What foods should you consider eating to help prevent getting the flu?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File health_radio/1546ml4b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Janet Little, Director of Nutrition, Sprouts Farmers Market
- Guest Website Sprouts
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Guest Bio
Certified in nutrition from American Health University, Janet Little has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Phoenix and a Masters of Public Administration degree from USC.
For over 20 years, she has worked within the health food industry and has traveled the region speaking extensively on natural and organic foods, nutrition, vitamins and minerals, herbal solutions and homeopathic remedies. Her areas of expertise include child nutrition, health and fitness, women's health and nutritional counseling.
An award-winning Toastmasters speaker, Little always keeps her audience intrigued and eager to rush into the kitchen to get cookin'! Current and past organizations that have requested her to speak include Sharp Healthcare, Sempra Energy and L.A. and San Diego County Administrations.
Never satisfied to just talk the talk, Little lives the life she promotes every day. She can be seen competing in full and half-marathons and she regularly trains and competes in triathlons including Ironman competitions. There's nothing she'd rather be doing than helping people improve their quality of life by making healthier food choices and leading more active lifestyles. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
COPD is a disabling condition. How can stem cell therapy help?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File health_radio/1546ml4a.mp3
- Featured Speaker David Borenstein, MD
- Organization New York Stem Cell Treatment
- Guest Website David Borenstein
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Guest Bio
Dr. David Borenstein is New York's leading integrative medicine physician. Board certified by multiple medical associations, including American College for Advancement in Medicine and American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Dr. David Borenstein combines the best of traditional and holistic medicine.
Dr. Borenstein's areas of specialization do not exist in isolation; patients are diagnosed and treated in an integrative manner to promote both the overall recovery and continuing good health. In his own words, his "greatest feeling of accomplishment comes from helping make real changes in people's lives, especially after they've been through a difficult time." - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
What are your options if Obamacare isn't affordable?
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File health_radio/1546ml3c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Marianne Eterno, President of Government Relations for GTL
- Guest Website GTL
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Guest Bio
Marianne Eterno began her insurance career in 1987 at the former Golden Rule Insurance Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, and moved to Chicago in 1992, when she accepted a position with Celtic Insurance Company.
Marianne came to Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company (GTL) in 1996, as a compliance and government relations consultant, and formally joined the company in 1997. As Assistant Vice President of Government Relations, she represents GTL in both the state and federal arenas, drives coalition development for the company, and serves as the company's media and public relations spokesperson.
In addition to sitting on committees for every major insurance trade association, Marianne serves on the Board of Directors of RetireSafe, a 400,000 member grassroots advocacy organization for senior citizens and as the Executive Director for the Council for Affordable Health Insurance. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Why do you need to know about your pelvic floor health?
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File health_radio/1546ml1c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Missy Lavender, Founder & Executive Director of the Women’s Health Foundation
- Book Title Below Your Belt
- Guest Website Women's Health Foundation
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Guest Bio
Missy Lavender is the Founder and Executive Director of the Women's Health Foundation. Missy is a national speaker on pelvic health and has been featured in numerous press outlets, print, radio, and television, recently featured as one of Chicago's top 100 "Women of Inspiration," in Today's Chicago Woman Magazine.
She is the author of two books, You Go Girl...But Only When You Want To! and You Go Girl...But Only When You Want To! Senior Edition and her forthcoming book, Below Your Belt: A Girl's Guide To Pelvic Health. A mother of two, Ms. Lavender holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
What's the difference between resilience and post-traumatic growth?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File health_radio/1546ml1b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Michaela Haas, PhD
- Book Title Bouncing Forward: Transforming Bad Breaks intho Breakthroughs
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Guest Bio
Michaela Haas, PhD, has a global, personal history with post-traumatic growth. Michaela's grandfather contracted polio as a child, suffered severe hardship in Nazi Germany and went on to live a life of meaning, spiritual richness, and family fulfillment. Inspired by his example, the journalist, television host, author, scholar and 20-year student of Buddhism, began to understand that many trauma survivors are able to "Bounce Forward" to experience tremendous growth.
