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Send us Fan MailBen sits down with Dr. Shetal Shah and AAP federal advocacy director Stephanie Glier to unpack HR1, the sweeping reconciliation bill that could cut $1.15 trillion in federal Medicaid spending over the next decade. With 40% of US births and up to 65% of NICU graduates covered by Medicaid, the stakes for neonatology are enormous. Shetal and Stephanie break down state directed payments, provider taxes, shortened retroactive coverage windows, and new work requirements, explaining how administrative friction alone could push families out of coverage. They also offer a clear playbook: connect with your AAP state chapter, share bedside stories with policymakers, and don't be more intimidated by a congressional office than by a resuscitation.----AAP Advocacy page: https://www.aap.org/en/advocacy/?srsltid=AfmBOoqcnlKDsPZkpNg6z6U7OlOuBqUiuCtWHrUPmRGzfqDiQEl-vf7sMyers CN, Beck AF. H.R. 1's Medicaid cuts threaten children's health. Health Affairs Forefront. January 20, 2026. Accessed August 28, 2026. https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/h-r-1-s-medicaid-cuts-threaten-children-s-healthLittle J, Kohler A. How H.R. 1 cuts and changes to Medicaid played out in 2026 state legislative sessions (Part 2). Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. July 2, 2026. Accessed August 28, 2026. https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/07/02/how-h-r-1-cuts-and-changes-to-medicaid-played-out-in-2026-state-legislative-sessions-part-2/Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. Implications of H.R. 1 – the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy. 2026. Accessed August 28, 2026. https://www.amcp.org/H.R.1Park E. New CMS guidance on H.R. 1's restrictions of state directed payments. Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. February 4, 2026. Accessed August 28, 2026. https://ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/02/04/new-cms-guidance-on-h-r-1s-restrictions-of-state-directed-payments/Mudumala A, Mohamed M, Tolbert J, Burns A. The impact of H.R. 1 on two Medicaid eligibility rules. KFF. September 22, 2025. Accessed August 28, 2026. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/the-impact-of-h-r-1-on-two-medicaid-eligibility-rules/ Support the showAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below.Enjoy!

MDs react to JAMA op-ed claiming autonomous AI will outperform doctors on routine medical tasks by 2030, spurring widespread layoffs: When even intravenous iron isn't enough to stave off anemia; “Emergency “ home medical kits draw ire of medical experts: Meta dinged $567 for teen addiction—why spending it for therapy of adolescents who are hooked on social media may be a waste of money; Adequate vitamin D minimizes post-op pain; When is a second prostate biopsy called for? 

Send us Fan MailThis week on The Incubator Podcast, Ben and Daphna dig into four studies reshaping bedside decisions. They open questioning whether routine DAT screening for ABO and RhD incompatibility still earns its place, finding transcutaneous bilirubin alone predicts phototherapy need just as well. Next, a Swedish national registry of over two million births links missed intramuscular vitamin K, and rising oral substitution, to a near-doubling of bleeding and intracranial hemorrhage risk. Ben then presents the PHILODENDRON pilot trial out of Milan, testing initial delivery-room CPAP of 5 versus 8 cmH2O in infants under 30 weeks, feasible and safe, but not yet enough to settle the physiology question. Daphna closes Journal Club with a SART-linked study tying IVF conception to significantly higher odds of VACTERL association. The week wraps with Ben and Eli on Neo News, unpacking a study showing birth certificates miss nearly 40% of true NICU admissions, with troubling racial disparities.----Utility of DAT in Low-Risk Neonates With ABO or RhD Incompatibility. Tsai TL, Ma T, Nester T.Pediatrics. 2026 Sep 1;158(3):e2026076989. doi: 10.1542/peds.2026-076989.PMID: 42642037Vitamin K Prophylaxis in Newborns and Bleeding in Infancy. Simatou E, Tsamantioti E, Hallström A, Stephansson O, Razaz N, Persson M, Bolk J.JAMA Pediatr. 2026 Sep 1;180(9):995-1004. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2026.2606.PMID: 42440325Initial CPAP of 5 versus 8 cmH2O during delivery room stabilisation of very preterm infants: the PHILODENDROOM pilot randomised trial. Cavigioli F, Bresesti I, Castoldi F, Gatto S, Lupo E, Rossi S, La Verde A, Bianchi S, Meneghin F, Viaroli F, Pivetti V, Manfredini V, Cannata G, Bastrenta P, Fontana P, Stucchi I, Daniele I, Chiera M, Lista G.Eur J Pediatr. 2026 Aug 17;185(9):673. doi: 10.1007/s00431-026-07322-6.PMID: 42608615 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.In Vitro Fertilization and VACTERL Birth Defects. Tark JY, Richard MA, Schraw JM, Fisher SC, Betancourt D, Stone SL, Forestieri NE, Baker VL, Cameron K, Eisenberg ML, Belva F, Lu Y, Williams CL, Sutcliffe AG, Lupo PJ, Luke B.JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Aug 3;9(8):e2629355. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.29355.PMID: 42616500 Free PMC article.Birth certificate data substantially misrepresent actual NICU admissions, including among most vulnerable. Hughes CS, Lorch SA, Schmitt S, Passarella M, Phibbs CS.J Perinatol. 2026 Jul;46(7):1307-1312. doi: 10.1038/s41372-026-02726-6. Epub 2026 May 27.PMID: 42204354Support the showAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below.Enjoy!

Episode 384 | The 5 Biological Laws: Is Your Body Working Against You?What if symptoms we commonly view as ‘evidence' that the body is malfunctioning are actually part of purposeful biological adaptations?Melissa Sell, DC, joins us to discuss Germanic New Medicine and the five biological laws—a radically different framework for understanding the relationship between an unexpected event, the psyche, brain, organs, microbes, symptoms, and healing. We look at the difference between the conflict-active and healing phases, why the same experience may affect two people differently, what recurring “tracks” can tell us, and how conflicts may be resolved through practical or perceptual solutions.We also ask where toxins, mold, injury, nutrition, and other external factors fit into this model—and what someone skeptical of Germanic New Medicine can examine for himself.Learn more: https://www.drmelissasell.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DrMelissaSellFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmelissasell/Instagram: https://instagram.com/drmelissasellYou can support the show by always starting your Amazon shopping at the link on our homepage, InformedChoiceWA.org. This gives us a small commission at no extra cost to you.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Homecoming weekend is here, which means family memories, cute pictures and Rizz saying exactly the wrong thing to his wife. This funny podcast begins with Rizz's daughter trying on homecoming dresses and Dad successfully navigating the fashion show — right up until his wife suggests she could wear one of the dresses to a wedding and Rizz responds, “There's no way you're fitting in that.” Congratulations, sir. You found the wrong answer with breathtaking efficiency.Meanwhile, Lern conducts a marriage experiment by replacing her usual bedtime uniform of oversized vintage T-shirts and basketball shorts with actual cute pajamas. Tim notices immediately. This somehow launches the crew into an extremely important investigation involving sexy pajamas, going commando, boxer briefs, underwear shelf life and Rizz admitting he may have underwear old enough to have its own driver's license. Somewhere along the way, “gangrenous ween” enters the conversation, because apparently we abandoned professionalism before sunrise.Then it's time for some hometown pride! Unfortunately, St. Louis Lambert International Airport ranks 22nd out of 24 large airports in the satisfaction study discussed on the show. Nothing says STL like looking at 22nd place and saying, “Hey, at least we beat two.” The crew also talks summer vacations, tourist destinations with reputations for rudeness and why Rizz has officially become Midwestern enough to forget how to merge into New York City pedestrian traffic.The show also digs into why the internet feels considerably more miserable these days, from rage bait and negative comments to algorithms that figured out making everybody angry is fantastic for engagement. The proposed solution? Put the phone down, go outside and interact with actual humans. Terrifying concept, we know.Thankfully, this funny podcast eventually discovers something the internet hasn't ruined yet: miniature horses. A study discussed on the show found that spending just a few minutes petting or scratching miniature horses or donkeys can help improve mood and reduce feelings like anxiety, sadness and loneliness. Lern immediately recommends RR Ranch in Wildwood, while everybody becomes emotionally invested in tiny animals with names like Randy, Olivia, Mary and Memphis.So apparently the path to happiness is deleting rage bait, replacing your decade-old underwear and petting Randy the miniature horse. Medical schools hate us.It's homecoming chaos, relationship mistakes, St. Louis suffering, internet misery and miniature equine salvation in another completely necessary funny podcast from The Rizzuto Show.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Send us Fan MailBen and Eli dig into a Journal of Perinatology study that asks a deceptively simple question: can we trust birth certificate data to tell us how many babies actually need NICU care? The answer, it turns out, is no. Nearly 40% of NICU admissions are missing from birth certificates, with the biggest gaps among full-term and late-preterm infants, and troubling racial disparities in which admissions get missed. Ben and Eli unpack what this means for how states and hospitals allocate resources, why underreporting could be quietly starving NICUs of funding and attention, and why pairing solid epidemiologic data with individual bedside stories may be the most effective way to make the case for better-resourced newborn care.----Birth certificate data substantially misrepresent actual NICU admissions, including among most vulnerable. Hughes CS, Lorch SA, Schmitt S, Passarella M, Phibbs CS.J Perinatol. 2026 Jul;46(7):1307-1312. doi: 10.1038/s41372-026-02726-6. Epub 2026 May 27.PMID: 42204354Support the showAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below.Enjoy!

In this powerful and eye-opening conversation, Gene Valentino sits down with Dr. James Thorp, MD, to discuss the controversies surrounding COVID-19, medical ethics, and the pressures physicians faced during the pandemic.Dr. Thorp shares his perspective on vaccine safety, concerns surrounding pregnancy-related safety signals, and the challenges he says he experienced after opposing COVID-19 vaccination policies.Why were some physicians afraid to speak out? Were important safety concerns overlooked? And what can we learn from the decisions made during the pandemic?This is a must-watch discussion about medical freedom, patient advocacy, accountability, and the future of American healthcare.

Send us Fan MailGuest BioGia Sawko | Chief Claims Officer at Signal MutualDecades of claims experience in workers' compensationInstrumental in navigating how AI reshapes the adjuster's roleFocused on preserving and amplifying human judgment in claims workThe ConversationYvonne, Rafael, and Gia get into what's happening in claims work right now. The job is harder than ever. The tools haven't caught up. And there's a path forward if we're willing to think differently about training, technology, and what we ask of the people doing this kind of work.Key Discussion PointsThe Claims Desk Hasn't Been Redesigned in 20+ YearsThe claims adjuster's job has become exponentially more complex. Medical knowledge requirements have expanded. Regulatory demands keep multiplying, and they're harder than ever to navigate. Case management now demands synthesis across medical history, pharmacy data, functional capacity, and emerging compensability questions. But the actual desk, the systems, and the workflows look almost identical to what they did two decades ago. The infrastructure hasn't kept pace with our industry's complexity.Why Don't We Train Claims Adjusters Like Apprentices?Gia makes a good point: we should treat claims adjuster development like other industries treat apprenticeships, such as skilled trades. New adjusters need structured mentorship, graduated complexity, and time to build judgment alongside technical knowledge. Right now, they often get thrown into the deep end. If we reimagined onboarding the way apprenticeship programs do, with clear progression and accountability, we'd build stronger professionals. People who feel accomplished master their craft and stay in the industry.AI as Support, Not ReplacementThe highest-value use of AI in claims isn't automation; it's augmenting what adjusters already do. AI can flag high-risk claims and surface comorbidities. It can summarize documents. But the adjuster owns the relationship with the claimant and the critical judgment calls. The combination between the person and the algorithm is where we'll get the best outcomes.Implementation Challenges Are RealYou can't pause operations to implement AI. Decision fatigue is a risk when adjusters get too many warnings. And AI is only as good as the question asked. We need to teach adjusters how to ask better questions and build trust through testing. This is the "how" nobody's really solved yet.AI Literacy Is Non-NegotiableEvery adjuster needs to become proficient in AI language now. Start small, test on easy tasks, validate against what you already know. Those who build this proficiency will be positioned better than those who don't. The window is now.Deucing Every PointGia is a serious tennis player! Ask her about a match where she lost 6-0, 6-0—and she'll tell you about the deuces, the rallies that mattered, the quality of every point. Lean in to hear what the court might teach us about adjuster mastery.¡Muchas Gracias! Thank you for listening. We would appreciate you sharing our podcast with your friends on social media. Find Yvonne and Rafael on Linked In or follow us on Twitter @deconstructcomp 

A new Wake Up Tri-County interview spotlighted concerns over pilot health and aviation safety. Dr. Sal Giorgianni, senior science advisor for Men's Health Network, discussed research showing flight crews may face elevated cancer risks from repeated radiation exposure at cruising altitude. He also warned that pilots may delay medical care out of fear that a diagnosis could threaten their careers. Giorgianni said FAA medical certification rules need modernization, with better communication between physicians and aviation examiners. He emphasized that safety improves when pilots are encouraged to seek preventive care early, rather than hide symptoms until conditions become more serious.

This episode first surfaced back in June 2014, presenting three people who'd run out of road and somehow had to find more. Daniel Lobell is broke enough to be applying for Medi-Cal, sitting in an LA social services office, and privately deciding his comedy career is finished, when an offhand habit turns the whole waiting room's attention on him. Joe Mulligan, a stand-up whose marriage and career have both come apart, flies to Boulder for a peyote ceremony and finds his spirit guide is the last thing he would have chosen. And Olga Schmutz, gutted by a breakup, walks into a Philadelphia shop at 3 a.m. and walks out with a strap-on named Carlitos and a brand-new sense of purpose. Leave your comments on these stories and find episode details and music credits at risk-show.com/podcast/second-wind-cre533  Be Part of RISK!

Send us Fan MailBen and Daphna  dig into a large, population-based study linking IVF conception to VACTERL association, a rare but serious pattern of congenital anomalies spanning the vertebral, anal, cardiac, tracheoesophageal, renal, and limb systems. Drawing on over 1.5 million births across four US states and linked SART registry data, the study finds IVF-conceived infants face significantly higher odds of VACTERL and related multiple anomaly syndromes compared to naturally conceived infants. Daphna and Ben unpack what this means for clinical suspicion at the bedside, why some VACTERL phenotypes may be easy to miss, and how better tracking of conception history through delivery could change how NICU teams approach anomaly workups in IVF-conceived infants.----In Vitro Fertilization and VACTERL Birth Defects. Tark JY, Richard MA, Schraw JM, Fisher SC, Betancourt D, Stone SL, Forestieri NE, Baker VL, Cameron K, Eisenberg ML, Belva F, Lu Y, Williams CL, Sutcliffe AG, Lupo PJ, Luke B.JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Aug 3;9(8):e2629355. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.29355.PMID: 42616500 Free PMC article.Support the showAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below.Enjoy!

