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Send us Fan Mail MedEvidence! Radio presents Vaccines Mimicking Nature presented by Drs. Michael Koren & Richard Myers with Kevin Geddings of WSOS 103.9. MedEvidence! Radio is a monthly live broadcast from WSOS 103.9 FM / 1170 AM with Kevin Geddings from St. Augustine, Florida. Dr. Michael Koren is a practicing cardiologist and CEO at ENCORE Research Group. He has been the principal investigat...

Send us Fan Mail MedEvidence! Radio is a monthly live broadcast from WSOS 103.9 FM / 1170 AM with Kevin Geddings and Dr. Michael Koren from St. Augustine, Florida studio. This month's talk is all about Influenza. Dr. Michael Koren is a practicing cardiologist and CEO at ENCORE Research Group. He has been the principal investigator of 2000+ clinical trials while being published in the most pre...

Send us Fan Mail This week's MedEvidence! podcast is a four-part series airing back-to-back this week on "What New with the Flu?"  In this final 12-minute episode Dr. Michael Koren, Dr. Victoria Helow, and Michelle McCormick discuss personal strategies for people. Who should get the flu vaccine? You will learn: 🤠Who should get the flu vaccine 🩺Exposure Risk vs. Medical Risk 💰Get...

Send us Fan Mail This week's MedEvidence! podcast is a four-part series airing back-to-back this week on "What's New with the Flu?"  In this third 12-minute episode Dr. Michael Koren, Dr. Victoria Helow and Michelle McCormick discuss how flu vaccines work. You will learn: 🔬How vaccines are made 🔬Trivalent vs. quadrivalent vs. mRNA 👩‍⚕️Dr. Helow's vaccine military analog...

Send us Fan Mail This week's MedEvidence! podcast is a four-part series airing back-to-back this week on "What's New with the Flu?"  In this second 10-minute episode Dr. Michael Koren, Dr. Victoria Helow, and Michelle McCormick discuss Strategies to Protect Against the Flu . You will learn: 😷Flu Mitigation Strategy Mode of Transmission   🗣️Aerosol 💦Droplet ✋Fomite Interested...

Send us Fan Mail This week's MedEvidence! podcast is a four-part series airing back-to-back this week on "What New with the Flu?"  In this first 10-minute episode Dr. Michael Koren, Dr. Victoria Helow and Michelle McCormick discuss Flu and COVID. You will learn: 🤧Koren's chronicles on the history of flu 🤒What happens in your body when you have the flu 😷Similarities between f...

Send us Fan Mail Wrapping up this month's MedEvidence! podcast series on "What to do after a Heart Attack or Stroke?"  Doctors, Michael Koren and Albert Lopez, DO discuss treatments, medications, and clinical research you need to know as a post-heart event patient. You will learn: Treatment therapies to use after a heart attack or stroke What is Lp(a) Male vs Female Symptoms Cardiov...

Send us Fan Mail This month's MedEvidence! podcast is a three-part series on "What to do after a Heart Attack or Stroke?" In the first MedEvidence segment we established that people who have had either a heart attack or stroke have a high risk for a repeat procedure or event. We also discussed knowing who's on your Heart Health Team, PCP, specialist, and family. What's abn...

Send us Fan Mail This month's MedEvidence! podcast is a three-part series on "What to do after a Heart Attack or Stroke?" In this part one, 15-minute episode, Doctors, Michael Koren and Albert Lopez, DO help you identify your heart health team.  You will learn: Who do I call if I think I'm having a heart attack? What are my risks for another event? How can my family help? How t...

Send us Fan Mail This month's MedEvidence! Radio Doctors Michael Koren, Matthew Todd Braddock, DO, Jackson Downey, Albert Lopez, DO and Kevin Geddings discuss NASH, Fatty Liver and Fibroscans.   This month's MedEvidence! Radio will answer: What is NASH? What are the stages of NASH? How do you treat NASH? Is NASH reversible? Is NASH related to cholesterol problems? MedEvidence! Radio is a...

Send us Fan Mail This month's MedEvidence! is a three-part series on You Cannot Live without Your LIVEr.   In this final 30-minute episode Doctors, Michael Koren and Bharat Misra dive into new treatments in clinical trials for Fatty Liver Disease and NASH. You will learn What is NASH What are the stages of NASH How to treat NASH How to find a clinical trial Listen to the entire series: You Ca...

Send us Fan Mail MedEvidence! Radio presents Current Community-Based Research events happening in the North Florida area.  Learn & be inspired on: Rockin' 4 Research Alzheimer's Screening Fibroscan Clinics Heart Failure App Vaccine Studies MedEvidence! Radio is a monthly live broadcast from WSOS 103.9 FM / 1170 AM with Kevin Geddings from St. Augustine, Florida. Dr. Michael Koren is...

