The TechLink Health Podcast

This episode of The TechLink Health Podcast is a continuation of a series that focuses on innovations happening within the Respiratory and Immune System Health space with a particular spotlight on allergies and the creation of AllerPops, a solution that safely and naturally supports a balanced immune system around the airway to feed the beneficial oral probiotics that ultimately help calm the immune system and fight allergies.  The allergy risk is significant and global in nature. In the US alone, 100 million people suffer from allergies each year, costing $18 billion in annual healthcare expenses! 

This episode’s guest is Dr. Cliff Shunsheng Han, a former physician and biologist of 30 years, who is also the inventor of AllerPops.  AllerPops corrects the underlying cause of allergies and gives seasonal comfort that lasts throughs its all natural pre-biotic lollipops. Dr. Han is also the author of the recently released book, “Nothing to Sneeze at: The journey from a small village in China to finding a natural solution to allergies”.

Listen in with us as we explore the complex world of respiratory health innovations and hear Dr. Han's inspiring story told through his personal journey with allergies, which led to his discovery and mission to help millions around the globe.

Other topics range from how The Human Genome Project and DNA Sequencing Technology helped with Dr. Han's discovery, to the role of oral hygiene in respiratory health, to advice for International Medical Graduates exploring opportunities abroad. Based on data from the American Medical Association, International Medical Graduates (IMGs) make up 25% of the practicing physician workforce in the United States.

For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with Dr. Han via LinkedIn.

This episode was hosted by David Sanchez, RN, Medical SEO Consultant and Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode points to several references with links below:

📙 Nothing to Sneeze at: The journey from a small village in China to finding a natural solution to allergies by Dr. Cliff Shunsheng Han

🧬 The Human Genome Project

🌐 Oral Probiotic Deficiency May Cause Common Allergies - Theory of Negative Trigger Marks the Interaction between Microbiota and Host Immune System by Dr. Cliff Shunsheng Han

🎥 Why Do Airborne Allergies Affect Us

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app.

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When thinking about holistic health and wellbeing, there are a number of factors that go into the happiness equation, ranging from mental and physical health to financial wellbeing and professional vitality.  Today’s episode is a continuation of The TechLink Wealth series and focuses on the financial wellbeing and professional vitality aspects of the Happiness Equation.

This episode’s guest is Dr. Vicki Rackner, a Physician, Author, Speaker, and Coach, who is the Founder of Engaging Doctors, a company focused on helping financial advisors, wealth managers, tax strategists and revenue managers understand the financial needs of doctors so they can better attract, engage and serve physicians, dentists and healthcare executives; and Thriving Doctors whose mission is strongly tied to helping doctors build TrueWealth with their heart of service and evolving brain for business.

In addition to her entrepreneurial endeavors, Dr. Vicki has authored 3 books that are directly tied to her work, 9 Money Mistakes Doctors Make: and How You, Doctor, Can Avoid Losing Literally Millions of Dollars, The Myth of the Rich Doctor: Doctor, what is the state of your financial health?, and Caregiving Without Regrets: 3 Steps to Avoid Burnout and Manage Disappointment, Guilt, and Anger, as well as a fourth book that will be releasing in the future, “How Doctors Build True Wealth…and It’s Not Just About the Money”.

Other topics range from ways to address professional burnout, particularly for physicians, to the value of human-focused relationship building in a tech-centric world, to Warren Buffett's rules of investing. Also, what does Shark Tank have to do with all this?

For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with Dr. Vicki @ Thriving Doctors or Engaging Doctors.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode has many valuable insights and points to several references:

📲 GoodRx: Stop paying too much for prescriptions

📗 9 Money Mistakes Doctors Make: and How You, Doctor, Can Avoid Losing Literally Millions of Dollars

📙 The Myth of the Rich Doctor: Doctor, what is the state of your financial health?