Dr. Miki Mannino, a canine rehabilitation therapist and owner of K-9 Kinetics Rehabilitation and Sports Therapy, is our guest on this week's episode. Dr. Mannino entered veterinary medicine with a clear vision for her future as a mixed animal practitioner, but a serious health challenge led her away from large animal practice and into canine rehabilitation. She built a new career and a practice around what she could do rather than what she had expected to do, and she shares what this experience taught her about letting go of a carefully planned career path, staying open to unexpected opportunities, and trusting yourself through periods of change and uncertainty.Thank you to our podcast partner, NVA General Practice. NVA helps great vets become even greater with multiple paths to build a career that's uniquely yours. Wherever you want to go next, NVA has a path to help you get there. Visit Careers.NVA.com to find your next role.

First, we speak with The Indian Express' Sohini Ghosh about a case involving a same-sex couple that has raised an important question about who gets to make medical decisions for a partner. She talks about what the Health Ministry has told the High Court in this regard and the rights of queer couples in India.Next, we speak with The Indian Express' Amitabh Sinha about the United States admitting that it has deployed active weapons in space. He talks about the rules and regulations in place regarding the weaponization of space, the debate around it and what it means for other countries. (15:20)Lastly, we discuss the government's decision not to roll back the proposed MDR on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000. (27:43)Hosted by Niharika NandaProduced by Shashank Bhargava, Ichha Sharma, and Niharika NandaEdited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

In this week's episode, Blood editor Dr. Laurie Sehn interviews Drs. Mariateresa Fulciniti and Angelo D'Alessandro on their latest articles published in Blood. Dr. Fulciniti, of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the development of "PKMYT1 is a targetable vulnerability in del(17p) high-risk multiple myeloma" starting from the question, "Is 17P loss simply a prognostic marker, or does it create specific vulnerabilities that we can therapeutically exploit?" Then, Dr. D'Alessandro, of the University of Colorado, discusses "The red blood cell proteome and interactome identify a Band 3–BLVRB axis regulating hypoxic metabolic adaptation." His team began by asking, "What's in a red blood cell? How many proteins are there, and how can we confidently claim that these now several 1000s of proteins in opposite excess are indeed proteins within red blood cells are not coming from contaminants?" Both studies describe how deep molecular profiling can uncover specific, potentially targetable biological dependencies or interaction axes that may enable more precise, mechanism‑based therapeutic strategies.

On September 9th, Gary Siders Senior was ruled incompetent to stand trial in Vinton County, Ohio. The seventy-three-year-old patriarch was facing sixteen counts of child endangerment after investigators found sixteen children in a single room of his family's home in June. The children were living in filth. Some couldn't speak. The floor was rotted through. Seven were hospitalized. He's already out of jail. His attorney says the case is effectively over. But the real question in this case was never just about Gary Senior. Gallia County CPS documented these children's conditions twice — in 2020 and 2021. A seven-year-old who'd never seen a doctor. A five-year-old with no clear language. Medical professionals told the court the children would stop receiving care if the case was closed. The court closed it anyway. Three more defendants have now filed for competency hearings.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#GarySiders #SidersFamily #HiddenKillers #ChildEndangerment #VintonCounty #OhioCPS #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeNews #SystemFailed #JusticeForChildren

A mother of a nine-month-old came to this conversation already pro-vaccine, having read *Vax Facts*, and she wanted to press me directly on the questions that keep so many parents up at night. I welcomed it. This episode is that full conversation, unscripted and unfiltered.

What can a small nation with a fierce warrior tradition teach the world's largest militaries about keeping wounded soldiers alive? Brig. Gen. Petter Iversen, M.D., Surgeon General of the Norwegian Armed Forces and Chair of the NATO Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services, sat down with WarDocs at the Defense Strategies Institute Operational Medicine Symposium in San Antonio to answer it. An orthopedic trauma surgeon with deployments to Afghanistan, Chad, and anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean, Brig. Gen. Iversen brings a frontline surgeon's view of war surgery and the future of Allied military medicine. His central concern is capacity, not competence. Twenty-five years of expeditionary warfare gave NATO air supremacy, controlled evacuation routes, and constrained battlespace. Large-scale combat operations will offer none of that. Treatment and evacuation will happen close to a long, contested front line, and Brig. Gen. Iversen states plainly that the Alliance does not have enough military medical troops to sustain that fight. That capacity problem reframes what military medicine is for. Modern forces are small and highly specialized, with no bench of spare soldiers. Deployment itself costs health — people get sick, exhausted, and mentally worn. Brig. Gen. Iversen cites the fifteen percent of Ukrainian recruits trained in Europe who return to the front with mental health problems, and the two-thirds of them who can go back to duty when treatment is available nearby. Return to duty, in his framing, is not a personnel metric. It is combat power. He is equally direct about training. Norway has required a war surgery course of every general surgery trainee for more than fifty years, precisely because a specialized hospital system does not produce clinicians who are comfortable with an open belly and limited consumables. Resilience, he argues, is generalist competence — and the curriculum debate now underway in Norway is a debate every Allied medical service is having. Brig. Gen. Iversen also walks through the Norwegian aeromedical evacuation enterprise built with Scandinavian Airlines: a civil airliner reconfigured into a medical evacuation platform in roughly twenty hours, flying near-weekly missions since 2022, more than thirty-five hundred patients moved out of Ukraine, and no fatal outcomes en route. The hard part, he says, was never the aircrew. It was patient selection, cross-border communication, and knowing where a nation's wounded ended up. He closes with a message aimed squarely at American listeners: prepare mentally for something much bigger than you have imagined, on more than one front at once. Chapters (01:08-05:25) The Capacity Gap in Large-Scale Combat Operations (05:25-09:12) Return to Duty as Combat Power (09:12-13:35) Resilience, Generalist Surgery, and the Technology Trap (13:35-18:15) Flying the Wounded Out of Ukraine (18:15-22:08) The Arctic, and a Direct Message to America Chapter Summaries (01:08-05:25) The Capacity Gap in Large-Scale Combat Operations Brig. Gen. Iversen names insufficient military medical troop strength as his single greatest concern for a large-scale fight. He contrasts twenty-five years of expeditionary warfare — air supremacy, controlled evacuation routes, constrained geography — with a long contested front line where treatment and evacuation must happen forward and under threat. (05:25-09:12) Return to Duty as Combat Power Modern forces are small and specialized, with no redundancy, so every clinician who returns a soldier to the line adds combat power. He cites the fifteen percent of Ukrainian recruits trained in Europe who develop mental health problems at the front, and the two-thirds who can return with treatment delivered nearby. (09:12-13:35) Resilience, Generalist Surgery, and the Technology Trap Norway has required a war surgery course of every general surgery trainee for more than fifty years. Brig. Gen. Iversen argues that resilience is generalist competence, and that surgeons trained inside highly specialized systems are measurably less comfortable with open surgery than a decade or two ago. (13:35-18:15) Flying the Wounded Out of Ukraine A partnership with Scandinavian Airlines, built after the tsunami, converts a civil airliner into a medical evacuation platform in about twenty hours. More than thirty-five hundred patients have moved out of Ukraine on near-weekly missions since 2022 with no fatal outcomes en route. The hard part is patient selection and cross-border coordination, not the flying. (18:15-22:08) The Arctic, and a Direct Message to America Cold changes the math on combat casualty care: the protocols are known, but the resource cost and training burden rise sharply, and the same wound is more likely to be fatal. Brig. Gen. Iversen closes by telling American listeners to prepare mentally for a conflict far larger than they have imagined, potentially in Europe and the Pacific at once. Take Home Messages Capacity is the binding constraint, not clinical skill: Allied military medicine knows how to treat combat casualties. What it lacks is enough medical troops to do it along a long, contested front line without air supremacy. Treating this as a force-structure problem rather than a training problem is the first honest step. Return to duty is combat power: Specialized forces carry no bench. Every soldier treated forward and returned to the line is worth more than a replacement who does not exist. Primary care and mental health care delivered near the front are operational capabilities, not welfare services. Mental health treatment near the front works: Fifteen percent of Ukrainian recruits trained in Europe return to the front with mental health problems and must be withdrawn within weeks. Two-thirds of them go back to duty when treatment is available close by. Proximity is what makes the difference. Resilience is generalist competence: Surgeons trained inside highly specialized, well-resourced hospital systems are less comfortable with open surgery and austere conditions than they were fifteen years ago. A mandatory war surgery course for every general surgery trainee, sustained for fifty years, is one answer to that drift. Strategic evacuation is a coordination problem: A civil airliner can be reconfigured into a medical evacuation platform in about twenty hours, and aircrew integrate with military medical teams easily. The hard parts are selecting the right patients, communicating across national borders, and letting a nation keep track of its own wounded. Episode Keywords military medicine, NATO COMEDS, Norwegian Armed Forces, surgeon general, large scale combat operations, LSCO, combat casualty care, war surgery, aeromedical evacuation, medevac, Ukraine, Arctic medicine, cold weather casualty care, TCCC, return to duty, military medical readiness, trauma surgery, orthopedic trauma, allied medical support, Article 5, military health system, deployed medicine, military mental health, Defense Strategies Institute, OpMed TV, WarDocs podcast Hashtags #MilitaryMedicine, #WarDocs, #NATO, #CombatCasualtyCare, #LSCO, #Medevac, #ArcticReadiness, #WarSurgery More from the Operational Medicine Symposium This episode is part of the WarDocs and OpMed TV interview series recorded at the Defense Strategies Institute Operational Medicine Symposium in San Antonio, March 2026. Watch the full set of DSI OP MED videos here: https://hubs.li/Q04jRhjP0   Honoring the Legacy and Preserving the History of Military Medicine The WarDocs Mission- WarDocs exists to honor the legacy of Military Medicine, preserve its history, and inspire every generation — across all Services, Corps, and Ranks — to serve with excellence and pride. Through mentorship, coaching, and education, we equip those considering, entering, and serving in military medicine with the knowledge, connections, and community they need to thrive. We celebrate Who we are, What we do, and, most importantly, How we serve Our Patients, the DoW, and Our Nation. 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Welcome back to NICU Awareness Month. In this episode, Katie is sitting down with Kim Holland, mom of Tripp who was born at 27 weeks and also developed NEC. NEC, or Necrotizing Enterocolitis, is the inflammation of the intestine that often leads to the death of intestinal tissue/lining, which caused Tripp to undergo multiple surgeries and spend months in the NICU.   Kim delves into the raw emotions she went through during her pregnancy with Tripp and his stay in the NICU as she had to make tough medical decisions. She also gives us some insight into how she coped and was ultimately able to create a new normal after the NICU. Katie and Kim speak on how to build community and support during a time of healing for all parents.  Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction  1:30 - Kim's Family and Background  4:18 - Emergency C-Section and Preeclampsia Experience 7:39 - Tripp's Birth and NICU Journey 10:20 - Navigating the NICU  13:28 - Understanding NEC and its Impact  16:33 - Surgery and the Role of Faith  19:25 - Post-Surgery and Ongoing Challenges  34:57 - The Grim Reality of Medical Decisions 46:28 - Coping Mechanisms in the NICU  54:26 - Life After the NICU  58:34 - Building Community and Support    Medical information shared in this episode is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult your healthcare team for guidance specific to your child and family.

Send us Fan MailBen and Daphna dig into a pilot RCT that asks a deceptively simple delivery-room question: should very preterm infants start on CPAP of 5 or CPAP of 8 cmH2O? The PHILODENDRON trial, out of Milan's Buzzi Children's Hospital, randomized 56 babies born between 26 and 29 weeks to find out — testing feasibility, safety, and early physiological adaptation before committing to a larger multicenter trial. No major safety signals emerged, but babies on lower CPAP reached surfactant thresholds faster, while higher CPAP trended toward fewer air leaks and shorter ventilation. Ben and Daphna weigh the physiology against the data, and ask whether trials like this even test the right question in the first place.----Initial CPAP of 5 versus 8 cmH2O during delivery room stabilisation of very preterm infants: the PHILODENDROOM pilot randomised trial. Cavigioli F, Bresesti I, Castoldi F, Gatto S, Lupo E, Rossi S, La Verde A, Bianchi S, Meneghin F, Viaroli F, Pivetti V, Manfredini V, Cannata G, Bastrenta P, Fontana P, Stucchi I, Daniele I, Chiera M, Lista G.Eur J Pediatr. 2026 Aug 17;185(9):673. doi: 10.1007/s00431-026-07322-6.PMID: 42608615 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.Support the showAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below.Enjoy!

Season 7 is here, and we're kicking off the new year with resolutions, personal growth, and answers to the really tough questions like: is Kyle Kuzma the new cast BFF? There's an unexpectedly wholesome encounter, a Rosh Hashanah crisis narrowly averted, and another week of politicians, airplanes, Israel, and international incidents, from Trump renaming things again, to an Iranian passenger plane that narrowly averts disaster. We also learn that some things are apparently better left unseen, some countries desperately need new friends, and even your sleep habits may not be safe from the latest medical miracle. New year, new season — appropriately lowered expectations! ________ ** Real kavanah begins in silence. Join QuietKavanah.com !** Whatever you're davening for, whoever you're davening for, that tefillah deserves your full heart and attention, not a mumbled tefillah while in conversation with the person next to you. Make a personal commitment or sign up for your shul at quietkavanah.com. ________ ** The Best Lulav and Esrog - Delivered! ** If you're like Mr. Producer and Esrog shopping gives you anxiety, or you just want to make sure you have the nicest mehudar esrog and lulav, look no further than EsrogShopper.com! Delivered right to your door! Don't forget code KC5 for 5% off! Upgrade your Lulav and Esrog set this year easily with EsrogShopper.com ________ ** Medical weight loss made simple and affordable! Skip the waiting rooms and start losing today with SlimRxCenter.com !** Featuring personalized plans with medical providers, and a team that understands the frum community and its unique lifestyle challenges. Visit: https://slimrxcenter.com/ Call: 845-414-6499 ________ ** Town Appliance - For All Of Your Appliance Needs! ** No matter the budget, Town Appliance will get you the right appliance for your needs and give you the most value for your money. Visit: https://www.townappliance.com/ Call/Text/Whatsapp: 732-364-5195 ________ We have a call-in number where you can hear the cast! Tell your friends and family who may not have internet access! 605-417-0303 To Call In From Israel: +079-579-5087 To Call In From UK: +03-333-66-0768 Also! Subscribe for our bonus content by phone! Available at the same number. ________ Subscribe now to keep us going and access bonus content! https://buymeacoffee.com/kiddushclub/membership   Follow us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiddushclubpodcast/ Join our WhatsApp chat: https://whatsapp.kccast.com Send us you thoughts comments and suggestions via email: hock@kiddushclubpodcast.com  

This week, we feature new research on colorectal cancer surveillance, metabolic acidosis in critical illness, pediatric leukemia, and food-allergy prevention. We also review esophageal cancer and follow a case of severe nutritional deficiency and memory loss. Perspectives address AI and the clinical workforce, physician staffing in the Indian Health Service, human trafficking and child health, and the enduring legacy of the HIV epidemic.

