Many of us are feeling tired and worn down, some call it PANDEMIC FATIGUE, but the truth is, some people are aging rapidly because they’ve lost focus on their health. Today we’re going to go through five things you need to do to be sure the pandemic doesn’t age you prematurely.

Keep your Brain active 

Stay physically active 

Read a good book or two 

Take good care of your skin 

Pay attention to your nutrition and bump it up 

“Executive Medicine Moment” At Executive Medicine of Texas we understand that true health can only be found when you treat the patient as a whole. That’s why our Executive Physical Exams are second to none in the amount of testing and information we gather prior to making a wellness plan for our patients. Learn more about how you can take charge of your health at http://www.EMTexas.com

 “Pressing Health”- Health news that’s fresh off the press. Antibiotic resistance is on the rise and University of Georgia found that pollution may play a role. Through genomic analysis, scientists found a strong link between antibiotic resistance and heavy metal contamination in the environment. Researches found that soil containing higher levels of metal contaminants also had higher antibiotic-resistant bacteria levels. The contaminant was also found in nearby water streams. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200813142402.htm

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Title: Are Food Wrappers Making You Sick?

Guest: Mike Schade

We’ve done several shows about how chemicals in your environment may be contributing to your poor health, but nothing got me more than a recent study that shows the wrappers in fast food restaurants are just as bad.

Mike Schade is the Mind the Store Campaign Director for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families where he coordinates a national U.S. campaign challenging the nation’s leading retailers to transform the marketplace away from hazardous chemicals and towards safer alternatives. He has been working for nearly twenty years to safeguard American families from dangerous chemicals and polluting facilities.

1:38 Mike – why is this quest so important to you and how did you get started down this path

3:08 What can a healthcare provider do if something in their environment is making them sick? What protects them?

6:44 Newly released report – “Packaged in Pollution: Are food chains using PFAS in packaging?” https://saferchemicals.org/packaged-in-pollution/

8:44 Packaged in Pollution: Are food chains using PFAS in packaging?

11:30 Why has the FDA only banned a small number of these chemicals?

12:50 Prior to this report, they weren't really restricting chemicals

15:05 Affects of these chemicals on our gut microbiome

17:29 Learn more about Mike Schade: www.saferchemicals.org

18:00 “Executive Medicine Moment” At Executive Medicine of Texas we understand that true health can only be found when you treat the patient as a whole. That’s why our Executive Physical Exams are second to none in the amount of testing and information we gather prior to making a wellness plan for our patients. Learn more about how you can take charge of your health at http://www.EMTexas.com

18:37 Chemicals in styrofoam to go cups?

19:00 “Pressing Health”- Health news that’s fresh off the press. Want a cost effective way to screen for risk of future Type 2 Diabetes? According to the University of Bristol, hand grip strength could be a very useful tool. Bristol University in conjunction with Eastern Finland measured the muscular handgrip strength of 776 men and women. At the beginning of the study non of them had a  history of diabetes. But, over a 20-year period the research demonstrated that there was a link between hand strength and diabetes, the risk being reduced by about 50% for every unit increase in handgrip strength value. The complete study can be found in the Annals of Medicine. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200902082339.htm

More articles on PFAs:

Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-burger-king-packaging-contains-pfas-report-2020-8

CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/health/toxic-food-wrappers-pfas-wellness/index.html

Consumer Reports: https://www.consumerreports.org/toxic-chemicals-substances/potentially-hazardous-pfas-found-in-fast-food-packaging-report-finds/

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, mention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m69I9yOsOLE&feature=youtu.be&list=PLykzf464sU9-IFE2ZBbUyfbi6_uNBQavD&t=81&fbclid=IwAR0U-7467rqg2bcdhp_OjqjO8k6jV36WcAT8DCyrIKuN28S1u57zlqbwlO0

 McClatchy: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article244860817.html

News12-TV: http://newjersey.news12.com/story/42498380/study-suggests-toxic-chemicals-can-be-found-in-fast-food-wrappers-and-takeout-packages

Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/the-end-is-nearer-for-forever-chemicals-in-food-wrappers/

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Title: Why the Affordable Care Act Did Not Make Insurance More Affordable

Guest: Jim Vollmer, MHA, GBA & Employer Benefit Solutions President

On March 23, 2010, the signing of the Affordable Care Act (often referred to as ACA or Obamacare) rules were established for employers and insurance carriers. Why is it that those rules did everything BUT make insurance more affordable? To answer that 1question, we’ve asked Jim Vollmer the President of Employer Benefit Solutions to come in the studio and walk us through this.

1:00 Jim- What attracted you to work in insurance?

1:50 Jim- How has insurance changed over the past 18 years ago?

