Why might restaurants that list their calorie counts have fewer calories?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File ER_101/1546er5a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Julia Wolfson, MPP
- Guest Website John's Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Guest Bio
Julia Wolfson, MPP, is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Since 2012, Julia has been a Lerner Fellow at the Center For a Livable Future. Julia's research interests lie broadly in exploring policies, programs and environmental factors that influence consumption patterns and obesity. In particular, Julia is interested in investigating the complex relationship between cooking practices and public health. Julia's dissertation work explores public perceptions of cooking and the policy implications of home cooking trends.
Julia received her bachelor's degree from the Gallatin School at New York University and a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Southern California. Julia also enjoyed a career as a chef in several fine dining restaurants in New York City and Los Angeles. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Twice as many kids are hit and killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year.
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File ER_101/1544er5e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Ryan Stanton, MD
- Organization Emergency Care for You
- Guest Website Ryan Stanton
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Guest Bio
Dr. Ryan Stanton is a practicing board certified emergency physician in Lexington, KY, as well a a spokesman for the American College of Emergency Physicians. He also serves as the medical director for Lexington Fire/EMS. Have two young children of his own, he is focused on the health and safety of our youth. He produces Everyday Medicine which is a podcast on iTunes as well as ACEP Frontline.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Why should you meditate?
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File ER_101/1544er5d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Arnold Raizon, ZIM Meditation
- Guest Website ZIM Meditation
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Guest Bio
Arnold Raizon was born in Zimbabwe. As a child, Arnold grew up in an out of the box environment. He reveled in the beauty of his country, of the sky, of the people and animals that lived around him. There was no technology to distract him from the present. Life was simple.
After finishing high school, Arnold moved to Cape Town, South Africa, to attend medical school.
Arnold came to the U.S. in 1985 to pursue his medical career. He has since enjoyed a successful Diagnostic Radiology career in Washington, DC. Arnold has an amazing wife, four children, and a dog.
Just breathe? This simple thought transformed Arnold's life. He began to learn about meditation and mindfulness and adopted a daily practice, alleviating his once complicated life. Meditation and mindfulness gave Arnold a new reference point.
He looked at the outside world openly and without judgement – giving him a clear lens to process and acknowledge his emotions, relationships, and thoughts.About 10 years ago Arnold encountered stress and anxiety in a big way. It took over his life. He slept, ate, and lived in stress. He could no longer breathe inside his box. He had to find a way out. Then by chance, Arnold read a book by Thich Nhat Hahn that left him with a strong message.
Arnold began to embrace the benefits of mindfulness and meditation and wanted to learn more so that he could deepen his knowledge and share it with others. He then found the McLean Meditation Institute in Sedona, Arizona. They offer the Meditation Teacher Academy™, led by best-selling author and contemporary meditation teacher Sarah McLean. Arnold began his journey to become a meditation and mindfulness instructor and completed his certification in April 2015.
Following his Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher certification, Arnold founded ZIM Meditation, a homage to his homeland of Zimbabwe. ZIM Meditation now offers meditation and mindfulness classes, daylong retreats, corporate training, and private instruction in the Potomac, Maryland area. Arnold is most passionate in working with millennials because he sees the leash technology holds on this brilliant generation. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Are there still potential issues with artificial sweeteners?
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File ER_101/1544er5c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Karl Nadolsky, DO & Spencer Nadolsky, DO
- Book Title The Fat Loss Prescription: 9 Step Plan for Losing Weight and Keeping it Off
- Guest Website Docs Who Lift
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Guest Bio
Dr. Karl Nadolsky, DO, is a staff endocrinologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and assistant professor of medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD.
He developed and is the director of the Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolic Institute. Dr. Nadolsky graduated from Michigan State University in 2003 with a degree in exercise physiology while earning academic all-American status and was a four time academic all-Big Ten scholar athlete and four time NCAA qualifier for the varsity wrestling team.
He stayed at MSU for 1 year serving as the strength and nutrition coach for the wrestling team. He then graduated from Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2008 and completed internship and residency in internal medicine in Portsmouth, Va, graduating in 2011 and is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Following residency, Dr. Nadolsky practiced for two years as a general internist and additionally became certified in obesity medicine as a diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.
He is a member of American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), The Obesity Society, American Society of Bariatric Physicians, National Lipid Association, The Endocrine Society, and American Thyroid Associaion. He is an active member of the AACE scientific subcommittees for obesity and nutrition.
Nutrition interests include optimization of comprehensive endocrine function through diet in addition to exercise and sleep to include obesity, cardiometabolic risk (DM/insulin resistance, lipids), thyroid, sex hormones, and bone health.
Spencer Nadolsky is a board certified family physician and diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Dr. Nadolsky firmly believes in lifestyle as medicine, focusing on nutrition and exercise to improve his patient's lives.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
With little or no protein, you might be at an increased risk of skeletal health issues.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File ER_101/1544er5b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Jessica Bihuniak, PhD, RD
- Guest Website NYU Steinhardt
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Guest Bio
Jessica Bihuniak, PhD, RD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Nutrition in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at NYU.
She received her MS in Health Promotion Sciences and PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut (UCONN) where she trained under the advisement of Jane Kerstetter, PhD, RD (UCONN) and Karl Insogna, MD (Yale University School of Medicine).