📕 Caregiving Without Regrets: 3 Steps to Avoid Burnout and Manage Disappointment, Guilt, and Anger

📘 How Doctors Build TrueWealth...and It's Not About the Money: Take Control of Your Career, Your Money, and Your Life "Coming Soon"

🌐 Rules That Warren Buffett Lives By

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site or downloading the TechLink Health app.

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One of the opportunities in healthcare today is how information is exchanged to help address and solve complex conditions, and at the core of this opportunity is the foundation of medical education and those that continue to share perspectives and expertise in specific areas of practice.

This episode focuses on neurology and how the science will continue to help evolve the healthcare industry and the emerging technologies that will pave the way to the future. The topic is timely given the many recent advances in technology and considering how this trend will continue to uncover meaning and insights into “the black box of the brain”.

This episode’s guest is Dr. Michael Kentris, Neurologist, Podcaster, and Medical Education Advocate. During his work, Dr. Kentris has been involved in a variety of activities, most recently as a Practicing Neurologist, Narrator for the American Academy of Neurology, as well as Creator of “The Neurotransmitters: A Clinical Neurology Podcast”.

Other topics range from the future of remote learning and the democratization of education to the ethical and cyber-security implications of brain-computing-interfaces to the importance of decreasing cost on health-tech to reach more people.

For more details visit TechLink Health on the web or connect with Dr. Kentris via Linktree or within the TechLink Health app.

This episode was hosted by David Sanchez, RN, Medical SEO Consultant and Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode is packed with valuable insights and points to several references:

📲 NeuroPace: There’s a smarter way to treat epilepsy

📙 Lange Clinical Neurology and Neuroanatomy by Dr. Aaron Berkowitz

📗 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Dr. Oliver Sacks

📕 The Entangled Brain by Dr. Luiz Pessoa

📘 How to Think Like a Neurologist by Dr. Ethan Meltzer

📙 Switch On Your Brain by Dr. Caroline Leaf

🎙 The Neurotransmitters

🎙 Bedside Rounds

🎙 The Clinical Problem Solvers

🎙 The Human Brain Project

🗞️ Neuroscience News

🌍 The Green Journal from the American Academy of Neurology

🌎 Brain: A Journal of Neurology

🌐 MedTwitter

🌐 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society

🌐 American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS)

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging TechLink Health for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site or downloading the TechLink Health app. For medical practitioners that have expertise with the NeuroPace device, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #NeuroPace

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As the world continues to evolve toward advances in technology, the sciences, and globalization, it's important to reflect on the real-world gains of such progressions as well as the future opportunities that exist. In the case of this episode, the gains are associated with saving lives and combating the emerging threat of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic resistant infections, which have been deemed by The World Health Organization as one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity.

This episode is Part 2 of a series that focuses on AMR and the innovations in science and technology that are helping to tackle the challenge. The episode also points toward the connection between the issues of climate change and AMR as well as the opportunities to combine forces and develop collaborative efforts in addressing these threats.

The episode digs deeper into innovations happening within healthcare to defeat superbugs as shared from the perspective of this episode’s guest, Dr. Steffanie Strathdee, who is an Epidemiologist, Distinguished Professor, Global health solution-seeker, TEDx speaker, and Author of The Perfect Predator, a memoir of her effort to save her husband's life and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more. Steffanie also serves as Co-Director of the Center for Innovative Phage Applications & Therapeutics at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine as well as the Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences.

Other topics range from the importance of advocacy and collaboration to tackle global health problems to how phages can help to evolve personalized medicine to how technologies like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence can be used to advance Phage Therapy. Also, is there a need for more health solutions to connect the dots when traveling abroad?

For more details visit TechLink Health @ https://www.techlink.health or connect with Dr. Strathdee @ The Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics.

