Podcast appearances and mentions of raj dasgupta

All Home Care Matters and our host, Lance A. Slatton were honored to welcome Dr. Raj Dasgupta as guest to the show.   About Dr. Raj Dasgupta:   Dr. Raj Dasgupta is a Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He is currently the Associate Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency at Huntington Health in Pasadena, California and an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine for the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine (UCR). He previously practiced at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship.   During his time at USC, he was inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 20 years. He is also a regular in media, appearing on various platforms and television shows such as Chasing the Cure, The Doctors, CNN, ABC News and Inside Edition. Be sure to check out his podcasts: “The Dr. Raj Podcast” and his medical book series titled: “Beyond the Pearls” published by Elsevier.   About MedPrepToGo:   MedPrepToGo, is dedicated to providing high-yield resources for medical students in the form our online Qbank and various podcasts.

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down Pharmacology questions 11, 12, and 13 from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium USMLE Step 3 Review Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down Neurology questions 1, 2, and 3 from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium USMLE Step 3 Review Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down Physiology questions 4, 5, and 6 from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium USMLE Step 3 Review Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down Microbiology questions 22, 23, and 24 from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium USMLE Step 3 Review Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down Embryology questions 4, 5, and 6 from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium USMLE Step 3 Review Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Electrovaya (ELVA: TSX and ELVA: NASDAQ) is at the forefront of battery innovation, leveraging advanced ceramic technology to create lithium-ion batteries that are not only safer—eliminating the risk of catching fire—but also boast significantly longer lifespans, enduring many more charge cycles than traditional alternatives. The company is experiencing aggressive growth, with FY 2023 revenue soaring to $44.1 million, a substantial increase from $16.3 million in FY 2022, and projections for FY 2024 exceeding the previous year. With positive EBITDA over the last six quarters and a strategic expansion into new markets, Electrovaya presents an enticing investment opportunity, especially as its shares appear to be potentially trading near a bottom as of October 2024. As the demand for reliable, high-performance energy solutions continues to rise, Electrovaya is well-positioned to capitalize on this momentum and drive sustainable growth in the clean tech sector.   https://electrovaya.com

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down Biostatistics questions 10, 11, and 12 from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium USMLE Step 3 Review Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you were in Paris for the Olympics, what souvenir would you bring back? Anna found an article that says the major souvenir people are buying is from the Pharmacy! Have you ever done something weird while you were asleep? Anna has an odd sleep habit, so she asked sleep expert Dr. Raj Dasgupta to tell her why! Have you ever been selected for jury duty? Anna finally got her letter and she's oddly excited about it! Want to get caught up on what's happening at the Olympics? You could watch TV, sure, but it's more fun to listen to Joseph, Anna and Raven's Kid Correspondent! Team USA had a big weekend and Anna wants Producer Jon to put all of our athletes accomplishments into song! What if you started dating the most wonderful person ever, but you suspected they might be a thief?  Anna and Raven got a wild call from a man going through that exact experience! Andy and Danielle can't agree on whether they should pay for their neighbor's dog's medical bill. For years, their dog and their neighbor's dog have not gotten along. Andy has told the neighbors to please keep their dog off their property. Sure enough, their dog got loose onto their property, and their puppy bit the neighbor's dog. Now, the neighbors want them to pay for the medical bills. Andy refuses, he says it was their responsibility to monitor their dog and he's told them to keep it off their property. Danielle says it's smarter to just pay and limit the drama. It happened on their property, they're responsible. What do you think? Kate has got a shot at $2800! All she has to do is beat Raven in pop culture trivia!

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down Biostatistics questions 4-6 from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium USMLE Step 3 Review Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down Biochemistry questions 16-18 from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium USMLE Step 3 Review Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down Anatomy questions 13-15 from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium USMLE Step 3 Review Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

April 2024 Prevention Magazine Interview Series with Sarah Smith The Not Old Better Show, Prevention Magazine Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show Prevention Magazine Health and Wellness Interview Series on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and this is our next installment of our Editor in Chief series is with Sarah Smith, and today we have another engaging episode in collaboration with Prevention Magazine: we're tackling some of the most pressing health topics crucial for our audience—adults over 60 who are committed to living their best lives. Let's get right into it: We have another packed show! First up, we're joined by Sarah Smith, EiC of Prevention Magazine for our issue overview. Sarah will tell us briefly about the important topic of natural remedies for nausea covered. These are remedies that are particularly effective and accessible for our audience.  We'll learn about self-administered accupressure on your wrist, of all places, that really works. Sarah will tell us much more, including the use of ginger and peppermint, both of which are soothing and offer gentle nausea relief. Next, Sarah introduces us to the “Meet The Expert” feauture in April's issue:  Brain Health Expert Interview This month's expert is also an epidemiologist, a gerontologist, and a brain expert.  Everything we need to know…and everything our audience cares about!  Sarah shares that science is moving ahead with brain science and making enormous progress, especially in the area of dementia.  Hear Sarah tell us about this informative second story in April's Prevention, and you'll want to learn more! In April's issue of Prevention Magazine, Sarah tells us about the Better Now column when Prevention focuses on people telling their own stories about what's Better Now in their lives, after 50ish.  Better Now: Beth and Cheryl is a feel-good story about these lives; their advice about how they approach life.  Sarah introduces us to the TikTok stars of DaBabyBoomers, Beth and Cheryl, known as the Age Defying Dancing influencers.  We'll put links up in our notes today to where you can find more about DababyBoomers April's issue of Prevention offers so many great articles and resources, and I thought the importance of "Sleep" and "Walking" offered unique health insights. We will talk the walk in a later upcoming extended episode, so please stay tuned.  But, last but not least, Sarah introduces our extended conversation with April's feature on Sleep. Sarah will tell us about Dr. Raj Dasgupta's known as the “Sleep Doctor.”  Dr. Raj shares his paramount topic of great sleep, which is crucial for our audience's health and well-being:  Sleep Trackers by Dr. Raj This episode promises to be both informative and inspiring, tailored to our seasoned listeners who are passionate about living their best lives. Stay tuned as we dive into these compelling topics, offering expert advice and actionable tips for your wellness journey. I hope you've enjoyed our April 2024 Prevention Magazine,Editor in Chief, Interview Series with Sarah Smith.  Today, we spoke with Sarah and Dr. Raj Dasgupta about sleep. We talked to Sarah Smith, EiC about about some natural remedies for nausea covered in the April issue of Prevention. Sarah introduces us to the “Meet The Expert” feauture in April's issue who is also an epidemiologist, a gerontologist, and a brain expert.  You'll want to know more about this feature story.  Sarah then told us about the April 2024 Prevention Magazine feature story, the Better Now: Beth and Cheryl column when Prevention focuses on people telling their own stories about what's Better Now in their lives, after 50ish.  Better Now is a feel-good story about these lives; their advice about how they approach life. Thank you, Sarah and Dr. Raj Dasgupta for your invaluable insights on Sleep Trackers by Dr. Raj. And thank you, our audience, for tuning in. Remember, knowledge is power, and it's never too late to live your best life. The Not Old Better Show Prevention Magazine Health and Wellness Interview Series. Check it out the April 2024 issue, and please sign up for the Prevention Magazine Prevention Premium Program. Everything will be in our show notes today…Be well, be safe, and Let's Talk About Better…The Not Old Better Show, Prevention Magazine Health and Wellness interview series.  Until next time, stay informed and stay healthy; thanks, everybody, and we will see you next month.  

You may have seen today's guest, Dr. Raj Dasgupta, on Chasing the Cure, The Doctors, CNN or ABC News and if so, you'll understand why he is an award-winning medical educator and a force in the field. His irrepressible enthusiasm for patient care and teaching pours out in every moment of this fun and illuminating conversation with host Shiv Gaglani. “I really have this desire to make my teaching engaging and educational at the same time. To be a good teacher, you have to change your style with the times and for who your audience is,” Dasgupta says. Beyond his work with students, residents and fellows at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the many attendees at his USMLE exam prep classes around the world over the past twenty years, Dr. Raj has touched a multitude of others through a series of books published by Elsevier that include the popular Morning Report: Beyond the Pearls and Case Reports: Beyond the Pearls. It's a wide-ranging discussion -- he is quadruple board certified in pulmonary, critical care, sleep, and internal medicine, after all -- that offers insight on everything from licensing exams to AI to mentorship to battling burnout to the power of a smile. Don't miss this whirlwind wisdom drop from the kind of teacher you always wish you had. Mentioned in this episode: The Dr. Raj Podcast

Hello, Climate Confident family! It's Tom Raftery here with a power-packed episode featuring Raj DasGupta, CEO of Electrovaya!

