Category: COVID-19

Recent Study: COVID Vaccine Benefits Mental Health

Available for Interviews: Dr. Colleen Cira, Psy.D.

Dr. Colleen Cira, Psy.D., is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in Women and Trauma and has worked with hundreds of people struggling with mental health issues.

Talking Points From Dr. Colleen Cira on the
Added Mental Health Benefit to Getting the Vaccine:

    • COVID has put anyone who takes it seriously in a state of chronic nervous system dysregulation. Essentially, our nervous system serves to keep us safe. So whenever we experience something as threatening or dangerous, our stress response goes off. This is essential when we are experiencing acute and imminent danger, but when our nervous system never has a chance to turn off and reset—like in the middle of a global pandemic spanning 18+ months—it can wreak havoc on our minds, bodies, and souls.

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Loneliness During the Pandemic (and How Home Health Care Is Helping)

Available for Interviews:  Dr. Cleamon Moorer, Jr.

Cleamon Moorer, Jr., DBA, is President and CEO, American Advantage Home Care, Inc. His home healthcare agency has served thousands of patients all throughout Metro Detroit. He is also the bestselling author of From Failure to Promise: 360 Degrees. Dr. Moorer has also created a new podcast/webcast, The Home Health Care Today Show which was designed to inform and build awareness of issues related to home health care.

What Dr. Moorer can say in an interview about
How Home Health Care Is Supporting Home-Bound Seniors:

    • Unfortunately, this time of the year (holidays, winter, etc.) sees the rise of hospital admissions and readmissions—and the pandemic has only compounded this issue.
    • Grief and bereavement contribute to the despair that survivors of lost loved ones often feel which in turn negatively impacts health challenges and conditions for many elderly individuals.

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Promising Strategies for COVID & Beyond

Available for Interviews: Dr. Michael Evangel

Dr. Michael S. Evangel, Chiropractic Physician, is the owner of the Chiropractic Wellness Center in Paramus, NJ. For over 30 years, his mission is to provide state-of-the-art, high-quality care to people of all ages. 

What Dr. Micheal Evangel Can Say in an Interview on
Immune Health + a New Product:

      • The human body needs activity to stay healthy and so does the immune system.
      • The key is to have the immune system get a workout without an infectious dose of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. 
      • Bolstering the immune system is also important. Exercising, sleeping well, reducing stress, minimizing junk food, and eating healthy are all important.

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Grief and Loss: How We Can Help Others During a Pandemic

Interview with Dr. Colleen Cira:

Dr. Colleen Cira is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in Women and Trauma, and has worked with hundreds of people struggling with mental health issues.

 

Talking Points from Dr. Cira
On How to Help Others Cope with Grief & Loss:

We are all experiencing a collective trauma, which means to some extent, we are all experiencing some amount of grief and loss. Here are a few things to consider when trying to cope or help others cope.

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Couples May Divorce Over the Vaccine Conflict

Available for Interviews: Teddi Ann Barry

Teddi Ann Barry, Esq. is a family attorney and writer and has been serving families through divorce and custody and has been practicing family law for over twenty years, and also comes with a wealth of experience in mediation and collaborative law.

What Teddi Ann Barry can say in an interview on
The Conflict Between Couples Over the Covid Vaccine:

Though the percentage of Americans who have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine is slowly climbing amid the rise of the Delta variant, some have firmly made up their minds not to get the shot. Reasons for refusing the vaccine may vary, but one common byproduct has become clear: seriously strained relationships with loved ones on the other side of the heated moral and ideological debate. (The Guardian, 2021)

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Is it Safe to Have Surgery Right Now?

Available for Interviews: Dr. Karyn Eilber

Karyn Eilber, MD, is a board-certified urologist, an associate professor of urology & OB/GYN at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, and is an expert in women’s health and men & women’s sexual wellness.

What Dr. Eilber can say in an interview on
The Safety of Surgery During Covid:

Dr. Eilber can share her experience of working at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, a nonprofit academic healthcare organization serving the diverse Los Angeles community and beyond during the current public health crisis.

Anxiety stemming from the pandemic is common among those who need to go to the hospital today. During this current phase, can we feel comfortable and safe about going forward with both essential and elective surgeries?

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Practical Tips for Returning to the Office

Available for Interviews:  Leni Rivera

Leni Rivera is a Workplace Experience specialist and author of its very first book in the industry, Workplace Experience. Her passion is creating work environments that enable employees to be both productive and happy, regardless of where that is. 

What Leni Rivera can say in an interview about
Returning to the Office:

As more and more workers return to the office, you can be sure that things will never be the same as they once were—and that’s mostly a good thing! As everyone may be at different levels of adaptation to the new workplace reality, we must try to be patient! (with yourself, with your manager, and with your company). We’re not out of this pandemic yet, and everyone is still trying to figure things out. It will take time. And that’s okay.

Here are some tips for adjusting healthily and happily as we slowly return to the workplace:

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Winter’s Coming: The Power of Vitamin D

Available for Interviews: Dr. Mimi Secor

Dr. Mimi Secor DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner specializing in Women’s Health for over 40 years. She is a sought-after national speaker and consultant and has been featured in numerous local and national media outlets. Dr. Mimi is also a fitness and health advocate, and is passionate about helping women to lose weight and feel great, and is the #1 international bestselling author of Debut a New You: Transforming Your Life At Any Age.

What Dr. Mimi Secor could say in an interview on 
The Benefits of Vitamin D:

Particularly now, we are hearing about a lot of different ways to stay healthy and protect ourselves from illness. A rising star in the pandemic is Vitamin D. Recent studies have pointed to this vitamin as a link to not only preventing COVID-19, but also lessening the severity of the illness.

Fact About Vitamin D

    • Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that acts like a hormone in the body. It can be obtained from very few food sources (oily fish, fish skin, egg yolks), a supplement of D3 (cholecalciferol) taken orally, and skin synthesis via sun exposure/UVB radiation.

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New! The Mask Mate: COVID’s Powerful Opponent [Product Press Release]

Available for Interviews: Dr. Michael Evangel

Dr. Michael S. Evangel, Chiropractic Physician, is the owner of the Chiropractic Wellness Center in Paramus, NJ. For over 30 years, his mission is to provide state-of-the-art, high-quality care to people of all ages. 

What Dr. Micheal Evangel Can Say in an Interview
About The Mask Mate:

Dr. Evangel is one of the developers of The Mask Mate, which is a unique, cutting edge, and state-of-the-art face mask like no other. The Mask Mate is a washable, tourmaline, and antimicrobial-infused face mask. It has been tested by MicroBac Labs, which is an FDA-approved lab. The lab test results were that The Mask Mate killed 99.967% of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Even after 30 washings, this face mask did not lose its effectiveness and had the same exact kill rate.

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Rescue Dogs & Covid: What Happened and What to Expect

Available for Interviews: Wendy Diamond

Wendy Diamond is a social entrepreneur, impact investor, humanitarian, endangered animal and rescue advocate, world’s premier pet lifestyle expert, bestselling author, and TV personality.

What Wendy Diamond can say in an interview on
Rescue Dogs & Covid:

      • Why were adoptions at an unprecedented rate during the pandemic? People were locked inside and wanted companionship. That’s great.  The problem is, we had an unusually high number of people returning pets as things opened up.

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