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Impacts of Heat Waves on Human HealthAcross the United States, climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves. A heat wave is defined as a persistent period of high temperature days. Although unusually hot days are a natural part of day-to-day variations in weather, heat waves are becoming more common alongside the rapidly accelerating climate crisis. In major cities across the country, the number of heat waves has increased steadily, from two heat waves per year in the 1960s to six per year into the 2010s and 2020s. In the 1960s, the average heat wave was 2.0 degrees above the local 85th percentile threshold, while the average heat wave during the 2020s has been 2.5 degrees above the local threshold. Approximately 210 million Americans, or two thirds of the population, live in counties vulnerable to health threats from high temperatures. As temperatures increase, the number of heat-related illnesses, emergency room visits, and deaths simultaneously increase. As we head further into the 21st century, adaptive measures to protect human health from the effects of extreme heat waves will be necessary in the face of rising climate risk.Protecting yourself during extreme heatOver the past three decades, heat waves have been the leading cause of weather-related fatalities across the nation. In addition to rising heat-related illnesses and deaths, extreme heat can also worsen health outcomes from chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and acute kidney injury. Extreme temperatures compromise the body's ability to regulate its internal temperature, resulting in illness, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, and hyperthermia. Individuals living in densely populated cities are extremely vulnerable to the urban heat island effect, which exacerbates high heat temperatures as man made surfaces absorb sunlight during the day and radiate the stored energy at night as heat. Children, the elderly, people experiencing homelessness, low-income communities and individuals with pre-existing health conditions are at the greatest risk to the adverse effects of extreme heat. As temperatures continue to rise, it is necessary that individuals take on adaptive measures to protect themselves from the health risks posed by extreme heat. Action can be taken on both a policy and an individual level. Local governments can take steps to help residents reduce their vulnerability to heat through heat management plans and vulnerability assessments. For example, officials can create early warning systems and urban cooling centers for individuals to find refuge. On an individual scale, when you need to go outside, taking preventive measures such as sun protection, hats, and umbrellas is vital to stay cool. Trying to stay inside as much as possible and finding refuge from the heat will help one avoid the risks of heatstroke. More educational initiatives will be vital in informing individuals on risk factors, symptoms, and treatment steps to keep people safe and informed.Benefits of protecting oneself during extreme heat During periods of extreme heat, it is important to take proper care of yourself in order to mitigate the health effects that result from high temperatures such as dehydration, heat stroke, exhaustion, and slowed cognitive function. Taking extreme heat seriously is vital, as the effects of extreme temperatures can be as serious as sudden events like heart attack or stroke. Prolonged periods of heat and humidity make your body work extra hard to maintain a normal temperature, so taking such precautions is necessary to protect yourself and your loved ones. As extreme heat-related weather events become more common, becoming accustomed to the ways you can keep yourself safe is imperative in a warming world.More progress can be madeIf we fail to take adaptation measures on both an individual and policy level, we will be unprepared to respond to the impacts of extreme heat. As extreme heat rises in prevalence, more awareness on the ways to respond to increasingly high temperatures can help individuals adapt to such events. Currently, heat is already the weather phenomenon that kills the most people in the United States, so taking care of yourself, family, and neighbors during heat waves is essential to saving lives. For residents who do not have the resources or cooling systems in place to seek protection during a heat wave, the use of cooling centers in cities can provide short-term relief. Important to note, however, is that the increased use of cooling systems will heighten electricity costs due to increasing demand, thereby generating more greenhouse gas emissions from rising power generation. If leaks are to occur, concerns can also arise around the potential release of potent refrigerant gasses, which worsen climate change and damage the ozone layer. This creates a self-perpetuating cycle in that air conditioning is used to treat extreme temperatures, but effectively worsens the climate crisis in doing so. More innovative solutions will be necessary to curtail emissions while keeping individuals safe. Beyond individual actions during times of crisis, cities also need to help their residents respond to rising temperatures in the long-term by redesigning public spaces, planting trees to provide cooling, painting rooftops white to repel sunlight, and incorporating new cooling technologies in buildings and homes. About our guestDr. David Sklar is an Assistant Dean at the Arizona State University School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, is a Professor at the ASU College of Health Solutions and works as an emergency physician. Former Editor in Chief of Academic Medicine, Dr. Sklar now works as a senior advisor in health policy and health professions education at ASU Health. Dr. Sklar works to increase awareness on mitigative steps individuals can take to decrease their health risks from extreme heat events.ResourcesIndiana University: Adaptation strategies for extreme heat and public healthNRDC: Climate Change and Health: Extreme HeatEPA: Climate Change Indicators: Heat WavesWHO: Heat and HealthNIH: Temperature-related Death and IllnessFurther ReadingPenn State: Climate-driven extreme heat may make parts of Earth too hot for humansArch Daily:How to Adapt Cities to Extreme HeatWhite House: Planning Tools for Combatting Extreme HeatFor a transcript, please visit https://climatebreak.org/staying-safe-in-extreme-heat-with-dr-david-sklar/

