Health Is On The Way Marshalsea Health, LLC and Bravo Wellness

In episode 10 we bring together the hosts and special guest hosts to reflect on Season One and the key learnings each had personally and professionally.  The hosts discuss their favorite moments, what topics and guests motivated them to make a healthy change and what topics they wish we would have gotten on the Podcast in Season One.

Despite pain being one of the first attempts at "medicine" by early humans, pain as a medical discipline is relatively young.  Today on Health Is On The Way we are joined by pain physician Dr. Mihir Kamdar from Massachusetts General Hospital's Cancer Pain Clinic to discuss: What pain is. The important role pain plays as an alarm system for injuries to our body. Why pain is connected to our fear and anxiety centers in our brains. How mood impacts pain for patients. Why for some people pain can become chronic or persistent, even after the underlying injury has healed. How multi-modal treatment models address not just the physical but also the  psycho-social needs of pain patients. The fact that true multi-modal pain care is inaccessible to most Americans and how digital health programs like Fern Health can scale to help solve that. How medical professionals have shifted the focus from patient pain scores to quality-of-life metrics in response to the Opioid crisis. The ripple impact unresolved pain can have on patient's familes, social circles, employers and society. About Our Guest Dr. Mihir Kamdar graduated from the Emory University School of Medicine, then completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. From there, Dr. Kamdar completed a fellowship with Harvard Palliative Medicine and a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Anesthesia Pain Medicine fellowship. Following these experiences, Dr. Kamdar became a Staff Attending, Palliative Care and Anesthesia Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) where he is now an Associate Director, Palliative Care Division, Department of Medicine, and Director of Cancer Pain Clinic and Attending, Palliative Care and Anesthesia Pain Medicine at MGH. In addition, Dr. Kamdar is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School.   This episode is not medical advice nor does MGH or Dr. Kamdar endorse any treatment or program like Fern Health mentioned in the episode.  Please consult your own medical professional for your medical needs.

Who doesn’t want to stay young longer?  Once most of us hit our late 30s we start thinking about aging and anti-aging strategies.  But to be effective they must go way beyond facial creams and serums.  Today on the podcast special host Ashley Kraus joins Susan Morgan Bailey to speak with Lara Zakaria PharmD MS, CNS, CDN, IFMCP from The Sandy Hook Clinic about:   The role of functional medicine within the medical community.   What methylation is and its role in our cellular, gene and DNA health.   How diet and nutrition can impact the methylation process in our bodies.   The role genes and genetics play in health outcomes and how some aspects of genetic expression can be impacted by lifestyle factors.   How a pro-methylation diet and lifestyle changes reduced biological DNA age in a recent clinical study.   When vitamin and mineral supplementation can be helpful to healthy methylation for some people.   The difference between chronological age and biological age.   The role sleep, emotional health and movement play in DNA repair and healthy aging. As always this isn’t medical advice, please consult your own qualified health professionals before making health and healthcare decisions.

In episode 7 Dr. Kate Wolin joins the podcast to discuss the link between excess weight and several forms of cancer.  In the episode we discuss: The links between cancer risk, cancer survivorship and obesity.   How the context in which you live can determine your health outcomes.  Top eight tips to reduce risk of cancer and manage weight.  What’s necessary for cancer survivors to stay healthy.   The importance of progression in setting smart weight goals.   After earning her Doctorate from the Harvard School of Public Health in Epidemiology and Health Psychology, Kate had a distinguished academic career leading research in health behaviors and the obesity/cancer connection.  Kate has been on other high profile health related shows including 5 appearances on the Dr. Oz television show. After leaving academia Kate started her entrepreneurial career by being part of the founding team of Scale Down, a digital health company based on published clinical research of using daily weighing to lose weight. Kate served as CEO of Scale Down up until the company was sold to a leading health insurer in 2017. This is not heath advice or treatment recommendations.  Everyone should consult their own qualified health professionals for their own healthcare needs.

In Episode #6 of Health Is On The Way guest co-host Nicole Grasso of Bravo Wellness joins guest Jim Pshock of Bravo Wellness and Medical Mutual of Ohio to discuss the rapid virtualization of all aspects of healthcare.  We cover how the traditional barriers of consumer preference, reimbursement, and regulatory limitations and how these are being systematically removed.  We also cover remaining limitations on virtual care and the forces that are pushing through these barriers to make virtual the preferred, first option for many health consumers.

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Rhonda Phillips from Purdue University to discuss the link between happiness, community, and wellbeing.   We discuss why happiness and flourishing are very relevant measures and the 3 factors that influence them.  We also dive into a conversation about how and why employers should invest in the communities that they operate in and give examples of companies who heavily invest in their communities where their employees live and raise the next generation workforces.  Finally, we discuss the differences between needs based and asset-based community planning and why one has substantial benefits over the other. Dr. Phillips Rhonda is a past President of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, www.isqols.org and serves on the site visitor team of the national Planning Accreditation Board. Dr. Phillips received her doctorate in city and regional planning and a M.S. in economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a M.S. in economic development and a B.S. in geography from the University of Southern Mississippi. She was the first woman to graduate from the doctoral program in city and regional planning at Georgia Tech.