Live from NATA Radio Row with Jay Ostia, MS, LAT, ATC, USMC Reserve Veteran and the founder/product visionary behind Nexus Sports Medicine! Jay shares his journey from art school to sideline athletic training and entrepreneurship. We talk about the creation of Nexus, translating tactical military design into purpose-built athletic training gear, solving sideline gear frustrations, and rethinking sideline readiness at every level of sport. A massive thank you to our official NATA Radio Row sponsor, Pivot by TenCate (@pivot_by_tencate), for supplying our mobile studio turf setup!

Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down the Supreme Court's decision blocking President Trump's last minute effort to use the US Postal Service to scrutinize mail-in ballots ahead of the midterms. Bryan covers a growing legal battle over whether migrants should qualify for welfare while applying for green cards, with Democrats in 22 states suing to block a new Trump rule, plus a shocking report on a North Carolina Democrat candidate who said Trump supporters belong in Nazi ovens, and fresh CBS polling showing Democrats are driven mainly by hatred of Trump heading into November. Plus, Bryan covers a stunning Swedish election swung by Muslim and Arab immigrant voting blocs, a new Austrian law banning hijabs on schoolgirls under 14, and a Mexican cartel's crypto mining operation hidden behind a stolen hydroelectric line, along with fresh medical research linking scalding hot beverages to throat cancer. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32   Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, Supreme Court, mail-in ballots, USPS, midterms, immigration, public charge, welfare, green cards, North Carolina, Dachau, political violence, CBS poll, Sweden election, Austria, hijab ban, Mexico cartels, crypto mining, throat cancer, GLP-1, red light therapy

How U.S. News Ranks Children's Hospitals—and What Parents Should Know Every year, U.S. News & World Report releases its Best Children's Hospitals rankings—but what do those rankings actually tell families? In this episode, Katie Taylor, CCLS, speaks with Jennifer Winston, senior health data scientist at U.S. News & World Report, about how the rankings are built, what the scores measure and how parents can use them without over-reading small differences between hospitals. Jennifer explains the role of clinical outcomes, hospital resources and care practices in the rankings, along with how parent feedback is incorporated into the methodology. Katie brings in the child life perspective, asking where psychosocial support, interpreter services, family involvement and emotional safety fit into the definition of excellent pediatric care. They also explore an important question for families: Is traveling to a nationally ranked hospital always better, or can receiving care closer to home sometimes matter more? What you'll learn How the Best Children's Hospitals rankings have evolved from clinician surveys into a data-heavy model involving more than 1,000 data points across 11 pediatric specialties The three primary scoring categories: hospital resources, delivery of care and best practices, and clinical outcomes Why the outcomes being measured vary by specialty How child life specialists, social workers, interpreter services and parent participation are represented in the rankings How feedback from parents and patient advocates reaches the teams shaping the methodology What it means for a hospital to make the national Honor Roll Why a move from No. 15 to No. 20 may represent only a very small difference in score When traveling for highly ranked care may be helpful—and when proximity to home matters How families can use regional rankings, state rankings and hospital scorecards to look beyond one overall number Why increased hospital participation may signal a growing commitment to transparency Explore the rankings View the official U.S. News Best Children's Hospitals rankings. Parents can also search for pediatric hospitals and care by location or specialty. Rather than relying only on a hospital's overall rank, families can explore individual specialty rankings and hospital scorecards to learn more about outcomes, staffing, available services and other factors that may matter for their child. Episode timestamps 00:00 — Katie opens with the show's purpose and introduces Jennifer Winston 00:17 — Jennifer shares her role at U.S. News and her background in medical geography 02:15 — How the Best Children's Hospitals rankings have evolved 03:59 — The three-part methodology behind the rankings 05:00 — How clinical outcomes differ by specialty 06:09 — What the Honor Roll means 07:00 — Katie explains child life and family-centered support 08:57 — Where child life, social work and parent involvement fit in the scoring 11:56 — How parent feedback reaches the methodology team 13:34 — Should families travel for ranked care or stay closer to home? 14:18 — Using regional and state rankings to find care nearby 15:26 — Regional differences in access to pediatric specialty care 16:22 — How different are hospitals ranked No. 15 and No. 20? 17:29 — What hospitals can learn from higher-ranked programs 19:23 — How children's hospital rankings differ from maternity rankings 21:02 — Maternity care deserts and access to care 21:58 — Do children's healthcare deserts exist? 23:39 — Why outcomes, best practices and resources remain central 24:47 — What parents can ask for when their child is unexpectedly hospitalized 26:56 — Why growing hospital participation is encouraging 28:08 — Closing thoughts Notable quotes "We really do rely on the experts who are on these working groups to help us make those decisions." "These are all hospitals that are providing great-quality care." "It's important for families who need information." About Inside the Children's Hospital Inside the Children's Hospital shares what families lived, what they learned and what they want you to know. Hosted by Katie Taylor, a certified child life specialist, the podcast helps families better understand pediatric healthcare and feel more prepared to participate in their child's care. Medical disclaimer: This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for individualized medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always speak with your child's healthcare team about questions or decisions related to their care.

Send us Fan MailIs the newborn vitamin K shot really being skipped more often these days, and does that actually matter clinically? This week on Journal Club, Ben and Daphna review a nationwide Swedish cohort study of over two million births, published in JAMA Pediatrics, examining trends in non-receipt of intramuscular vitamin K and its link to bleeding in infancy. Non-receipt nearly doubled between 2006 and 2021, and infants without intramuscular vitamin K had significantly higher odds of bleeding, including intracranial bleeding, than those who received it — oral vitamin K carried an even higher bleeding risk still. Ben and Daphna also discuss home birth data, families requesting oral alternatives, and how best to counsel parents navigating a vitamin K refusal in clinic today.----Vitamin K Prophylaxis in Newborns and Bleeding in Infancy. Simatou E, Tsamantioti E, Hallström A, Stephansson O, Razaz N, Persson M, Bolk J.JAMA Pediatr. 2026 Sep 1;180(9):995-1004. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2026.2606.PMID: 42440325Support the showAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below.Enjoy!

Summary  In this episode, Michelle Oravitz shares her journey from architecture to Chinese medicine, emphasizing the importance of holistic health, intuition, and the power of medical messaging. Ali and Michelle discuss how beliefs, labels, and authority influence women's health and the potential of alternative medicine. Key Topics Michelle Oravitz's transition from architecture to Chinese medicine The role of intuition in health decisions Impact of medical messaging on women's health Placebo and nocebo effects explained The importance of listening and validation in healing How labels and diagnoses can limit or empower The role of self-love and daily habits in health Overcoming fear and misinformation in medical care The significance of holistic and integrative approaches Building trust and rapport with healthcare providers Sound Bites "It shifted everything for me." "Your body knows how to do this naturally." "When a person feels safe, they allow themselves to cry." Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Michelle Oravitz and her background 01:17 Michelle's journey from irregular periods to Chinese medicine 02:17 Experiences with acupuncture and holistic healing 04:09 The impact of medical messaging and labels 08:27 Understanding placebo and nocebo effects 10:55 The influence of authority and expectation on health 12:39 The power of identification and labels in health 14:19 Addressing skepticism around alternative medicine 15:46 The benefits and side effects of acupuncture 20:09 Women's health, menopause, and the importance of mindset 24:50 Healing crises and emotional release during treatment 28:20 Supporting women through menopause naturally 33:26 The importance of lifestyle, intuition, and self-care   Michelle's Resouces Website: www.michelleoravitz.com https://www.instagram.com/thewholesomelotusfertility/   Ali's Resources:  Beam Supplements - Use Code ALIDAMRON for a discount! Consults with Ali  BIOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough 10% off using code ALIDAMRON10 www.alidamron.com/magnesium Master Your Perimenopause Course + Toolkit "Am I in Perimenopause?" Checklist.  What Hormone is Imbalanced? Quiz! Fullscript (Get 25% off all supplements) "How To Balance Your Hormones For Better Sleep, Mood, Periods and Energy" Free, On Demand Training Website  Ali's Instagram Ali's Facebook Group: Holistic Health with Ali Damron 

Host Rex Lutz, DO Guest interviewee  Reza Jazayeri, MD, FAAOS, discussing his research article, "Nutritional Optimization in Spine Surgery: A Review of Its Implications for Postoperative Recovery and Outcomes" from the September 15, 2026 issue (https://journals.lww.com/Jaaos/toc/2026/09150) Article summarized from the September 1, 2026 issue (https://journals.lww.com/Jaaos/toc/2026/09010) o    Research article "Dementia as a Marker of Poor Outcome After Hip Hemiarthroplasty" Article summarized from the September 15, 2026 issue (https://journals.lww.com/Jaaos/toc/2026/09150) o    Research article "Factors Associated With Readmission to the Hospital Within 90-Days Following Elective Lumbar Fusion Surgery" Follow this link to download these and other articles from the September 1, 2026 issue of JAAOS (https://journals.lww.com/Jaaos/toc/2026/09010) and the September 15, 2026 issue of JAAOS (https://journals.lww.com/Jaaos/toc/2026/09150). The JAAOS Unplugged podcast series is brought to you by the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the AAOS Resident Assembly. The opinions expressed in the podcast are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of AAOS. The opinions, information, and discussions presented in the podcast are for general informational and educational purposes only.  The podcast is not intended to provide legal advice as each case and jurisdiction will vary.  Medical professionals should consult with their own attorney or an attorney involved in the claims process to address questions or concerns about any legal aspects associated with the patient evaluation.

Garrett Holt on growing up as Toby's brother and learning patience in a special needs family Becky Davidson talks with Garrett Holt, a junior at Cedarville University studying IT management, about life as the brother of Toby Holt, who has spina bifida and significant medical needs. The conversation focuses on sibling dynamics, family rhythms, and how growing up in that environment shaped Garrett's patience, perspective, and relationships. Garrett also shares how games, shared interests, and intentional conversation helped him build a stronger bond with Toby over time. Key topics Garrett's current life in college - He is a junior at Cedarville University studying IT management because he wanted a people-focused path in the tech world. Family bonding through games - Board games, card games, video games, and sports have been a major part of the Holt family culture. What it was like being the second oldest - Garrett reflects on being in the middle of Connor, Toby, and Karis, and how that shaped his role in the family. Growing up with Toby's medical needs - He remembers ambulances, hospital stays, surgeries, and the way those emergencies became part of the family's normal. Homeschooling as a family adjustment - Garrett explains that homeschooling helped the family handle Toby's frequent appointments and unpredictable medical schedule. Living with nurses in the home - He shares how having caregivers around the house affected privacy, comfort, and family dynamics. From sibling rivalry to intentional relationship - Garrett describes how his relationship with Toby evolved from butting heads to finding connection through shared interests like Star Wars, movies, and games. How Toby is often underestimated - He notes that people tend to focus on Toby's physical limitations and miss his personality, curiosity, humor, and depth. What special needs siblinghood taught him socially - Garrett says he became less assumption-driven, more patient, and more aware that people's situations are often invisible. Advice for younger siblings - His main advice is to be patient, ask questions, include the sibling more intentionally, and focus on who you're with rather than just what you're doing.