Send us Fan Mail This month's MedEvidence! is a three-part series on You Cannot Live without Your LIVEr.   In this 14-minute Part 2 episode Doctors, Michael Koren and Bharat Misra answer your questions on Fibroscans. Who should receive a Fibroscan How often should I get a Fibroscan Should I ask my primary doctor for a Fibroscan Liver Biopsy vs. Fibroscan Insurance and Fibroscan What should I...

Send us Fan Mail This month's MedEvidence! Hour is a three-part series on You Cannot Live without Your LIVEr.   In this 12-minute Part 1 episode Doctors, Michael Koren and Bharat Misra discuss technologies to diagnose dysfunctions of the liver. You will learn: Technologies in Clinical Research What is a Fibroscan Why your doctor may not be offering you a Fibroscan Liver Biopsy vs. MRI vs. Fib...

Send us Fan Mail This month's MedEvidence! Radio Dr. Michael Koren and Kevin Geddings discuss Diversity in Clinical Research: Challenges and Triumphs.   Also included in this month's MedEvidence! Radio  Is there too much talk or not enough about diversity in clinical trials? What is the purpose of diversity in clinical trials? What population participates most in clinical trials? Does it...

Send us Fan Mail In this final episode on What are Clinical Trials & Why Are They Important Dr. Michael Koren and Michelle McCormick wrap up their discussion on how Clinical Trials find the Truth as well as Truth vs Faith and the conclusion of Lady Tasting Tea, could she actually tell whether the milk or tea was put in first. Dr. Michael Koren, is a practicing cardiologist and CEO at ENCORE Re...

Send us Fan Mail In a four-part series on What are Clinical Trials & Why Are They Important, in this part three Dr. Michael Koren and Michelle McCormick walk through the history of clinical trials.  From the Biblical stories of Daniel through the smallpox pandemic to our present COVID pandemic. How far have we come and where do we go from here? Some of what you will learn: History of Clinical...

Send us Fan Mail In this second episode, in a 4-part series on What are Clinical Trials & What's the Importance, Dr. Michael Koren, a New York Central High School alumni, and Michelle McCormick take us back to High School minus having that awkward conversation about asking your date to prom.  Listen to find out what your High School classes have to do with Clinical Trials. Some of what yo...

Send us Fan Mail In a four-part series on What are Clinical Trials & Why are they important, in this first episode Dr. Michael Koren and Michelle McCormick talk about The Science of Clinical Trials, What makes a good Clinical Trial, good? What do these things have in common? R.A. Fisher Lady Tasting Tea Truth vs Faith Experiments Clinical Trials Part 1: The Science Behind Clinical Trials Part...

Send us Fan Mail In the final episode of Kicking the Nicotine Habit, It's a Brain Thing. The MedEvidence! doctors roll out the clinical trials on Cytisinicline, an approved therapy in Central and Eastern West Europe for the past 20 years.  Dr. Michael Koren, MedEvidence! Podcast Host, Lead Investigator on 2,000+ clinical trials, and practicing Cardiovascular physician with co-host Michelle Mc...

Send us Fan Mail Part 3 in a 4 part series on Kicking the Nicotine Habit, It's a Brain Thing. The MedEvidence doctors continue their discussion on smoking while diving into nicotine replacement therapies. Inside this episode: Nicotine Replacement Therapies Quit smoking medications E-cigarettes & Vaping IQOS - heated tobacco products Listen to the entire series: Part 1 Kicking the Nicotine...

Send us Fan Mail Today, in Part 2 of a 4-part series on Kicking the Nicotine Habit, It's a Brain Thing, the doctors dive into the behavioral habits of smoking and give you 5 strategies to stop smoking that you can begin today. Inside this episode: 5 Things you can do today to stop smoking Do you want to stop smoking? How do you get to that point? Behavioral Modification strategies Listen to t...

Send us Fan Mail Part 1 in a 4 part series on Kicking the Nicotine Habit, It's a Brain Thing. This month Dr. Michael Koren and Michelle McCormick talk with Dr. Mitchell Rothstein a clinical Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine physician for 30 years in the Jacksonville Florida area.  Dr. Rothstein transitioned into Clinical Research as the Medical Director of the Phase 1 unit at Jacksonville Center f...

Send us Fan Mail Clinical Trials Day is celebrated around the world in May to recognize the day that James Lind started what is often considered the first randomized clinical trial aboard a ship on May 20, 1747. Here’s the story...  Also included in this month's MedEvidence! Radio  Why we do Clinical Trials Phases of Clinical Trials Why you may want to participate in clinical trials MedEviden...

Send us Fan Mail This month's MedEvidence guest, Dr. Steven Toenjes, MD, a board-certified neurologist, former staff neurologist in the U.S. Navy and an award-winning director of neurology residents at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and decorated Navy veteran joins Dr. Michael Koren and Michelle McCormick to discuss the future of Alzheimer's research and what your g...