Retire Smarter. Don't miss a conversation in this free Retirement School: Follow on Apple Podcasts or  Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | RSS __________________________ Fall is my favorite season. But it's also an adjustment as the days get shorter and darkness come earlier and earlier. The rhythm of daily life shifts. One of those adjustments can be sleep. Why not use the change of seasons as a catalyst to upgrade your sleep? Dr. Raj Dasgupta knows how to tune up our sleep hygiene - and why it's wise to invest in better sleep. Dr. Raj joins us from Los Angeles. ___________________________ Bio Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Dr. Raj is Southern California's Official Hometown MD practicing medicine at the University of Southern California (USC).  Dr. Raj's life mission is to educate patients, students and aspiring doctors to better patient care.  Other than that, he's just a regular dude. Dr. Raj completed his Internal Medicine residency at Michigan State University, Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship at Columbia University, Saint Luke's & Roosevelt Hospital and Sleep Medicine fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital. During his training, Dr. Raj received numerous awards including: resident of the year, fellow of the year and the Director's Award for research. After his training, Dr. Raj worked at Abington Hospital which is affiliated with Jefferson University where he received the faculty teacher of the year. Dr. Raj is Currently a Professor at the University of Southern California (USC) and received the faculty teaching award for the last 3 consecutive years. He is quadruple board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and is an active clinical researcher and currently teaches USMLE Step 1, 2, 3, and Internal Medicine Board Review around the world for the past 15 years. His 1st book in a series titled “Medicine Morning Report: Beyond the Pearls” is published by Elsevier. Dr. Raj currently appear on various media platforms and television shows such as the “The Doctors”, “Bill Nye Saves the World”, “ESPN”, “Larry King Now” and “You Can Do Better” for more information check out his websites:rajdasgupta.com and beyondthepearls.net ______________________________ For More on Dr. Raj Dasgupta DoctorRaj.com ______________________________ Podcast Episodes You May Like Wellness to Wonderful – Dr. Alona Pulde & Dr. Matthew Lederman Better Sleep, Better You – Dr. Frank Lipman Thinking Better to Live Better – Dr. Woo-kyoung Ahn Breaking the Age Code – Dr. Becca Levy _______________________________ Wise Quotes On the Benefits of Good Sleep "My opening line is always: Sleep affects every single organ in the body. So I always kind of throw the question right back at the host and say, you tell me what organ you want and I'll tell you what it happens. Where are the big ones? I mean, we always think about the brain. We think the brain about in a medical sense, in a psychological sense. When we talk about having being sleep deprived or not getting good quality and quantity sleep, it adds things to depression. It adds to things like anxiety. It's going to be a risk factor for things like stroke. So it's horrible when we talk about the heart needless to say that when we talk about that poor quality and quantity sleep, yes, you're going to be at a higher risk for things like coronary artery disease, things like heart failure, things like arrhythmias. And the way I kind of summarize it is that at nighttime, what happens to our blood pressure and our heart rate? Well, they tend to take a break. They tend to dip down a little bit so they could take the stress off the heart. It's beating so hard during the day, but when you have poor sleep at night, you're never giving your body a chance to rest, especially if you have undiagnosed sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea that affects 30 million people in t...

In this week's Water Tower Hour episode, Shawn Severson and Jesse Redmond talk with Dr. Raj DasGupta, CEO of Electrovaya, about his company's continued focus on profitable growth in the lithium-ion battery market based on the company's proprietary Infinity Battery Platform and how existing applications still present significant expansion opportunities with new markets on the horizon. 

Can we all learn to sleep better?  With sleep affecting every organ in the body should people focus more of their time on sleep? Guest: CKNW Contributor Scott Shantz with Dr. Raj Dasgupta, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep specialist.  He is quadruple board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Raj is an active clinical researcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: The United Nations' International Telecommunication Union organized the world's first news conference featuring nine AI-enabled humanoid robots. Guest: Dr. Nir Eisikovits, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Applied Ethics Center at the University of Boston Seg 2: Tom Cruise has now been playing Ethan hunt for 27 YEARS! And he's not done, MI8 is set to come out in less than a year from now, June 28 2024. Guest: Scott Shantz, Contributor for Mornings with Simi Seg 3: View From Victoria: The Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer is here with his take on the day's headlines. Guest: Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Columnist Seg 4: What role will Canada play in the NATO Summit? Guest: David Akin, Global National Chief Political Correspondent Seg 5: Can we all learn to sleep better? With sleep affecting every organ in the body should people focus more of their time on sleep? Guest: CKNW Contributor Scott Shantz with Dr. Raj Dasgupta, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep specialist. He is quadruple board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Raj is an active clinical researcher. Seg 6: The eligibility threshold has been raised for the BC Climate Tax. Guest: Katrine Conroy, BC's Minister of Finance Seg 7: Monday Morning Quarterbacks with Coach Rick Campbell It was a 35-19 win over Montreal as Vernon Adams Jr. bounces back going 20/25 for 283 yards and a touchdown pass. Guest: Rick Campbell, Head Coach of the BC Lions Seg 8: Dr. Troy Grennan is co-leading a clinical trial in Vancouver looking to determine if the antibiotic doxycycline can prevent bacterial STIs. Guest: Dr. Troy Grennan, Physician Lead for the Provincial HIV/STI Program at the BC Centre for Disease Control and Clinical Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of British Columbia Seg 9: Misinformation about library content has increased on social media, leading to an increase in book ban movements. Guest: Richard Beaudry, ​​Program Coordinator of the Teacher Librarian Program at the University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My guest on the show today is Dr. Raj DasGupta, CEO of Electrovaya Inc. (TSX: EFL) (OTCQB: EFLVF). Electrovaya is a technology-focused company with extensive IP, designs, develops, and manufactures proprietary lithium-ion batteries, battery systems, and battery-related products for energy storage, clean electric transportation, and other specialized applications. The Company has acquired a 52-acre site with a 135,000 sq.foot manufacturing building in NY State for its planned Gigafactory, in addition to its two operating locations in Canada.   Electrovaya has been in the battery space for over two decades and has had many "lives" and Raj explains. In 2009, when Raj joined the company, it was in the automotive space and that was their main focus as a battery supplier. What's fascinating about Electrovaya's story to me is how they had make the difficult choice to pivot their business strategy, which we discuss at length, as well as: Why the company pivoted away from delivering batteries for the automotive industry to focusing specifically on the material handling vehicles space How Electrovaya has performed since the 2018 pivot Where he would like to see the company in 3-5 years With that, please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Raj DasGupta, CEO of Electrovaya Inc. For more information about Electrovaya, please visit: www.electrovaya.com Today's episode is sponsored by: Socialsuite takes the complexity out of Environmental, Social, and Governance or ESG reporting. Socialsuite helps organizations to measure, monitor and report on their progress to create value through ESG in order to raise capital, improve brand and reputation, as well as mitigate risk. Socialsuite's software platform makes ESG reporting fast, simple and affordable. Companies can start building a baseline report in under 60 minutes and start reporting publicly within 30 days. Start your ESG journey - today. Visit https://www.socialsuitehq.com/ to learn more. This podcast was recorded and is being made available by SNN, Inc. (together with its affiliates and its and their employees, “SNN”) solely for informational purposes. SNN is not providing or undertaking to provide any financial, economic, legal, accounting, tax, or other advice in or by virtue of this podcast. The information, statements, comments, views, and opinions provided in this podcast are general in nature, and such information, statements, comments, views, and opinions, and the viewing of/listening to this podcast are not intended to be and should not be construed as the provision of investment advice by SNN. The information, statements, comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast do not constitute and should not be construed as an offer to buy or sell any securities or to make or consider any investment or other course of action. The information, statements, comments, views, and opinions expressed in this podcast (including by guest speakers who are not officers, employees, or agents of SNN) are not necessarily those of SNN and may not be current. Reference to any specific third-party entity, product, service, materials, or content does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the SNN. SNN assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. The views expressed by guest speakers are their own and their appearance on this podcast does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. SNN does not make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information, statements, comments, views, or opinions contained in this podcast, which may include forward-looking statements where actual results may differ materially. SNN does not undertake any obligation whatsoever to provide any form of update, amendment, change, or correction to any of the information, statements, comments, views or opinions set forth in this podcast. SNN EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL'S USE OF, REFERENCE TO, RELIANCE ON, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS PODCAST OR THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PODCAST. By accessing this podcast, the listener acknowledges that the entire contents and design of this podcast, are the property of SNN, or used by SNN with permission, and are protected under U.S. and international copyright and trademark laws. Except as otherwise provided herein, users of this podcast may save and use information contained in the podcast only for personal or other non-commercial educational purposes. No other use, including without limitation, reproduction, retransmission, or editing of this podcast may be made without the prior written consent of SNN.