2:20 From a doctors perspective, how has practicing medicine under insurance changed over the past 20 years. 

5:17 Quality of care- not boxes being checked, but decisions by the providers

8:00 Socialized Medicine, what it was like for Dr. Gaman to practice medicine in Canada

12:25 Preventative care is included in insurance plans, people not using them

13:15 Affordable Care Act- originated to help people with insurance, but it's not very affordable unless partially subsidized by government

14:55 Insurance companies making record profits, why do rates continue to go up?

15:55 Shut down of economy caused utilization of insurance to go down, so for over 50 employees- rates not rising

17:47 Unwrapping the Affordable Care Act

21:53 High risk pools

23:30 Guaranteed Coverage

25:53 Price increases correlate with government coverage mandates

27:23 What should insurance actually cover? Groceries, massages, etc?

31:11 Insurance companies making large, over-projected profits- should they divide excess and rebate it back?

 33:00 “Executive Medicine Moment” At Executive Medicine of Texas we understand that true health can only be found when you treat the patient as a whole. That’s why our Executive Physical Exams are second to none in the amount of testing and information we gather prior to making a wellness plan for our patients. Learn more about how you can take charge of your health at http://www.EMTexas.com 

33:47 “Pressing Health”- Health news that’s fresh off the press. We’ve talked before about the differences between brown fat and white fat, but as a refresher, brown fat burns calories and helps fight obesity. The problem is that brown fat is no longer in abundance as we age. But thanks to some genetic modification of white fat, through CRISPR, researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have found that potentially transplanting these fat cells, patients may be able to reverse diabetes. The cells (human brown-like) fat cells have been given the acronym, HUMBLE. Mice given the HUMBLE transplants displayed much greater sensitivity to insulin and ability to clear glucose from the blood, the two things that type two diabetics have trouble doing. The pre-clinical trials are promising, so this is the research to watch! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200826141413.htm

Find out more about Jim:  https://ebslp.com/about-us/

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Today we're talking concierge medicine. Contrary to popular belief, concierge medicine is not just for the rich and famous.

1:15 How concierge medicine got started- insurance companies controlling care and doctors having to see more patients to make up for payment cuts from insurance companies

5:30 HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) vs. PPO (Preferred Provider Organization)

6:54 Concierge being a throwback to the old 'family doctor'

7:56 Concierge not for rich & famous, it's simply a search term

8:50 Telemedicine included in concierge plans for remote care- our concierge plans have their doctor's cell phone number

10:05 All of our concierge programs include: half day exam, telemedicine, transfer of care (if pt gets sick over 150 miles away from home), primary care, etc. 

13:14 Importance of KNOWING the patient--not treating them like a number

15:00 Difference between practicing medicine under insurance vs. cash pay

17:35 Population health (insurance) demands documentation in the right way so computer algorithm can pick it up- causing the provider to be distracting during visit. 

19:00 Our office offers different concierge plans- one size does not fit all mentality. Learn more: https://www.emtexas.com/services/concierge-programs/

23:37 You can choose to file for insurance reimbursement with codes (provided by our practice)

24:48 Pressing Health: New blood test shows promise for detecting Alzheimer's Disease. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/new-blood-test-method-may-predict-alzheimers-disease

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https://www.alzheimersandthearts.com/

Watch the Trailer:  https://youtu.be/TWtdSFd6qh0

About Steve:

Steve Ecclesine has produced over 700 TV shows and 16 movies and is the producer and director of this events documentary premier Have you Heard About Greg? A Journey through Alzheimer’s with Faith, Hope and Humor. As a working producer in Hollywood, Steve's most recent productions include: Justin Bieber’s 2020 Dance Videos, which received  80M views om You Tube in five months, Chasing Happiness: Jonas Brothers which can be seen on Amazon Prime, and the documentary Demi Lovato: My Truth. Steve's first Hollywood job was as an as an assistant editor on Roger & Gene Corman’s film, The Slams, which was followed by a 2.5 year stint as Orson Welles editor on The Other Side of The Wind that premiered last November on Netflix. He was only the second American to produce a TV series in Vancouver: Airwolf II for Universal/USA Network. A decade later, he produced the pilot and first season of the very successful Sliders TV series for FOX in Vancouver. Other TV Credits include producing Pacific Blue for USA Network, Mantis for Sam Raimi’s Renaissance Productions/ FOX; Scruples, a one-hour pilot for WB/ABC; The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys for Howie Mandel/CBS Saturday Morning; Slamball for Tollin-Robbins/ Spike TV and Black Sash for Tollin-Robbins/ CW; and Pacific Blue for USA Network. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within the Cartel, for Ubisoft that premiered on Amazon Prime. Steve's book, So You Wanna Be A Producer? being used in film schools. Steve produced five original Creature Features movies for HBO/Screen Gems: She Creature, Day the World Ended, How to Make a Monster, Earth vs. The Spider, and Teenage Caveman, with creatures by Academy Award winner Stan Winston. There were a trio of films for Warner Home Video: Rest Stop II, Otis, and Alien Raiders. and for Odd Lot Entertainment Organyzm and Wanted: Undead or Alive. The family film Space Warriors was produced in Huntsville Alabama. Zburbs is a micro-budget zombie comedy being distributed by Indican.