Meredith Hestand is the Chief Nurse Executive Officer for Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, a position she's held since 2020. Her leadership ensures consistent and high-quality standards of patient-centered nursing care: managing all nursing resources, developing nursing policies and programs to comply with established standards, and implementing long-term strategic goals and objectives for the organization. Meredith has been a Registered Nurse for 23 years, the last 18 with Dignity Health. She joined Chandler Regional Medical Center as a staff nurse in labor and delivery, was promoted to clinical supervisor, and left the East Valley for two years to manage St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center's labor care areas. She returned to Chandler Regional as Director of Maternal Child Health, and then she assumed the role of Senior Director of Maternal Children Health for both Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert. Meredith has master's degrees in nursing and business administration and is working on her doctorate in nursing practice. She also has a nurse executive board certification through American Nurses Credentialing Center and a graduate certificate in clinical ethics from the Alden March Bioethics Institute. She's been twice nominated for the Arizona March of Dimes Nurse of the Year and was recognized with Dignity Health's Acts of Humankindness Awards in 2016 and 2017. Meredith has been married to her husband, Brandon, for 20 years, and they have two children, Ravyn (18, ASU College of Nursing) and Carter (14). In her free time, Meredith enjoys downtime with her family and playing the piano, as she has since she was six years old.  ---------- Guiding Growth: Conversations with Community Leaders Join our hosts, Sarah Watts and Ben Kalkman, as we explore the human journey of leaders - their stories of humility, triumph, roadblocks, and lessons learned - as they reflect on how they became who they are today and share stories of inspiration and hope with listeners. We'll take away the title, just for a moment, and enjoy a connection with the soul. Be sure to subscribe to our show for more interviews with community leaders. This podcast is brought to you by the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce and Modern Moments. Learn more about our show at https://guidinggrowth.co. View our Privacy Policy at https://modernmoments.com/privacy

This week we are joined by Lisa Lloyd, an award winning inventor and someone who made a DEAL with SHARK TANK's Daymond John! Check out her channel @icaninvent ! Lisa's success began with her idea for a barrette. While working for the CBS affiliate in Tucson, AZ she often wore her hair up in a French Twist. Friends and co-workers regularly asked how she fashioned the professional up-do so she began to scour stores to find a barrette that would help. When she discovered there was nothing on the market she decided to invent one. A short thirteen months later she had patented, manufactured, sold to stores and ultimately licensed the patent to Scunci® for 20 years of regular income. The product is now sold in stores around the world and has generated over $20M globally! Since then Lisa has licensed 6 more products to major distributors including Goody Products®, Scunci®. and Helen of Troy®. In 2007 Lisa in-licensed a patent from an inventor and took on the challenge to further develop, patent, manufacture and launch a new line of plush products called TC Pets for which she has won numerous awards and been featured on the ABC reality show Shark Tank where she won the coveted investment of “Shark” Daymond John of FUBU. Additionally Lisa is the co-founder of the Inventor's Association of Arizona and has been a consultant for hundreds of small businesses and startups as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence for several Accelerators and as an Academic Advisor for the Venture Devil Program at ASU. She has also been contracted by major corporations like InventHelp®, Scunci® and Newell Rubbermaid® to help develop their innovation infrastructure and licensing best practices. Her experience includes Director of Business Development for Early Stage East. ESE is a series of Delaware venture conferences specializing in early stage VC for High-Tech and Biotech companies. Lisa has spent nearly two decades as a speaker and trainer on the subjects of innovation, licensing and business development. She has been a featured lecturer at Universities including the U of A Eller School of Business and Entrepreneurship, ASU College of Engineering, and the Arizona Intellectual Property Association's continuing education program. She's also won numerous awards for pitch competitions including Rice University's “Alliance Business Plan Pitch Competition” and “Pitch it to the Pros” with Discovery Channel's Billy Mayes. Lisa is a forward thinker, voracious learner and always looking for new ways to add value for entrepreneurs and innovators. Her program, The Invention Accelerator helps independent inventors build successful licensing businesses. Go to: https://theinventionaccelerator.com for more information. Do you have an idea you want to get off the ground? Reach out to the Making Awesome Podcast through https://3DMusketeers.com/podcast and someone will get you set up to be a guest!

