Popular protein sources such as whey, egg white and pea protein may present issues with absorption rates.
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File ER_101/1534er5a.mp3
- Featured Speaker David Minkoff, MD
- Guest Website Body Health
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Guest Bio
Dr. David Minkoff graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1974 and worked for more than 20 years in traditional medicine.
In 1997, he and his wife Sue founded LifeWorks Wellness Center, now one of this country's foremost alternative health clinics.
In 2000, he founded BodyHealth, a nutrition company which offers a unique range of dietary supplements to the public, as well as practitioners. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Children starting school this fall will need to make sure their vaccinations are up to date.
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File ER_101/1533er5e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Chadd K. Kraus, DO, DrPH, MPH
- Guest Website American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Chadd K. Kraus, DO, DrPH, MPH, is an emergency physician for Emergency Resource Management, Inc. (ERMI), an affiliate of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Western Pennsylvania. He is an ACEP Spokesperson, serves on the ACEP Clinical Data Registry Committee, and was a member of the Cost-Effective Care Taskforce that developed ACEP's Choosing Wisely® recommendations.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
How does healthcare design impact and increase the speed of the healing process for patients?
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File ER_101/1533er5d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Mitra Pakdaman, Founder and CEO of LA Healthcare Design
- Guest Website LA Healthcare Design
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Guest Bio
Mitra Pakdaman started her career as an Interior Designer at an award-winning firm, HLW Company. She has involved in the design development projects for Walt Disney®, ESPN®, HBO®, Intuit®, and Equinox®, which laid the foundation to her current expertise.
She's had a successful career in interior design since graduation with multiple opportunities to showcase her skills. Pakdaman, being an enthusiastic and curious woman, has signed up for various projects as an independent designer since her graduation.
She had successfully designed several upscale residential, commercial, hospitality ventures and state-of-the-art healthcare facilities in locations such as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Brentwood, West Los Angeles, and Palm Springs. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Why would oncologists treat patients so late when life expectancy is very limited?
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File ER_101/1533er5c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Charles D. Blanke, MD
- Guest Website SWOG
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Guest Bio
Charles D. Blanke, MD, is professor of medicine at the Knight Cancer Institute at the Oregon Health and Science University. Until recently, he was vice-president of systemic therapy for the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver, and professor and chief of medical oncology at the University of British Columbia.
A member of SWOG since 1999, he served as chair of the group's Gastrointestinal Committee from 2003 to 2013. He also chairs the Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Task Force for the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Gastrointestinal Steering Committee.
He has a particular interest in pathway-driven oncology research, having been instrumental in the development of imatinib mesylate for use in patients with locally advanced and metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Blanke earned an M.D. with distinction from Northwestern University, completed residency training at the Gundersen Medical Foundation, where he served as chief resident, and was a hematology/medical oncology fellow at Indiana University, where he also served as chief fellow.
He has had positions on the faculty of Vanderbilt University.Blanke is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), an honor formerly known as the ASCO Statesman Award. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
What can women learn about cancer prevention from Angelina Jolie's surgeries?
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File ER_101/1533er5b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Christine Horner, MD, FACS
- Book Title Waking The Warrior Goddess: Dr. Christine Horner's Program to Protect Against and Fight Breast Cancer
- Guest Website Dr. Christine Horner
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Guest Bio
Christine Horner, M.D., FACS, is a nationally known surgeon, author and professional speaker and holds two board certifications: the National Board of Surgery and the National Board of Plastic Surgery.
Horner was recognized as a leader in her field shortly after starting her plastic and reconstructive surgery practice because she successfully ran a national campaign to pass laws requiring insurance companies to pay for breast reconstruction following mastectomy.
Her five-year crusade with the Breast Reconstruction Advocacy Project (BRA Project) led to the passage of an unprecedented federal law that was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1998, requiring insurance companies to pay for a specific surgical procedure. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Does always having access to a drug, even though it's for medicinal purposes, increase the risk of addiction?