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 more pathology questions from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 more biochemistry questions from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 Neurology questions from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 more Behavioral Science questions from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 more pathology questions from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 more Pharmacology questions from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 more Microbiology questions from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 Pharmacology questions from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Beyond the Pearls Premium Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta reviews 2 biochemistry questions from our online question bank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years. Legal/Credits All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Intro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com)

Listen to a Battery Revolution Clubhouse Session recorded on Sat 12 Nov 2022 on the topic of Industrial Battery Applications. The special guest for this episode was Dr. Raj DasGupta, CEO at Electrovaya. Monthly Battery Revolution Clubhouse Sessions are co-hosted by Katherine Kan, Mariam Awara, and Dr. Simon Engelke. Search for the Battery Revolution Club on Clubhouse and join us on the first Saturday of the month at 3 pm CET / 9 am ET / 10 pm SST Clubhouse Session Link. If you want to learn more about batteries, you might find the BatteryMBA (battery.mba) of interest.

Reflection on the "Industrial Battery Applications" Battery Revolution Clubhouse session with special guest Dr. Raj DasGupta, CEO at Electrovaya. This Battery Insiders Reflection episode is co-hosted by Bhavya Jha and Dr. Simon Engelke. Listen to the full recording of the Clubhouse Session for more insights on the topic.

Welcome back Witches! This week we're discussing Dreams & Lucid Dreaming.  We're bringing in some scientifically backed information along with some carefully researched tips and tricks!! So get in losers, and lets discuss Dreams & Lucid Dreaming!! We would be forever thankful if you leave our podcast a 5-Star review. If you really loved the show and want more Get in Loser content, check out our Supercast link below, or search the Supercast website for Get in Loser, We're Doing Witchcraft. You can also find us at our Buy Me a Coffee link below.  There you can purchase a membership to our podcast and obtain exclusives like, getting episodes early, shout outs on the show, access to our “Ask me anything” forum, our monthly newsletter, a promo code for merchandise, and more. You can also find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @GetinWitches, on TikTok @weredoingwitchcraft or email us at weredoingwitchcraft@gmail.com. You  can support our show through our Supercast: https://getinloserweredoingwitchcraft.supercast.com/ Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/getinwitches Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio- The Witch ----more---- References Nichols, Hannah. What does it mean when we dream? (2018). Medical News Today. Medically reviewed by Timothy J. Legg, PHD/PsyD. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/284378 Cohut, Ph.D., Maria. Lucid Dreaming: Controlling the stories of sleep. (2020). Medical News Today. Medically reviewed by Raj Dasgupta, MD. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323077 Zalot, Tabitha. Lucid Dreaming: Guide to Lucid Dreaming and How to Take Control of Your Dreams. (2015).  Walker, Matthew (2017). Why Your Brain Needs to Dream. Greater Good Magazine. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_your_brain_needs_to_dream Cherry, Kendra (2022). What is Lucid Dreaming? Very Well Mind. https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-lucid-dream-5077887 Tanaaz. (n.d.). Visitation Dreams and how to know if you've had one. Forever Conscious. https://foreverconscious.com/visitation-dreams-know-youve-one Martinez, Napaquetzalli (2022). Ask a Witch: Lucid Dreaming for Beginners. Nylon. https://www.nylon.com/life/ask-a-witch-how-to-lucid-dream

When you think about electric vehicles (EV), the first thing that comes to mind is the brand name vehicle out on the road. But batteries are being used for more than just everyday EVs — and Electrovaya is working to make them safer and longer lasting.Listen in as host Bill Derasmo and his guest Electrovaya CEO Dr. Raj Dasgupta discuss innovations in the EV space, from ceramic separators to electric industrial vehicles operating 24 hours a day inside of distribution centers for many Fortune 500 companies.

In this episodeDr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 more Microbiology questions from our online question bank.Our WebsitesMedPrepToGo WebsiteBookRevision.comDr. O'Connell's WebsiteDr. Dasgupta's WebsiteOther PodcastsCrush Step 1Step 2 SecretsBeyond the PearlsThe Dr. Raj PodcastDr. Ted O'ConnellDr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine.Dr. Raj DasguptaDr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years.Legal/CreditsAll information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice.Produced by: Christopher BreitiganIntro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com)

In this episodeDr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 more Pathology questions from our online question bank.Our WebsitesMedPrepToGo WebsiteBookRevision.comDr. O'Connell's WebsiteDr. Dasgupta's WebsiteOther PodcastsCrush Step 1Step 2 SecretsBeyond the PearlsThe Dr. Raj PodcastDr. Ted O'ConnellDr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine.Dr. Raj DasguptaDr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years.Legal/CreditsAll information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice.Produced by: Christopher BreitiganIntro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com)

We discuss the potential of lithium batteries in the heavy-duty space and the bold pivot Electrovaya made to capture this market with CEO Raj Dasgupta. For pictures and more info, visit http://www.energy-cast.com/149-electrovaya.html

Dr. Raj DasGupta, CEO, Electrovaya has been there for 10+ years and been involved in every aspect of the business: cell manufacturing, engineering, business development, a successful ceramic battery, and hopefully, a transformational solid-state battery.

In this episodeDr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 more Microbiology questions from our online question bank.Our WebsitesMedPrepToGo WebsiteBookRevision.comDr. O'Connell's WebsiteDr. Dasgupta's WebsiteOther PodcastsCrush Step 1Step 2 SecretsBeyond the PearlsThe Dr. Raj PodcastDr. Ted O'ConnellDr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine.Dr. Raj DasguptaDr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years.Legal/CreditsAll information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice.Produced by: Christopher BreitiganIntro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com)

In this episodeDr. Ted O'Connell gives an update about the podcast and let's students know that the newest edition of the book is out and a new corresponding podcast is in development. He also announces his new project, MedPrepToGo with Dr. Raj Dasgupta. Learn more with the links below.Our WebsitesMedPrepToGo WebsiteBookRevision.comDr. O'Connell's WebsiteOther PodcastsThe MedPrepToGo podcast

In this episodeDr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 Behavioral questions from our online qbank.Our WebsitesMedPrepToGo WebsiteBookRevision.comDr. O'Connell's WebsiteDr. Dasgupta's WebsiteOther PodcastsCrush Step 1Step 2 SecretsBeyond the PearlsThe Dr. Raj PodcastDr. Ted O'ConnellDr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine.Dr. Raj DasguptaDr. Dasgupta is an ABIM Quadruple board-certified physician specializing in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine. He practices at the University of Southern California, where he is an associate professor of clinical medicine, assistant program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and the associate program director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Dasgupta is an active clinical researcher and has been teaching around the world for more than 18 years.Legal/CreditsAll information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice.Produced by: Christopher BreitiganIntro/Outro music: "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com)

On this episode of the PI Energy Podcast, Phil interviews Dr. Raj DasGupta, CEO of Electrovaya.  Electrovaya  produces lithium ion  batteries, named the Infinity Battery, and is working on a next generation solid state battery technology. They're looking to bring this technology to E-buses and trucks, autonomous guided robots, and grid energy storage.Raj's has a PhD in  materials science. He's been at Electrovaya working in both R&D and business development, and was recently promoted to the CEO. They discuss how Electrovaya's Infinity Batteries are so long-lasting, they out outside the current consumer EV heuristic and economies surrounding it,  but have so much potential for commercial and future applications. You can learn more about Electrovaya at:Website: https://electrovaya.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/electrovayaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ElectrovayaTwitter: @electrovaya

