The Doctor Weighs In Podcasts

Our guest today is Bob Dobbins, Vice President, New Business Development at Panasonic Corporation of North America. We will be talking to him today about Panasonic's upcoming Innovation HealthJam. The Innovation HealthJam is a completely virtual event that brings together a diverse and knowledgeable group of people from the healthcare and technology fields to brainstorm ideas, impr

AsthmaMD is a multi-tiered asthma management app that makes the traditionally written asthma action plan both mobile and easily accessible for the first time. The app is a helpful tool for tracking symptoms and preempting an attack. Additionally, the new AsthmaMD Peak Flow Meter allows asthma sufferers to accurately monitor their lung capacity and input those scores into the app -

Kelly Turner PhD is the New York Times bestselling author of "Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds." She is a researcher and lecturer in the field of Integrative Oncology. Her specialized research focus is on radical remission of cancer, which is when someone heals from cancer against all odds without the help, or despite the failure, of conventional treatments. On

The Health Technology Forum is on an incredible growth trajectory. A few years ago, they were a Silicon Valley health tech meet-up. Now they have a national footprint with 4500 members and 13 chapters in 5 different countries: San Francisco, Dallas/FortWorth, San Diego, New York City, Atlanta, Washington DC, Austin, Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver, London, Bangalore, and Manila. Th

Dr. Joshua Landy is an Internist and Critical Care Medicine Specialist as well as a co-founder of Figure 1. Prior to starting Figure 1, Landy was a visiting scholar at Stanford University where he researched online and multimedia-oriented approaches to health education. Landy’sunique perspective on healthcare is a result of his experiences in direct patient care, medical educatio

Jared Heyman's sister went from a young healthy teen to someone who had to drop out of college because of depression and a fatigue so profound she could only watch TV or play solitaire. She would also wake up several times a night with nightmares and cold sweats. Eventually, she became suicidal. Over the course of 3 years, she saw 16 different medical specialists (all seen individu

Can you really use games to increase your brain power? Every day we are bombarded with messages that suggest we can. AARP offers their members (all seniors) a discount on the Posit Science "brain fitness" program. Lumosity ads exhort us to "challenge your brain with scientifically designed training. According to their website, the program is designed by neuroscientists. A quick tri

A new clinical study shows how intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) can reduce radiation side effects and may save breast cancer patients $10,500 annually.