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- Segment Number 1
- Audio File ER_101/1533er5a.mp3
- Featured Speaker Carol J. Boyd, PhD, MSN, FAAN
- Guest Website University of Michigan
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Guest Bio
Carol J. Boyd, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN is the Deborah J. Oakley professor of Nursing and a Research Professor at the Addiction Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. Boyd is an internationally recognized substance abuse scholar whose career started when she studied female heroin and "T and Blue" users in Detroit.
Her mid-career research centered on African American women's abuse of crack cocaine, but her more recent NIH funded studies focus on adolescent and young adult populations and their abuse of alcohol and controlled medications.
Boyd currently studies the use, misuse and abuse of controlled medications (e.g., opioid analgesics) among youth and emerging adults. Her research draws attention to the variety of behaviors associated this form of substance abuse; indeed, she was one of the first to articulate the importance of "motivations" in determining adolescent risk for prescription drug abuse.
Boyd publishes extensively in interdisciplinary journals; her most recent work centers on this nonmedical use of benzodiazepines and sedatives among adolescents (Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, November 2014). Other recent studies have been published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, Substance Abuse, Archives of Adolescent and Pediatric Medicine and Pain, to name a few. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Lyme disease cases have been on the rise, especially in the Northeast and upper-Midwest parts of the U.S.
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- Segment Number 5
- Audio File ER_101/1532er5e.mp3
- Featured Speaker Archana Reddy, MD, FACEP
- Guest Website American College of Emergency Physicians
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Guest Bio
Archana Reddy MD, FACEP, is a practicing emergency physician in the Chicago suburbs. She is also a spokesperson for the American College of Emergency Physicians.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
Researchers found that women who exercised as teenagers had a lower risk of dying from cancer and other health complications.
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- Segment Number 4
- Audio File ER_101/1532er5d.mp3
- Featured Speaker Sarah Nechuta, MPH, PhD
- Guest Website Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
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Guest Bio
After obtaining her PhD in 2009, Sarah Nechuta received postdoctoral training in nutritional and cancer epidemiology in the Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in 2012.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
The recent outbreak of Legionnaires' disease has killed 10 and has sickened at least 100.
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- Segment Number 3
- Audio File ER_101/1532er5c.mp3
- Featured Speaker Amesh Adalja, MD
- Guest Website UPMC Center for Health Security
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Guest Bio
Dr. Amesh Adalja is a board-certified infectious disease and critical care physician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and a Senior associate at its Center for Health Security. His work is focused on emerging infectious diseases, pandemic preparedness, and bioterrorism.
- Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
When it comes to your skin health, it's never too early to start taking care of it.
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- Segment Number 2
- Audio File ER_101/1532er5b.mp3
- Featured Speaker Debra Jaliman, MD
- Book Title Skin Rules: Trade Secrets From a Top New York Dermatologist
- Guest Website Dr. Jailman
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Guest Bio
Dr Debra Jaliman is a world-renowned dermatologist with a private practice on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. For over 25 years, she has taught dermatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
She was one of the first physicians to use Botox in her practice, and her office remains a national training center for Allergan, where physicians are guided by Dr. Jaliman on proper injection techniques.
Dr. Jaliman is known for her ability to give her patients a subtle, natural look using Botox and other facial injectables. Many of the most famous faces in movies and television come to her, as do models that appear in top fashion magazines.
Dr. Jaliman is also known for her expertise in treating skin cancer and rare skin disorders, as well as more common problems such as acne and rosacea.
Dr Jaliman has appeared as a leading skincare expert for many TV shows, including spots on 20/20, The View, Nightline, the Today show, BBC News, CBS News, CNN, Dateline, FOX News, Discovery Channel, Lifetime, NBC News, Oxygen, Primetime and more.
As an authoritative source in dermatology, she is frequently quoted in top national print publications, including Allure, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Fitness, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, InStyle, Ladies' Home Journal, Lucky, More, Newsweek, O, The Oprah Magazine, Parents, Prevention, Shape, The New York Times, Vogue and more. - Length (mins) 10
- Waiver Received No
- Host Leigh Vinocur, MD
