Health Longevity Secrets

This week's show, we'll be trying something a little different. We're joined by Dr. Stephen Sideroff from UCLA, who will be giving a short presentation that he made last week at the famous Concordia conference in New York, where he shared the podium with First Lady Jill Biden, Tony Blair, and a variety of other governmental business and humanitarian leaders. Steve's message on...

Today we look at a possible strategy for heading off the next generation of Alzheimer's diagnoses by recognizing sleep, breathing and airway issues early. We are joined by Scott Saunders DDS, an expert in periodontal wellness and obstructive airways disease as applies to cognitive health. He is co founder and president of healthy mouth media. Dr. Saunders  received his DDS degree from Georget...

Today I'm delighted to welcome back Dr. Stephen Sideroff from UCLA, who will be talking about the longevity online program that we're planning for spring 2023 And some of those who will be participating. Today we'll be touching on the work by Liz Parrish, Tina Woods, Tim Peterson, Rakesh Suri and others. Dr. Sideroff is an internationally recognized expert in resilience, optimal per...

Toxins are everywhere in the news and they can significantly affect our health and longevity. Today we get to speak to Dr. Wendy Trubow. An expert in the area who has learned from personal experience how devastating these poisons can be. After completing medical school in residence, she's CS she and her husband, Dr. Ed Levitan have made it their passion to help patients with visions health ca...

It's one thing to hear the physicians talking about rapamycin for longevity. But today we get to hear for from one of the citizen scientists who is taking it himself. Our guest today is Gregg Davison, a student of longevity science. It began for him over six years ago when a news article making intriguing claims came to his attention. The series of scientific studies radically extended mouse...

The idea that Alzheimer's disease can be prevented, and even reversed is transforming the medical world. Today we get to speak with one of the key people responsible for this revolution. An internationally recognized expert in the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Dale Bredesen's research explores previously uncharted territory in explaining the physical mechanism behind the...

Today we get to hear from six world authorities on longevity, who will be speaking at the upcoming  RAADfest festival in October 2022. They're going to preview their presentations with a five or 10 minute discussion about the topics that they will be talking about at the upcoming festival. We'll be hearing from Liz Parrish, who is the CEO of BioViva Corporation using gene therapy for lon...

Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine continue to dominate medical news. Let's take a look at how they work and how they can specifically affect things like inflammation, apoptosis, epigenetics and mitochondrial health. From an expert in the field, Joy Kong MD, is the founder and medical director of Thea Center for Regenerative Medicine. She is also the founder of Chara Biologics, a company th...

Our guest today has setout to do accomplish something that decades of research and billions of dollars from the top pharmaceutical companies in the world have failed to do- that is to demonstrably reverse alzheimers disease. And he proposes to validate it  with what is the gold standard of evidence based medicine- the randomized controlled clinical trial.   Matthew Phillips MD is a full-time clini...

It’s not enough for medical researchers to understand the methods of Alzheimer’s prevention using lifestyle and other tools. This message must be delivered to frontline healthcare workers and the public at large. Peggy Sarlin loves to bring the power of great storytelling to broadcast, advertising, museums, books, and songs. She hosted two acclaimed online series on brain health, garnering more th...

What are the possibilities for gene therapy for the treatment of dementia or even to slow or reverse aging? Let’s find out as we review the field and take a look at a new publication from one of the experts in the area.  Patrick Sewell MD currently has an international medical practice specializing in regenerative medicine, gene therapy, stem cell therapy,  and innovative cancer therapies. His bac...

Pharmacological approaches to longevity using drugs like rapamycin and Acarbose via targeting signaling molecules like mTOR and insulin continue to see growing support. Today we speak with Bradley S Rosen MD whose practice focuses on Living Healthier and Longer through Biogerontology.  Dr Rosen graduated with a degree in Mathematics and Statistics and an MD from the University of Florida. His resi...

