let's talk about sleep apnea. You've mention that sleep apnea goes undiagnosed for so many people, why is that and what is the solution for these folks suffering from this sleep disorder?

Duration: 18:01

Peter Fatianow is the President and CEO for Somnia, a new retail sleep solutions store located in Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree, Colorado. Fatianow founded Somnia along with his partners, Mats Wahlström, and Kerry Hicks, all of KMG Capital Partners, LLC, to achieve their shared vision of helping the 40 million of Americans suffering from chronic sleep disorders overcome their issues and significantly improve their overall mental and physical health.

With more than 20 years of healthcare industry experience, Fatianow is keenly qualified to develop a sleep and wellness concept store. He was part of the founding management team at HealthGrades®, Inc.®, where he was pivotal in developing products and data sets that ultimately helped the company grow until it was ultimately sold to Vestar Capital Partners for $295 million in 2010. Previously, Fatianow was a founder of Specialty Care Network, Inc. (SCN), a physician practice management company that went public in 1997. Prior to SCN, Fatianow was a healthcare investment banker with Credit Suisse in New York and Morgan Keegan in Memphis, Tennessee.

After taking a sabbatical from his work in the healthcare industry, Fatianow and his wife opened two successful restaurants in the Denver area (which his wife manages today). He also wrote a book for beginning wine enthusiasts, Wine 101: A Fun and Informative Introduction to the Wonderful World of Wine.

Finding that he couldn't stay away from the healthcare industry for long, Fatianow eventually returned as the Vice President of Development at Health Ventures, until January 2013 when he left to research the sleep market and eventually went on to develop the first comprehensive sleep and wellness concept store, Somnia. He also serves on the Board of Assistive Coding, LLC, a specialty medical coding and consulting company based in Littleton, Colorado.

Fatianow currently resides in Denver with his family and enjoys spending time with friends and family, enjoying good food and wine, traveling the world, and taking care of his 125-gallon reef aquarium.

Website: www.somniastore.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SomniaStore
Twitter: @somnia_store

PracticalSleep.com, providing effective, at-home sleep apnea treatments

Michael Asaly, Founder of PracticalSleep.com, a California based company that provides effective, at-home sleep apnea treatments to those that suffer nationwide. joins eHealth Radio and the Sleep Health Channel.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Michael Asaly discuss the following:

• Sleep Apnea has become a nationwide epidemic with studies sharing that 18 million American's suffer each night. What are the common signs that you or your partner may have Sleep Apnea?
• Before you started PracticalSleep.com you owned and managed a group of Sleep Centers.  Can you explain the differences between traditional sleep studies and the studies that you offer through PracticalSleep.com?
• I believe once a patient undergoes a sleep study and is diagnosed with Sleep Apnea that their insurance premium will generally increase.  Can you explain how and why PracticalSleep.com bi-passes the need for insurance companies?
• PracticalSleep.com offers effective Sleep Apnea testing and treatment. How are the at-home APAP machine's used & where are they made?
• How can people find out more about Practical Sleep?

Duration: 7:12

Practical Sleep offers a new solution to the traditional doctor’s hospital and lab sleep study. The California based company provides patients with a self-testing solution that is easy and comfortable and done in the comfort of home.

Practical Sleep offers customers the APAP machine without the need for insurance that bypasses the pre-existing risk on insurance records that often leads to premium increases. People save a tremendous amount of money and get the same equipment and treatment as a doctor or sleep clinic.

Practical Sleep offers an easy and cost effective alternative to handling sleep apnea and empowers patients to take their sleep issues into their own hands. Practical Sleep offers sleep apnea solutions for a perfect night’s sleep.

Web Site: www.practicalsleep.com
Facebook: facebook.com/Practical-Sleep-Solutions
Twitter: @PracticalSleep