Dr. Bihuniak's clinical studies focus on nutritional interventions across the life span. She is interested in how different sources of dietary protein and amino acids affects skeletal health and body composition. She has shown specific effects of dietary protein on calcium absorption that do not support the concept that protein is detrimental to bone or musculoskeletal health in older adults. She is also actively pursuing studies evaluating the impact of a Mediterranean-Style diet on a variety of health outcomes, including bone and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Toward the other end of the life span, she is investigating behavioral weight loss interventions for emerging adults on college campuses.
She has several peer-reviewed publications in nutrition and endocrine journals, including The Journal of Nutrition and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. She also has interviews published in Nutrition Action Healthletter and online by the American Society for Nutrition, EndocrineToday, and MedPage Today. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
What is it about the practice of Tai Chi that makes it so beneficial to patients with chronic diseases?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File ER_101/1544er5a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Darlene Reid, PhD, BMR
- Guest Website Physical Therapy University of Toronto
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Guest Bio
Darlene Reid obtained her Bachelor of Medical Rehabilitation (PT) from the University of Manitoba in 1979 and her PhD from the University of British Columbia in 1988.
Darlene was a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia and chaired in the Research Graduate Programs in Rehabilitation Sciences where she has guided considerable expansion of the program.
In the fall of 2014, she moved to the University of Toronto and began her tenure as Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy in January 2015.
Dr. Reid's involvement in organizations at the national level has furthered the development and interdisciplinary collaboration of cardiopulmonary physical therapy, including: Co-Chair of the Scientific Program of the Canadian Respiratory Conference; the Canadian Physiotherapy Cardiorespiratory Society of the Lung Association; Cardiorespiratory Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association; the Canadian Thoracic Society COPD Guidelines Committee on Exercise; Canadian Thoracic Society–COPD Guidelines–National Implementation and Dissemination Committee.
Professor Reid has received recognition awards for leadership from the National Lung Association, a Killam Research Fellowship, a Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia Research Award, and a Silver Quill Award for Outstanding Knowledge Translation article in the Physiotherapy Canada journal. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Why is it important to consider rules about the location of marijuana dispensaries and the density of dispensaries within an area?
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File ER_101/1543er5e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Christina Mair, PhD
- Guest Website University of Pittsburgh
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Guest Bio
Dr. Christina Mair is a social epidemiologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.
Her current research focuses on the social ecology of substance use, model-based approaches to study drinking behaviors and related problems, and population-based analyses of alcohol-related problems such as violence. She is the Principal Investigator of an NIH R21 grant focused on the extent to which high-risk sexual behaviors vary in relation to selection of drinking contexts, use of alcohol in contexts, and level of use in contexts.
Dr. Mair is also a Research Scientist at the Prevention Research Center in Oakland CA. She received her Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of Michigan, where she worked with Dr. Ana Diez-Roux studying the links between depressive symptoms and neighborhood social and physical conditions. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Medical marijuana is shown to have painkilling properties without the harmful side effects of typical prescription pain killers.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File ER_101/1543er5d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Colleen L. Barry, PhD
- Guest Website John's Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Guest Bio
Colleen L. Barry is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Research and Practice in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a joint appointment in the Department of Mental Health.
Dr. Barry is Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy Research and is a core faculty member in the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. She serves on the board of directors of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM).
Her research examines the impact of policies to broaden access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment through insurance expansions; equalize insurance coverage for these services compared to other medical benefits; and alter financing to improve integration of mental health and addiction services in the health care system.
She is interested in how policies can affect a range of outcomes for persons with mental illness and substance use disorders, including access to health care and social services, care quality, health care spending, financial protection and mortality. Professor Barry isinvolved in numerous research studies examining the implications of various aspects of the Affordable Care Act on mental illness and addiction treatment.
She also conducts empirical research to understand how communication strategies influence public attitudes about mental illness, gun policy, prescription opioid and heroin abuse, and obesity. One focus of this work is to identify evidence-based approaches to reducing stigma. Dr. Barry teaches courses on mental health and addiction policy, the role of government in health policy, and survey research methods. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Marijuana smoke doesn't contain nicotine, so why would it be harmful?
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File ER_101/1543er5c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Matthew L. Springer, PhD
- Guest Website Springer Lab
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Guest Bio
Dr. Matthew L. Springer received his BA from the University of California, Berkeley in 1985 and his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1992.
He did postdoctoral research at Stanford and continued his research there as a senior scientist until joining the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco in 2003, where he is currently a Professor of Medicine and one of two non-clinicians on the faculty of the Division of Cardiology.
Dr. Springer's research interests include cell therapy and gene therapy approaches to studying cardiovascular disease, and mechanisms underlying vascular reactivity and how they are affected by exposure to secondhand smoke from tobacco and marijuana. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
There are over 60 known cannabinoids found in marijuana. Can they be beneficial in treating epilepsy?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File ER_101/1543er5b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Sam Wang, MD
- Guest Website Children's Hospital Colorado
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Guest Bio
Dr. Sam Wang completed his general pediatric residency and pediatric emergency medicine fellowship at Children's Hospital in Colorado, and then his medical toxicology fellowship at Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center at Denver Health.
He is currently an assistant professor of pediatrics at Children's Hospital Colorado, where he practices Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology, and is also on faculty at the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