Health Coaching and Alzheimer's Risk Health coaching can be a valuable tool to help patients prevent Alzheimer’s disease. This is especially useful with lifestyle changes which can be challenging for the traditional medical system to support.  Lisa Feiner is a board certified Health and Wellness Coach, and a co-founder and Chair of Sharp Again Naturally. After receiving her MBA from Columbia...

For this weeks episode we are going to look at a brief interview I recently did with James Strole about my upcoming presentation at the RAADFEST conference in October in San Diego.  While the interview is entitled ‘Extending Life with Rapamycin’, I want to be clear that 1- the use of rapamycin is an off label use of an FDA approved prescription only drug, 2-rapamycin is a potentially dangerous dru...

Fasting is everywhere in the news and is transforming how we think of health and longevity.  Today we speak with one of the true pioneers in the field.  Megan Ramos is the NYT Bestselling Author of Life in the Fasting Lane. She is also CEO and Co-founder of The Fasting Method with Dr Jason Fung. She's a world-leading expert on therapeutic fasting and low carbohydrate diets, and has guided ove...

MR can provide valuable information about hippocampal atrophy in people at risk for alzheimers. When we combine MR with artificial intelligence to determine the volumes, the sensitivity and specificity of the findings increase dramatically. Dirk Smeets PhD is on the, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Center of Processing Speech and Images, Medical Imaging Research Cente...

059-Gil Blander PhD: Blood Biomarkers for  Longevity How can blood biomarkers inform our quest for health and longevity? Is there a better way to systematically apply AI and other tools to use this critical information? Today we speak with Gil Blander PhD, Founder, and Chief Scientific Officer of InsideTracker and host of the Longevity by Design podcast. An expert in nutrition, biomarker analytics...

Exercise in moderation is a healthy choice. But what most people don’t realize is that exercise not only builds muscle but also builds brain and reduces Alzheimer’s disease risk. Sarah McEwen, PhD, is a Cognitive Psychologist with 15 years of clinical research experience, specializing in the study of physical activity and cognitive enhancement interventions to investigate biological, behavioral an...

The carnivore diet is in the news everywhere. What are the health benefits/tradeoffs? Is it more than just the opposite of a vegan diet? Today we get to speak with Ede Fox Host of the popular podcast ‘The Black Carnivore’ where she provides all the info & inspiration you need to make keto and carnivore a way of life to achieve optimal health and longevity.  Let’s find how. @black_carnivore htt...

Retinal Imaging for Alzheimer's Disease The retina is actually part of the central nervous system, originating as an outgrowth of the developing brain and shares many similarities with the brain. The retina is easily accessible for direct and noninvasive imaging with high spatial resolution and sensitivity. Today we hear from one company that is focusing on that for Alzheimers disease. The pr...

Our understanding of aging and longevity has undergone a revolution in the last decade with dramatic strides in such things as epigenetic reprogramming, stem cells, mTOR, AMPk, and sirtuins. Today we speak with Laura Minquini – host of the future of longevity series. She is also the founder of MYKIGAI, a direct to consumer longevity platform dedicated to the education, vetted curation and manageme...

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We’ve heard about a number of biomarkers that can assess Alzheimers risk before the onset of cognitive impairment or memory loss. These include such tests as MR scans for hippocampal volume loss, brain glucose utilization, and genetic testing for APOE4 alleles. Another possible biomarker that is even more easily examined than any of the above is simply the person’s speech/linguistic patterns. Elif...

Our understanding of aging and longevity is undergoing a revolution that is upending our existing beliefs that aging is simply the inevitable result of wear and tear on our DNA and can’t be slowed much less reversed. James Strole is the Executive Director of the Coalition for Radical Life Extension, which is the producer of RAADfest, the largest global longevity education event of its kind. James...

051-Scott Sherr MD: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Alzheimer’s Disease Hyperbaric oxygen therapy [which is Oxygen therapy under increased pressure] has a number of beneficial effects on the body which can potentially benefit patients with Alzheimers or at risk for Alzheimers disease.  Dr. Scott Sherr is the director of Integrative Hyperbaric Medicine and Heath Optimization at Hyperbaric Medical Sol...