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Nov 12, 2023 • 35min
An Overview Of Business Sales And Marketing | How To Improve Your Company's Performance & Revenue
In this episode, we are joined by Karl Becker, a consultant, coach, author, and speaker with a passion for helping individuals and companies achieve breakthrough sales growth. As the founder of Improving Sales Performance, Karl is on a mission to inspire sales people by showing them how to take advantage of their strengths to connect with their customers – leading to remarkable sales results… For the past 30 years, Karl has worked in every corner of the business world, from raising angel funds to transforming companies. He is also the author of several comprehensive sales and marketing books, including Set Up to Win and Iceberg Selling. So, how can Karl's leadership and strategy skills enhance your approach to business? Click play now to see for yourself! In this conversation, we cover: Challenges that Karl has overcome to get where he is today. The benefits of being on the same page as your team. How to develop successful marketing and sales strategies. To learn more about Karl and his work with Improving Sales Performance, click here! Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Nov 11, 2023 • 43min
Physical Symptoms Of Stress | Putting An End To Chronic Pain With Proven Strategies
In this episode, we discuss stress and pain management with Dr. David D. Clarke, MD, the President of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association. Dr. Clarke has successfully treated thousands of patients with seemingly "normal" diagnostic tests. Through years of research and hands-on work, he discovered that many illnesses are caused by hidden stress not detected by other doctors… Dr. Clarke is passionate about providing insight into stresses that most people aren't able to fully recognize – leading to the successful treatment of countless conditions. He has presented at seminars across North America and Europe, and is the author of They Can't Find Anything Wrong! and lead editor of Psychophysiologic Disorders. Join the conversation now to uncover: Where pain comes from, and the physiological reasons behind it. The many conditions that are associated with stress. How pain relief psychotherapy is used to treat various ailments. How stress can manifest physically and emotionally. Want to find out more about Dr. Clarke and his work? Click here now! Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Nov 10, 2023 • 31min
Organic Nutrients For Plants | How To Grow Fruit Trees That Thrive
In this episode, we sit down with Susan Poizner, an urban orchardist and the founder of Orchard People. With a passion for educating and empowering others to successfully grow fruit, Susan started Orchard People because she believes that gardening is essential to being more connected to our environment – and living a more sustainable life. Fruit trees can experience an array of problems, including poor-quality fruit, pests, and disease. Susan has a goal of making fruit tree care easy by providing articles, podcasts, books, and premium online courses to gardeners across the globe… Join in now to find out: Why it takes a while for fruit trees to mature. How to care for fruit trees effectively and sustainably. The different stages of growth for various fruit trees. The importance of pruning when it comes to tree growth. Click here to learn more about Susan and her work with Orchard People! Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Nov 9, 2023 • 38min
Unlocking Your Business Mindset | How To Reach Your Full Potential & Achieve Success
Today, we connect with Andy Neary, a former professional baseball player, two-time Ironman finisher, business coach, and the Founder of the Complete Game coaching program. Using his habits and work ethic, Andy offers specialized coaching programs, masterminds, and individualized consulting packages to help others achieve their career and business goals. In 2017, Andy published Breaking Through the Status Quo: How Innovative Companies Are Changing The Benefits Game To Help Their Employees And Boost Their Bottom Line. In this best-selling book, he outlines powerful and proven strategies that can be used to save companies millions of dollars a year… So, are you ready to uncover innovative ways to forge a path to success? Listen in now! In this discussion, we go over: The importance of work ethic when it comes to business management. What helped Andy find success in business. How to reach your full potential in the professional world. Want to find out more about Andy and his work? Click here now! Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

Nov 8, 2023 • 35min
Diving Into Machine Learning | Using AI To Enhance Education & Student Success
In this episode, we discuss machine learning research and its many benefits for students. As technology progresses, this system can be used to develop data-driven teaching strategies that may redefine the future of education… Want to find out more about machine learning and the role it plays in education and student success? Click play now! Join us now to explore: What machine learning is, and the predictions that it can produce. How machine learning data can show which students are struggling. The factors that cause students to fail, struggle, and succeed. How this technology can create optimal solutions. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Nov 7, 2023 • 45min