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 more pathology questions from our online qbank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Raj is a Los Angeles native who practices medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) and received the faculty teaching award for the last 3 consecutive years. He is quadruple board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Raj's life mission is to educate patients, students and aspiring doctors to better patient care. Other than that, he's just a regular dude. Legal/Credits Produced by Christopher Breitigan. All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Music - "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com)

We all know we should strive to get 7-9 hours of sleep per night, but fewer than two-thirds of women actually get that much sleep.   While the number of hours of slumber is very important, sleep quality is vital for top performance during the day.  Research has shown that women experience lower quality of sleep than men.Dr. Raj Dasgupta is a quadruple board certified MD, who specializes in sleep.  His energy and passion for helping his patients is palpable!In this episode Dr. Raj and I discuss:- How much sleep do we really need - The impact of perimenopause and menopause and the estrogen connection- Dietary supplements- The role of sunlight- Obstructive sleep apnea and chronic insomnia- Cognitive behavioral therapy and sleep hygiene tipsYou can follow Dr. Raj Dasgupta on Instagram @dr_raj_  or Facebook Raj Dasgupta MDDr. Raj PodcastInside the Boards PodcastFollow Asking for a Friend on Instagram @askingforafriend_pod or on FacebookYour Future in Sales & MarketingA podcast that can help you make great decisions to get the most out of your Sales &...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Smart Passive Income PodcastWeekly interviews, strategy, and advice for building your online business the smart way.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

New research on a large scale has concluded that napping may in fact be bad for your health!  Sleep specialist Dr. Raj Dasgupta, talks Jesse about the research.

In this episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta breaks down 3 more anatomy questions from our qbank. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Raj is a Los Angeles native who practices medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) and received the faculty teaching award for the last 3 consecutive years. He is quadruple board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Raj's life mission is to educate patients, students and aspiring doctors to better patient care. Other than that, he's just a regular dude. Legal/Credits Produced by Christopher Breitigan. All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Music - "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com)

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In this episode Dr. Ted O'Connell and Dr. Raj Dasgupta share the details around the project as a whole and the goal of this podcast. Our Websites MedPrepToGo Website BookRevision.com Dr. O'Connell's Website Dr. Dasgupta's Website Other Podcasts Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Beyond the Pearls The Dr. Raj Podcast Dr. Ted O'Connell Dr. O'Connell is the Founding Program Director of the Family Medicine Residency Training Program at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano and Chief of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine. Dr. O'Connell has previously been on the teaching staff at the UCLA and Drexel University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Raj Dasgupta Dr. Raj is a Los Angeles native who practices medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) and received the faculty teaching award for the last 3 consecutive years. He is quadruple board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Raj's life mission is to educate patients, students and aspiring doctors to better patient care. Other than that, he's just a regular dude. Legal/Credits Produced by Christopher Breitigan. All information is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Music - "Digital Journey" by Tim Beek (timbeek.com)

Today's Episode Dr. Raj Dasgupta reviews common cardiovascular disease and causes and breaks down the main risk factors. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. More from Dr. Raj www.BeyondThePearls.net The Dr. Raj Podcast Dr. Raj on Twitter Dr. Raj on Instagram Want more board review content? Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Physiology by Physeo Step 1 Success Stories The InsideTheBoards Study Smarter Podcast The InsideTheBoards Podcast Study on the go for free! Download the Audio QBank by InsideTheBoards for free on iOS or Android. If you want to upgrade, you can save money on a premium subscription by customizing your plan until your test date on our website! Produced by Ars Longa Media To learn more about us and this podcast, visit arslonga.media. You can leave feedback or suggestions at arslonga.media/contact or by emailing info@arslonga.media. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD Legal Stuff InsideTheBoards is not affiliated with the NBME, USMLE, COMLEX, or any professional licensing body. InsideTheBoards and its partners fully adhere to the policies on irregular conduct outlined by the aforementioned credentialing bodies. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as professional or medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nightmares aren’t just for kids. Research says nightmares in adults crop up around heightened periods of stress. We’ve got some tips from psychotherapist Annie Miller who specialises in sleep behaviour to help you confront your night terrors and get back to sleep. LINKS Read ‘Coping with adult nightmares’ by Angela Laguipo Read ‘How to Fall Back Asleep After Waking at Night’ by Ashley Hubbard, medically reviewed by Raj Dasgupta, MD Follow @thespace_podcast on Instagram Watch @thespace_podcast on TikTok Follow @novapodcastsofficial on Instagram CREDITS Host: Casey Donovan @caseydonovan88 Writer: Amy Molloy @amymolloy Executive Producer: Elise Cooper Editor: Adrian Walton Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sleep with your pet? How that may affect you (and your pet)︱和宠物一起睡到底好不好？科学家帮你认清利弊 In the quest for better sleep, people often ask if they should share their bed with a pet. Before we get to that, let's take a moment to ponder the flip side: Is sleeping with you good for your pet?不少人都有这个疑问：和宠物同床睡觉是否有助于睡眠？在回答这个问题之前，我们先从另一个角度想想：宠物和你睡在一起，是否有利于宠物本身的健康？"In general, it is a very good thing for animals to sleep with their people." said Dr. Dana Varble, the chief veterinary officer for the North American Veterinary Community.北美兽医社区的首席兽医官戴娜·瓦布尔医生说：“总体来说，宠物和人一起睡觉对宠物来说十分有益。”Pets who share their human's bed tend to have a "higher trust level and a tighter bond with the humans that are in their lives. It's a big display of trust on their part," Varble said.瓦布尔说，和人同床而眠的宠物通常“对主人更信任，更亲密，是宠物非常信任人类的表现。”"Dogs and cats who are more closely bonded with their humans get additional health benefits, including increases in beneficial neurotransmitters such as oxytocin and dopamine, the feel-good hormones," she added.她补充道：“像猫和狗这样，与人类更亲近的动物还能得到额外的益处，比如它们会分泌更多催产素和多巴胺等产生幸福感的神经递质。”With that important matter out of the way, let's turn to you -- is it good for you to sleep with a pet? Experts have traditionally said no because you might not get quality shut-eye.在搞清这个重要问题后，我们再来看宠物主人：和宠物一起睡觉对主人有好处吗？以前，专家都会给出否定答案，原因是你可能无法获得高质量睡眠。"Animals may move, bark and disrupt sleep. Sleep in dogs (and cats) is not continuous and they will inevitably get up and walk on the bed, stepping on people. All of that activity will lead to sleep fragmentation," said Dr. Vsevolod Polotsky, director of sleep research and a professor in the department of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.约翰斯·霍普金斯大学医学院医学系教授弗谢沃洛德·波罗特斯基博士说：“动物会动来动去，大声叫唤，干扰睡眠。狗和猫的睡眠是间断性的，睡一会儿就必然会起来走动，踩到主人。这些活动都会导致主人的睡眠片段化。”These "microawakenings," which can happen without your awareness, "are disruptive because they pull you out of deep sleep," said Kristen Knutson, an associate professor of neurology and preventive medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. "They have been associated with the release of the stress hormone, cortisol, which can make sleep even worse."西北大学范伯格医学院的神经学及预防医学副教授克里斯汀·克努森说：“这些你可能意识不到的短暂觉醒会打断你的深度睡眠，并导致皮质醇释放，而这种压力激素会让你的睡眠质量变得更糟糕。”That may be true for many of us, but recent studies have shown that pets in the bedroom could be beneficial for some of us.对许多人而言，和宠物共眠或许确实会影响睡眠质量。然而最新的研究表明，与宠物同睡对部分人有益。"People with depression or anxiety may benefit from having their pet in the bed because the pet is a big pillow, a big blanket, and they may feel that snuggly, cuddly, furry creature decreases their anxiety," said sleep specialist Dr. Raj Dasgupta, an assistant professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.南加州大学凯克医学院的临床医学助理教授、睡眠专家拉杰·达斯古普塔博士说：“跟宠物同睡可能会对抑郁或焦虑的人有好处，因为宠物就像一个大枕头、一条大毯子，这种温暖舒适、毛绒绒、让人想拥抱的感觉会减轻焦虑情绪。”Data gathered in 2017 from the Mayo Clinic's Center for Sleep Medicine in Phoenix found over half of pet owners seen in the clinic allowed their pet to sleep in the bedroom -- and the majority found their pet "unobtrusive or even beneficial to sleep."2017年凤凰城的梅奥诊所睡眠医学中心收集的数据发现，来诊所的超半数宠物主人都让宠物在卧室里睡觉，大部分人认为自己的宠物“没有干扰、甚至有助于自己的睡眠。”About 20% however, did believe their furry friends made their slumber worse.不过的确有20%的宠物主人认为宠物让自己的睡眠质量下降了。Children may benefit from sleeping with a pet as well. A 2021 study asked adolescents ages 13 to 17 to wear sleep trackers for two weeks and then undergo a state-of-the-art sleep test. About a third of the kids slept with a pet, the study noted, which didn't appear to affect the quality of their rest.孩子们也能得益于和宠物共眠。2021年的一项研究让13到17岁的青少年连续两周佩戴睡眠追踪器并接受最先进的睡眠测试。研究指出，约有三分之一的孩子和宠物一起睡，而且宠物似乎没有影响他们的睡眠质量。Despite the new science, many of us still need to think twice about bringing our dogs, cats or indoor pigs into our beds.尽管新科学理论认为和宠物共眠有益，但在和狗、猫或宠物猪同睡之前还是要三思。"It is particularly harmful in people with insomnia or in patients with other sleep disorders," Polotsky said.波罗特斯基说：“对于患有失眠或其他睡眠障碍的人来说，和宠物同睡尤其有害。”There is another reason why snuggling with pets all night may not be good for your health. If you are one of the millions of people who suffer from asthma, allergies or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleeping with a furball could become a nightmare.和宠物同睡对健康不利还有另一个原因。如果你是数百万哮喘、过敏或慢性阻塞性肺病患者中的一员，与宠物同睡会造成严重后果。And there are some pets, Varble said, you should never invite to bed.瓦布尔说，还有一些宠物是绝对不能和人同床睡觉的。"I work with exotic pets, and a lot of them have very specific health and safety requirements, including being in an enclosure," Varble said. "So, while I know people who are very close to their ferrets and their guinea pigs, they need to be in their enclosure for their health at night. Those are not animals that we would want to have in bed with us."瓦布尔说：“我曾经和珍禽异兽打过交道，其中不少都有特殊的健康和安全要求，包括圈养规定。我知道有些人与自己的雪貂和豚鼠非常亲密，但是为了健康着想，夜里还是应该把它们关起来。这些动物都不适合和我们同床而眠。”ponder英 [ˈpɒndə(r)] 美[ˈpɑːndər] v. 思考；沉思；琢磨；考虑the flip side英 [ðə flɪp saɪd] 美[ðə flɪp saɪd] n. 反面insomnia英 [ɪnˈsɒmniə] 美[ɪnˈsɑːmniə] n. 失眠；失眠症furry英 [ˈfɜːri] 美[ˈfɜːri] adj. 毛皮的；穿戴毛皮（衣物）的；毛绒绒的inevitably英 [ɪnˈevɪtəbli] 美[ɪnˈevɪtəbli] adv. 不可避免地；必然地inevitableadj. 不可避免的；必然的