About Greg:

Greg O’Brien, 70, is a career journalist, an old-salt-of-the-earth investigative reporter who’s written for many national and regional publications. He penned the international award-winning best seller, On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's which gives an inside look into his world as an person suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. Greg has more than 35 years of newspaper and magazine experience as a writer, editor, investigative reporter, and publisher. He has contributed over the years, among other publications, to the Associated Press, UPI, USA Today, The Arizona Republic, Boston Herald American, Boston Metro, New York Metro, Philadelphia Metro, The Providence Journal, Cape Cod Times, Boston Irish Reporter, and Boston Magazine where he was senior writer. The author/editor of several books, O’Brien has published 17 books by other writers, and was a founding managing director of Community Newspaper Company, established in Boston. He lives in West Brewster on Cape Cod with his wife, Mary Catherine. The couple has three children: Brendan, Colleen and Conor. O’Brien was diagnosed several years ago with Early Onset Alzheimer’s after a horrific head injury “unmasked” a disease in the making, as doctors note. His maternal grandfather and his mother died of the disease. O’Brien also carries a marker gene for Alzheimer’s.

Dr. Jon Lieff is a neuropsychiatrist with a BA in Mathematics from Yale University and an MD from Harvard Medical School. He pioneered the creation of integrated treatment units that focus on complex patients with combined medical, psychiatric, and neurological problems. And he’s an expert and innovator in developing specialized, innovative treatment programs for brain-injured patients. 

For many years, in addition to his clinical work, Dr. Lieff has been researching the question of where mind can be found in nature.  

He has a new book The Secret Language of Cells, you may remember him from a recent show. 

• 1:42 What does your book say about the brain body connection?  

• 6:18 Current Psychiatric Treatments Vs. Future Treatments 

• 8:03 Transplant patients taking on personality traits of donors 

• 11:00 Neurons in the heart 

• 12:29 PTSD Study

• 13:49 Blood transfusions and fecal transplants effect on brain

• 16:40 The difference between the brain and the mind

• 19:25 In your research, what are some of the things people do to harm their brains the most? 

• 27:00 “Executive Medicine Moment”- At Executive Medicine of Texas we understand that true health can only be found when you treat the patient as a whole. That’s why our Executive Physical Exams are second to none in the amount of testing and information we gather prior to making a wellness plan for our patients. Learn more about how you can take charge of your health at http://www.EMTexas.com 

• 28:00 Boy moms having Y-Chromosome on the brain

• 29:21 Chronic pain 

• 32:36 “Pressing Health”- Health news that’s fresh off the press.  A new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry focused on ADHD, also known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and car crash rates. Researchers found that adults with ADHD were 1.45 times more likely to crash their cars than people without it. They also found that adults who 'grew out' of their symptoms weren't at an increased risk. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200818142135.htm 

You can learn more about Dr. Lieff by googling 'searching for the mind' or by clicking the link below: 

https://jonlieffmd.com/ 

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Open discussion on how NOT to be an idiot when it comes to your health 

0:58 Diet sodas and why they don’t help you lose weight 

2:54 Chemicals and Artificial Sweeteners  

3:38 Zombie Eating 

7:15 The Importance of Eating Together 

9:15 How to Properly Wear a Mask During the Pandemic 

12:50 Other Pandemic Idiot Proof Tips 

14:33 “Executive Medicine Moment” At Executive Medicine of Texas we understand that knowledge is power. That’s why we assess each individual’s health and risk factors thoroughly before providing a road map to better health. Learn more about how you can take charge of your health at http://www.EMTexas.com 

