Episode 55: Biotech Pt 2 - Cardiology meets Alexa Technology
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Release Date: 09/07/2022
No New Episode for May
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The Original Guide to Men's Health will be taking the month of May off and will be returning June 5th with brand new content for you. Until then be well, take care of yourselves and we will see you in June!
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Episode 74: Pandemic Preparedness
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Another pandemic will happen. When it does, will we be prepared? What are we doing to make certain that we are? Our guest is the Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy. Hear about what is being done to facilitate and improve our ability to face another pandemic. Guest: "Major General (ret) Paul Friedrichs, MD, FACS, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR)" Major General (ret) Paul Friedrichs, Inaugural Director of OPPR and Principal Advisor on Pandemic Preparedness and...
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Episode 73: Health Behavior: What is it, What do we understand about it, How do we change it?
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Why do we find it challenging to take care of ourselves, follow up on health concerns or enter into preventive health maintenance? Men in particular seem to have more difficulty in this regard. Even when we have the knowledge to pursue evaluation we sometimes fail to follow through. Health Behavior is complex and has a multitude of factors influencing our decisions. Join in to listen to 2 experts review the theory of health behavior, as well as other health models. Guest: Grace Lasker, Ph.D, MCHES, CN, CHC (she/her) Director of Health Studies; Teaching Professor, Nursing and Health...
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Episode Delayed to March 13th
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We are pushing back the publication of our next episode of The Original Guide to Men's Health by one week due to a scheduling issue. We will be back with new content for you on March 13th with an excellent episode all about Health Behavior, what is it, what do we know about, and how do we change it? Join us next week for a fantastic episode of The Original Guide to Men's Health!
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Episode Summary: Episode 72: Real Talk on Men’s Health Part 3
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The final two presentations of the ‘Real Talk on Men’s Health’ event are presented in this episode. The first presentation provides the listener with important information regarding the early detection of Prostate and Testicular Cancers. The second presentation reveals important information regarding the new ‘ Obesity Medications” as well as information on Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome. Guests: Men’s Cancers: Early Detection for Prostate and Testicular Cancers Yaw A. Nyame, MD, MS, MBA Deputy Associate Director of Diversity, Equity and...
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Episode 71: Real Talk on Men’s Health Part 2
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This episode represents 2 additional presentations from the October 25 live event titled’ Real Talk on Men’s Health. In this Episode the following presentations are featured: Heart Health: Keep Your Heart Beating and Benign Prostatic Enlargement Guest: Heart Health: Keep Your Heart Beating Dr Eugene Yang, MD,MS, FACC, Clinical Professor Department of Cardiology University of Washington School of Medicine. He is the Carl and Renee Behnke Endowed Professor for Asian Health and the Medical Director, UW Physicians Eastside Specialty Center as well as the Co Director UW Medicine...
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Episode 70: Real Talk on Men’s Health Part 1
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In October a special event occurred in Seattle titled Real Talk on Men’s Health, an evening of presentations on prevention and lifestyle tips from men’s health experts. The event also reviewed a groundbreaking effort to create a state commission on boys and men. Presentations covered the following topics: Longevity, Sexual Health, ED & Testosterone, Heart Health, Benign Prostatic Enlargement, Prostate and Testicular Cancer, Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Obesity (updates in management & medications), and a update regarding House Bill 1270, a Washington State bill to...
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Episode 69: What to know about your Health insurance, Medicare and the role of PBM’s
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Health Insurance continues to be a very complex, difficult to understand and in many instances less than transparent entity. This episode explores health insurance from multiple perspectives (individuals, employers, health care providers and care delivery organizations. The role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM’s) is also explored Guest: Dr Jeffrey Frankel, MD, Is a Past President of the Washington State Urology Society, a Past President of the Western Section of the American Urological Association, a Past President of the American Association...
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Episode 68: Rheumatological Diseases
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Those aches and pains in your fingers, hand, elbow, toes, foot, ankle and knee, what causes them ? What to do when they seem to be getting more severe and are interfering with your activities? What are the various types of arthritis? Not all Rheumatological disease is arthritis, what else does this area of medical specialties deal with? We explore the major Rheumatological diseases with a leading Rheumatologist and experienced clinician, researcher. Guest: S. Louis Bridges, Jr., MD, PhD has served as Physician-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Hospital...
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Episode 67: Longevity, What we know and what we need to know about living longer and better
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In this episode we explore our understanding of longevity with a leading longevity researcher. Guest: Dr Matt Kaeberlein, PhD Former Director, Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute Former Director, Biological Mechanisms of Healthy Aging Training Program Co-Director, UW Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging Co-Director, Dog Aging Project Professor of Pathology Adjunct Professor of Genome Sciences Adjunct Professor of Oral Health Sciences Dr. Kaeberlein’s research interests are focused on biological mechanisms of aging in order to facilitate...
info_outlineA smart speaker and your Heart. “ Alexa, is my heart rhythm normal”? An Electro Cardiologist interfaces a clinical problem with a smart speaker to identify cardiac arrhythmias. Learn how innovation in biotechnology had led a cardiologist and his team to train Alexa to determine abnormal from normal heart rhythms. Still in development, this fascinating interface highlights how leading innovators take technology and smart devices forward to enhance clinical care.
Listen as we review common cardiac arrhythmias, causes, treatments and diagnosis current and future. Directions for innovation with devices and additional developments in Telehealth.
Guest:
Arun Mahankali Sridhar, M.D., M.P.H., is a cardiac electrophysiologist and a specialist in heart rhythm disorders. He is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Washington.
Dr. Sridhar's sees patients with both rapid and slow heart rhythm disorders, as well as patients with a risk of sudden cardiac death. He has comprehensive expertise in management of both common and complicated arrhythmias. He is an expert in catheter ablations for atrial fibrillation; atrial flutters (both typical and complex), supraventricular tachycardia, WPW, ventricular tachycardia (VT) and premature ventricular complexes (PVCs); stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, including left atrial appendage closure; In addition he is an experienced implanter of all types of cardiac device therapy, including cardiac pacemakers; implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).
Dr. Sridhar’s research focuses on improving ablation techniques and patient outcomes in atrial arrhythmias. He collaborates with the UW computer science and bio-engineering department on various innovation projects to improve the care of heart rhythm patients utilizing advanced computing and novel low-cost patient accessible technologies.
During This Episode We Discuss:
Cardiac (Heart) Arrhythmias: causes, detection and treatment options.
Innovations in the diagnosis of arrhythmias.
The benefits of a multi disciplinary team in researching a very innovative solution to a common clinical problem.
The role of adaptive, machine learning, signal processing and clinical experience in moving technology forward.
Future potential enhancements in current technology to diagnose other metabolic, cardiac and respiratory conditions.
Recommended Resources:
Nature: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY| (2021) 4:319 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01824- https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-01824-9.pdf
UW Cardiology website
Stopafib.org
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