This episode was hosted by Rob McBride, Co-Founder and CEO of Felix Biotechnology and Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode is packed with valuable insights and points to several references, including a direct email for those in need and interested in Phage Therapies as an alternative treatment:

📩 Email @ Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH)

🌎 Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics at UC San Diego School of Medicine

📗 The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug

🎥 How Sewage Saved My Husband's Life from a Superbug | Steffanie Strathdee | TEDxNashville

🔖 CNN Health: No antibiotics worked, so this woman turned to a natural enemy of bacteria to save her husband’s life

📚 SEA-PHAGES (Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science) is a two-semester undergraduate research program administered by the University of Pittsburgh's Graham Hatfull's group and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Science Education Division.

🌍 THE LANCET: a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and the world's highest-impact academic journal.

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site or downloading the TechLink Health app. For medical practitioners that have expertise with Phage Therapies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #ProgrammableTherapies #PhageTherapy #ProgrammedPhage

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The proliferation of next-generation technologies continues to disrupt across industries; for healthcare, this has led to an evolving future marked by personalized journeys to promote optimal outcomes. Today’s episode focuses on the connection between music and mental wellbeing, and how harnessing the power of technology can help turn this time-tested remedy into a personalized medical-grade solution. The topic is timely as mental health continues to be a fundamental part of holistic health and longevity, particularly as many look toward new normals in a post-pandemic world.

Other insights in the episode range from how medical-grade music can help to treat anticipatory anxiety leading up to more complex medical procedures, to how an open-ecosystem and collaboration can be just as important as pure competition when it comes to healthcare, to the value of a well-balanced and intellectually rich team when building deep tech for health.

This episode’s guest is Dr. Yasmine van Wilt, Creator of Medical-Grade Music and Founder of Neuralpositive, a company that is innovating in the medical-grade music space. The Neuralpositive mission is simple, to harness the power of music to ease emotional suffering and to create many music products that people from every walk of life can utilize to build greater emotional fitness. The solution has been developed in partnership with research institutions such as Cornell Tech and Columbia University.

For more details visit TechLink Health @ https://www.techlink.health or connect with Yasmine on LinkedIn.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan.

The episode provided valuable insights related to Neuro-Tech and how the innovations will continue to impact World Health in addition to several device and wearable mentions. Additionally, the episode discussed the importance of sleep and how the Neuralpositive app can work alongside other devices to help people improve the quality of sleep. The insights are timely in recognition of upcoming sleep awareness events, The National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Awareness Week® and World Sleep Day. Check out a few useful links below:

🗓️ National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Awareness Week®

🗓️ World Sleep Day

🎙 The Huberman Lab Podcast

⌚️ Apple Watch Health

📲 Oura Ring

📲 Samsung Health

📲 Withings Health

📲 Garmin Health

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health or advisory services, connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For clinicians that have expertise with the mentioned technologies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio #Neuralpositive #OuraRing #AppleWatch #SamsungWatch #Withings #Garmin

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Throughout history, cyclical disruptions have often played a role in evolving people and the ways in which we engage with work. The current pandemic has definitely been a notable disruption that has also been a catalyst for change, particularly with regards to the ways in which people work. The strains on the healthcare system have been well noted, and burnout is on the rise. As many seek to find new ways to stay engaged with professional activities, it’s always refreshing to get diverse perspectives on how we define work. During this episode, we discuss the topic of healthcare practitioners being able to engage in both clinical and non-clinical activities as a way to stay professionally refreshed.

Other topics covered in the episode range from practical advice when exploring alternative career options, to the power of technology to deliver people-focused connectivity within healthcare, to taking a deeper look into some causes of burnout within the medical community.

This episode’s guest is Dr. Naomi Lawrence-Reid, a pediatrician, and Founder and CEO of Doctoring Differently, a company focused on teaching physicians, step-by-step, how to pivot from traditional full-time practice, into a variety of clinical and non-clinical opportunities. The Doctoring Differently platform emphasizes career autonomy in salary, schedule, and variety of practice.

For more details, connect with Dr. Naomi on The Doctoring Differently Website as well as within the TechLink Health app.