The lessons I carried away from September 11 did not begin that day, and they certainly did not end there. In this solo episode, I reflect on how my parents taught me not to accept the limits others placed on blindness, how my guide dogs taught me about trust and teamwork, and how September 11 confirmed so much of what I already believed about fear, leadership, change, and possibility. I share why I work hard not to worry about things I cannot control, why I believe we can never truly go back to “normal,” and why strong teams are built through trust rather than control. I also challenge some of the ways we think about blindness and disability, because different does not mean less capable. I hope these lessons help you think differently about fear, change, leadership, and what it really means to live with an unstoppable mindset. Highlights: 00:46 – Why the lessons of September 11 began long before that day. 08:56 – How Michael learned that blindness is not the real barrier. 17:13 – Why focusing on what you can control can reduce fear. 24:28 – Why getting back to “normal” is not always the answer. 32:30 – What guide dogs taught Michael about trust and teamwork. 1:01:37 – Why disability does not mean a lack of ability. About the Host: Michael Hingson, blind since birth, was born in Chicago to sighted parents who believed in raising their son with a can-do attitude. Treated like all other children in his family, Michael rode a bike did advanced math in his head and learn to read and write – Braille that is! Michael's family relocated to the warm Palmdale area of California when he was five years old. It is here that Hingson had his first adventure with Guide Dogs for the Blind and received his first guide dog. He later went to college receiving a bachelor's and master's degree in Physics along with a secondary teaching credential from the University of California at Irvine. Michael then enjoyed a nearly-30-year career working for high tech companies spending most of his time in management roles. Michael Hingson's life changed dramatically on September 11, 2001 when he and his guide dog, Roselle, escaped from the 78th floor of Tower One in the World Trade Center moments before it collapsed. Soon after, Michael and Roselle were thrust into the international limelight where Michael began to share his unique survival story and 9-11 lessons of trust, courage, heroism, and teamwork. Mike has served as The National Public Affairs Director for one of the largest Nonprofit organizations in the nation: Guide Dogs for the Blind; He has served as the vice president of the National Association of Guide Dog Users; Michael has held a seat on the Fort Worth Lighthouse for the Blind. He is the chair of the board of directors of the Earle Baum Center for the Blind  and is the vice chair of the Colorado Center for the Blind; Michael is The National Ambassador for the Braille Literacy Campaign of the National Federation of the Blind. Until October 2019 he worked as the CEO of the Do More Foundation, the non-profit arm of Aira Tech Corp, a manufacturer of assistive technology which makes a revolutionary visual interpreter for blind people. In January 2021 Mike joined accessiBe as its Chief Vision Officer to help advance the company goal of making the entire internet fully inclusive. He held this position through June of 2026. He is the author of the #1 New York Times Best Seller: “Thunder dog –The True Story of a Blind Man, a Guide Dog & the Triumph of Trust” – selling over 2.5 million copies Worldwide. In 2013 Mr. Hingson published his 2 book “Running with Roselle”- which Is the first of its kind- A story for our youth shedding light on one of Americas Darkest Days. Mr. Hingson's third book, “Live Like A Guide Dog”, was released on August 20, 2024. This book shows readers how they can learn to control fear and not, as Mike would say, “become blinded by fear in the face of crisis”. Aside from his talents and advocacies, Mr. Hingson has traveled the Globe from Japan to New Zealand, the Netherlands to his hometown, Chicago. Speaking to some of the world's most elite: from former President, George W. Bush to Larry King, to Fortune 500 companies and colleges and Universities Nationwide. After sharing his story of survival on hundreds of TV and Radio programs, Michael is now an Expert hired by many of today's major corporations and organizations. Speaking and consulting on the importance of Teamwork and Trust, Moving from Diversity to Inclusion, as well as offering Adaptive Technology Training – spearheading innovation for ALL! - Thus, bringing organizations to the forefront of the ever-changing competitive modern world. In June, 2024 Mike was inducted as an alumni member into the honors Fraternity Phi Beta Kappa. Currently Michael lives in Victorville, California with Alamo, Michael's eighth guide dog and his rescue feline, Stitch. More information on Mr. Hingson is available on his website. Here also is a link to Mr. Hingson's press kit: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/q8uxu9u7pap4puj5de7rg/h?rlkey=22bziy0wmghf8111kad73685y&dl=0 http://www.michaelhingson.com/live-like-a-guide-dog www.michaelhingson.com www.michaelhingson.com/podcast Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/mhingson https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://www.facebook.com/Roselle911GuideDog/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1568642850718948 https://www.facebook.com/?paipv=0&eav=AfZNi2VDR2R4nC6SveyCvZIyKtyi9VOLOzOKcG-v0Hk1glaVssEHwdR920w1_u-8B-k&_rdr https://www.facebook.com/?paipv=0&eav=AfZNi2VDR2R4nC6SveyCvZIyKtyi9VOLOzOKcG-v0Hk1glaVssEHwdR920w1_u-8B-k&_rdr Twitter, https://twitter.com/mhingson LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCx2L9OVN38Dv4mX6udP8g Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can subscribe in your favorite podcast app. You can also support our podcast through our tip jar https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/unstoppable-mindset . Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson  00:04 What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't what's in front of you, but rather what you believe? Welcome to Unstoppable Mindset, where inclusion, diversity, and the unexpected meet. I'm your host, Michael Hingson, speaker, author, and advocate for inclusion and possibilities. This podcast explores how the beliefs we carry shape the way we live, lead, and connect with others. Each week, I talk with people who challenge assumptions, face adversity head-on, and show what's possible when we choose curiosity over fear. Together, we focus on mindset, resilience, and the small shifts that lead to meaningful change. Let's get started. Well, hello, everyone. I am Michael Hingson. I am your host on Unstoppable Mindset, and this happens to be episode 475. Yeah, we've done a lot of these, and most all of them have been conversations with people who said that they wanted to come on the podcast and talk about one thing or another. And I was really pleased to have them. This episode is going to be a little bit different, as the last few have been. Episode 472, which we published on September 4, was a talk I gave in April of 2024, which told my story of being in the World Trade Center on september 11, on episode 473 on the eighth of September, Michelle Abraham interviewed me, and we talked about a number of things around september 11 and so on. Episode 474, which was published on the 11th of September, 2026. was a conversation with Bob Ellis, who was in the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, an escape, and we hear his story, and we got to chat and kind of talked about notes from both of us. Now it's episode 475, and it was suggested that I ought to talk about things that I learned from September 11th and how my life has changed, and I'm going to do the best I can to talk about all that. So you're just going to be hearing me today. I hope you won't go away. I hope that you'll enjoy it. I just returned from speaking all week from September 9th through September 11th in Kilgore, Texas, at Kilgore College, they did an incredible job of doing some things to help people become aware of September 11th. They actually had in the library and around the library at Kilgore College a monument to September 11th. They had some columns or portions of columns from the World Trade Center. They had a list of all of the names. They had flags in a in a in several rows with the names of all of the people who were lost on September 11th. They had a timeline from my book Thunderdog: The Story of a Blind man, his guide dog, and the triumph of trust at Ground Zero-a timeline of what I experienced, and they also had, I think, a timeline of just the World Trade Center events in in general. Well, okay, so all of that happened. I got back last night, and now here it is, Sunday. It is the 13th of September, and I'm recording this so that we can publish it on Tuesday, september 15. So that's a little bit of a long way to get to where we are. But as I said, people asked me to talk about what I learned that day, and how I proceeded and progressed from that day, but I have to go back to long before September 11th to really do everything justice and to put it all in context. So let me start this way. I believe that I have said a few times on this podcast, and certainly in some of the speeches that I've given, that I was born two months premature, and I was given a pure oxygen environment when I was born, because I was born early. Medical science had started to hear that even too much oxygen might not necessarily be a good thing, but the doctors in Chicago where I was born didn't buy into that concept yet, and so the result was I was given a pre-oxygen environment, and my retinas didn't develop as they should, and I became blind. So was I born blind? If you're very technical, no. But for all intents and purposes, yes. The doctors told my parents to send me to a home, to send me away, because no blind child could ever. Michael Hingson  04:59 Grow up to amount to anything, and all I would be would would end up being a drain on my family, sucking up all the love that my parents might have had for their older son, two years older than I, my brother Ellery. But the reality is, my parents said you're wrong. He can grow up to do whatever he chooses, and we're going to give him that opportunity. And I grew up with that idea. I grew up with that concept. My parents told me at some point when I was still fairly young about what the doctors had said, and they said, "You know, we think that you can do whatever you want. We want you to have that opportunity. Well, they did a number of things to help the process along. For example, we lived in Chicago until I was five, but at the age of four, typically children in in Illinois start or in Chicago start kindergarten, and I did as well. My parents worked with other parents and the school district to start a kindergarten class for children who were blind, and there were a number of preemies in the Chicago area. In that class, Miss Lapree, my teacher, taught me Braille. See, I remember her name. Taught me Braille. Taught me other skills. Taught the other blind kids because it was a kindergarten class for blind children. Taught us all a variety of different things that we could use, and then unfortunately, in a sense, I guess after kindergarten at the age of four, and it was over, my father had gotten an offer and took a job out in California, and we moved to California. Well, in California, kindergarten starts at five, and even though I had had a course in kindergarten already, I had to go through a second year of it, but we didn't have any kind of facilities to teach us or teach me about Braille going forward, getting me Braille books and so on. So kindergarten, first, second, and third grade, I didn't have access directly to textbook material. My parents helped me though. My father taught me math. He was an electronics and electrical engineer. I was doing algebra in my head by the time I was six. My mother read other assignments to me, taught me the spelling words because in first, second, and third grade you learned to spell, and in theory beyond third grade as well, of course. But what happened for me was that I learned about spelling by my mother teaching me how to spell the words, and then she would say the words, and then I would spell them. Well, that ended up going even further because typically in classrooms, what happened was that when it came time to take the actual spelling test, which happened on Fridays, the teacher would say the words. All of us or all the children in the class would write down the answers. Then we would exchange papers, and the teacher would then write the correct spellings on the board. Not in my class. I had to. Well, I got to get up. I. I don't want to say I had to. That's a lesson that I want to get to. wasn't that I had to get up. I got to get up, and actually spell the words out loud. I remember once missing a word, at least starting to miss a word, and somebody made a noise, and I realized, oh, that must be wrong, and I corrected it. But I learned how to spell words, and I learned to spell them out loud for the whole class, and not be afraid of them, and that way students could grade each other's papers. And so, in a sense, I could say that's where I started to learn how to be involved in doing public speaking, and I learned not to be afraid of standing up and and saying things as long as they were the right kinds of things. Well, between third and fourth grade, I got access to Braille books. Cora Hershberger was hired by the school district to come in. She was a resource teacher with training in dealing with blindness and blind kids and so on. Michael Hingson  08:56 And there were a number of us, and she she was able to get us books, she was able to work with each of us and prove our Braille skills and my Braille skills especially, and so on. So I tell you all of that because I want to put things in perspective, and I think that the most important thing is the doctors told my parents that I couldn't do anything. My parents said, "Of course he can, and they brought me up believing that I could. So I rode a bicycle to school. Everybody still thinks that's amazing. One of the important things that I have learned over the years, and I've learned to articulate it even more effectively. I hope, certainly, I believe better since the World Trade Center, and I became a full-time keynote public speaker, which I've been doing for 25 years, I have learned to discuss this whole concept of blindness and accept the fact that there are going to be a lot of people who have eyesight who get it wrong. They think that, like the doctor said, blind people really can't do anything. You can't absorb the same material, or at least you don't get the same. As sighted people do, so you really aren't going to be able to do the things that we can do. And I have learned that I can't be angry at that. I've learned that in reality, I need to articulate the fact that blindness isn't the problem. The problem happens to be the misconceptions and poor attitudes that people have about blindness. It would be so easy just to be upset every time I hear some comment that talks about what I can do and what I can't do. You can't really ride a bicycle. That's amazing that you could do that. I can't imagine anybody else doing it. I know lots of blind kids who rode bikes, and I'm sure that they still do. Blindness isn't the problem. The reality is the problem consists of the misconceptions and poor attitudes that sighted people have about blindness. Whether you like it or not, that's the way it is. Blindness isn't the problem. We can learn to do the same things pretty much that you can do, and we can learn to do things that you can't do, and we learn all of that and use that knowledge to help us move forward and be more effective. What can I do that you can't do? Try walking around in the dark. You can't do it. You don't know how to do it. You don't have the techniques to do it. One of the things that has cropped up over the past significant number of years is restaurants do something called dining in the dark. Dining in the dark, and there are organizations that promote that, and they say, "Oh, you get to learn how blind people eat and how much of a challenge it is. That is so disgusting that people do that because dying in the dark isn't going to teach you anything about blindness. You don't get the training that you need in order to function as a blind person. Just like I don't get the training to learn how to function as a sighted person. Although I've spent a lot of time observing sighted people, and I understand a lot about eyesight, and I understand what you can do, and I accept that. But I expect, and I think it is reasonable for you to understand and accept that I can do lots of things. That it's not about eyesight. I wrote a book in 20, and it was published by Thomas Nelson Publishing in 2011. I and Susie Florey wrote the book. It's called Thunderdog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dogs, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero. And there is a section near the end of the book called Guide Dog Wisdom. And number two in Guide Dog Wisdom includes a sentence that says, "Don't let your sight get in the way of your vision. You all strictly deal with eyesight, and if it's not something that you can see with your eyes, or you don't really separate eyesight from vision, you tend to really misunderstand so many things. But the reality is, don't let your sight get in the way of your vision. Recognize there's a whole lot more to life than eyesight. Michael Hingson  13:01 SEAL Team Six, other military teams, so many other people learn how to use those other senses, and that's the same thing that we as blind people do. We learn to use our other senses. They're not magically enhanced simply because we go blind, but rather we learn how to use those senses? I hope, or we try to, and by doing so, we improve them and we develop them. And those of us who truly do that are a lot more better off, and we're able to do so many things that people think are amazing, but they're not. They're not really amazing. They're certainly not amazing to me. Anyway, I grew up believing all of that, and of course, I was also very fortunate to have a number of jobs throughout my career. And the final result of all of that was I ended up getting the opportunity to open an office in the World Trade Center for Quantum ATL, the company that hired me to open an office in New York, and there we were on September 11th when everything happened. The night, as September 11th ended, was spent by me and my wife Karen. By the way, Karen was in a wheelchair her whole life. We got married in November of 1982, and we were married through into November of 2022. We were married 40 years. Karen was in a wheelchair her whole life. It was a great marriage, as I love to tell people. She read, I pushed, worked out well. How do I push a person in a wheelchair? Well, she used a manual chair, and when we got to curbs and so on, she would stop, and she would hold the wheels, and and I knew that she had stopped. And I would tip the chair back. She might say, "There's a curb. I would tip the chair back onto its back wheels. We'd roll down off the curb, put the chair down. We'd cross the street, tip the chair up. Front wheels go up on the curb on the other side, unless there was a ramp to go up. And we continued on our way. It's not that magical. It is just what I learned to do, and I enjoyed it. and And I enjoyed Karen's company and so on for 40 years. We were locked down during the pandemic and so on. We'll get to some of that in a bit. But I learned overall that in reality, what my parents taught me was true. Blindness wasn't going to be the problem; eyesight was going to be the problem. And that night after September 11th, we kind of tried to make sense of it. It was me and Karen and a friend of Karen's who I also got to know, and who became a friend of mine. Tom Painter had come down. Tom and Karen went to the same high school, but we all ended up in New Jersey. And Tom came to visit us, actually visit Karen after September 11th started. When he heard about the terrorist attacks, he just came down, not knowing whether I was in the office or not. But I was, and Karen and Tom, well, Tom stayed with Karen and and drove her to pick me up at the Westfield, New Jersey train station at about 7p.m. on september 11. We went home with my guide dog Roselle. When we got home, I took Roselle's harness off because I was going to take her outside. She would have none of it. She ran off. She grabbed her favorite tug bone and started playing tug of war with my retired guide dog Linnie. Well, that was kind of fun, and I didn't think a lot about it. But I went. That was interesting. The next day, I contacted Guide Dogs for the Blind because several people from there had visited us in the World Trade Center, and among others, I spoke to the head of the veterinary department, and I said, "So, tell me, how is all this going to affect Roselle? Because everybody's talking about how it's going to affect everyone and all that, and and he asked me, "Did anything threaten directly Roselle? Did anything really threaten her? And I said, No, not really. Nothing directly affected her. And he said, Well, there you go. Dogs don't do what if. They live in the moment. Michael Hingson  17:13 And when you took the harness off, it was over for her, and she was ready to go play. She wanted to relax. She wanted to play, and she did. Oh, and yes, we did eventually get her outside. But the bottom line is, I think that's one of the most important things that I learned coming out of September 11th, and I, I kind of knew it beforehand, but I really got to understand it afterward. We what if everything to death? We what if anything that comes into our lives, well, we're we're in a war with Iran. Well, what if Iran bombs us? What if Iran does this? What if the Hooties do that? What are we going to do? What if our government takes us to war in the first place? Well, they have. The bottom line is, though, we don't have control over all of that. We do have control over some things in our lives, and those are the things that we should worry about. We should stop worrying about everything else. And people say, "Well, it's natural to worry. No, it's not. Not any more natural to worry than it is not to worry. We learn to worry because we're taught that. But the bottom line is, if we learn only to focus on the things over which we truly have control, and be aware of the other things, but don't let them worry us. Don't let them cause fear in our lives. We will live much less fearful and much more stress-free lives than in any other way. If you want another example of why I believe this, on September 11th, David Frank, my colleague who had come in to be involved with the seminars, David had come in the night before, and he came to our office about 8o'clock in the morning on the 11th of September. When we were escaping from the towers, we ended up downstairs and outside. David saw fire in Tower Two, and the way we happened to walk took us very close to Tower Two. We were at Broadway and Vessi Street, maybe 100 yards away from Tower Two. And when David stopped, he said, "You know, there's fire in Tower Two. I want to take pictures of it. And and I also wanted to try to call my wife Karen to let her know that we had gotten out of the towers, I couldn't get through. The circuits were busy because, as we later learned, people were calling and talking to loved ones. But anyway, David had just started putting his camera away. I had put my phone away, and a police officer yelled, "Get out of here! It's coming down right now! And we heard this sound I describe as kind of a combination of a freight train and a waterfall. I could hear glass breaking, metal clattering, and then just the building collapsing straight down. We didn't necessarily know that it was going to do that, but it did. It did exactly what it was designed to do. Anyway, everyone turned and ran. David ran. I turned 180 degrees. With Roselle, and started running back the other way. And as soon as I started to run, I thought to myself, "God, I can't believe that you got us out of a building just to have it fall on us. And I heard in my head a voice as clearly as you hear me right now-a voice that said, "Don't worry about what you can't control, focus on running with Roselle, and the rest will take care of itself. And I had this absolute sense of conviction that if we worked together, we would be fine. Well, we were. Where'd that voice come from? It was God talking to me. I grew up with my father very seriously believing in the concept of God. If you don't, that's fine. That is your choice. I've had people on my podcast who don't necessarily have strong beliefs and convictions about God. I do, but it's not my job to force people or compel people to believe in God. I will tell my story, and people can accept it or reject it as they choose. But that's what happened to me, and I've realized from that time on: don't worry about what you can't control. And I really, truly work very hard to focus on not worrying about the things that I don't have any influence over. Michael Hingson  21:16 I like to be aware of them. I hear from people all the time today about don't watch the news. I don't like to watch the news because it just makes me so angry and so fearful. And my response is, I'm going to watch the news because I want to know what's going on. And sometimes I'll yell at politicians through the TV, but I won't really overall get angry at them. I will hear it. I will either accept it or decide I don't have any influence over it, so I'm not going to worry about it, and I don't because it isn't going to help me to worry about it. It isn't going to help anyone else to worry about any of those kinds of things. Don't worry about what you can't control. Focus on what you can and leave the rest alone, and that's one of the basic premises of the third book that I wrote, which was published in 2024, entitled "Live Like a Guide Dog: True Stories from a Blind Man and His Dogs About Being Brave, Overcoming Adversity, and Moving Forward in Faith. And that book was written by me and Carrie Wyatt Kent. The book was published by Tyndale House, and is out there for people to to read. The first book was published by Thomas Nelson Publishing, which is now part of Harper Collins, and a lady, Jeanette Hanscom, and I wrote the second book, which is called Running with Roselle, which is really a book more for children, teaching them about me growing up, Roselle growing up, and how we met. A little bit about the World Trade Center. That one was self-published, but all three books are available wherever you can find books, so you can get them always from Amazon, of course. And so I hope that that you'll get them and read them. They will help. Live Like a Guide Dog probably is the best book for me to talk about in terms of things that I learned over the years, but if I really summarize mostly what happened for me after September 11th, it is that what happened on that day validated everything that I've believed about me. Certainly, what I believe about God, but it validates everything that I've ever thought about blindness, blind people, what we can do, the challenges we face, some of the issues that other people have, and the validation is certainly something that helped what I learned. But I learned other things along the way, and you know I want to talk about some of those things. The first, as I said, is don't worry about what you can't control. Focus on what you can, and let the rest take care of itself. Speaker 1  23:56 If you enjoy Unstoppable Mindset and would like to help us continue bringing these conversations to you each week, we've created a way for you to support the show. Your contribution helps us cover production costs and continue sharing stories, insights, and ideas that inspire people to live with purpose and possibility. If supporting the podcast feels right for you, you'll find the link in the show notes, thank you for being part of the Unstoppable Mindset Community. One Michael Hingson  24:28 of the things that happened to me almost immediately after September 11th is I started hearing people say, "We got to get back to normal. If we don't get back to normal, that's a problem. We got to get back to normal. And I always reacted internally, at least pretty negatively to that. And I finally realized why I reacted to that statement about we got to get back to normal. The reason I reacted to that statement, and I still react to to myself to that statement, is normal will never be the same again. We can't get back to normal. If we get back to normal the way it was prior to September 11th, the same thing will happen again. We can't do that. We have to get back to a different normal, and and in fact, normal is probably going to be an ongoing, constant process of change. We ought to learn not to fear that either. Change is all around us. We always say that, but then we don't like change. It's kind of a paradox. But the reality is, change is all around us. And what we really need to do is to learn how to focus in change. And we need to learn that in reality, we can deal with change. And if we have any influence over it, then we should do something about that too. But the bottom line is, getting back to normal prior to September 11th isn't going to help any of us, and and it isn't going to happen. So that is an one thing that I will say definitely. I learned from September 11th: normal will never be the same again. As I said a lot earlier, I think I probably learned about public speaking at least the beginning of it by doing the spelling tests and so on. But after September 11th, the media got my story, and that happened because Joanne Ritter, the public and information services person at the time at Guide Dogs wanted to write a story, and I kind of agreed. And I said, "That's fine. And then she said, "I'll bet you'll be on TV. What television show do you want to be on first? So I kind of just sort of flippantly said, "Larry King Live. That was on the 12th of September when I talked with her. On the 13th, she called back and she said, "Larry King wants you on his show on september 14, which was a Friday, and they sent a car to pick me up, and and I recall Karen and and Tom one as well, and anyway, we went into the World Trade Center, not to the World Trade Center, but we went into New York, and I appeared on CNN, which was the first of five interviews with Larry. Larry also, by the way, at my request, wrote the foreword for Thunderdog. So when you read Thunderdog, you'll get to read Larry's words as well. But after being on Larry King, the media really got my story, and a lot of things happened after that. I started getting literally calls every day for interviews. People wanted to talk to me about September 11th and ask questions and so on. And one of the things that I learned was that talking to reporters could be a great therapy because they would ask virtually any kind of question you can imagine. And of course, a lot of people said things like, "Well, did you know what happened on September 11th when it was happening? And I said no. And they said, well, of course you didn't. You're blind, you know. And my response is, anybody who says that really needs to not let their sight get in their way or their vision to be polite about it. The fact of the matter is, as we were going down the stairs, no one knew anything about what was going on. When I got into the stairwell, I began smelling an odor, and it took me four floors to realize I was smelling the fumes from burning jet fuel. I did a lot of travel for my company, and so I was in airports a lot. So I recognized that smell. People were speculating about what they were smelling. People were speculating about what was going on. Nobody had a clue. Michael Hingson  28:20 When I realized I was smelling jet fuel, I observed it to everyone around me, and they said, "You're right. That's what we're smelling. It's burning jet fuel. We must have been hit by an airplane. You see, no one knew. We had no clue. Superman and X-ray vision just aren't real. And the bottom line is, nobody knew what was actually happening on September 11th. Blindness have nothing to do with it. People want to feel more comfortable by saying, "Well, most people probably did know, but you're blind. You didn't know. We've got to get away from these habits of thinking that just because somebody is different than we are, that they're less than we are. That's just not true. In any case, the bottom line is that we we really deal with those kinds of things, and that helped me as as time went by recognize and realize that normal would never be the same again, and it validated more my belief that blindness isn't the problem; it's the misconceptions and poor attitudes that people have about blindness that tends to truly be the problem that we face. So, as I began to talk with reporters, I didn't think about what was actually happening. But later, I realized when people started saying, "Well, did you ever get counseling or therapy, and I said no. And then it just popped into my head to say I probably had the best therapy around. I got interviewed by hundreds of reporters that asked basically any question that you can imagine, and I learned to answer those questions without being upset, especially when they were asking pretty derogatory questions or making derogatory comments. Your dog led you down the stairs. No, my dog did not lead me down the stairs. Guide dogs do not lead; they guide. And I understand the definition of lead, but it's a little bit different than what people were truly saying. What they were saying is you didn't know anything, and the dog took you all the way down the stairs because the dog could see. No, in fact, Roselle didn't lead me. Roselle's job wasn't, and no guide dog's job is to lead a person or to take charge. The dog's job is to make sure that we walk safely. I also have a job on the team. My job is to make sure that I know where we're going and how to get there. A lot easier now than it was 25 years ago, but the bottom line is that I'm the one that has to direct the dog and give the dog commands, and the dog needs to make sure that we carry out those commands safely. We are a team; we work together. I've always kind of known that guide dog schools didn't necessarily early in my guide dog career, express it that way, but it's it's a much stronger statement now. They recognize that truly we're a team. We each have a job to do on the team, and we have to work together to make the team work, which is true of any team. I've mentioned Seal Team Six earlier. They're a team. They work together. The firefighters in the World Trade Center and the other people who who were around there worked as a team, and they had to work as a team in order to develop a level of trust and a relationship where essentially each person knew what the others on their team were going to do, and it gave them more of a confidence to be able to function. Teamwork is so crucial in our world, and I learned, and and again on September 11th, it was totally validated how teamwork is so important. Roselle and I worked together well. The firefighters worked together well. Yes, we lost people, but the team really is so important, and we need to recognize that anyone listening to this ought to work in any of the things that they do to develop teams. Being alone makes no sense; it isn't going to work. You're going to have to and should learn to work with other people to make teams work better. I've seen companies where when they have award ceremonies, the leader of a team or the boss of a team gets an award, but the rest of the team doesn't really get the same recognition. Michael Hingson  32:30 If a leader is truly doing a good job at creating a team and being a part of a team, then that leader is really enhancing everyone else on the team, and that leader is the person who should help to make sure that when awards are given, that everyone on a team is recognized. We need to to learn and realize that a team is a bunch of people. It's not just one people, but they learn to work together, and that is also so important. And as I learned more and more about the events of the World Trade Center, I learned and realized more about the whole understanding of teamwork and trust and the value of it. I knew about it with me and Roselle, and I recognized the concept of teamwork. But certainly, September 11th again validated that a whole lot more effectively than anything else that I could think of, but I worked with eight dogs over the years, and working with eight dogs from my first guide dog Squire, who was a golden retriever, up through my current guide dog Alamo, I've learned probably I think more than I ever learned from experts and teamwork and sales and so on and motivation. I learned more from those dogs than I ever learned from the human experts because of the fact that one, I had to build a team with a creature who didn't think the same way I did, who didn't talk the same language that I did, and that expected things from me, and and as one of the things that I've learned is that dogs who are guide dogs really want the human to be the pack leader because it is the pack leader, it is the human who's supposed to tell the dog what they want the dog to do, and dogs take that so incredibly seriously. I mentioned Linny. Well, I didn't mention her, I think, by name. But Lenny was my fourth guide dog, and we were out in in San Diego at a company meeting one Friday in May of 1999, and we came home. It was a Saturday morning that we got home. I flew a red eye home, fed Lenny, and then rested and and all that. But Saturday night, when it came time to feed Linny, I called her. She wouldn't come. Karen even called her. She wouldn't come. We went. Upstairs and found her lying on her bed, kind of really not very responsive. We got her to a veterinarian, and it took a few days for the veterinarian to diagnose what she had as something called glomerular nephritis, which is a disease where the kidneys, the glomeria of the kidneys, which would normally pass out bad stuff from the kidneys but not the good stuff. They were passing out the good stuff as well, and Lenny was was not doing well. We were able to reverse that, but she had to retire from being a guide dog. In fact, we thought in late June of 1999 that we were going to lose her. We went off to a a meeting, not a meeting, but we went off to a hotel to say goodbye to Linny, if you will, on like the second of July. But Linny didn't pass away then, and she did get better. And then Roselle came into our lives, and Roselle and Linny became really good friends, but I mention all of it because I had no clue what was happening to Linny. Guide dogs love their jobs; they take them very seriously. And the fact of the matter is, as I learned, and especially after September 11th, I learned that these dogs will work till they drop. They will. They will do everything they can to please us, because they love what we do. They love us, and we need to bestow the same kind of love on them, which is all part of what teamwork is all about. Well, the bottom line was with Linny. She was with us for three more years, and she got to play with Roselle a lot, and so on. Michael Hingson  36:41 Of course, as I also mentioned after September 11th, but I again, especially because of what happened to Linny, but then afterward on September 11th, I realized how much it was important for me to do all I could to keep the team relationship a positive, strong one, to recognize that in reality these dogs work so hard on their own part to make the team's relationships work. They they deal with what they have to deal with. They get very stressed if we're upset. They take it very personally if we get upset, even if we're not necessarily upset at them; they still take it very personally. The more stress that a guide dog faces in their lives, the harder it's going to be for them, and frankly, the shorter their lives are going to be. So I learned, even before September 11th, but especially after September 11th, to do all I could to keep the stress away from the dog. As we were going down the stairs on September 11th, I constantly encouraged and praised Roselle. What a good dog! Keep going. What a good job! Good girl, Roselle. Even if I wasn't able to hold the harness because the stairs were so crowded that Roselle couldn't walk next to me and had to walk behind me at heel, and I would just hold the leash. I kept praising her because I wanted her to know for her I was okay, and I had to focus on not being afraid and letting that fear come out. Well, I was fearful like anyone was, and in fact, I love to tell people. Being a great fan of science fiction, I have a great imagination, and I was listening for the building to make creaks and groans, and you never knew what was going to happen. Fortunately, it didn't all the way down. But the bottom line for me was that doing so kept me focused. And I and I learned later that while I might have been afraid on September 11th, partly because I was encouraging Roselle and working to sound very calm and confident, I was able to also help other people, but help Roselle and keep Roselle from being afraid and and being stressed. And I work very hard to do that with my guide dogs that I've had since even more than prior to September 11th. My current guide dog Alamo and I travel the world speaking all over the place, if you will. We've been to Israel. We've been well, actually, Alamo didn't get to go to London, but we've been to Israel with my seventh guide dog, Africa. We went to the Netherlands, Alamo and I have been to Wisconsin. I've been to a variety of places, and of course, all around the the world, all around the United States, to Canada, everywhere. And again, I don't necessarily know a lot about where we're going in advance, but I ask a lot of questions so that I can learn where we're going to go, so that I can give the dogs the appropriate commands. I mentioned Wisconsin's. I've been all over the United States. It's been an honor, and I'm going to continue to do that. If anybody wants a public speaker to come and talk to their organization, please reach out to me. I'd love to hear from you. My email address is really simple. It's speaker@michaelhinkson.com. We'll put that in the show notes, and love to hear from you. So anyway, I learned a lot about teamwork from working with eight guide dogs, and I continue to learn every day. I think it's very important for me to learn and to focus all that I can to make sure that I do what it is that's necessary to make a team work, and I believe it is all about the team. I've mentioned that I've written three books, and each one was a collaboration with someone else: Susie Florey with Thunderdog, Jeanette Hanscom with Running with Roselle and Carrie Wyatt Kent with Live Like a Guide Dog, and and the fact of the matter is those collaborations I think were very important. Michael Hingson  40:49 They made the books come out a lot different than I might have imagined them coming out by themselves and the way I would have written them without having collaboration, and probably Live Like a guide dog more than more than the other two, just because of the way it all went. But with live like a guide dog, we focused on each of my my guide dogs and the lessons that we learned. So I mentioned Squire, who I worked with in high school and then went to college with Squire, and Squire was was all around where wherever I was. One night in a dorm, I was with a roommate. Well, actually, a person who lived in a room next door to mine, and I was in his room. We were dealing with a physics problem. By the way, my master's degree is in physics. I have a secondary teaching credential, but I was in with Richard dealing with a physics problem. When I went back into my room, there was no Squire. I didn't realize that a couple of the students decided to play a trick and kidnap him. I went looking around the dorm. I even went into the bathroom and opened the shower door and called Squire, and nothing was totally quiet, and finally, I was getting a little bit concerned. And one of the people said, "Oh well, look, we took the dog. We'll show you. They went into the bathroom, opened the shower door, and out comes Squire. He was in on it. He didn't do a thing when I opened the door, but when the other people did, then then he came out. I wasn't mad at him. Sneaky dog that he is, he had a great sense of humor. But I got vengeance because that that person didn't tell the other people that they showed him where showed me where Squire was. I went and hit Squire somewhere, and then I went back out into the main part of the dorm and I started going, "Who took my dog? What's going on? Where is he? And all the other people said, "Oh, come on, he's in the bathroom. And they went in and opened the door to the shower. No Squire, and they were starting to worry about what happened to him. And Squire, of course, was again not making noise. But eventually, I brought him out and I said, "Okay, I found him. I knew where he was. We're playing a trick on you just like you played a trick on me. That'll teach you. I learned that dogs have a sense of humor that day, but I also learned how much I valued having Squire around, and so Squire worked with me up until and through my first graduate year in physics at UC Irvine, and then Squire retired and went to live with my parents. And in 1973, I got my second guide dog, Holland. Holland was with me through 1986. He worked for almost 13 years, and in fact, was two weeks from retiring when he collapsed in our backyard one day, and we took him to the vet. And the vet said, "I could probably bring him out of whatever he's got, maybe a stroke or a heart attack or both, but he won't have a good quality of life. And so we said goodbye to to Holland. Holland and Squire were both golden retrievers, but again, Holland so strongly reinforced all the things that that I had felt about teamwork, and I learned so much more from him about what I needed to do in order to to function well, not just with a dog, but in my whole life. Then I got Klondike, who was my third guide dog, who was also a golden retriever. Soon after I got Klondike, well, about a year after I got Klondike, suddenly one day he had a very strong grand mal epileptic seizure, and we took him to the vet, and they put him on some medication that wasn't really helping that. And we then kept trying to to deal with it, and finally, and during that same time, I was looking for a job. I had owned my own company for four years, but decided I wanted to go back into the workforce, and and I finally got a job with a company. Michael Hingson  44:52 And on one of the first days that I worked there, Klondike had four grand mal seizures in the. Period of time, and we thought we were going to have to say goodbye to Klondike. But I talked to our veterinarian, and he said, "You know, before we do that, I want to send him to a neurologist who did an electroencephalograph. And he said, "I didn't see much, but he said one thing he did was to take some blood tests, and he said I noticed that his Klondike's thyroid level is low, and low thyroid levels in dogs like Klondike can make them more susceptible to have seizures, just like it can for children. Well, we put Klondike on synthroid, synthetic thyroid, as well as on phenobarbital to control the seizures. The synthroid had much more of an effect than the phenobarb did, Klondike actually became a much more active and playful and interactive dog, and did not have from that time on for the next seven years that he worked for me as a guide dog never had a single seizure. So the thyroid theory was a good one. Again, with with Klondike, it was about developing a team and recognizing that we had to work together. Well, then I got Linny, and again I mentioned Linny only worked for three years. Linny had glomerular nephritis that was really probably from a tick bite where the tick had Lyme's disease, and we didn't know any of that was happening until that night that Linny didn't wake up at all or didn't get up from her bed, and we finally got it diagnosed. And then I got Roselle. Now Roselle was a a wonderful dog. One of the things that I've always said is that when I get a new guide dog and I tell the trainers I want a dog with an on-off switch. That is, I want a dog that knows when the harness is on, it's time to work, and when the harness is off, then they can play. Clearly, Roselle had that when she was in harness. She was very focused. She did develop a phobia of thunderstorms, but there were a few times that we had thunderstorms, and she was able to continue to guide, even though she would shake and she would shiver a little bit. But she continued to guide. She focused. In fact, there was a thunderstorm the morning of September 11th, about 12:30 in the morning. But there was no thunder when we were going through what we did in the World Trade Center, so none of that caused her to be fearful. But again, Roselle was a dog that that taught me a lot about observation, learning what the dogs do, what what they fear, and how to help keep them focused and calm. And so I did that. My sixth guide dog was Meryl. Meryl only worked for about a year. Roselle retired in 2007. Merrill worked from 2007 to 2008, but Merrill became very fearful of guiding, and so ended up not being a guide dog very long. And I I'd never experienced that, although I had heard other people who had issues where dogs didn't work very long. Lenny only worked for three years, but a dog that didn't work for more than a year-that was unusual for me. However, poor Meryl wasn't able to do well as a guide, and so she retired. And then we got Africa. Now Africa was my seventh guide dog. Africa's mother was Fantasia. In January of 2006, we were working. I was working at Guide Dogs for the Blind, and we applied to be what were called breeder keepers. That is, they were the the people who would keep a breeder dog in their home because the guide dogs for the blind bred their own guide dogs and so on. And breeder keepers would keep dogs in their homes so that the dogs weren't just cooped up in kennels all day, and we volunteered to do that. And the director of breeding, Marina Hall, called us and said, "I've got four dogs for you to look at. I think one's better than the others for you, but I want you to come and meet these dogs. So we went down, and and she made the comment again. I think one dog is going to be better than the others. Michael Hingson  49:02 And and I said, well, if you think so strongly, but which one is it? Well, she finally sort of told us. She said, I didn't want to tell you, but I'll tell you. So she did. But anyway, the first dog who came in was a dog named Fantasia, and it works sort of the same way that when people get guide dogs, you're in a room. The dog is allowed to come in, and you see how the dog reacts to you. When I met Squire for the first time, I was sitting in a chair. They let Squire in. He came over and started sniffing me all over. Didn't leave me. He just started sniffing. And Bruce Benzler, who was the apprentice instructor at the time, later became director of Guide Dogs for the Blind, CEO anyway, anyway. Bruce then said, "Looks like you found a friend already, and we became friends. But anyway, when when Fantasia came into the room, she took one look at Karen and leaped into Karen's lap. She had no fear of the power wheelchair that Karen was using by that time. The other three dogs, we still looked at them, and they all expressed one level of fear or concern about being around this wheelchair. But Marina said Fantasia was the one that we thought you'd like best and would like you best, and she was. So anyway, in 2006, we got Fantasia in January, and later that year, she had a litter of puppies, and then in early or mid 2007, she Fantasia had her second litter. I guess it was late in 2006 she had the second litter, but anyway, by the middle of 2008, when we had to retire Meryl because she wasn't working out very well, we were notified that they found a dog that they thought would be a really good replacement for Meryl, and that's a dog named Africa. And Karen and I realized Africa was a name that we suggested as as breeder keepers that they could name one of their puppies if they had puppies who came from an A litter. And the way it works, by the way, is when a litter is born, they're assigned a letter of the alphabet, and they got a big book, and they go into that book and they get the next names that are available. They don't use names of current guide dogs, so when a dog retires, then they can start using that name again. But anyway, Africa was a name that we suggested, and as soon as we saw the email that said Africa, we knew Fantasia was Africa's mother. Well, Africa came and joined us, and mom and daughter did really well, and Roselle was still with us. So the three of them have a lot of fun together, but again with Africa, I learned about teamwork and doing the things that I needed to do. Every dog is different, and one of the things that I developed over the years was an understanding that to truly develop a relationship with a dog takes probably close to a year by the time we really are totally comfortable with each other, but I worked with Africa. We became good friends. Africa became good friends with Roselle. Of course, Africa liked her mom, and all worked out really well. Developing those teeming relationships is so important, and you can learn a lot more about them if you get live like a guide dog. I think you'll find them all very interesting to to read about. So in 2017, I noticed that Africa was starting to slow down and not do as well. She wasn't able to see as well at night. Sort of typical signs of a dog getting older, even though I work to to keep stress out as much as possible, but I applied and in 2018 on the 9th of February, Africa's puppy raisers, Bill and Peggy Sproul from San Francisco or San Diego rather, came to visit us in Victorville, and we had offered them the opportunity to take Africa because we had Fantasia, and we had Africa. And if we kept Africa and Fantasia, and I got a new guide dog, Karen would have a hard time taking care of two dogs when I traveled, because I was doing a great deal of travel by then as a keynote speaker, and so the Sprouls came and got Africa. Michael Hingson  53:26 Left our house, Africa didn't even look back. She was gone. We had visited her several times since then, and and in in the Sprouls home, Africa died in 2020. But we we got to visit Africa several times and it was a lot of fun and and she she loved us and all that and remembered us anyway on the 11th of February two days later I went to Guide Dogs for the Blind and I met Alamo who was my first black Labrador and I met him we we met in the room and he kind of sniffed me a little bit and walked around the room. But then came back and sniffed me, and then I took him on leash back to our our dorm room at Guide Dogs for the Blind, and I decided I'd sit on the floor to to visit with him. And the next thing I know, this big, huge, 60 pound Labrador is in my lap. Alamo was and is a lapdog, but he doesn't know a stranger, which is great. I mentioned earlier that I always said that when I get a guide dog, I want a guide dog that has an on and off switch. Another thing that I require is that guide dogs that I get be raised by cats. I have known of animals who of guide dogs who don't like cats, and I would not want that because we always have had cats. And by that time, when we got Alamo, we had Stitch, who we rescued in January of 2015. So now here it is, February of 2018. So I knew that we needed to have a dog that wasn't going to be. Be afraid of cats. Well, so Stitch and Alamo kind of walked around each other a little bit when we first went home, but they got to like each other pretty well pretty quickly, and they have been together ever since. Alamo has been on a number of aircraft, as I've mentioned over the years, he went to Israel with me. He didn't go to England when I spoke in 2024, but he's been to other places and will continue to travel with me. I work really hard to keep the stress out of his life. I don't want him to become any more stressed than he ever has to be, and he feeds off of how I behave, as as I've learned guide dogs do. So that's one of the most important things that I've learned is to keep that stress out of his life. I would point out that is just as much true for human teams. Don't stress out your team. If you are a leader, your job is to enhance what those leaders, what the team does. Your job isn't to boss them around. If you're doing that, you're only causing more stress, and you're going to find you're going to have a big job turnover, much more than you really should. I've always felt that my job isn't to boss people around when I hire them, my job is to enhance their abilities by using the skills that I have and learning to work with them to give them the benefit of what I know and to use the benefits of what they know to learn myself as well, so that we become more effective. And the people who really get that do very well. The people who didn't get that tend not to last very long at the company because they don't perform very well. Because I know that in reality, I add value to the team by working to add value, not bossing the team around. I think there's a big difference between leaders and bosses, and I've learned that over the years. That leaders are people who can enhance what other people do, who work to make the whole team effective and not just try to boss people around. In late 2020, I discovered a company called Accessibe, A C C E S S I capital B E. Website is accessibee.com. Was a company that made products to help make internet websites more inclusive, and at first, they had some challenges because they were using a lot of AI stuff to make their products work, and they sort of did. But there were there were challenges. But one day in January of 2021, the founder of the company, Sheer Eckerling. Michael Hingson  57:41 contacted me and said we're interested in you joining the company. I had been looking at possibly selling their products because the pandemic had hit, and I thought I could sell them from home because we were locked down. And and he said, well, you know, we we'd like you to not sell as a partner, just on your own, we'd like you to join the company. Well, he asked what I was doing, and by that time I had started to learn about podcasting because I couldn't travel and speak all over the world. So what I decided to do was to look at using podcast as a revenue source. And Shear said, "Well, you know, we we're really interested in having somebody do a podcast for us. And I said, "What do you want? And he said, "I want to just get somebody who will do a podcast to show that we're part of the world. And you join the company; you could do that in part. I joined the company, and he didn't have any specific agenda for the podcast. So, in August of 2021, I began Unstoppable Mindset, and soon it became unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity, and the unexpected meet. And I'll explain all of that in a moment. But the point is that we started the podcast. I created the title. I recreated the description, and I wanted the podcast to be conversations. And as anyone who has been on the podcast knows, we don't do interviews as such. We do conversations, and I ask people to send me materials to help me prepare to be able to do the conversation. And so a number of times we've had diversity experts on people from the DEI world, and when I ask them what they do, they say, you know, we focus a lot on diversity, and I say, what does that mean? And they say, well, we deal with race, gender, sexual orientation, and so on. And we chat for a little while, and then I say, but you haven't talked about disabilities. And they say, oh, disability is not a minority. And I say, what do you mean? He said, well, disability is a social justice thing. It's not like race, gender, or sexual orientation. And my response to that is balderdash. I like to use balderdash. I could go back and use what Colonel Sherman Potter did on Mash and say monkey muffins. But anyway, balderdash because diversity should include disability because it is a minority. Even the Center for Disease Control says that. Adversity, or that that people with disabilities are a minority of about 25% of people in the United States. Well, so the bottom line for me is that I would say to them, "What do you mean you're you're not including it? And they say, "Well, it's a it's a disability, but it's social justice. It's always about being a lack of ability, and as I have learned, especially since September 11th and and beyond, disability does not mean a lack of ability. You might want to think it does. You might want to try to make that fit, but it doesn't. And I learned that most effectively in March of 2023 when I went to something, by that time Karen had passed, and I was working with a person who had been Karen's caregiver, who decided to work for me. Very grateful for Josie doing that. Josie entered my name in the contest to be a guest at the Kelly and Ryan Oscar after party, which was going to be held the Monday after the Oscars at the Dolby Theater, well, I didn't even know she entered me, but I got a call the Tuesday before the Oscar after party and the Oscars, and I was and I picked up the phone and they said congratulations, and I said for what? Oh, you won an invitation to come to the Kelly and Ryan Oscar after party, and I went really well. Anyway, I went down with my niece and nephew, Tracy and Charlie Green. The there wasn't room for taking Josie, her husband, and her mother and her five kids. So it was just me, Tracy, and Charlie. Michael Hingson  1:01:37 We got up to our room about 3o'clock in the afternoon on the Saturday before the Oscars, the day before the Oscars, we put our luggage in our room and we were coming back down the main stairwell staircase actually from the third to the first floor in the Hollywood Roosevelt. It's a very open staircase, and all of a sudden I heard people screaming, and it took me a while to to try to understand what's going on, and finally I couldn't figure it out. I said, Tracy, what's going on? And she said, Oh, we just lost power and lighting on the stairs, and and power and lighting in and around the entire hotel. Now it didn't bother Tracy. Tracy had known me for a long time, but people were panicky because they weren't getting all the light they expected, even though the windows were open, the the shades were up on the first floor in the lobby, and so on. Lots of light, but it wasn't all that people expected. And I thought about that, and what I learned from that was, it proves that disability isn't a lack of ability; it proves that disability is a characteristic that we all have. Thomas Edison and others worked on the light bulb, and Thomas Edison is credited with developing the electric light bulb back in 1878. But in the 148 years since the light bulb was developed, all society has done in that regard is worked very hard on coming up with better ways of providing light on demand, so that you sighted people could have all the light you want when you want it. Nowadays, we have smartphones, we have flashlights, we have other ways of getting light on demand. But as the Americans with Disabilities Act would describe it. The light bulb is simply, or any piece of technology that produces light on demand, is simply a piece of technology that provides light on demand to light-dependent people who otherwise don't function well without it. The bottom line is, disability is not a lack of ability. We got words like discrete, discern, disciple. What is discern? Is it a lack of discern? What is it? What is disciple? A lack of viple? No. Disability is not a lack of ability. Disability is a character

