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Returning guest Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus with Merck Research Labs discusses positive data presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2019 Congress on the phase 3 PAOLA-1 trial of Merck and AstraZeneca’s LYNPARZA® (olaparib) added to Bevacizumab for newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer

Returning guest Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus with Merck Research Labs discusses data presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2019 Congress on the phase 3 PROfound trial of Merck and AstraZeneca’s LYNPARZA® (olaparib) evaluating a targeted treatment in biomarker-selected metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients.

Dr. Gustavo Cumbo-Nacheli, board-certified interventional pulmonologist talks about the Zephyr® Endobronchial Valve, a small umbrella-like object placed in the airway with a camera scope.  This new device is made by Pulmonx, was approved by the FDA in 2018 and is helping patients with COPD and Emphysema live better, healthier lives.

Lee Holmes comes to Health Professional Radio to talk about gut health and a cooking demo.

Mark Sawicki, Chief Commercial Officer, discusses Cryoport, the life sciences industry’s global provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions for temperature-sensitive life sciences commodities.

Dr. Jeanette Hill, the founder of Spot on Sciences, discusses the company.  They market the HemaSpot™ device for the collection of dried blood samples.  She also discusses the development currently underway on devices for collection of additional biological fluids including urine, saliva and tissue.

Dr Joshua Hirsch from Massachusetts General Hospital and Liz Thompson, CEO of the National Osteoporosis Foundation, discuss back injuries resulting from a number of conditions such as osteoporosis and vertebral compression fractures (VCF) and the latest technology to provide the most up-to-date treatment.

Circadian Optics is the maker of bright light therapy lamps to mimic daylight. Here to discuss this product and how she quit a job to create a smaller, better-designed lamp than what had been available, is founder Amber Leong. Circadian Optics lamps are an easy and effective way of getting exposure to bright light indoors.

On World Heart Health Day 2019, integrative cardiologist, Dr. Jason Kaplan joins us to discuss cardiovascular health issues in Australia and around the world, and evidence-based therapies to support heart health such as Ubiquinol, the active form of the powerful antioxidant, Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10).

There has been an incredible surge in methamphetamine overdose deaths and In Ohio the surge has been as much as 130%. Dr. James Sturmi, MD, American Board of Addiction Medicine Fellow and Ohio Medical Director for Pinnacle Treatment Centers, discusses this increase in deaths, what the surge in meth is related to, eliminating the stigma associated with Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), the prevalence of the opioid epidemic and the larger picture of treating substance use disorder (SUD).