Late Night Health Radio

Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders. Diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract, which include the organs from mouth into anus, along the alimentary canal, are the focus of this specialty. Physicians practicing in this field are called gastroenterologists.
Abhijeet Waghray,MD joins Mark Alyn for a discussion on gastroenterology.

Dr. Margulies flips the teaching process in Fascinating Education courses by approaching science through the “right hemisphere” of the brain. He uses simple, colorful illustrations, supplemented with attached audio files to explain the illustrations. The result is an easy way to learn science. Dr. Sheldon Margulies joins Mark Alyn for a look at science education and how it will help the health of America!

September is World Alzheimer’s Month. That’s why Mark Alyn talks with the inventor of Rosie 2.0.

It’s been called a senior’s Alexa or Google Home. It’s a SiMPL Technology solution for memory loss patients and their caregivers.
Rosie is a talking alarm clock that allows family members and/or caregivers to record reminders in their familiar voices to remind memory loss patients to take their meds, eat meals, keep important appointments and more. Hearing these messages in a familiar voice has been shown to deliver the highest level of medication and task adherence. Rosie’s high adoptability by cognitively-challenged patients is due to its ease of use, said inventor Gary Rotman, whose father’s dementia inspired him to create the Rosie. Rotman serves as COO for SiMPL Technologies.

Mark Alyn visits with Lisa Roseman, author of The Highest of Care-A Journey Through Cancer. Roseman shares how she offers hope in the face of terminal illness, denial and the reality of death. As she learned to navigate her new life as sole caregiver during her mother’s battle with cancer, she was faced with several challenges. The book details the healing journey of Roseman's relationship with her mother, rife with lack of communication and power struggles. Battling depression and exhaustion, she struggled to connect with her mother only to be met by rejection.

Since the start of the pandemic, more than two-thirds of small businesses (67%) have tried to leverage technology, whether launching an eCommerce site, or upgrading point-of-sale (POS) technology, to keep their businesses on track. From running special offers to curating content programs and providing digital tools needed to grow a business, Verizon has made supporting small and medium businesses a main priority. In fact, medium businesses also have their own unique challenges as a result of the pandemic. They often want to compete against enterprises but have fewer resources. Aparna can speak about the types of technologies these businesses are embracing; it’s not a one-size fits all approach.

On September 9, Verizon SVP, Aparna Khurjekar is available to discuss how small and medium see the current business landscape in an exclusive new study, including: attitudes toward the pandemic’s effects on operations, sales, and much more. All this as remote work increases, and we see how and where many businesses are pivoting with the impact of COVID on the workplace. Plus, find out how small and medium businesses are leveraging new technologies like 5G, and remote work to boost customer and employee experience.
Senior Vice President of Verizon Business Markets Aparna Khurjekar joins Mark Alyn on this edition of Late Night Health.

Celebrity Chef Ryan Scott visits with Mark Alyn to talk about great healthy food from Open Nature. They talk about making food exciting for kids and staying away from fast food joints. And Ryan gives a few easy recipes as well. Learn more bout Open Nature at www.safeway.com/ourbrands, www.vons.com/ourbrands and www.albersons.com/ourbrands.

Tucker Perkins is the president and chief executive officer of the Propane Education & Research Council. He talks with Mark Alyn about using propane fuel school buses. He has worked in the propane industry for 26 years, having served as the director of business development for Inergy, chief executive officer of Premier Propane, and the chief operating officer of Columbia Propane, a unit of the Columbia Energy Group. Tucker is also the former chairman of a PERC advisory committee on engine fuel matters and is active with the National Propane Gas Association and the Virginia Propane Gas Association.

This September, millions of Americans will head back into offices for the first time in nearly 18 months. So, what should you expect and how should you prepare for the ‘new office'? And how will new technologies keep you safe and happy?

Business expert and DailyPay CIMO, Jeanniey Walden visits with Mark Alyn to share her tips for how to get ready for returning to office-life. She talks about what companies are doing to lure workers back, while sharing important information about new technologies that will change everything from the way we communicate to the way we are paid. You’ll also learn about important changes in the workforce that will keep us safe and financially fit.

Dr. Seema Bonney, the founder and medical director of the Anti-Aging & Longevity Center of Philadelphia, joins Mark Alyn to share her passion for helping people. She is dual board certified in Emergency Medicine and Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, but practices patient-centered, not disease centered medicine. Her practice is a lifestyle and functional medicine practice that is committed to helping clients maximize their immune system, prevent disease and chronic conditions, while enhancing energy, vitality, and performance by identifying the root causes of diseases and treating them.

Noted sports host Fred Wallin joins Mark Alyn for a look at how the world of sports is handling the pandemic. In the second half of the show, robert Clancy talks about grief with Mark