Episode 329 - “The Stories We Inherited”Some of the beliefs guiding our lives may not actually belong to us. In this episode, Michelle and Scott explore the stories we inherit from our families, cultures, and communities—ideas about success, money, love, work, aging, responsibility, and who we're supposed to be. We look at how these stories quietly shape our choices, often without us realizing it, and what happens when we finally stop to question them. A conversation about recognizing what we've inherited, keeping what still serves us, and giving ourselves permission to write a different story.Keeping Your Sh*t Together in a Stressed World is a podcast hosted by Michelle Post, MA, LMFT and Scott Grossberg, JD, CLC, CCH, NLP, and is 30 minutes of raw, irreverent, and results-oriented discussion with one purpose in mind . . . to help you cope, thrive, and survive the craziness that's going on in the world.As a reminder, our “Get Your Sh*t Together” Home Retreat can be found here:http://thinkingmagically.com/retreatReplays of prior episodes can be found at:https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scott-grossbergYou can also join our Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingystMichelle Post can be reached at michelle@postinternationalinc.com http://postinternationalinc.com
Scott Grossberg can be reached at sgrossberg@hotmail.com https://www.thinkingmagically.com© ℗ 2026 Scott Grossberg & Michelle Post. All rights reserved."Easy Lemon (60 second)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0DISCLAIMER: MICHELLE IS A THERAPIST, BUT SHE IS NOT YOUR THERAPIST. SCOTT IS A RETIRED ATTORNEY, DOES NOT PRACTICE LAW, AND DOES NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE. AS SUCH, SCOTT IS NOT YOUR ATTORNEY. THE INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION THAT TAKES PLACE IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT LEGAL, MEDICAL, NOR MENTAL HEALTH ADVICE. LISTENING TO THIS PODCAST DOES NOT CREATE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT NOR THERAPIST-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP. MICHELLE AND SCOTT ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES RELATED TO ACTIONS OR FAILURES TO ACT RELATED TO ANY OF THEIR PROGRAMS OR TRAINING. IF YOU NEED SPECIFIC LEGAL, MEDICAL, OR MENTAL HEALTH ADVICE OR HELP, CONSULT WITH A PROFESSIONAL WHO SPECIALIZES IN YOUR SUBJECT MATTER AND JURISDICTION. NEVER DISREGARD THE MEDICAL ADVICE OF A PSYCHOLOGIST, PHYSICIAN OR OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, OR DELAY IN SEEKING SUCH ADVICE, BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION OFFERED OR PROVIDED WITHIN OR RELATED TO ANY OF MICHELLE'S OR SCOTT'S PROGRAMS OR TRAININGS. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY EITHER MICHELLE OR SCOTT OR BOTH OF THEM ARE OFFERED IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES, OFFERED "AS-IS" AND NO REPRESENTATIONS ARE MADE THAT THE CONTENT OF ANY VIEWS ARE ERROR-FREE.MICHELLE'S AND SCOTT'S PROGRAMS AND TRAINING ARE NOT SUITED FOR EVERYONE. THEY DO NOT ASSUME, AND SHALL NOT HAVE, ANY LIABILITY TO USERS FOR INJURY OR LOSS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THEY MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY CONCERNING ANY TREATMENT OR ANY ACTION FOLLOWING THE INFORMATION OFFERED OR PROVIDED WITHIN OR THROUGH ANY PROGRAM, COACHING, CONSULTING OR STRATEGIC WORK SESSION.

