Heart Disease and Poor Gut Health Go Hand In Hand [Interview][Transcript]

dr_jyothi_rao_stress_managementGuest: Dr. Jyothi Rao
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Jyothi Rao, MD, ABAAHP, FAARFM, has been practicing medicine for the past 16 years. She received her Doctorate of Medicine (MD) from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and completed her internship and residency at the prestigious New England Medical Center (Tufts) in Boston. Before opening Shakthi Health & Wellness Center, Dr. Rao practiced medicine in New York and Maryland. She is the co-author of Finding Balance: Empower Yourself with Tools to Combat Stress and Illness.

Segment overview: Dr. Jyothi Rao, MD, co-author of the book “Finding Balance: Empower Yourself with Tools to Combat Stress and Illness,” discuss heart disease and stomach bugs, and how the bacteria in your gut affects your health.

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Combining Western Medicine and Holistic Medicine [Interview][Transcript]

dr_jyothi_rao_integrative_medicineGuest: Dr. Jyothi Rao
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Jyothi Rao, MD, ABAAHP, FAARFM, has been practicing medicine for the past 16 years. She received her Doctorate of Medicine (MD) from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and completed her internship and residency at the prestigious New England Medical Center (Tufts) in Boston. Before opening Shakthi Health & Wellness Center, Dr. Rao practiced medicine in New York and Maryland. She is the co-author of Finding Balance: Empower Yourself with Tools to Combat Stress and Illness.

Segment overview: Dr. Jyothi Rao, MD, talks about the book “Finding Balance: Empower Yourself with Tools to Combat Stress and Illness.”

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The Health News – 11 November 2016

Overview:
•  Sunflower Care Services has been providing short and long-term accommodation to about 40 people with severe disabilities in Perth’s northern suburbs. But the Disability Services Commission decided not to renew its funding contract in July, after it received complaints about the quality of care being provided.

• Dr Al Power, the clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Rochester and leading dementia expert, said  anti-psychotic medications were “almost totally over-prescribed.” Dr Power said doctors were over-using medication because of outdated medical training regimes, and busy workloads..

•  The $15 million Jamie Larcombe Centre at Glenside will replace ward 17 at the Daw Park Repatriation Hospital when that facility closes. The centre will include an acute inpatient unit, outpatient services and specialist services for post-traumatic stress disorder. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.

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The Health News – 10 November 2016

Overview:
•  The new Perth Children’s Hospital looks almost certain not to open until well into 2017, with completion of construction still weeks away and commissioning of the $1.2 billion facility predicted to take months beyond that.

• Some disability service providers in Western Australia are being forced to operate in three systems while they wait for the state and federal governments to agree on a model of the national disability scheme.

•  AMA President, Dr Michael Gannon, recently said that obesity is the biggest public health challenge facing the Australian population, and called on the Federal Government to take national leadership in implementing a multi-faceted strategy to address the serious health threat that obesity poses to individuals, families, and communities across the nation.

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Creating an Optimum, Injury-free Work Environment to Develop Psychologically Flexible People [Interview][Transcript]

dr_natasha_lazareski_psyflexGuest: Dr. Natasha Lazareski (Kiso)
Presenter: Henry Acosta
Guest Bio: Natasha is an occupational health specialist, and an expert in organizational health and psychosocial risk management. She worked in personal insurance area as Medical Officer and Claims Manager in AXA Australia and workers’ compensation as National Manager of CGU Injury Management Services. She has helped a wide range of organisations – including national and global employers; and government institutions – to successfully develop sustainable risk management strategies and holistic health frameworks. She completed her medical degree in Belgrade, Serbia and was a junior doctor during the war there in the late 80s and early 90s. Natasha’s first had exposure to the disastrous effects of war and trauma, and their devastating effects on the human mind, stirred her to explore preventive medicine and psychological health. She became especially interested in psychological flexibility and helping people develop the strength to deal with challenging situations.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we are joined by Dr. Natasha Lazareski from Psyflex. Dr Natasha Lazareski (Kiso) is a co-director of PsyFlex, together with Dr Russ Harris. They aim to create strong, flexible workforces, using best-practice methods, guided by cutting-edge research. They offer a cutting edge approach for thriving organisations, resilient employees and supportive work environments. Among the services that they offer are Organisational Development Programs, Health and Wellbeing, Psychosocial Risk Management, Individual Development, Workshops and Specific Health Management Services. Both Natasha and Russ continue to explore the important connections between mind, body, environment and wellbeing.

