Why doesn't your son seem motivated to do more?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts39.mp3
- Featured Speaker Adam Price, PhD
- Book Title He's Not Lazy
- Guest Website Dr. Adam Price
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Guest Bio
Adam Price, PhD, a clinical psychologist and author, has worked with children, adolescents, and their families for more than 25 years. He is an expert in learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD).
Dr. Price lectures nationally to parents and educators, and has trained numerous clinicians in family and child therapy. He has written for both academic and popular publications, including the Wall Street Journal and Family Circle Magazine.
Dr. Price maintains a private practice in New York City and Chatham, NJ. - Length (mins) 15:25
- Waiver Received No
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
How can you get fitness benefits while staying safe as a weekend warrior?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts38.mp3
- Featured Speaker Ken Redcross, MD
- Guest Website Dr. Redcross
- Guest Facebook Account : www.facebook.com/KenRedcrossMD
- Guest Twitter Account @DrRedcross
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Guest Bio
Dr. Ken Redcross, MD, is founder of Redcross Concierge, a personalized medical practice designed to enhance the patient-doctor relationship while providing convenient access to a full spectrum of healthcare services and holistic and wellness counseling.
As one of the first full-service concierge, personalized medical practices in the United States, Redcross’s patient portfolio includes executives, athletes and entertainers, as well as individuals from all walks and stages of life. His focus on developing the patient-doctor bond is a unique characteristic of his concierge services that allows for a more strategic and customized approach to each patient’s healthcare plan.
Redcross earned his medical degree from Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, specializing in internal medicine. He has extensive on-camera experience with major national television shows including The Doctors, HLN’s Nancy Grace, The Insider and E! Entertainment Television. - Length (mins) 11:02
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
Learn about possible foot injuries due to overuse.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts37.mp3
- Featured Speaker Jeffrey Ross, MD
- Guest Website American College of Sports Medicine
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Guest Bio
Jeffrey A. Ross, MD, is an associate professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Dr. Ross graduated with his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree in 1979 from New York College of Podiatric Medicine. He later fulfilled a two-year residency with the Harris County Podiatric Residency Program, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery from 1979-1981. Dr. Ross pursued additional podiatric training by completing a fellowship in Ein Kerem, Israel in December of 1988, with the American College of Foot Surgeons. Seeking to expand his knowledge base even further, Dr. Ross graduated with his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Health Sciences, Antigua School of Medicine in 2003.
Since 1985, Dr. Ross has served as the podiatric attending chief for Ben Taub Hospital and the Quentin Meese Diabetic Foot Clinic. He has also served as the associate chief for the foot service at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (1995) and a clinical associate professor in the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine since 2006.
With over three decades of experience in his field, he has participated in over 150 lectures and/or presentations, and published 132 publications in various industry journals. He presents nationally and internationally on subjects ranging from sports medicine and biomechanics to wound healing and limb preservation. Dr. Ross served as past president of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine and served here in Texas as the co-chair of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Physical Fitness. Presently, he serves on the Texas Department of State Health Services Council. - Length (mins) 15:59
- Waiver Received No
What should you eat when you want to get fit?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts35.mp3
- Featured Speaker Felicia Stoler, PhD
- Organization American College of Sports Medicine
- Guest Website Dr. Felicia D. Stoler
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Guest Bio
Dr. Felicia Stoler is a registered dietitian, exercise physiologist and expert consultant in disease prevention, wellness and healthful living. She has a bachelors from Tulane University, a masters in applied physiology and nutrition from Columbia University and her doctorate in clinical nutrition from UMDNJ.
Felicia serves on many local, state and national committees related to health and wellness. Felicia is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and is a Fellow of the ACSM. Felicia is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is on the House of Delegates.
Dr. Stoler hosted the second season of TLC's groundbreaking series, Honey, We're Killing the Kids!, which took aim at the unhealthy lifestyles of families, across the country, in an effort to motivate them to make positive changes. She is the author Living Skinny in Fat Genes™: The Healthy Way to Lose Weight and Feel Great (Pegasus) which was featured in USA Weekend among the top must have books in 2011.