Four more food recalls just hit the headlines. This week on Dr. Frita LIVE!, we're bringing you the latest trending medical headlines and celebrity health news, starting with a weekly FDA recall roundup covering broccoli sprouts linked to a Salmonella outbreak, imported pork pulled over Listeria concerns, deli salads and cream cheese recalled for the same reason, and a frozen berry blend flagged for possible E. coli.In other news, we'll also be covering an influencer who died after a cosmetic filler procedure led to a fatal embolism, and what that teaches us about injectable treatment risks. Meanwhile, RHOBH star Brandi Glanville shares an update on a terrifying ordeal with something moving beneath the skin of her face.Our Myth vs Fact segment breaks down Billy Joel's brain shunt procedure and what it means to live with normal pressure hydrocephalus. We'll also cover this year's flu, COVID, and RSV vaccine guidance, since several medical groups stepped in with new recommendations.Then, we have to talk about Married to Medicine star Dr. Heavenly Kimes and how she turned a family crisis into a fierce dedication to mental health awareness.Finally, you may want to rethink your daily workout. A massive new study shows that a brisk walking pace matters far more for your lifespan than hitting that 10,000 steps.#HealthHappyLifePodcast #DrFrita #DrFritaLIVE! #CelebrityHealthNewsHere are a few helpful resources to help on your journey to wellness:▶️ Subscribe so you will never miss a YouTube video.

