Tag: glucose
Start Tracking Your Health Using Basic Blood Testing – EP18: Alexis Shields (Naturopathic Doctor)
In this eighteenth episode, Alexis Shields explains that blood biomarkers may be obtained directly and the results used to reduce chance of future disease occurrence, as well as remedy any subclinical symptoms. She provides a tour of some of the common biomarkers. Along the way she describes her virtual functional medicine practice.
Lee: Hello, and welcome to the show Alexis. Alexis: Thank you for having me. Lee: So you’re a naturopathic doctor. Alexis: Correct. Lee: And in Europe, I think if you say you’re a naturopath, people imagine you’re going to bring oils and candles and so forth. So maybe you could introduce any listeners to what the difference is, at least... Read MoreStart Tracking Your Health Using Basic Blood Testing – EP18: Alexis Shields (Naturopathic Doctor)
Injectable Biosensors – EP08: Ben Hwang (Profusa)
In this eighth episode, Ben Hwang, Chairman & CEO of Profusa, provides an overview of injectable biosensors. He explains that the technology enables a model akin to getting a blood test every few seconds of our life (rather than only every few years when sick). He predicts that this “unlocked stream of biochemistry data” will become married to other data (e.g. our voice patterns) to provide a panoramic view of our health and wellbeing.
Lee: On today’s show, we have Ben Hwang, who is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Profusa. From his early exposure as an undergraduate research fellow at the lab of Leroy Hood at Caltech, where the automated DNA sequencer was developed, to bringing cutting edge life science tools to the market at Life Technologies Corp, acquired by Thermo Fisher... Read MoreInjectable Biosensors – EP08: Ben Hwang (Profusa)
Engineering Sustained Health Using A.I. & Standard Blood Chemistry – EP06: Tommy Wood (NBT)
In this sixth episode, Tommy Wood, CSO Nourish Balance Thrive, explains that the majority of modern disease is caused by our environment and as such, under our control. He shares his experience that A.I. coupled with ordinary blood tests, can inform us of changes we can make to protect/optimize our health, or when sick, lower the cost by predicting which further tests to conduct.
Lee: Hello, and welcome to the Hyper Wellbeing podcast, Tommy. Tommy: Oh, thanks for having me. Lee: Tommy, let’s just jump in here. You still look young, you’ve got a fantastic resume, or as the British would say, I think, curriculum vitae. Where is the motivation coming from? What’s your driving force? What’s the mission you’re on? Tommy: I guess... Read MoreEngineering Sustained Health Using A.I. & Standard Blood Chemistry – EP06: Tommy Wood (NBT)
Precision Medicine vs Precision Health vs Hyper Wellbeing – EP05: Don Brown (LifeOmic)
In this fifth episode, Don Brown, CEO LifeOmic, explains the nomenclature shift from precision medicine to precision health, details the firm footing his company has in precision health, how it’s now extending another foot forwards into hyper wellbeing. Lots of app, lifestyle medicine, lifespan, healthspan and biological age quantification chat.
Lee: Hi, so you’re CEO of LifeOmic, a company which I have been tracking for some time. Could you be so kind as to introduce, to give a brief introduction to LifeOmic? Don: Yeah, I started LifeOmic almost two or so years ago. I went through a combined degree in the PhD program many years ago and ended up taking... Read MorePrecision Medicine vs Precision Health vs Hyper Wellbeing – EP05: Don Brown (LifeOmic)
A New Healthcare Industry Emerging From Computing – EP01: Brad Perkins (Sapiens DS)
In this very first episode, I'm joined by Brad Perkins, CEO at Sapiens Data Science, Inc. for a dive into the likely emergence of a new healthcare industry, one built upon datascience (rather than medical practice), human-computer integration, consumer-driven, and for healthy people (as opposed to sick or injured people).
Lee: Hello, and welcome to the inaugural Hyper Wellbeing podcast. On today’s show, our first ever, we have Brad Perkins. His biography is, Brad is a visionary physician and scientist who recently left a position of Chief Medical Officer at Human Longevity Incorporated, found a new startup, Sapiens Data Science. At HLI he was responsible for leading all clinical and... Read MoreA New Healthcare Industry Emerging From Computing – EP01: Brad Perkins (Sapiens DS)