14:55 Diabetes – Don't Be an Idiot 

18:33 Heart disease – Only Idiots Ignore Chest Pain 

22:20 “Pressing Health”- Health news that’s fresh off the press.  Researchers at the University of Bonn have discovered a receptor in mice that regulates both the size of our abdomen and the size of our muscles, two things that change as we age. It looks like this may also exist in humans. The study, which also involved researchers from Spain, Finland, Belgium, Denmark and the USA, was published in the journal Cell Metabolism. There’s an A2B receptors in brown adipose tissue. And you may remember from our previous shows that brown fat is the good fat, the kind we need. Tt turns out that the more A2B a mouse produces, the more heat it generates because these antennas increase brown fat activity, which burns the bad fat. Despite their increased fat burning, the animals weigh hardly less than mice with fewer receptors, but they appear slimmer because they have less overall fat and more lean muscle. If indeed this research holds true in humans it could mean a major breakthrough in prolonging our youth. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200625115916.htm 

23:24 Idiot Proof Your Relationships – Healthy People Have Healthy Relationships 

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Title: “School Safety with Seasoned Educator, Bertie Simmons” 

Guest: Bertie Simmons  

An 86-year-old author, activist, and icon in Texas Education. Bertie Simmons still has lots of fire and great advice left in her. She’s been on Fox, CBS, and all the major networks. Bertie even has a TedX talk that has gone viral, but today she’s right here on the Staying Young Show with us. 

1:10 Journey to education 

3:29 Gang Fights  

4:40 Breaking the Rules 

6:00 Bringing Gang Members Together 

8:40 Taking Students to Ground Zero 

9:50 Stopping Gang Fights 

10:30 People Today Finding Common Ground 

13:00 Making The World A Better Place 

14:00 COVID and School 

18:00 Importance of Parents Being Involved in Education 

20:43 “Executive Medicine Moment”- At Executive Medicine of Texas we understand that true health can only be found when you treat the patient as a whole. That’s why our Executive Physical Exams are second to none in the amount of testing and information we gather prior to making a wellness plan for our patients. Learn more about how you can take charge of your health at http://www.EMTexas.com 

21:30 Longevity 

22:10 Whispers of Hope Book 

23:45 Showing Respect to Gain Respect 

24:56 Not Isolating Self Completely  

26:40 “Pressing Health”- Health news that’s fresh off the press. Researchers out of the University of Connecticut may have found why we have so much more anxiety during this pandemic. Even people who may be sheltering at home with little exposure, can have increased anxiety because they don’t have outlets, such as their usual rituals to help tame the stress. Turns out that rituals, even graduation ceremonies, weddings, religious rituals, and the like all play an important role in our mental health, a much bigger role than we may have ever realized.  

 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200630111504.htm 

 You can learn more about Bertie Simmons and purchase her book at the link below:

https://bertiesimmons.com/

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Dr. Jon Lieff is a neuropsychiatrist with a BA in Mathematics from Yale University and an MD from Harvard Medical School. He pioneered the creation of integrated treatment units that focus on complex patients with combined medical, psychiatric, and neurological problems. And he’s an expert and innovator in developing specialized, innovative treatment programs for brain-injured patients.

For many years, in addition to his clinical work, Dr. Lieff has been researching the question of where mind can be found in nature.

He has a new book The Secret Language of Cells, you may remember him from a recent show.

• 3:35 How cells talk to each other
• 5:24 Gut microbiome and the central nervous system
• 6:50 The aging brain
• 8:24 Infections
• 10:17 COVID-19 and other viruses
• 16:00 Fresh off the Press- New research, performed at Iowa State University and published by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that it’s better to do light activity or even sleep than it is to sit. With all the staying home ordered during the pandemic, many people have found themselves sitting around, but according to this study, we all need to be doing something, even if it’s shutting down to sleep. Sleep was associated with lower stress. Both sleep and activity was also associated with better mood and lower body mass index (BMI). This is a perfect time to clean out that closet, organize the garage, or do anything that doesn’t involve sitting. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200520124958.htm
• 18:55 Viruses and evolution
• 19:37 Viruses arising spontaneously
• 22:00 Viruses living among us and the wild animal market
• 24:00 Electromagnetic fields and cell communication
• 25:05 Executive Medicine Moment- emtexas.com

You can learn more about Dr. Lieff by googling 'searching for the mind' or by clicking the link below:

https://jonlieffmd.com/

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Dr. Robert Goldman holds two Physician & Surgeon Medical Degrees and two Medical Doctorates. He served as a Senior Fellow at the Lincoln Filene Center, Tufts University and as an Affiliate at the Philosophy of Education Research Center, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. He also holds Visiting Professorship at numerous medical universities around the world.

1:41 Bio-identical hormones

8:15 Nutritional supplements

10:24 New news in anti-aging

14:05 Peptides and IV lounges

15:45 Founding A4M (American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine)

19:25 Other country's views on anti-aging

21:50 The FDA

24:25 Autoimmune diseases 

26:00 Mental impact of COVID epidemic

You can learn more about Dr. Bob here:

worldhealth.net

https://robertgoldmandrbob.com/

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