Professor Lori O'Brien Works toward Kidney Disease Cure through Nephron Progenitor Studies
Because studies predict one in nine Americans will face some level of disease of the kidney, understanding kidney development and nephron function is key. buy furosemide online buy furosemide over the counter online pharmacy Professor Lori O'Brien discusses her research into kidney processes, describing How kidney development progresses in utero and what are the two main type of progenitor cells, What are the stages of kidney disease and how effective are dialysis and kidney transplantation, and What are challenges to kidney organoid development such as how to rid the organoid of filtrate. Lori O'Brien is a principal investigator and assistant professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at the University of North Carolina Kidney Center. buy amoxil online online pharmacy In this podcast, she discusses the focus of her work, namely to understand the development of a kidney to better understand what goes wrong in kidney disease. This work informs efforts to eventually manufacture a renal replacement, and she explains that scientists need to understand its basic biology as much as possible to do so. She also explains the damage of kidney disease as well as the mistaken notion that dialysis treatment is somehow a cure. Rather, on average, most dialysis patients will only survive about five years because dialysis treatment only mimics about 10% of what a kidney actually does for the body. She then describes her work more specifically around pluripotent stem cells that lead to the two different cell populations in the kidney: cells that eventually make nephrons and those that make up the connecting duct system. buy wellbutrin online buy wellbutrin over the counter online pharmacy She describes challenges to each cell type, the complex specialization of the cell types, and how they work in the body along with the vascular and nerve network in a way that's hard to reproduce with organoids. She describes some advances therein and various ways they hope to problem solve. For more, see her UNC website at med.unc.edu/cellbiophysio/directory/lori-obrien-phd/, and her lab's website at obrienlab.web.unc.edu. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Nov 6, 2023 • 47min
Kidney Disease Cure and Prevention for Every Community with Vivek Jha
Vivek Jha, a nephrologist for over 35 years, discusses kidney function, acute and chronic kidney disease, and efforts to bring better treatments to disadvantaged communities. He explores the connections between kidney health and other organ systems, the role of kidneys in blood pressure regulation, and the impact of chronic dehydration on kidney health. Jha emphasizes the need for global education and research on kidney disease.

Nov 5, 2023 • 31min
Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation: Walking through the Process with Amy Waterman
Amy Waterman directs the Transplant Research and Education Center at UCLA. She works with patients navigating any disease of the kidney and helps educate them on corresponding choices, from dialysis treatment to getting on a transplant list. She discusses: How the general process works as a patient enters their center, from considering treatment options to seeking a donor, What the statistics are in the donor-transplant relationship and the range of donor options, and How the physical process works for transplantation and what are risk factors compared to the dialysis process. In addition to directing the Transplant Center, Amy D. Waterman is a Professor in Residence at the University of California in Los Angeles in the division of nephrology. She's a psychologist with an expertise on managing patient behavior toward healthy goals. At the center, she works alongside nephrologists and other professionals to guide patents through choices and the complicated process of facing kidney disease. She researches and tests methods that might help educate and engage patients and evaluates how to work more effectively with providers. online pharmacy buy neurontin over the counter online pharmacy She describes for listeners the process a patient moves through, from typical questions they have to choices they can make, and for those that need a transplant, how to enter into searches for a donation from family members to strangers to someone who has passed away. She adds that there is a donor contingent called non-directed donors. online pharmacy buy singulair over the counter online pharmacy These are strangers who step forward and offer a kidney as a living donor. online pharmacy buy clomiphene over the counter online pharmacy In fact, over 6,000 living people donate a kidney each year. Dr. Waterman also describes the physical process of donation, what might be in the works for kidney disease cures, and how she became involved with this important work in the first place. Find out more about her work at exploretransplant.org or explorelivingdonation.org. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Nov 4, 2023 • 33min