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Prevention and Treatment of Acne Scarring [Interview][Transcript]

dr_hilary_baldwin_acne_scarringGuest: Dr. Hilary Baldwin
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Baldwin, the Medical Director of the ATRC, is a board certified dermatologist with nearly 25 years of experience. Her area of expertise and interest are acne, rosacea and keloid scars. Dr. Baldwin received her BA and MA in biology from Boston University. She became a research assistant at Harvard University before attending Boston University School of Medicine.

Segment overview: Dr. Hilary Baldwin, Medical Director of the Atlantic Health System’s Acne Treatment and Research Center in Morristown, NJ, and Galderma Laboratories consultant, discusses new data on how inflammation impacts scarring and how to prevent and treat acne scars.

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The Health News – 9 November 2016

Overview:
•  The team from the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Institute, has been studying the inflammatory mechanisms that lead to pre-term births and how they can be suppressed. They used plus-naloxone, a drug known to switch off pro-inflammatory pathways, and found they were able to entirely prevent premature birth in pregnant mice.

• The EPAS (Enterprise Patient Administration System) failed for about 10 hours at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The costly shift from paper records to an electronic system across the state’s hospitals has been controversial at times, and so far has only taken place at the QEH, Noarlunga, Repatriation General Hospital and at Port Augusta.

• The Stroke Foundation’s 2016 Rehabilitation Services Report, released on Monday, revealed the nation’s stroke care system had made little improvement in the past four years, with some services going backwards. It found one in five patients were being discharged from hospital without proper medication or a care plan, while half of all survivors were being sent home without knowing what caused their stroke.

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Effective Acne Treatments [Interview][Transcript]

dr_hilary_baldwin_acne_treatmentGuest: Dr. Hilary Baldwin
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Baldwin, the Medical Director of the ATRC, is a board certified dermatologist with nearly 25 years of experience. Her area of expertise and interest are acne, rosacea and keloid scars. Dr. Baldwin received her BA and MA in biology from Boston University. She became a research assistant at Harvard University before attending Boston University School of Medicine.

Segment overview: Dr. Hilary Baldwin, Medical Director of the Atlantic Health System’s Acne Treatment and Research Center in Morristown, NJ, and Galderma Laboratories consultant, talks about the benefits of different acne treatments.

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Acne and its Effects [Interview][Transcript]

dr_hilary_baldwin_acneGuest: Dr. Hilary Baldwin
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Baldwin, the Medical Director of the ATRC, is a board certified dermatologist with nearly 25 years of experience. Her area of expertise and interest are acne, rosacea and keloid scars. Dr. Baldwin received her BA and MA in biology from Boston University. She became a research assistant at Harvard University before attending Boston University School of Medicine.

Segment overview: Dr. Hilary Baldwin, Medical Director of the Atlantic Health System’s Acne Treatment and Research Center in Morristown, NJ, and Galderma Laboratories consultant, discusses acne and the psychosocial impact of the disease.

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The Health News – 8 November 2016

Overview:
•  Planning to deliver a baby before 39 weeks can significantly increase the risk of the child having developmental delays, new Australian research has found. Researchers from the Kolling Institute at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital found early “planned” birth before 39 weeks — where mothers were induced or had a planned caesarean — was associated with an increased risk of poor child development at school age.

• Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation chief executive Joe Tooma said there were a “couple of million” Australian women not up to date with their screening. Mr Tooma, who was launching National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week, said all sexually active women up to the age of 70 should be getting screened at least every two years.

•  Melbourne University botanist Associate Professor Ed Newbigin warned earlier this year that the city’s hayfever sufferers were set for a worse-than-usual season. He told 774 ABC Melbourne’s Rafael Epstein a wet winter had contributed to spring growth in grasslands across western Victoria, which released “huge amounts of pollen” when flowering.

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