She has been a contributor for FoxNews.com and written several book chapters. Stoler authored the ACSM's Current Comment on Childhood Obesity. - Length (mins) 13:57
- Waiver Received Yes
Protect yourself from tick-related diseases.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts34.mp3
- Featured Speaker Thomas Mather, PhD
- Guest Website Tick Encounter Resource Center
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Guest Bio
One of the nation’s leading tick experts, Thomas Mather, PhD, is an established authority on preventing Lyme disease, and is highly sought after for his entertaining and memorable messages about tick bite prevention.
He is professor of Public Health Entomology at the University of Rhode Island and Director of URI’s Tick Encounter Resource Center (TERC).
His work in tick ecology, tick control and anti-tick vaccine development is nationally and internationally recognized, and TERC’s interactive website, www.tickencounter.org, is fast becoming the nation’s leading resource for tick bite protection and tick-borne disease prevention. - Length (mins) 15:53
- Waiver Received Yes
Take care of your eyes as you enjoy the great outdoors.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts33.mp3
- Featured Speaker Justin Bazan, OD
- Guest Website Park Slope Eye
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/ParkSlopeEye
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Guest Bio
Justin Bazan, OD, a 2004 SUNY grad, is the owner of Park Slope Eye in Brooklyn, New York, which he established in 2008.
Dr. Bazan is a recognized international speaker, with an emphasis on practice management, both in the eyecare industry and small-business world.
- Length (mins) 10:41
- Waiver Received Yes
Find out how to get the carbs you need without overdoing it.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/1635ts3a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Brian Parr, PhD
- Guest Website American College of Sports Medicine
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Guest Bio
Brian Parr, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of South Carolina Aiken where he teaches courses in exercise physiology, nutrition, and health behaviors.
He also conducts research related to physical activity and weight loss. - Length (mins) 19:04
- Waiver Received Yes
How well do you sleep at night? Is it time for a new mattress?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts32.mp3
- Featured Speaker Helen Sullivan, Communications Counsel for CertiPUR-US
- Guest Website CertiPUR-US
- Guest Facebook Account www.facebook.com/CertiPURUS/
- Guest Twitter Account @certipurus
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Guest Bio
Helen Sullivan is Communications Counsel for the CertiPUR-US® foam certification program. She has been involved in “sleep” for the past 30 years, including serving as consultant and spokesperson to the Better Sleep Council for a decade.
Prior to her involvement in the CertiPUR-US program, Sullivan was communications director of the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists.
She writes and blogs frequently on the topic of sleep and mattresses. - Length (mins) 16:39
- Waiver Received Yes
Are you drinking too much?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/ts31.mp3
- Featured Speaker John P. Higgins, MD
- Guest Website American College of Sports Medicine
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Guest Bio
John P. Higgins, MD, MBA (Hons), MPHIL, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FACSM, FASNC, FSGC, is a sports cardiologist for the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and the Harris Health System.
His research interests include the effects of energy beverages on the body, and screening for underlying cardiovascular abnormalities in 12-year-olds (sixth graders), and steroid effects on the cardiovascular system. - Length (mins) 15:01
- Waiver Received Yes
It's time to step away from the keyboard and move your body.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File lifes_too_short/1648ts3a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Grace DeSimone, Fitness Expert
- Guest Website American College of Sports Medicine
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Guest Bio
As the national group fitness director for Optum, Grace DeSimone and her group fitness teams manage group exercise classes in worksite wellness programs across the country.
She is the editor for ACSM’s Resource Manual for Group Exercise Instructors (2011) and is the 2016 IDEA Health & Fitness Association Program Director of the Year.
Grace holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance from Hunter College, C.U.N.Y, in New York, NY, and is certified by ACSM as a group exercise instructor and personal trainer. - Length (mins) 16:16
- Waiver Received Yes
- Host Melanie Cole, MS