Through gently connecting cutting edge research to ancient Buddhist wisdom, she gives the reader a mind-body-spirit context for growth—grounded in spiritual insight. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Why is being regular crucial for your health?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File health_radio/1546ml1a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Stephen Wangen, MD
- Guest Website IBS Treatment Center
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Guest Bio
Dr. Stephen Wangen is the Medical Director and co-founder of the IBS Treatment Center. He has been seen and heard on ABC, NBC, and Fox as well as public radio and television. Having suffered from IBS himself, Dr. Wangen dedicated his life to solving this complex problem. Since 2005 the IBS Treatment Center has successfully helped thousands of patients from around the country end their digestive problems.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Why is this time of year the most stressful?
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File health_radio/1545ml5c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Darcy Sweeney, MS
- Guest Website Darcy Sweeney
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Guest Bio
Darcy Sweeney has battled addiction since her early teens. After years of fighting the battle, trough 19 treatment centers, she found herself.
She found that her life's work is to help people who are also caught in a similar battle. She established Life Design Mastery to empower those struggling with addictions to find the champion within themselves and learn to create the extraordinary life they would love to live. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
If you're someone who's constantly on the go, how can you maintain a healthy diet and active lifestyle?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File health_radio/1545ml5b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Lizanne Falsetto, Founder of thinkThin
- Guest Website Lizanne Falsetto
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Guest Bio
Lizanne Falsetto is an entrepreneur, a foodie, a philanthropist, a mother, a radio show host, and a storyteller—on stage and on the page.
An active member of the Young Presidents' Organization and World Presidents' Organization (YPO/WPO) and a founding member of the YPO/WPO Health & Wellness Group whose mission is to create a global network of best practices and leadership in healthy living for CEOs around the world, Lizanne has long been at ease in boardrooms, with buyers, and with industry types in every field.
She's also a three-time Telly Award winner for producing and directing in the Best Documentary Short Film category and has been awarded the prestigious Leadership Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Is there a way to prevent illness before traveling?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File health_radio/1545ml5a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Avni Mahiji, PharmD
- Guest Website Dr. Avni Mahiji
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Guest Bio
Dr. Avni Mahiji, the perfect compound from the mixture of beauty and brains, is a board certified pharmacist residing in New York.
The summa cum laude graduate of Boston's Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has spent her entire career helping people, and currently shares her prescription and OTC expertise worldwide. Dr. Mahiji's daily responsibilities for the past five years have included counseling patients on over the counter items, assuring that patients' medications are issued properly, checking for drug interactions, assisting patients with making cost effective decisions, and following up with patients on recovery and medication compliance. She also has consistent interaction with physicians to optimize patient medications.
Committed to her role as a health and wellness expert, Dr. Mahiji's purpose is to bring awareness of the connection between medications and overall wellness by educating patientsabout the benefits and potentialrisks of pharmaceuticals andhomeopathic products. As such, she embraced the opportunity to run a flu clinic for three years, and she is highly sought after in the area of helping patients with lifestyle modifications that will help lower blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol.
Additionally, Dr. Mahiji is exceptionally knowledgeable on medications related to anxiety/depression, heartburn, food allergies, and decongestants.
Medications related to travel and sleep are also amongst the many with which she is well abreast. She has shared a wealth of wisdom as a columnist for Natural Awakenings (New York edition) on the subject matters of anti-aging and hair loss. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Instead of putting yourself on another diet, you might want to consider these simple tricks.
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File health_radio/1545ml4c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Morgan Mellas, Personal Chef and Nutritionist
- Guest Website Rosie In the Kitchen
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Guest Bio
Morgan Mellas is a Functional Medicine nutritionist and Lyme literate practitioner, believing that all disease is a communication from the body.
She helps her clients tune into the messages and obtain optimal vitality through small adjustments that are easy to sustain. She encourages her clients to look at the endless possibilities in food creations, while removing the focus from restrictions.
Morgan is a mother of two vivacious daughters. Her philosophy is that all aspects of life should evoke beauty, style, nourishment, fun and sensuality. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