There is backlash on the campus of Arizona State University about Kyle Rittenhouse becoming a student. The fight against that movement continues for those fighting for Rittenhouse.

The ASU College Republicans United (CRU) have been supporting Kyle Rittenhouse from the beginning. He plans on attending there and has support now on a local level as he transitions into college life. Rick Thomas discusses the backlash from supporting Rittenhouse.

Lisa Lloyd is the President and CEO of Lloyd Marketing Group. Her success began with her idea for a barrette while working for the CBS affiliate in Tucson, AZ. A short 13 months later, she had patented, manufactured, sold to stores, and ultimately licensed the patent to Scünci for 20 years of regular income. The product is now sold in stores around the world and has generated over $20M globally!  Since then, Lisa has licensed 6 more products to major distributors including Goody, Scünci, and Helen of Troy. In 2007, she in-licensed a patent from an inventor and took on the challenge to further develop, patent, manufacture, and launch a new line of plush products called TC Pets, for which she has won numerous awards—and was even featured on the ABC reality show Shark Tank, where she won the coveted investment of “Shark” Daymond John, the CEO of FUBU.  Lisa has spent nearly two decades as a speaker and trainer on innovation, licensing, and business tactics. She has been a featured lecturer at universities like the University of Arizona Eller School of Business and Entrepreneurship, ASU College of Engineering, and the Arizona Intellectual Property Association's continuing education program for patent and trademark attorneys. She has also won numerous awards for various pitch competitions, including Rice University’s “Rice Alliance Business Plan Competition” and “Pitch it to the Pros” with Discovery Channel’s Billy Mays. In this episode… Innovators come up with great ideas for products that are meant to meet a certain need for people. If the idea is commercially viable, you stand a good chance of finding investors and manufacturing the product. But, you may also find it ideal to license your product to another company and earn a regular income from product sales made by that company. However, not every idea can be licensed. This could happen if the problem you’re hoping to solve with your product just isn’t big enough to warrant the purchase. It could also be because the idea is poorly defined and doesn’t solve people's pain points—and, if this is the case, your idea may not be commercially viable considering all the costs associated with production.  Lisa Lloyd, the President and CEO of Lloyd Marketing Group, is Rich Goldstein's guest in this episode of the Innovations and Breakthroughs Podcast, where she shares her tips and tricks for successfully inventing and licensing products. She also talks about her experience pitching at ABC's Shark Tank, the importance of having an invention support community, and why some products don't get licensing offers.

(Originally aired on 91.5 KJZZ-FM, October 15, 2018) A study published in the American Journal of Public Health analyzed evidence on sitting, smoking and health. The study found sitting is not the new smoking. Sitting has commonly been associated with smoking, with some sources even suggesting that smoking is better than sitting. But the study said the two are not comparable. ASU College of Health Solutions associate professor Matthew Buman authored the study with other researchers, and said the idea that sitting is the new smoking has no basis in evidence.

SHOW NOTES Alan Pitt, M.D., is a Professor at the Barrow Neurological Institute, one of the country's premier centers of excellence for neuroscience. He has degrees from Stanford University (B.A 83) and the University of Arizona (M.D 88). He did postgraduate training in Internal Medicine, Neurology, Radiology and Neuroradiology. Over the past two decades, Dr. Pitt has worked at the nexus of computers and medicine, looking for better ways to stitch together our fragmented care system. He passionately believes that by putting the patient in front of the right person, the patients fear and anxiety (and that of loved ones, the nurse, or generalist) can be mitigated by the reassurance such contact provides. This approach avoids needless tests, transfers, and worry. In his efforts to transform healthcare, Dr. Pitt focuses on cloud-based solutions leveraging messaging and collaboration with sustainable business models. Dr. Pitt was the healthcare representative to the Digital Arizona Council, a group organized by the State of Arizona's CIO. He is an adjunct professor at the ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation and the University of Arizona College of Medicine/Phoenix. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, in 2014 Dr. Pitt was invited to serve as CMO for Avizia, a global provider of telehealth services. In 2011 he was awarded a $100,000 innovation grant from Dignity Health for (Mi)hospital, a novel cloud-based system for patient engagement. Dr. Pitt has been an invited speaker at the state and national level on issues related to telehealth and patient engagement. Listen and Learn: Why America's healthcare system is broken How technology has the power to bring medical professionals together What makes networking the key to success Why the medical field needs more collaboration How reassurance can make a huge difference in someone's outlook TO FIND ALAN ON LINKEDIN, CLICK HERE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE, CLICK HERE.

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The Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University have formed a partnership to help fill a need for more graduates in poultry science. Dr. Tim Burcham, dean of the ASU College of Agriculture, Engineering and Technology, discusses the launch of this dual transfer "3-plus-1" bachelor’s degree program and its future benefits to the poultry industry in Arkansas.

Alan Pitt, M.D., is a Professor at the Barrow Neurological Institute, one of the country’s premier centers of excellence for neuroscience. He has degrees from Stanford University (B.A 83) and the University Arizona (M.D 88). He did postgraduate training in Internal Medicine, Neurology, Radiology and Neuroradiology. Over the past two decades Dr. Pitt has worked at the nexus of computers and medicine, looking for better ways to stitch together our fragmented healthcare ecosystem. He passionately believes that by putting the patient in front of the right person, the patient’s fear and anxiety (and that of loved ones, the nurse, or generalist) can be mitigated by the reassurance such contact provides. This approach avoids needless tests, transfers and worry. In his efforts to transform healthcare, Dr. Pitt focuses on cloud-based solutions leveraging messaging and collaboration with sustainable business models. Dr. Pitt was the healthcare representative to the Digital Arizona Council, a group organized by the State of Arizona’s CIO. He is an adjunct professor for the ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation and the University of Arizona College of Medicine/Phoenix. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, in 2014 Dr. Pitt was invited to serve as CMO for Avizia, a global provider of telehealth services. In 2011 he was awarded a $100,000 innovation grant from Dignity Health for (Mi)hospital, a novel cloud-based system for patient engagement. Dr. Pitt has been an invited speaker at the state and national level on issues related to telehealth and patient engagement. What you’ll learn about in this episode: Dr. Pitt’s background in Neuroradiology Why people with ideas to fix healthcare often fail The cultural nuances within healthcare that need to be understood if you’re actually going to execute on an idea Why you should accept in kind from a hospital that can’t offer cash What hospitals look for before they’ll offer an in kind partnership How a successful product would slowly expand through a hospital system Why you need to understand an entire ecosystem, and how Dr. Pitt sees this in practice in healthcare Dr. Pitt’s involvement with telemedicine His new podcast Healthcare Pittstop Ways to contact Vinay: Blog: www.healthcarepitstop.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alanpitt A transcript of today's episode is available at: systemexecution.com/alan-pitt

Editorial director & interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, interviews authors Bernadette Melnyk, and Ellen Fineout-Overholt from ASU College of Nursing, about their new series, “Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step”, debuting in November. The year-long series will be a guide for organizations to follow along to implement evidence-based practice.

Editorial director & interim editor-in-chief, Shawn Kennedy, interviews authors Bernadette Melnyk, and Ellen Fineout-Overholt from ASU College of Nursing, about their new series, “Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step”, debuting in November. The year-long series will be a guide for organizations to follow along to implement evidence-based practice.