Groups Recover Together This week I am talking to Gus Crothers, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Groups Recover Together (find out more here) who have focused on solving the Opiod Use Disorder (OUD). Gus’ journey to this role is interesting as he described his ‘beginner’s mindset’ that allowed him to see the opioid epidemic with fresh eyes […]
This week I am talking to Vikas Shah MBE (@MrVikas), a successful entrepreneur from the age of 14 and investor. I met him at the World Health Congress for Europe that took place in Manchester where his presentation “How to Save Your Own Life” which touched a raw and emotional part of our world that […]
The Opioid Epidemic 130 people die from an overdose of an opioid every day in the United States. Death from overdoses reached a staggering 47,600 people in the United States in 2017 – to put that into perspective that’s a 130 people per day, or 1 person every 11 mins, and now in the top 10 causes of […]
Defeating Loneliness Birthdays Its been an interesting journey on birthday celebrations for me personally. Going back to my childhood and I have some fond memories of birthday celebrations organized by my mother in whatever place we happened to be. No small feat given the transient nature of many of our homes. Thinking back I am not […]
Honoring those Who Serve (Updated Friday September 9, 2016) So what’s the 22 Pushups challenge all about? It came from the Honor Courage Commitment organization who’s mission is to create elite veterans through education, mentorship, and community service. They started the #22Kill movement back in 2013 when they learned that a staggering 22 veterans are killed […]
It was Men’s Health week Jun 13 – 19 and I had the pleasure of talking to the Talk Ten Tuesday host Chuck Buck last week (Tuesday Jun 21) to offer some thoughts and insights for their listeners and in particular for women thinking about any men in their lives http://www.icd10monitor.com/podcasts-ttt/TTT-06-21-16.mp3 Most women know about […]
Like many people the death of Robin Williams was sad on so many levels and while my connection with him was limited to the exposure I had through his canvas of work, I like others felt I knew him. He was not only prolific in his work with a list of films, interviews and shows (and […]
How Americans DieThis is a fantastic visual presentation of data that you can look at in more detail on the Bloomberg SiteError: Embedded data could not be displayed.If the embedded page does not work head over there directly here The main points highlighted The mortality rate fell by about 17 percent from 1968 through 2010, […]