Across the United States, municipal leaders and healthcare professionals are grappling with an unprecedented surge in severe electric bicycle collisions. What began as an eco-friendly micro-mobility revolution has increasingly strained pediatric emergency departments as high-powered and modified two-wheelers proliferate among young riders. In response to mounting trauma admissions and fatal collisions, local jurisdictions from Southern California to Colorado are deploying aggressive countermeasures, ranging from school-zone bans to county-level buyback initiatives. Trauma surgeons emphasize that standard bicycle helmets often fail to protect against the high-impact velocity and severe brain trauma generated by these motorized vehicles. As local officials evaluate financial buybacks and legal accountability for parents, nationwide calls for standardized age restrictions and regulatory enforcement continue to intensify.

Send us Fan MailDo we really need a DAT on every baby born to a group O or Rh-negative mother? This week on Journal Club, Ben and Daphna dig into a new Pediatrics study questioning routine Direct Antiglobulin Testing (DAT) in low-risk neonates with ABO or RhD incompatibility. Using data from over 1,300 infants, the authors found that transcutaneous bilirubin alone predicted the need for phototherapy just as well as DAT in ABO-incompatible babies, and that passive anti-D from RhoGAM rarely caused significant hemolysis in RhD-incompatible infants. Ben and Daphna also discuss what this means for institutions running DAT on every newborn, how to tell passive anti-D apart from true alloimmunization, and why a more targeted approach to bilirubin screening may be overdue.----Utility of DAT in Low-Risk Neonates With ABO or RhD Incompatibility. Tsai TL, Ma T, Nester T.Pediatrics. 2026 Sep 1;158(3):e2026076989. doi: 10.1542/peds.2026-076989.PMID: 42642037Support the showAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below.Enjoy!

Israel's medical exodus is growing, nearly 1400 doctors left in 2023-2024 The Jay Shapiro Show 10SEP2026 - PODCAST

 Please hit Subscribe and share the show. Click here to go to our facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/222paranormal Click here to see Joe's book. https://a.co/d/0iWjQkX2  Click here to see Jennifer's book. https://a.co/d/0198Et8M    In this episode of the **222 Paranormal Podcast**, Jennifer and Joe Shortridge take a deep dive into one of the most disturbing alleged hauntings in modern paranormal history—the story of the Ammons family and the small Gary, Indiana, home that would eventually become known around the world as the Demon House. The story reportedly began in 2011 after the Ammons family moved into the house. What initially appeared to be an ordinary family home allegedly became the center of bizarre and frightening experiences. The family reported strange noises, unexplained footsteps, shadowy figures, swarms of flies appearing during the winter, and other disturbing activity. But the story became even more unbelievable when the family's children reportedly began experiencing frightening and unusual behavior. Police were called. Medical professionals became involved. Indiana's Department of Child Services investigated And eventually, a Catholic priest entered the story. Father Michael Maginot became involved with the family and reportedly performed religious rites and exorcisms connected to the alleged activity. Accounts of the case describe strange voices, unusual behavior, and incidents that witnesses interpreted as evidence of something far beyond an ordinary haunting. But what really happened?   Were the Ammons family experiencing a genuine paranormal event? Could psychological, environmental, or other natural explanations account for what happened? Or was something truly supernatural affecting the family? Jennifer and Joe explore both sides of the story without automatically accepting every paranormal claim as fact. Because one of the most important principles of paranormal investigation is this: **Unexplained does not automatically mean supernatural.** The case eventually attracted the attention of paranormal investigator Zak Bagans, who purchased the property and investigated it for his documentary **Demon House**. His experiences at the location added another layer to an already controversial case and helped transform the small house in Gary into one of the most famous alleged haunted locations in America. Then came the bulldozers. The house was demolished in 2016. The structure that had allegedly been the center of so much frightening activity was gone. But that raises one of the biggest questions of this episode: **What happens to a haunting when the haunted house no longer exists?** Did destroying the Demon House destroy whatever was believed to be inside it? Could paranormal activity remain attached to the land Did the activity follow the people who lived there? Or did the reported experiences simply end when the family left? Jennifer and Joe examine what is known about the former property and discuss whether there is credible evidence of ongoing paranormal activity at the location today. The episode also looks at the difference between documented events, witness testimony, paranormal interpretation, and stories that have grown through years of internet retelling. The Demon House case is ultimately more than a scary story. It is a fascinating collision of **paranormal investigation, religion, psychology, family experiences, witness testimony, and the unknown**.   The house may be gone. The walls may be gone. The rooms where these events allegedly occurred may no longer exist. But the mystery remains. Was the Demon House truly possessed? Was a family experiencing something supernatural? Was something else happening entirely? Or will the truth about what happened on Carolina Street remain one of the great unanswered mysteries of the paranormal? Join Jennifer and Joe Shortridge as they go inside the story of the **Demon House of Gary, Indiana**. Listen to the episode, make up your own mind, and then tell us what you believe. Because sometimes... you can tear down a house But you can't tear down the mystery. Welcome to the 222 Paranormal Podcast, your gateway to the captivating world of the supernatural. Immerse yourself in our expertly crafted episodes, where we delve deep into a wide range of paranormal phenomena, including ghostly hauntings, cryptid sightings, and unexplained mysteries that defy logic. Each episode is meticulously researched and features engaging discussions with leading experts, seasoned ghost hunters, and renowned paranormal investigators. We cover the latest advancements in ghost hunting technology, offer practical tips for both amateur and experienced investigators, and review essential equipment for your paranormal adventures. Our podcast also explores the rich history of haunted locations, sharing true stories and firsthand accounts that will send chills down your spine. Whether you're a die-hard fan of the paranormal or just curious about the unknown, our content is designed to entertain, inform, and ignite your imagination. Stay tuned as we uncover secrets from the most haunted places around the world and analyze the most intriguing supernatural events. We also provide in-depth interviews with notable figures in the field and explore theories that challenge conventional understanding of reality. By subscribing to our Paranormal Podcast, you'll stay updated with the latest episodes, allowing you to join a community of like-minded individuals who share your fascination with the unexplained. Don't miss out on our exclusive content and special features, which bring you closer to the mysteries that lie beyond our everyday experiences. Dive into the world of the unknown with our Paranormal Podcast and experience the thrill of discovering what lies just beyond the veil of reality.   Discover the world of the supernatural with the 222 Paranormal Podcast, your ultimate source for spine-chilling tales and expert insights into the unknown. Each episode delves into a variety of paranormal phenomena, from ghostly hauntings and cryptid encounters to unexplained mysteries and psychic phenomena. Join us as we interview leading experts, investigate haunted locations, and share true stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Our podcast covers everything from the latest in ghost hunting technology to historical accounts of paranormal events. Whether you're a seasoned investigator or just fascinated by the supernatural, our content is designed to captivate and inform. 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Sept. 14, 2026- We explore legislation boosting Medicaid payments for medical suppliers providing durable medical equipment to patients. Our guests are John Quinlan, owner of Quinlan's Medical Equipment in central and western New York, and David Chandler, vice president of payer relations for the American Association for Homecare.

Lindsay Clancy's mistrial ended one jury fight and immediately opened several others, including Kevin Reddington's public request for President Donald Trump to help his client. A president cannot pardon a defendant on Massachusetts state charges, but Reddington has said he made the appeal because any help could matter while prosecutors decide whether to retry her. The pressure campaign is tied to the defense's view of how the first trial went wrong. Medical witnesses described Clancy's neck and wrist cuts as superficial. Her fall from the home caused a spinal injury that left her paralyzed, and Reddington argued the state had tried to minimize the seriousness of the overall attempt. After seven days and roughly 38 hours of deliberation, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on September 4. Reddington has said the jury was divided 11-1 in favor of acquittal based on lack of criminal responsibility, a split later echoed by jurors speaking publicly. District Attorney Timothy Cruz has not announced a retrial decision. An emergency Supreme Judicial Court request over the holdout juror was denied, and a spectator was arrested after allegedly filming jurors outside the courthouse. The defense is also asking Sullivan for a required finding of not guilty under Rule 25. The September 29 hearing is scheduled to address that request along with status and trial assignment. If the motion fails and prosecutors continue, both sides will have to decide how much the first jury's reported split changes the next trial or any negotiation. Bob Motta of Defense Diaries and defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis join Tony Brueski to work through the fallout. They examine the disputed injury strategy, the mistrial record, the Rule 25 standard, and Reddington's refusal to accept a resolution requiring jail time. They also explain why the defense sought presidential attention while the charging decision remains with a Massachusetts district attorney. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #LindsayClancy #KevinReddington #TrueCrimeToday #BobMotta #EricFaddis #ClancyMistrial #Rule25 #MassachusettsCourt #LegalBreakdown #TrueCrimePodcast

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of From the Heart, Drs. Nim Goldshtrom and Adrianne Bischoff talk with Dr. Kristin Elgersma, a nurse-researcher whose path into neonatal nutrition began at her son's bedside in a cardiac ICU. A former concert pianist turned nurse-researcher, Kristin asked a question no one had: does human milk change outcomes for babies with congenital heart disease? Her multicenter PC4 study of day-by-day data from over 800 infants across 25 centers found no link between human milk and NEC, though bovine-derived formula or fortifier tripled NEC risk within five days, while higher human milk intake meant roughly nine fewer hospital days. They cover lactation support, donor milk gaps between NICUs and CICUs, and practical next steps.----Elgersma et al. Human milk feeding, fortification initiation, and clinical outcomes in neonates with critical congenital heart disease: A multi-institutional study. medRxiv 2026. DOI 10.64898/2026.08.20.26360934 (preprint, no PMID)Elgersma et al. Human milk feeding and direct breastfeeding improve outcomes for infants with single ventricle congenital heart disease: Propensity score-matched analysis of the NPC-QIC registry. J Am Heart Assoc 2023. PMID 37642030Support the showAs always, feel free to send us questions, comments, or suggestions to our email: nicupodcast@gmail.com. You can also contact the show through Instagram or Twitter, @nicupodcast. Or contact Ben and Daphna directly via their Twitter profiles: @drnicu and @doctordaphnamd. The papers discussed in today's episode are listed and timestamped on the webpage linked below.Enjoy!