Is Glycogen Accumulation Key to Diabetes and Kidney Damage? Dr. Mitchell Sullivan Investigates
Without glycogen, we couldn't go very far. Dr. Sullivan is a specialist in the glycogen molecule, which stores glucose, our energy source. In this podcast, he describes exciting discoveries and future research centered on glycogen presence that might help explain the connection between diabetes and kidney disease. Listen and hear answers to these questions and more: How does diabetes affect the kidneys? How do glycogen molecules differ in the liver of diabetic patients and why is that important? buy symbicort online buy symbicort over the counter online pharmacy What does glycogen do to the kidney that might lead to diabetic kidney disease stages? Mitchell Sullivan is pursuing a postdoc at the University of Queensland in a group that investigates glycation, diabetes, and how diabetic bodily systems handle extra glucose. Dr. Sullivan in particular follows glycogen formation in the organs. He's just setting out on a new study connecting diabetes and kidney health by focusing on glycogen presence in the kidneys of diabetics. Normally, glycogen is in the liver and muscle tissue, waiting to supply us with different kinds of energy needs. buy fildena online buy fildena over the counter online pharmacy But microscopy shows glycogen in the kidneys of diabetic patients that likely leads to damage and inflammation. The findings may lead to better therapeutics and prevention measures, from a more effective diabetes and kidney disease diet to medical interventions. buy aciphex online buy aciphex over the counter online pharmacy Listeners will have the privilege of hearing straight from Dr. Mitchell the hypothesis for this study that's just begun. He explains with clarity why the structure of this glycogen in diabetic kidneys differs from its normal form and is significantly insoluble in this form. Furthermore, it sticks together in clumps of starch-like granules in the thick ascending limb of the nephron. He's investigating if these cells that aren't accustomated to glycogen become overwhelmed and the glycogen gets stuck, leading to damage and inflammation that make for one of the common kidney failure causes. What's most interesting is that his PhD work on glycogen in the liver and muscle tissue of diabetics makes this hypothesis seem more likely. Listen in to hear why that's the case and more about this study that might bring scientists that much closer to improving diabetes and kidney health. To find out more about Dr. Mitchell's work, search his name in research aggregates, see his information page with Queensland University, and feel free to email him: mitchell.sullivan@mater.uq.edu.au. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Nov 3, 2023 • 31min
Pediatric Disease of the Kidney Gets Full Treatment with Researcher and Clinician Keia Sanderson
While chronic kidney disease diagnosis is rare in children, its effects are profound. Furthermore, there's so much scientists don't know about kidney function. Keia Sanderson is hoping to change that. She specializes in chronic kidney disease treatment in pediatric patients and discusses avenues to advance treatment and prevention. This podcast gives her the perfect platform to explain How kidney disease is especially challenging to identity in children because chronic kidney disease stages are often asymptomatic in pediatric patients, Why preterm babies are vulnerable to certain conditions because of the development timing of the nephrons, and Why it's important to identity intervention measures before dialysis and kidney transplantation provide the only recourse. Keia Sanderson, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Her job is a mix of teaching, clinical work, and research. In her clinical work, she takes care of children with kidney disease at all stages, including kids who receive transplants. Her current research is focused on kidney outcomes in children with complex medical histories, in particular children who've been born prematurely. She says that the challenge is oftentimes the asymptomatic nature of kidney disease in children. Therefore, she and other clinicians are often meeting kids with disease states that are irreversible and are turning toward dialysis treatment and transplantation. Dr. Sanderson gives listeners a special focus on the risks from preterm birth. Because preterm babies tend to have less nephron development, the nephrons that are present have to work overtime and are subject to hyper filtration. But because doctors have been able to identify this as a critical time, they are looking at ways to better manage preterm infant treatment. For example, what medications are they receiving that could affect kidney development? How are we feeding infants in this active development stage? How are we handling their oxygenation? While a clear pathway is not yet evident, she is hopeful she and other researches will find one. Currently, she's hoping to develop mathematical models to make better predications about the risk levels for different babies. For more information, see the UNC Kidney Center, the National Kidney Foundation, and talk to your primary doctor. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK


