Late Night Health Radio

Labor Day is an annual holiday that marks the last vestiges of Summer and the beginning of Fall fun. It’s a holiday worthy of a celebration that can include a backyard bash, a trip to the beach or lake, or a great cookout. Fortunately, we have one of the true experts in effortless enjoyment to share some Labor Day inspiration and super secrets for a great long weekend gathering.     Sam Calagione...

Eye Health Expert Dr. Jen Wademan, OD, Teams with ZEISS to Share Important Information About a NEW Study Showing Parent Concerns Over Screen Time  Each August Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month is recognized just in time for the return to school. The goal of this annual national health observance is to educate parents on best practices for keeping their children’s eyes healthy, and how that ca...

HE IMPORTANCE OF STUDENT HEALTH & THE ENVIRONMENT : Propane buses are quieter, healthier and students arrive at school calm and ready to learn. 1.3 million children ride to school in 22,000 propane school buses across the country.  Propane buses are one-third the price of electric school buses. Check out BetterOurBuses.com for school bus safety and efficiency information Replacing diesel buses...

Can love survive the onslaught of chronic illness? Writer Sarah Cart shares how she became one of 39 million Americans taking care of an ailing loved one in ON MY WAY BACK TO YOU, One Couple’s Journey through Catastrophic Illness to Healing and Hope   (Forefront Books; April 2, 2024). “My husband, Ben, just past his mid-fifties, was irrepressibly healthy and energetic until, suddenly, he wasn’t.” ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes Older Americans Month to empower older adults (ages 65 and older) to age without injury while still enjoying the hobbies and activities they love.  Still Going Strong is a national campaign from CDC raising awareness about common yet preventable injuries as we age. The campaign provides simple steps older adults and caregivers can do...

What does it take to become an ace golfer or chess whiz? Is the ability to speak multiple languages, rock at playing the violin, or write a bestseller reserved for the rare and gifted? In Mastery: How Learning Transforms Our Brains, Minds, and Bodies, noted psychologist and author Arturo E. Hernandez, Ph. D., reveals how the skills we marvel at and yearn to possess are not born or built purely thr...

It’s no secret that retailers know every trick in the book to make their customers buy their goods.  How exactly does the luxury goods industry work and is “retail therapy” healthy for us? In his second novel, AMY UNBOUND , longtime fashion industry insider  Martin Sneider  offers, according to former Bloomingdale’s Vice-Chairman Frank Doroff, “…a peek inside a fashion empire, and a family in turm...

JScreen is a national non-profit public health initiative dedicated to preventing genetic diseases. Headquartered in Atlanta at Emory University School of Medicine, the JScreen initiative provides convenient at-home access to cutting-edge genetic testing technology, patient education and genetic counseling services. JScreen believes the combination of education, access to premier gene screening te...

When Late Night Health’s Mark Alyn chats with Robert Feldman, CEO, president and co-founder of WOWS Insurance Services, they are apt to reengineer fire insurance and help homeowners sleep at night.   WOWS Insurance Services specializes in fire zones and areas where insurance is difficult to place and has launched an innovative new product that provides homeowners insurance, including fire coverage...

“From the worst of places to the best of intentions.”  That’s GC Brown’s motto. You’ll learn a lot more about GC Brown when he converses with Late Night Health’s Mark Alyn.  Remarkably, despite being a felon who’s just finished serving 16 years in multiple federal facilities, GC Brown believes this sentence was the best thing that ever happened to him. What? How is that possible? GC Brown became a...

LEARN HOW SPECIAL GRANTS ARE HAVING A POSITIVE LOCAL IMPACT   Kelly Goodejohn of Starbucks Foundaton Provides Important Information About a Unique Program that is Helping More Than 2,800 Local Non-Profits  Communities all across North America face many unique challenges. Experience shows that one of the the most successful ways address the various needs is with direct, local suppport at the neighb...

In her recently released memoir ON MY WAY BACK TO YOU, Sarah explains an universal story that was her own too, when she found herself one of 39 million Americans taking care of an ailing loved one, when her husband’s body just started shutting down and needed an immediate heart transplant.   Sarah not only shares a love story with her husband, his heroic work to heal back to good health but also t...

he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes Older Americans Month to empower older adults (ages 65 and older) to age without injury while still enjoying the hobbies and activities they love.  Still Going Strong is a national campaign from CDC raising awareness about common yet preventable injuries as we age. The campaign provides simple steps older adults and caregivers can do t...

If your doctor gives you bad news, what do you do? When Darrell Wayne was told he had Parkinson's Disease he kept it secret. Now he is sharing it with the world. Darrell has an intimate talk with Mark on this edition of Late Night Health. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/late-night-health-radio--2804369/support .

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of D-Day, the most significant single day of World War II.  Now, the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress is looking for historic info, documents and interviews about D-Day – adding to the Our Voices exhibits and thousands of individual stories from veterans who served at D-Day. The interview is with Travis Bickford , Program Coordinat...

Julie Burkhart, President of Wellspring Health Access, one of the organizations behind the Wyoming District Court Case who last June successfully blocked a Wyoming law from going into effect that would have banned abortion medication in the state – released the following statement responding to a Louisiana bill lawmakers approved today that would make the state the first to categorize mifepristone...

Originally from Germany, Chris Apfel, MD, PhD, MBA is a physician and clinical researcher with over 100 published papers, including a six-factor clinical prediction model published in NEJM that led to the development of The Apfel Score, a clinical calculator used universally to predict the risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting, and Dr Apfel’s recruitment to the US and the University of Califor...

Embracing the title of "Parent-Child Whisperer," I am on a heartfelt mission: To Give Kids A Childhood They Won't Have To Heal From. As a best-selling author and esteemed Parent, Child, and Teen Coach, my dedication lies in guiding families through the intricacies of modern parenting. I am fervently committed to the ideal that every child deserves a nurturing upbringing, free from the need for lat...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in five couples in the U.S. struggles with some form of infertility. The biggest roadblock for most of them to start on the path of parenthood is the high cost of fertility treatments.  To ease that financial burden and help those seeking to start a family achieve success, Brooke Goff, founder and president of Goff Law Group in...

Small Business Days  is a week-long opportunity from Verizon Business to support small businesses across the country by providing free tech checks, personalized advice, and access to special offers and deals. In this special interview, one of the top small business experts in the nation will share her expertise on the challenges facing entrepreneurs and what it takes to succeed.   Michelle Strong...

Colleen Marshall, MA, LMFT, is the Chief Clinical Officer at Two Chairs , a modern behavioral healthcare company that is tackling the mental health care access challenge through the lens of high-quality care and exceptional therapeutic alliance. Colleen provides over 20 years executive leadership experience in behavioral healthcare and management to her role at Two Chairs. With a keen focus on beh...

 Why did that new diet work for your best friend, but you gained 5 pounds? Since when did that great workout regimen stop yielding results? How can you know which supplements are worth the hype and which will make you feel worse? And how can you best assess whether the changes you’ve made are truly leading to better health?  For more than 20 years, personal trainer and functional health coach Dani...

Spring allergy season symptoms already cause confusion with other illnesses like COVID-19, RSV and the flu. But the root of your family’s coughing, sneezing and headaches may actually be poor indoor air quality. During National Autoimmune Awareness Month in March, the experts at  Natural Home Solutions LLC encourage home and business owners to test their indoor air quality. “Similar to medical che...

It’s that time of the year again!  We recently set the clocks ahead and besides losing more sleep, many Americans will be gaining more headaches!  Medical studies show that a disruption in sleep patterns caused by time changes, can trigger migraines.  Headache Specialist Dr. Fred Cohen of the Mount Sinai Medical System in New York is with us to offer some tips to clean up your sleep routine and ea...

The healthcare industry is grappling with a significant financial burden attributed to an often overlooked challenge: patient no-shows. Surprisingly, statistics reveal that 25% to 30% of all medical appointments, 40% of Medicaid appointments, and 50% of primary care appointments end in no-shows. This issue translates to a staggering annual loss of $150 billion for the U.S. healthcare industry. Tra...