The Fourth episode of Digital Tells: A BioCatch Podcast dives into the phenomenon of online money mules. What is a mule? How does one become a mule? Why do or why should financial institutions care about mule activity? And what can be done to detect mules?We open with commentary from Julie Conroy, Head of Risk Insights and Advisory at Aite-Novarica Group. Julie discusses the role of money mules inside criminal organizations and introduces some different mule back-stories. Digital Tells' host Peter Beardmore digs deeper into 5 mule personas. BioCatch's Raj Dasgupta explains the regulatory and reputational risks that mules represent to financial institutions. And John Paul Blaho, Senior Director of Product Marketing, shares a look at how behavioral biometrics can enhance mule account detection.TranscriptPeter BeardmoreAre you a mule? So, the title of this episode is admittedly a bit preposterous. If you're listening to this podcast, it's doubtful you're a money mule (or a drug mule, or an actual mule for that matter). But the point I'm attempting to make with this title is that there are different kinds of mules out there ~ ranging from the completely complicit (let's just call them criminals) to the vulnerable / gullible victims of scam activities that we've discussed in previous episodes. The FBI defines a money mule as Ok, that makes sense, right… I mean if you're going to make money scamming people, stealing, selling drugs, human trafficking ~ that money's got to get someplace where you can eventually retrieve it, right? ~ ideally below the radar of authorities ~ or even better ~ laundered sufficiently so the proceeds can be spent or invested without drawing the attention of law enforcement. In episode 2 Tom O'Malley walked us through all the specialized functions in a cyber criminal syndicate that the U.S. government prosecuted a few years back. Remember there were malware developers, crypters, spammers, bulletproof hosters, account take over specialists - and then there were these cash-out specialists. These were the people who ran the money mules - they had these networks of accounts where money could be moved quite quickly - beyond the reach of the direct victims, their financial institutions, investigators, and authorities. On this episode of Digital Tells - A BioCatch Podcast - we're taking a look at the mules themselves. What is a mule? How does one become a mule? Why do or why should financial institutions care about mule activity? And what can be done to detect mules?Act 1Julie Conroy is the head of risk insights and advisory for Aite-Novarica Group. She advises financial institutions, vendors, and merchants about risks relating to fraud and financial crime ~ strategies and tactics to mitigate those risks ~ and what that all means for customer experiences.I spoke with Julie recently about how financial institutions are struggling with mule accounts, and I asked her specifically about the spectrum of mule personas that I mentioned earlier.Julie ConroyYou have this organization of functions in financial crime, just as we do on the side of the good. And so you do have some people that are specifically leveraging stolen identities, synthetic identities to open up your accounts with the express purpose of exiting these funds. You also have folks that have been brought over on visas, and they're using their identities for a period of time to open up accounts. And then after those accounts have been used to serve their muling purpose for a while, they go back to their country and there's no consequences, really. Somewhere in the middle, you have people that respond to the make money in your sleep signs. They know ultimately that this isn't quite right, but they are still using their own identities in order to help facilitate the mewling. And then at the other end of things, you have people that truly have been duped by romance scams or other things into opening up these accounts, facilitating the sending of funds and truly don't know that what they're doing is facilitating financial crime.Peter BeardmoreAt BioCatch, we've actually developed personas to help us bring some clarity to the spectrum of mules – from the more complicit to less complicit – we'll share a link in the shownotes.OK, so let's briefly discuss these personas:There's The Deceiver – who opens an account specifically to perpetrate fraud – The deceiver is obviously the most complicit on the spectrum.Then there's The Peddler – who sells their genuine bank account to a criminalThere's The Accomplice – a willing participant who's chasing an “easy money” opportunity.There's The Chump – who executed a transaction believing the money is clean – this is your prototypical scam victim.And then finally there's The Victim – a victim of credential theft, unaware that there's even been a break-in – The Victim obviously the less complicit persona.As I started to research these personas, a couple things struck me.First – with the exception of The Deceiver – the most complicit, and The Victim – the least complicit – the others – The Peddler, The Accomplice, The Chump, – they're all kind of Sad, right? I mean, these aren't societies winners… people basking in their own success? ‘living the dream' so to speak? More likely – they're desperate – They've fallen for easy money or get rich quick schemes – or romance schemes – and they're either desperate enough to knowingly sell their own identity and accounts – or desperate enough to live with the ambiguity that they may have involved themselves in a criminal enterprise – or their just gullible – I mean, if you're gullible enough to execute a transaction for a stranger on the internet - believing nothing is wrong – could that possibly be the only time someone has taken advantage or exploited you? I'm reminded of that Clint Eastwood character in his movie The Mule that came out a few years ago. This very old man, clearly he'd made a slew of bad decisions in his life, and realizing in his final years that he was destitute – his home was foreclosed - and he's alone / his family had lost faith in him and his x-wife (with plenty of justification) was rubbing his nose in his failures – but with just a glimmer of hope for redemption with his family and friends - he made a naïve decision to earn some money – and then around the time he realizes what he's doing and who he's involved with – the draw of all that money takes over – and the bad decisions just spiral. And then the second thing that struck me, when I thought about the actual online behavior of money mules. Well, there are elements of the account take over problem we discussed in episode 2 – there's some of the Account Origination and identity theft issues we discussed in episode 3 – and the scams we explored in episode 4 are pretty thick here too. So as complex as the mules themselves are, so too will be connecting the dots through a continuum of online activity. What are the digital Tells of mules?Well, before we get to that, there's another important question we need to ask. Act 2You may recall meeting Raj Dasgupta in an earlier episode. He's director of fraud strategy at BioCatch. I asked Raj – Do Banks even care about mule accounts? And if so, why?Raj DasguptaThe banks do care and they're required to care because of regulation. So if there is money laundering activity going on within their account base, they're responsible for it because by law, they're required to look into suspicious activity and report that activity and take action. If they're not there, then inadvertently playing a role in money laundering and money laundering can be used to fund a variety of fraudulent activity, criminal activity, including terrorism. So there is a very strong responsibility on the part of the banks to make sure that money laundering is not happening within their account base. It's against the law. And if they are not following the law, there can be heavy penalties and fines levied on them. And then, of course, there's a reputational issue. If you are known to not pay attention to mule activity going on and it's all bringing you a lot of negative press, you wouldn't want that. But that's on the softer side and the hard side. If you've not followed the law, there will be real dollar value impact in terms of fines and fees.Peter BeardmoreSo there's regulation and reputation. And those are good reasons – reasons that have been around for a while. But as Julie Conroy explains – there are market dynamics at play that have accelerated the urgency for financial institutions to focus on mules. Here's Julie:Julie ConroyIt was something that we at Aite group had been seeing building even prior to 2020, as you have faster payments spreading across countries across the globe. And so, as we've seen faster payments hitting large markets like the US and Canada, even in 2019, we were seeing a greater emphasis on desire to invest in mule detection technology in those countries. Then you bring 2020 and add a massive global pandemic and the hundreds of billions worth of stimulus that were pumped into ecosystems around the world and the fraudsters quickly responded. And what we saw was as you were stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from things like unemployment claims from small business loan programs, you need a very robust new network to exit those funds from the system. And so we have a couple of bodies of research that just showed market increases in mule activity during the pandemic and carrying into 2021. And with that, you know, that only further emphasized the importance from a financial institution perspective to start building. More robust controls to detect this activity, both because many believe that there is a moral obligation to be stopping this financial crime.Peter BeardmoreThis stimulus fraud that Julie mentioned is a phenomenon that BioCatch has seen up close. It serves to reason that if you're going to massively defraud the government of program money from the U.S. Payment Protection Program or enhanced unemployment benefits – you'll need a place to send that money – a mule account. Back in June, as covid-related unemployment rates were slowly declining, the state of Virginia reported a 58% spike in unemployment applications in a single week! Not coincidently, BioCatch simultaneously saw a correlation in our data. There was a spike in high-risk applications for new deposit accounts originating from Virginia at the very same time. A spike in fraud – A spike in mule activity.You won't need to look too far to find news stories of stimulus fraud from the past year ~ and it's like that some of that accounting (or reconning) is only just beginning ~ so aside from the regulatory and reputational reasons for caring about mule activity that Raj cited – there's a wave of activity that has financial institutions searching for answers.Act3So what are they to do? What technologies are financial institutions relying on to detect and route out mule activity? Here's Julie Conroy again.Julie ConroyYou know, I've seen institutions just start with some simple rule deployment and looking for, you know, patterns of behavior that in the first 90 days and an account like we didn't see much activity, there were no direct deposits. And then all of a sudden on day 93, we see $10000 come in and ninety nine hundred dollars go out. Very just basic things like that. It's a good starting point. And then as you progress along that spectrum, there are great indicative behavioral solutions like BioCatch that can examine the behavior of the account and compare it to the way that normal people interact with the account. Also, seeing that, you know, typically it's not just a mule that is logging into their account. You also have a mule herder who is managing multiple mules, and they will also periodically be logging into the account to make sure that these mules are doing what they're supposed to be doing. So recognizing not only that second person periodically logging into the account, but then also bringing the intelligence that second person is logging into 20 other accounts at this institution, that type of behavioral analysis. Can be really powerful.Peter BeardmoreSo there's a lot there from Julie ~ but her key point here is yes, the rather binary rules financial institutions have traditionally used for monitoring account activity are a good place to start. But mules, while they may open and typically use their mule accounts on their own, those same accounts – are often controlled by complex and sophisticated organizations – either directly or indirectly. And those differences in behavior – may include some of the Digital Tells that behavioral biometrics can use to identify mule activity!And well, that's something BioCatch has been taking a hard look at – working with our customers and data scientists – and the good news is – there's something there.I recently spoke with JP Blaho, he's senior director of product marketing at BioCatch, and I tried to get him to spill the beans on any upcoming BioCatch announcement. Here's JP.JP BlahoSo, Peter, we've been talking about mule attacks and mule fraud for well over a year now. Due to the coronavirus we've seen a significant increase in this type of activity, and we've been working with some of our partner banks for this last year to identify where these are happening and how we can identify them using behavioral biometrics faster. And with these handful of financial institutions, we've refined the solution to a point that we are going to launch formally the general availability of of mule money or money mule detection solution in November. So we are already engaging with our customers around the solution, showing them how we can prevent this. But we'll do more of a formal announcement to new customers, net new opportunities and to the analyst community next month.Peter BeardmoreSo, JP ~ let's fast forward a bit. I want to zero in on what mule detection actually means for the bank and for the customer. What happens when those digital tells start to alert?JP BlahoYou know, in many of those instances, I think the bank identifies that account before the individual realizes that it's happening. And in many of those instances, the account gets frozen and until that consumer tries to perform a transaction, realizes that they don't have access to the account is when they have to coordinate and work with the bank to have that account reopened or have it moved into a new account. So there's a lot of pain associated with that too to the victim, you know, not just for the fact that they're part of a criminal transaction, but now they most likely have to move their account to a different within a new account number, et cetera. But also their money is frozen until they can prove that they're not part of the problem or they were not actively part of the problem. So that's a really good point.Peter BeardmoreBack to my point earlier about the topic of mules. This is a game of very few winners. But I think we have an obligation to apply the science of behavioral biometrics to help financial institutions identify mule accounts – to help them manage compliance and liability risk, to interrupt cybercriminal networks when possible - and help those who may have unwittingly found themselves in the middle of something really bad – to at least confront the truth. Digital Tells is written and narrated by me Peter Beardmore, in partnership with my producer Doug Stevens of Creative Audio and Music, and with the unwavering support and sponsorship of my employer, BioCatch.Special thanks to Julie Conroy, Raj Dasgupta, and JP Blaho. I mentioned those Mule Personas that BioCatch has identified earlier in the episode – you can find a link in the shownotes to take a closer look. For more information about this episode, behavioral biometrics, or to share a comment or idea, visit biocatch.com/podcast.Join us for episode 6, in which we'll take a look behind the scenes at biocatch – how the sausage gets made, so to speak, and some special insights on transforming fraud management to fuel digital business. Until then, take care.