The NFL's billion-dollar concussion settlement was designed to compensate former players suffering from the devastating neurological consequences of a career in professional football — but a bombshell report reveals that five law firms systematically exploited that system through an organized scheme of fraudulent diagnoses. Special masters appointed by a federal court found that attorneys steered clients to unapproved doctors willing to hand out Parkinson's disease diagnoses regardless of symptoms, funneling over $95 million in fraudulent claims through the fund before an audit shut it down. Today we unpack what this scandal reveals about the psychology of institutional betrayal, the vulnerability of injured athletes, and what happens when the people trusted to protect you become the threat.

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Episode 383 | Smart Meters, Informed Consent, and the Right to Opt OutCecelia “Cece” Doucette, director of Massachusetts for Safe Technology, joins us to make the case for a meaningful right to opt out of wireless “smart” utility meters. Cece explains how smart meters differ from older analog and digital meters, why their constant two-way radiofrequency transmissions raise health and informed-consent concerns, and what advocates are doing to secure an opt-out without punitive fees. A regular guest on CHD.TV, Cece is also a public educator and legislative advocate who has taken the stage at the last two Children's Health Defense national conferences. Through Massachusetts for Safe Technology, she offers no-cost monthly webinars, practical safer-tech guidance, legislative education, and resources citizens can use in their own communities. I met Cece this spring at the National Health Federation Conference in Dallas. We look at the case for consumer choice, what an opt-out should actually look like, the political obstacles advocates face, and what Washington residents can learn from efforts underway in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Massachusetts for Safe Technology: https://www.ma4safetech.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MA4SafeTech/LinkedIn: Cecelia Doucette: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecelia-doucette-09655155/Events and free webinars: https://www.ma4safetech.org/eventsSafer Screentime: https://www.saferscreentime.org/Understanding EMFs: https://sites.google.com/site/understandingemfs/Health in Buildings Roundtable Conference at NIH: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMAz9ZRXjYmp8vCf4HKxmLhdqEgbqYS65Generation Zapped, award-winning film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p4vRB5uU0A You can support Informed Life Radio by always starting your Amazon shopping at the link on our homepage, InformedChoiceWA.org. This gives us a small commission at no extra cost to you.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When Kelley Benham and her husband Tom French finally got pregnant, after many attempts and a good deal of technological help, everything was perfect. Until it wasn't. Their story raises questions that, until recently, no parent had to face… and that are still nearly impossible to answer.This hour, which we first released in 2013, we spend the entire episode on the story of Kelley and Tom, whose daughter was born at 23 weeks and 6 days, roughly halfway to full term. Their story contains an entire universe of questions about the lines between life and death, reflex and will, and the confusing tug of war between two basic moral touchstones: doing no harm...and doing everything in our power to help. Kelley has written about her experience in a brilliant series of articles in the Tampa Bay Times. If you want to know more about what we talk about in the update tacked onto the end of this episode, check out the links below: This Photo Here (https://zpr.io/ZvMD42u9hzuu) Plus This Video Here (https://zpr.io/8ewZUD368TzP) Check out the book that Tom and Kelley wrote about Juniper here:Juniper: The girl who was born too soon. (https://zpr.io/8ewZUD368TzP) And when you're done listening to the episode, be sure to check out the video below--but be warned, it does contain spoilers. 23 Weeks 6 Days VideoEPISODE CREDITS:Reported by Jad AbumradProduced by Matt Kielty and Jad AbumradUpdate produced by Pat Walters and Anisa Vietzewith mixing help from Jeremy Bloom Sign up for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Signup (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org.Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Simons Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode: 1627 A shocking look at medications in 1892 shows us how far we've come.  Today, we measure how far we've come.

What was it really like to volunteer at Ground Zero after 9/11?Twenty-five years later, Bethany Anne Putnam shares her extraordinary story of spending six weeks at Ground Zero in New York City after the September 11 attacks, helping organize volunteers, feed first responders, distribute supplies, and create a place of rest and comfort at historic St. Paul's Chapel.This is not simply a story about September 11, 2001. It is a story about what happened after the attacks—when firefighters, police officers, National Guard members, volunteers, chaplains, clergy, medical professionals, musicians, businesses, churches, and ordinary people came together to help.It is also a powerful story about human kindness after tragedy.Who Was Bethany Anne Putnam Before 9/11?Bethany describes herself as having an unconventional career path built around hospitality, organization, logistics, volunteerism, and service.She had worked in hotels, catering, personal-chef roles, nonprofit management, political campaigns, and other fields. From childhood, volunteering and giving back were part of her life.Her disaster-relief work began after a devastating tornado in Oklahoma.That experience eventually inspired her to create Labor of Love, a disaster-relief organization that brought volunteers into communities affected by disasters.What Was It Like to Volunteer at Ground Zero After 9/11?When Bethany received the call asking how quickly she could get to New York, she packed her belongings, loaded her car, and drove to Manhattan.She arrived at St. Paul's Chapel on September 19.St. Paul's Chapel became a sanctuary for firefighters, police officers, rescue workers, National Guard members, volunteers, and others working at Ground Zero.The historic chapel had survived the destruction with virtually no damage. Because of its location near the World Trade Center site, it became an important place for food, rest, prayer, comfort, supplies, and support for first responders.Bethany was asked to help coordinate the volunteer operation.And coordination was desperately needed.What Was the Miracle of St. Paul's Chapel After 9/11?For Bethany, the miracle was not necessarily one supernatural event.The miracle was people showing up.People kept sending supplies.Businesses wanted to contribute.Churches sent volunteers.People donated food.Medical professionals volunteered their services.Musicians came to play.People who had never met each other worked together.And when supplies arrived that St. Paul's couldn't use, Bethany found other organizations that needed them.This created an enormous network of generosity.What Happens When a Disaster Ends?Perhaps the most important part of Bethany's story happens after she leaves New York.She eventually realizes that she needs to get away from Ground Zero for a day.She drives to Connecticut and experiences one of the strangest contrasts of her life.She watches a child's soccer game.People drink Starbucks.Families go about their ordinary lives.She shops for sneakers.Life looks normal.But Bethany has just spent weeks surrounded by Ground Zero, first responders, death, destruction, grief, exhaustion, and constant crisis. Listen to this episode to understand how Bethany balanced the world continuing, while so many were still grieving.What Does Bethany's Story Teach Us About Human Nature?At the heart of this episode is a much bigger question:Are humans naturally selfish, or do people really want to help each other?Bethany's experience offers powerful evidence for the second possibility.Again and again, people wanted to contribute.And these stories, and Bethany's sharing of them, begins to help us understand what is most important in this world-connection, community and showing up for eachother!Listen to Her StoryIf you've ever searched for true stories about 9/11, wondered what happened at Ground Zero after September 11, wanted to understand what it was like to volunteer after 9/11, or wondered how ordinary people responded to an unimaginable tragedy, this episode offers a deeply personal perspective.Bethany Anne Putnam's story is a record of six weeks at Ground Zero—and a reminder that even in the aftermath of overwhelming tragedy, human beings can choose to show up for one another.Sometimes the miracle is simply this:People come.People help.People stay.And sometimes, that is exactly what the world needs.Questions Answered in This EpisodeWhat was it like to volunteer at Ground Zero after 9/11?What happened at St. Paul's Chapel after September 11?How did volunteers help 9/11 first responders?What did first responders need after 9/11?How did ordinary people help after September 11?Can disaster-relief volunteers develop PTSD?What is PTSD after a traumatic event?How did people support firefighters at Ground Zero?Why was St. Paul's Chapel important after 9/11?What happened to volunteers after they left Ground Zero?Are humans naturally altruistic?Why do people help strangers during disasters?What are some inspiring stories from September 11?How did New Yorkers respond to 9/11?What can we learn from the people who helped after 9/11?To check out what Bethany is doing in the world, here is her website!As well, here is her Instagram, where you can keep track of all of the beauty she is creating in the world!And to learn about all of the fabulous humans who travel across the globe to stay at Bethany's incredible retreat space, click here!To hear additional stories of people showing up to help others, in all sorts of ways, click on the links below. There are plenty of miracle stories out there, proving that we always will show up for eachother!Drew Ayotte's story involves a sweet little pup and showing up at the right time! Sometimes it is our furry and feathered friends we are supposed to show up for! Listen to "The Miracle Of The Magnificent Enzo" on Apple HERE and Spotify HERE!Lyubim Kogan shares an incredible story of being in the right story at the right time. Really, it was astonishing! Listen to "Saying "Yes" One Night Saves A Child's Life" on Apple HERE and Spotify HERE.And finally, Mirian Schulman talks about her 9/11 experience and how she responded after the incident. Her psychic impressions truly saved her life. Listen to "Psychic Vibes Before 9/11, How Her Understanding Of Reality Changed," on Apple HERE and Spotify HERE.To check out what I am doing in the world, click on my website HERE. And my Insta here! And my woefully behind YouTube channel! (I know, I'm trying to get on top of everything!)Your bit of beauty is this: "Happiness Is Helping Others," a sweet YouTube by Haytham Ibrihim, which is all about how we can be present and a blessing for all those around us!

Hey Spooksters! Based on your requests in the Facebook group we are starting a brand new deep dive! In Part One of the Lindsay Clancy case, we'll introduce Lindsay and walk through the medical and mental health timeline leading up to January 2023, including her postpartum period, medical treatment, and the changes in her mental health.For help with postpartum mood disorders, contact Postpartum Support International at www.postpartum.net or call or text 800-944-4773. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, call 988 or go to https://988lifeline.org/ to chat online.Timestamps:00:00 Intro to the case05:21 Secret Satan Update10:41 Continued 3SG intro & October Patron-only content teaser11:50 Resources & trigger warnings12:38 Lindsay Clancy Do you want AD FREE episodes published a day EARLY? Join the Spookster Fam at www.patreon.com/3spookedgirls Check out the latest season of our second show, Social Seance Society! Our end-of-year theme is Final Girl Fall to get you in the mood for spooky season. We are available on all podcast platforms. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more.Join our book club, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spookster Literary Society⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!Check out the following link for our socials, Patreon, YouTube channel, & more ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/3spookedgirls⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Do you have a true crime story or paranormal encounter you'd like to share? Please send us an email over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠3spookedgirls@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Hester Ross⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our intro music!Thank you to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Edward October⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our content warning! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

When your first child is medically complex, your experience can look very different from a “typical” parent. But sometimes, that's only really apparent in hindsight.In today's episode, we (finally!) have Amanda Griffith-Atkins on to share the story of her and her son Asher. From the first inkling that something wasn't quite right to navigating conflicting messages and fears about the future to what her life looks like now seventeen years later, Amanda shares it all.We also dig into that moment where you realize you have to share diagnostic news with your friends and family, how having typical children later brought up grief for moments she and Asher missed out on, and how the way disabled children are portrayed in medical settings influences parents and can contribute to fear.This episode has it all! You won't want to miss it.Links:Check out Amanda's past episodes on TRL!81: Health Anxiety85: Should A Child's Disability be Part of Their Parents' Identity? 99: Family Planning108: Holidays + Disability109: Isolating During Holidays 110: Inpatient During Holidays130: Fearful of Childloss 131: Chronic Stress + Our Bodies 132: When Self-Care Gives Us the Swears135: Ways Career + Family Roles Can Be Affected by Disability 142: What If My Disabled Child Outlives Me?147: Sex + Disability Parenting 153: Hurtful Things Loved Ones Say and Do156: Should I Get Divorced?159: Mental-Load Sharing with Your Partner171: Financial Strain 182: Hobbies 189: Grief in Disability Parenting 203: Strengthening Marriage 222: Intellectual Disabilities Fill out our contact form to join upcoming discussion groups!Join The Rare Life newsletter and never miss an update!Follow Amanda on Instagram @amanda.griffith.atkins!Follow us on Instagram @the_rare_life!Donate to the podcast or Contact me about sponsoring an episode.

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Send us Fan MailDominic Mazzone, CEO of VOS Collection, joins Skin Anarchy to pull back the curtain on medical aesthetic platforms: how his model differs from private equity, the split between medical and retail aesthetics, how clinics and skincare brands earn their place, and how to find a provider who delivers real results.What is VOS Collection?A medical aesthetics platform built by an entrepreneur rather than a private equity firm. A self described serial entrepreneur who has started 19 businesses, Mazzone acquires top clinics whose physicians become equity partners. "I'm not a private equity guy. I'm an entrepreneur... acquiring other entrepreneurs."How is VOS Collection different from private equity?By respecting clinical freedom instead of imposing quotas. Mazzone takes over the parts physicians dislike, bookkeeping, HR, procurement, and leaves the treatment room alone. "When it comes to that patient showing up inside that room with the clinician, hands off." His north star is remarkable outcomes, and good results turn out to be good business.What is the difference between medical and retail aesthetics?Depth of training and approach. Medical aesthetics uses highly trained providers offering a comprehensive plan; retail aesthetics handles the basics well. "Retail aesthetics are more lightly trained providers that are doing the basics." Both have a place, but patients deserve to know which they are choosing, especially as clinics doubled from 6,600 in 2019 to over 13,000.How does VOS Collection vet the clinics it partners with?Rigorously, starting with how a patient is treated at the door. Mazzone has walked out of clinics over a cold greeting, and screens partners for ethics and culture as much as skill. "We really vet our partners like mad to make sure that we don't hurt the culture that we've worked so hard to build."Why does raising the bar help the whole industry?Because a bad outcome anywhere hurts everyone. VOS is large enough that Mazzone sees industry wide reputation as his concern, not just his own clinics. "Bad outcomes in this industry is completely bad for everybody." Lifting standards keeps patients satisfied and keeps them in medical aesthetics.What does it take for a skincare brand to get into a practice?A real go to market plan, not just a good product. Mazzone likens his clinics to Whole Foods: he provides the shelf, but the brand must create demand. "Creating a great product isn't even 50% of it. It's probably 30%." And a founder's endorsement means nothing if the staff, front desk included, are not believers. He credits ZO for pairing product with real sales enablement.How do you scale a medical aesthetics practice?By getting treatments out of one person's hands. Many practices look big but do not scale because everything runs through the founder. The fix is more injectors and technicians. "You need to use other people's hands to do that," he says, pointing to a partner who made herself less essential and built a thriving business.Why does mentorship matter in aesthetics?Because it accelerates providers faster than anything else. VOS runs a mentorship program pairing young associates with masters across the platform. Mazzone describes a provider whose practice transformed within two months of mentoring. "There is no end if you can continue to care enough to continue to learn."How can patients find a quality provider?Through VOS Collection's site, built like a magazine rather than a corporate landing page. Each article pairs written guidance with provider videos, and patients can connect directly with clinics. Mazzone frames it as a source of truth in a market full of misinformation.Listen to the full episode with Dominic Mazzone of VOS Collection on Skin Anarchy, available wherever you get your podcasts.Learn more about VOS CollectionDon't forget to subscribe to Skin Anarchy on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred platform.Reach out to us through email with any questions.Sign up for our newsletter!Shop all our episodes and products mentioned through our ShopMy Shelf!Support the show