This episode was hosted by Dr. Sarah Samaan

In addition to the mentioned topics and the practical advice for exploring medical professionals, Dr. Naomi gives a few influential book recommendations that have been inspirational in her journey:

📗 Untamed by Glennon Doyle

📙 It’s About Damn Time by Arlan Hamilton

📘 Hunting Discomfort by Sterling Hawkins

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Mental health is the #1 healthcare cost in the US, greater than cancer, diabetes or heart disease. This episode focuses on prescription wearables and neuro-technologies and the role they play in helping to evolve the healthcare industry, with a particular focus on mental health and the treatment of depression, anxiety, and insomnia. The topic is timely as mental health continues to be a fundamental part of holistic health and longevity, particularly as many look toward new normals in a post-pandemic world.

Other insights in the episode range from the future of brain health metabolism and the potential impacts to the prevention of Alzheimer's and dementia, to best practices on what to look for when considering wellness devices, to how brain stimulation devices can be used to promote police officer and military veteran wellness. Also, what about electroceuticals?

This episode’s guest is Kelly Roman, Co-Founder & CEO at Fisher Wallace Labs, a prescription wearable company pioneering the first hardware category to effectively compete with drug therapy for the treatment of depression, anxiety and insomnia. The Fisher Wallace mission is tied to making prescription wearables a preferred alternative to prescription medication.

For more details visit TechLink Health @ https://www.techlink.health or connect with Fisher Wallace on the web.

This episode was hosted by David Sanchez, RN, Medical SEO Consultant

The episode points to valuable insights and community-focused use cases as well as a couple of interesting book recommendations:

🔖 Seattle Police Department Partners With Fisher Wallace to Improve Officer Wellness

🔖 Fisher Wallace Neurostimulation Device: The device trusted by first responders and military veterans

📩 Invitation to join a study for first responders

⚖️ Hyman, Phelps, & McNamara - Expertise in all things FDA

🧪 Climb, Clinical Trials, Simplified

📗 The Art of War

📙 Anthony Bourdain: The American Chef's Biography and an Inside Into His Last days

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health or advisory services, connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For clinicians that have expertise with the mentioned technologies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio #FisherWallace #OAK

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The current pandemic has set the stage for a series of new normals, and as many continue to evolve toward health and wellness transformations, it’s helpful to share best practices in the space.  This episode takes a deeper look into time-tested practices of healing, educating, and empowering people to achieve optimal health and wellbeing.

The episode is packed with a variety of insights ranging from knowing your core health numbers, to the power of developing a beginner's mindset, to how the humanities, artistic expression, and mindfulness can help healthcare practitioners better understand and connect with people in a deeper way.

This episode’s guest is Dr. Sarah Samaan, a retired cardiologist of over 27 years, who was inspired by the questions and curiosity of her patients, and the realization that there was a compelling need for sound, well-researched, and accessible information about diet and heart health. Her journey led to authoring 3 critically acclaimed books, starting with The Smart Woman’s Guide to Heart Health in 2009, Best Practices for a Healthy Heart: How to Stop Heart Disease Before and After it Starts in 2012, and as co-author of DASH Diet for Dummies in 2014, followed by a second edition in 2020.

Dr. Samaan has a variety of other interests to include serving as a medical writer for GoodRx and an Op-Med Fellow for the medical network Doximity, in addition to being Founder of Winding Road Yoga as well as certifications as a Yin Yoga Teacher, Healthcare Peer Coaching Practitioner, Mindfulness Coach, and Time Management Coach.

During her work, Dr. Samaan has been quoted in many national publications including Prevention Magazine, Consumer Reports, Shape, Fitness Magazine, and Forbes, among others.

For more details, connect with Dr. Samaan at The Mindful Physician Website as well as within the TechLink Health app.