The third episode of Digital Tells: A BioCatch Podcast tackles the global epidemic of identity theft, and the resulting fraudulent accounts that ruin personal credit ratings, perpetuate mule activity and money laundering, and drain institutions of $Billions annually. Tom O'Malley joins us again to discuss why most account opening fraud occurs online. Raj Dasgupta from BioCatch, discusses the peculiar online behaviors exhibited by cybercriminals, versus those of genuine account applicants; The Digital Tells that help Behavioral Biometrics distinguish between criminal and genuine activity. Ayelet Biger-Levin discusses BioCatch's newly-announced Age Analysis Capability. And Howard Edelstein shares a story of account opening fraud detection that has become BioCatch lore. Tom O'Malley, a retired U.S. Department of Justice financial crimes prosecutor, founded a website, FrozenPII.org, which helps consumers protect their identity. Check it out!TranscriptHave you ever been the victim of identity theft? Ever applied for a loan or a credit card, only to find out someone else has masqueraded as you and negatively effected your credit standing? Identity theft and new account fraud is a global problem. If you live in the United States, chances are you've been a victim – and if not ~ it's likely someone close to you has been.I was chatting with Tom O'Malley, the former federal financial crimes prosecutor you met in Episode 2, and we were discussing identity theft. The U.S. federal trade commission reported recently that $3.3B was lost in 2020 due to identity theft – that's nearly double the $1.8B lost in 2019. And where are those stolen identities put to work? well, online of course – in the form of new accounts – credit card accounts, lines of credit, deposit accounts, you name it. Here's Tom O'MalleyTom O'MalleyMost often they're being opened remotely because it presents a little risk to the person who's opening an account. I mean, if you show a physically token something besides whatever documents you present, which are going to be fake driver's license, et cetera, you put yourself as a criminal at risk because there surveillance cameras. Nowadays, there's the ability to match surveillance footage with driver's license, facial recognition, driver's license. So typically criminals are not going to do this physically in a branch bank. They're going to do it remotely and they can do it remotely from anywhere in the world and depending on a bank's processes and fraud methods to detect fraud, it can be done from anywhere in the world, even though they're supposed to be a customer in the United States, opening up a bank account.This is interesting, unlike the scams and account take over stories that we discussed in earlier episodes – crimes that disproportionately target older folks – Identity Fraud victims are more likely to be young… like under 40. In fact, in 2019 of the 1.6 million identity fraud reports in the U.S. – 44% were from people between the ages of 20 and 29. According to Equifax Canada, nearly half of all suspected fraud applications are for those between 18 and 24. Ok – so – somebody gets ahold your personal information, enough to open a credit card account in your name. Maybe they obtained your personal info on the dark web – maybe it was originally stolen in some big corporate data breach. And then that info, your data, is applied to an online form to open an account. Oh, by the way – it might not be a credit account – it could be just a bank account, so instead of obtaining false credit in your name – is used for shuffling money between accounts – for scams – or mule activities – both issues we'll be taking a closer look at in later episodes. For this episode of digital tells, we're taking a close look at the act of opening fraudulent accounts. Which, for those of us who have been victims, happens silently in the background… Before that heart-in-your-throat moment when you realize your credit rating has been ruined… or perhaps even worse, you're contacted by law enforcement about scams or mule activities perpetrated in your name.Also – very important note here – your credit rating – or mine for that matter – isn't the only fall-out of identity theft. Financial institutions, credit issuers, they're the ones usually taking the hard financial losses. A study released earlier this year by Javelin Strategy & Research, reported that combined fraud losses climbed to $56 billion in 2020 globally. Of that, traditional identity fraud losses totaled $13 billion. Well, back to that initial account opening, in episode 2 we got a glimpse into the sophistication and scale of cybercrime syndicates…. Scale meaning LOTS of accounts and lots of victims. It's sendom just one account, rather it's usually hundreds or even thousands of accounts opened in each campaign. And therein lays an opportunity for institutions to differentiate between legitimate and fraudulent applications. The Digital Tells of fraudulent applications – if you will.Act 2My colleague Raj Dasgupta and I were recently talking about what typically happens during the act of applying for fraudulent accounts. Raj is the Director of Fraud strategy at BioCatch, and has two decades of experience in the trenches – dealing with identity fraud issues at organizations like TransUnion, HSBC, and Symantec, among others. OK, so before I go to Raj – for just a moment – think about what you do when you open an online account… maybe your taking advantage of a great credit card deal with lots of hotel rewards points. Then put yourself in the seat of one of these highly specialized cybercriminals we discussed in episode 2 – how would you go about your job of applying for multiple fraudulent accounts – hour after hour – all day long?OK – here's Raj - Raj DasguptaYeah, sure, I think copy pasting in online interaction can be on two different scenarios. One is account opening where you are copy pasting stolen information or made up information onto a form which is used for a new account opening. And it can be copy pasting the name, address or certain parts of the PII, quite likely from an application like an Excel sheet where you have all the stolen data. And within that copy pasting behavior. One is it's unusual for somebody applying for a new account to be copy pasting their own data. And the other is there can be copy paste and then erasing the pasted data, putting it in another form. As I was saying, it could be that the first name, last name are together in the Excel sheet. It's copied over to the first name field and then you cut the last name and place it in the last name for you. Very, very unusual scenarios or online behavior. Peter BeardmoreLet's transition to somebody actually reading this information. Right. So it's like long term memory versus short term memory. Can you can you talk about that a little bit?Raj DasguptaSo again, imagine in the context of account opening, you're typing in your name and address, Social Security number. You've been doing it for many, many years. It comes very fluently. You can type all the nine digits in at a steady cadence without stopping or without having to delete any digit and retype it in because you're essentially pulling it out of your long term memory and typing in the fraudster has stolen that information from somewhere else. That information does not belong to them. And they're either copy pasting the Social Security number or the name or address or typing it in. But because they're not familiar with that data, they'll make mistakes and they'll correct those mistakes. And then there type it again. Peter BeardmoreSo that behavior – cutting and pasting – the pace and pauses exhibited when entering personal information – those are just some of the Digital Tells that are the underlying indicators for behavioral biometrics to distinguish between genuine and fraudulent online account opening.In episode 2 we met Ayelet Biger-Levin, VP of Market Strategy at BioCatch. Later in the conversation we featured in episode 2, she went a little deeper into some of these indicators, and how BioCatch technology can make those distinctions.Ayelet Biger-LevinSome classic examples of the way that with this type of technology, we can distinguish between cyber criminal activity and genuine activity is by looking, by profiling the population and detecting differences between activities that correlate with fraud or correlate with genuine activity. So, for example, one thing that we observe when we track account opening activities is that there is a big difference between a cyber criminal and a legitimate actor and their familiarity with the process. A cyber criminal will be very, very familiar with the account opening process because they open many, many accounts every day. So they'll be very familiar with what are the mandatory fields. When you have a dropdown, they don't stop to select fields. They just go really quickly. They don't read the Ts and Cs, they won't select a credit card design. They'll just go very, very quickly and fill out the form, whereas the