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On this week's transformative episode of The CLS Experience, we explore the profound connections between our physical health and emotional well-being with the dynamic and handsome Dr. Will Cole, Will Cole a pioneer in functional medicine. Together, we delve into how our microbiome significantly influences our mood, cravings, and overall mental state 🧠. He started one of the first functional medicine telehealth centers in the world, while also being named one of the top 50 function and integrative doctors in the nation, no big deal. Grab a coffee, a journal and enjoy! 🎧 - Have you yet taken a functional medicine approach for issues, conditions, and imbalances, to really get underneath the hood? https://lnkd.in/eGYSRrA9

On this week's transformative episode of The CLS Experience, we explore the profound connections between our physical health and emotional well-being with the dynamic and handsome Will Cole a pioneer in functional medicine. Together, we delve into how our microbiome significantly influences our mood, cravings, and overall mental state 🧠. He started one of the first functional medicine telehealth centers in the world, while also being named one of the top 50 function and integrative doctors in the nation, no big deal. Grab a coffee, a journal and enjoy! 🎧 - Have you yet taken a functional medicine approach for issues, conditions, and imbalances, to really get underneath the hood?

Hacking your metabolism with Casey Means As a former ENT, head and neck surgeon, Casey Means is a medical doctor, tech entrepreneur, and regenerative gardener. Through her clinical experience, she was faced day-in-day out with the constant health epidemics of the western world. Hailed as the metabolic expert and celebrating the release of her latest book ‘Good Energy’ we sat down to discuss the importance of metabolic health, what it means for our own health and how we can hack into a metabolism for longevity. https://lnkd.in/erjumS5C

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Check out this article - "Fun Facts About Your Heart" from the Cleveland Clinic. We found it to be very insightful and informative. #clevelandclinic #funfacts #hearthealth

At Amgen , listening to different people’s authentic experience is key to drive home the importance of health concerns , like living with high LDL (“bad”) cholesterol that can run in famlies. It’s just as important to advocate for your own health as it is for your family and other loved ones. Read more about an insuring persons story below. #mycompany

Focussing on outstanding clinical outcomes and curating the right environment for healing are the key factors required for patient-centric healing. It will be these two factors that power exponential growth.

During this week of Juneteenth that marks the end of slavery and the start of a new life of freedom and equal opportunities for African Americans, it’s important to acknowledge areas of medicine where we have a still have lot of work to do in addressing race inequities. One of those that’s been a focus of our work here at University of Maryland Medical System is the issue of pulse oximetry.     What is pulse oximetry? It’s that gadget that we place on patients’ fingers to measure how well they are oxygenating. It’s a critical tool that helps us quickly detect life-threatening conditions like pneumonia, heart failure, and Covid. It works by passing invisible light waves through a patient’s finger — but the light waves behave differently in patients with darker skin. That means the tool won’t detect hypoxia (insufficient oxygen – a dangerous condition) as well in those patients. It’s a fundamental shortcoming of the technology.   Why does this matter? To put it simply: we often see patients who are borderline cases – should they be hospitalized, or can they recover at home? A reassuring or concerning pulse oximeter reading can be the difference in that decision. And if clinicians rely on those readings alone in making decisions for patients with darker skin, they could make the wrong decision.   What do we need to do about this? A lot. Manufacturers need to improve the devices. Specialty societies need to increase awareness of the issue. Decision algorithms and admission criteria need to account for this under-performance. And we need to make sure clinicians are trained on the issue. At UMMS, we are working on many of these fronts. We also recently completed the largest reanalysis of nationwide data on this topic led by Zachary Dezman, and partnered with the Federation of American Scientists’ Grace Wickerson to help elevate this issue to national policymakers and the FDA (link in the comments).  It’s an honor to have leaders like Roderick King, MD, MPH and Dr. Tiffany Wiggins as partners in elevating this problem. #juneteenth #healthequity #BetterStateofCare

Take a look at the CNN article below to learn about last Friday's summit at the Cantu Concussion Center at Emerson Health where experts, including members of the BU CTE Center team, met to discuss research and guidance on CTE, TBI, and more. Read it now: https://bit.ly/3Ryuw53

The new issue of “History and Philosophy of Medicine” is now published online https://lnkd.in/dwiqe3K6  https://lnkd.in/dys-5sWi Including my editorial: “What can we learn from the history of aging research?” https://lnkd.in/dEqPX3c5 https://lnkd.in/dRKNVRhu The history of aging research encourages us to think about the amount of progress made for the prevention of aging-related diseases and extension of healthy longevity in the past, and seek ways to accelerate this progress in the future.