This episode was hosted by Justine Reiss, and David Sanchez, RN, Medical SEO Consultant

In addition to the core themes, the episode is packed with several well-being and mindfulness recommendations:

📗 The Bullet Journal Method

📙 Real Change

📲 WHOOP

📲 Insight Timer

📲 The Waking Up App

📲 Headspace

📲 Calm

📲 Yoga: Down Dog

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health or advisory services, connect with us by visiting our site and downloading the TechLink Health app. For clinicians that have expertise with the mentioned technologies, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio.

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As the pace of technology continues to accelerate, we are starting to see somewhat of a convergence between the human experience and the evolution of computing. This episode focuses on the emerging Bio-Computing Revolution and the technologies that are powering the future, with a particular focus on Bio-Integrated technologies and devices.

This episode’s guest is Dr. Aadeel Akhtar, CEO and Founder of PSYONIC, a company redefining what it means to be human through biointegrated technologies. Their first product, the Ability Hand, is an advanced bionic hand that is accessible for people with upper limb amputations.  The PSYONIC mission is not just about what our users can achieve, it’s beyond that. It’s strongly tied to creating an affordable and accessible prosthesis with unique bionic abilities—that surpass human capabilities—providing individuals with superior technology and redefining performance. During his work with PSYONIC, Aadeel has been featured in MIT's 35 Innovators Under 35.

Aadeel has a PhD in Neuroscience and Masters of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alongside a MS in Computer Science and BS in Biology from Loyola University Chicago.

For more details visit TechLink Health @ https://www.techlink.health or connect with Aadeel @ LinkedIn Profile.

This episode was hosted by Justine Reiss.

In addition to discussing the power of bio-integrated technologies, the episode surprisingly references some of the sci-fi beginnings of such technologies as well as next-generation innovations in the space.

📱 Neuralink is developing ultra-high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers

🦾 With the Ability Hand™, PSYONIC is redefining what it means to be human for individuals with limb differences

🎥 The Six Million Dollar Man

🎥 The Bionic Woman

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The prioritization of respiratory health during the pandemic has ultimately led to several advances in the space. This episode highlights innovations happening within Respiratory Health with a particular focus on the technologies enabling remote patient monitoring as well as the actionable insights that can be delivered to care teams.

Other discussion topics range from how the inventor of the lithium ion battery inspired emerging health tech, to ways respiratory tech can help tackle health disparities and inequalities, to using tech with weather data to influence respiratory wellness.

This episode’s guest is Luke Marshall, Founder and CEO of VitalFlo, a predictive and preventative respiratory health company helping patients and doctors measure and track chronic respiratory health conditions over time with flexible, easy to use solutions both for in-person and virtual care. By directly measuring lung function over time, VitalFlo provides detailed diagnostic reporting to support fast, accurate clinical decision making.

Luke has a PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Arts in Physics & Philosophy from Whitman College. During his PhD, he had the opportunity to train with Dr. John Goodenough, Inventor of the Lithium Ion Battery, and winner of The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019.

For more details visit TechLink Health @ https://www.techlink.health or connect with Luke on LinkedIn.

This episode was hosted by David Sanchez, RN,Medical SEO Consultant.

The episode has many points of reference and useful information with regards to innovations and campaigns focused on respiratory wellness. See links below:

📅 American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology "#ACAAI22 Annual Scientific Meeting

🎗Allergy & Asthma Network’s Not One More Life Trusted Messengers project aims to address health inequities and increase access to important health information and screenings for those who are at greater risk from COVID-19.

🫁 Allergy & Asthma Network: Breathe Better Together

🏆 Dr. John Goodenough, Inventor of the Lithium Ion Battery, and Nobel Prize Winner

📙 Ruppel's Manual of Pulmonary Function Testing by Carl Mottram

If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for digital health, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site or downloading the TechLink Health app. For clinicians that have expertise with pulmonary function testing or respiratory tech, feel free to hashtag in your TechLink Health bio. This episode's HealthLink tags are: #VitalFlo #LungHealth #RespiratoryCare

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