legitimate user will read the terms and conditions, will select their favorite credit card design, will think about their annual income, will select their interest rates and make decisions and selections. The process will be much longer. So that's one example. A second example is familiarity with data. A legitimate actor will be very, very familiar with their personal data. And when someone uses the data that they're familiar with, they will display use of their long term memory. So when they type, they will type continuously without pauses and they will, of course, know the data they might have Autofill, which is legitimate, and they'll enter the data fairly quickly. However, cyber criminals, when they need to enter personal data, they'll either copy or paste it from a list. They might type it because they try to memorize it. But we will see that they're using their short term memory and we'll see segmented typing along the way. They often have errors that they need to fix and they really display low familiarity with the data. It's interesting that some fields are actually not known to legitimate actors like think about part of the application process. You need to fill in a hotel rewards card. That's not something that number is not something that you have in hand. You probably have to log into your email, look for that number, whereas a cyber criminal who knows the process and wants to fill out that that number potentially will have that readily available. Hopefully at this point the idea is pretty clear by now – cybercriminals and legitimate applicants behave differently. Form formality. Short term and long term memory access. And obviously cut and paste and autofills can also make great indicators. BioCatch can leverage these Digital Tells to help organizations that rely on online applications for their business - protect themselves from fraud losses. And they also help and protect society – people like you and me – from being victimized by identity thieves and cybercrime syndicates. But wait, there's more. You may recall in episode 1 when I teased the idea that behavioral biometrics can actually guess your age. Not too long ago a BioCatch customer had an idea – if an application indicates the applicant is say 18 or 19 years old – or 75 or 85 years old for that matter – but the data is entered by someone say in their 40's… could we detect that? It turns out, to a degree of certainty – we can! Here's Ayelet again.Ayelet Biger-LevinWhen looking when analyzing the data and trying to find those correlations between ages and the use and the interaction. We found a shocking truth that for every year over 40, your keystrokes become slower. But specifically, there were nuances in things that we can look at, like shift to letter. So when you want to capitalize something, there are a few milliseconds added for every year over 40, and we could see a dramatic difference between someone in their 20s and someone in their 60s or 70s when conducting these activities. Another element is the use of a mobile device and the area in which users interact. So their swipe or the use of two thumbs versus a finger. A lot of indicators of age, very, very subtle things. But again, looking at the combination of those we're able to detect within five years, the age group that the user really belongs to.Act 3Alright, so, with all this technology to help differentiate between real and fraudulent account applications, you've got to figure that occasionally – some really interesting results follow. You're going to want to listen up to this story… it's a good one. If you're like me, you may have worked for a company or two in your career that has its own folk-lore. I've actually worked for 3 or 4 . You know those stories that everyone's heard – inside and outside the organization that make it fun to talk about. I once worked for a company whose founder “allegedly” ran over the car of a pizza delivery driver with his tank while the poor guy was carrying the pizza to the front door. That story still occasionally comes up in conversation – and I still can't confirm or deny it.Fortunately, BioCatch has no such infamous lore – but the story you're about to hear I heard more than a few times. And this one I can not only confirm is TRUE, but it helps to make another really important point about the value of detecting accounting opening fraud using behavioral biometrics.In episode 1 you met Howard Edelstein, BioCatch's chairman . In a second here I'm going to drop you into more of the conversation he and I had. In this part he was talking about winning the business of a major financial services company and the early stages of their work with BioCatch. Here's Howard.Howard EdelsteinAnd the story in point was we identified this is a particular case that came out of an analysis while where they were becoming a client, a particular case where someone was applying for a credit card. We thought it was perfectly legit. They filled out the entire application. And anyone who filled out the application that way had to be OK. Well, the credit card company turned down the application and they turned it down because they told us it was fraudulent. And we said, OK. And we went back. And you were always trying to figure out, you know, if the model works and the AI is humming along and the data science team came back and said, listen, you know this. We looked at the data. This can't be a fraudulent applications the guy really knew what he was entering. And the credit card company said, you know, we don't want to piss you guys off or anything, but just want to tell you it really is fraud. And we went back and forth a few times and we said, well, how do you know that? And they said, it's really simple. The guy's dead. Well, that's one of those New York binary kind of answers, right? Dead not dead, you know? Well, our data science team doesn't exactly take that at face value. They said, I think we better call them and tell them the guy's not dead. And everyone kind of looked at each other and said, you got to be effing kidding. Really? What am I going to do with this gem of a piece of information? Right. Because in the end of the day, it turned out they actually called the guy for the reported the guy. And someone answered the phone purporting to be to the dead guy who was applying for a credit card. And one thing led to another, and it turned out that, believe it or not, the guy was far from dead. And this was determined through the use of behavior. So it's a really simple explanation, quite frankly. But the explanation was that someone, a legitimate person entering a legitimate information for legitimate credit card application mistyped a digit of his Social Security number in the U.S. that social corresponded to a social of someone who was deceased. The byproduct, well, that was actually decreasing false declines and increasing number of credit cards to give out, which also was a real revenue opportunity for them. So it's a win win win situation and behavior had never been used this way before.Peter BeardmoreSo this is a great story – which raises a few important points – none of which pertain to BioCatch resurrecting the dead.But it's important to understand, as we mentioned previously, that behavioral biometrics isn't the only fraud detection technology out there. There are others. But none are infallible. And some may introduce friction (like asking life questions or imposing other obstacles) that prospects potentially just don't want to deal with. And business spend lots (and lots) of money on marketing and customer acquisition… for organizations to lose a potential customer at the very point of filing out an account application / only because the anti-fraud tech is too cumbersome – or they accidently mistyped something – well – that's just heartbreaking for marketers like me.In episode 6 we'll talk about the return on investment (or ROI) of behavioral biometrics. But suffice, it's not just about stopping fraud. It's at least equally about winning and retaining good customers. By reducing friction – and making for a great customer experience. Digital Tells is written and narrated by me Peter Beardmore, in partnership with my producer Doug Stevens of Creative Audio and Music, and with the unwavering support and sponsorship of my employer, BioCatch.Special thanks to Ray Dasjupta, Ayelet Biger-Levin, and Howard Edelstein. We once again opened our episode with Tom O'Malley. Since Tom retired from the US Department of Justice, he's started a website called FrozenPII.org. Pie is spelled PII (as in Personally Identifiable Information). The site helps consumers protect their identity. You can find a link in our show notes, check it out!For more information about this episode, behavioral biometrics, or to share a comment or idea, visit biocatch.com/podcast.Join us for episode 4, in which we'll explore Scams. Did you know your car warrantee is about to expire? More importantly, what can be done to help detect when someone is about to be victimized by a scammer?Until then, take care.

In this episode Pranay reviews pulmonology questions with Dr. Raj Dasgupta. Dr. Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. This episode will also be cross posted on the Beyond the Pearls Podcast, coming soon from InsideTheBoards. To learn more about Dr. Raj or his Beyond the Pearls video series, check out BeyondThePearls.net Learn more View the Study Smarter plan on our website https://insidetheboards.com/study-smarter-fest/ Study on the go Get the ITB app for iOS and Android or make a free account on our website. Keep studying with our other podcasts: Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Physiology by Physeo Step 1 Success Stories The InsideTheBoards Podcast Legal Stuff and Credits InsideTheBoards is not affiliated with the NBME, USMLE, COMLEX, or any professional licensing body. InsideTheBoards and its partners fully adhere to the policies on irregular conduct outlined by the aforementioned credentialing bodies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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CNN) With progress in efforts for Covid-19 vaccines and predictions for when the population will receive them, there seems to be a light at the end of the long, harrowing pandemic tunnel. As the physical risks are better managed with vaccines, however, what will likely still remain is the indelible impact of the pandemic weighing on the collective psyche. The physical aspects of the pandemic are really visible," said Lisa Carlson, the immediate past president of the American Public Health Association and an executive administrator at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. "We have supply shortages and economic stress, fear of illness, all of our disrupted routines, but there's a real grief in all of that." "We don't have a vaccine for our mental health like we do for our physical health," Carlson added. "So, it will take longer to come out of those challenges." Based on the mental struggles endured by so many this year, these are the issues mental health professionals anticipate coming to the fore in 2021. Burnout and sedentism Life was stressful before the pandemic, but new challenges have contributed an additional toll. Virtual homeschooling, staying safe, financial hardships, teleworking, keeping up with new information and coping with sickness and death can make life feel like a never-ending game of Whac-a-Mole. Isolation, which can lead to loneliness, has hit people of all ages. Many children and adolescents have been missing out on opportunities important for social development. How you manage the stress is crucial to finding respite from the pandemic, Carlson said, and it comes back to the basics. Being safely outdoors and around trees, which Carlson thinks of "as part of the public health team," can improve your overall health. When you can, take time to wind down and disconnect from the news. Focusing "on the basics to get sleep, to eat healthy meals, to move throughout the day, to spend time with pets and loved ones" are going to be critically important, she added. "Taking care of ourselves and each other should be everybody's focus as we go into 2021." When the pandemic sabotages sleep Since more time at home has meant more snoozing for some, the strange "pandemic dreams" people chattered about this year have greater opportunities to pop up, said Dr. Raj Dasgupta, a pulmonary and sleep doctor and an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Stress, trauma and new challenges are other factors that have led to sleep disturbances and disorders. People on the frontlines of health care, those who witnessed death and individuals who were stuck on cruise ships may experience post-traumatic stress that can lead to insomnia and nightmares. "There are things that you see that are just etched in your mind," Dasgupta said. Lack of separation between work and home can mean irregular sleeping patterns. The pandemic "really threw a curveball in our circadian rhythm," he added. Also, "many people have been gaining weight," Dasgupta said. "Weight has always been a risk factor when we talk about things like obstructive sleep apnea." Sleep apnea has been linked with a higher risk for developing depression and anxiety Since sleep quality is linked to mental health, getting enough sunlight for a normal circadian rhythm, developing a sleep routine and practicing relaxation techniques will be crucial in 2021. Some disorders thrive in isolation Without support and accountability, some people's recovery from eating disorders and substance use disorders has hit a wall. The "collective trauma" people are experiencing "contributes to increased anxiety, depression and other mental health factors commonly associated with eating disorders," said Chelsea Kronengold, the communications manager of the National Eating Disorders Association --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thes3podcast/message

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