5K a Day in July (Man Put on Success Path as a Baby)

Available: Manny Ventura 
Entrepreneur, Real Estate investor
Cleft Success Story… running 5K a day in July
Man Put on Success Path as a Baby
Manny Ventura could have gone in another direction. But, a doctor who he was recently reunited with changed his life and gave him the confidence to succeed.
 
And… Manny will be Running 5K Every Day in July for Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month to bring more awareness and raise money …

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America in Crisis – This is Our Go Time

Available for Interviews: Ron Karr

Ron Karr is a Leadership and Influence Expert who presents to organizations worldwide and coaches CEO’s and Leadership Teams. He is the creator of the Velocity Mindset® and author of the CEO Bestselling Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way.

Pitch Topic: America in Crisis – This is Our Go Time

What Ron Karr Can Say In an Interview:

-It may not feel like it today, but in times like these, America rises up to the challenge and is better afterwards.  We can do this. Continue reading “America in Crisis – This is Our Go Time”

How to Get Through Airport Health & Security Screening Faster This Summer

Available for Interviews: Dr. Tammy Penhollow

Dr. Tammy Penhollow is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, specializing in anesthesiology, pain management, and regenerative medicine. Having over 20 years of experience has helped her to cultivate a passion for regenerative medicine and holistic healing. Dr. Penhollow practices at Precision Regenerative Medicine in the greater Phoenix area.

 

What Dr. Tammy Penhollow can say in an interview on
How to Get Through Airport Health & Security This Summer:

1) TSA changes include the following:

  • TSA is allowing one liquid hand sanitizer container, up to 12 ounces per passenger, in carry-on bags until further notice. Since these containers exceed the standard allowance typically permitted through a checkpoint, they will need to be screened separately. This will add some time to your checkpoint screening experience. Please keep in mind that all other liquids, gels, and aerosols brought to a checkpoint continue to be limited to 3.4 ounces or 100ml carried in a one quart-size bag.

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Coping With Cancelled Summertime Events

Available for Interviews:  Dr. Colleen Cira

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 on What Dr. Cira Can Say in an Interview
On the Emotional Impact of Cancelled Summertime Events:

  • How do we deal with disappointment?
  • Do we need to put this in perspective as more than 100,000 have died?
  • What are some strategies that can help us manage our emotions

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Money-Saving Advice for New Grads During Challenging Times

Interview Kathleen E. Owings.

Financial Advisor, Kathleen Owings can discuss the topic of how to go about finding and hiring the right financial planner for your individual or family needs.

 

Some Key Talking Points From Kathleen Owings
on Money-Saving Advice for New Grads:

    • Navigating the job market can present its own challenges during a pandemic, but we are also in unique times thanks to technology. Perhaps a new grad is not networking at a job fair in person, but those types of events have moved to a virtual job fair. Look for those same opportunities that you would pursue in-person and see if they have been moved online.

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Will a Robot Takeover Your Job?

Interview Phil Crowley.

Philip P. Crowley, is a dedicated attorney who has been handling legal matters for pharmaceutical, biomedical, medical devices, information technology and other technology companies for over 30 years. He has also spent nearly 25 years on the board of trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology, with substantial involvement in the oversight of academic innovation and entrepreneurship.

What Phil Crowley Can Say on This Topic:

  • If you think your industry is immune . . . you’re wrong.
  • Every year there are more and more robots taking traditional jobs.
  • The capability is there to have a bot write a news article about this topic. It’s already a wordpress plug-in for websites.  But… will it be as good as a human?  Algorithms fall short.

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What Does Travel Insurance Cover After the Pandemic?

Available for Interviews:  Christopher Elliott

Christopher Elliott is an author, advocate, and journalist. He writes six weekly columns about customer service, with a special emphasis on travel and technology. His work reaches more than 10 million readers a week.

Story Topic:
What Does Travel Insurance Cover After the Pandemic?

You probably already know what travel insurance doesn’t cover after the pandemic. Fear of travel and pandemics are at the top of the list. But what does travel insurance cover after the pandemic?

Consider what happened to Rita McMahon. She’d booked a flight from Seattle to Manchester, England, this summer. And then the coronavirus struck. Continue reading “What Does Travel Insurance Cover After the Pandemic?”

How to Teach Your Children to Be More Inclusive

Available for Interviews: Carol Barkes

 

Carol Barkes, CPM, MBA, is a conflict resolution expert, mediator, national speaker, educator and bestselling author who uniquely applies neuroscience to the fields of conflict resolution and negotiations. Her expert perspective is always fresh and relevant.

 

Talking Points from Carol Barkes on what she can say in an interview
about Teaching Children to Be More Inclusive

 

1)  Our brains have evolved to be very socially oriented. They also look to naturally locate “people like us” and be suspicious of people who are different.

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3 Reasons Why You Should Have a Living Trust

Available for Interviews:  Martha Jo Patterson

Martha Jo Patterson is a Certified Elder Law Attorney and is passionate about helping the elderly, disabled, as well as families who have special challenges both in taking care of their loved ones and managing legal matters.

 

What Martha Jo Patterson can say in an interview about
Protecting Your Assets in Your Golden Years:

Here’s an answer you need to know: “Why are Living Trusts called “Living Trusts”? This is a really good question especially since Living Trusts focus on planning for what happens to your estate when you die, avoiding probate and taxes.

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How Do I Check My Temperature and What Does It Mean? 

Available for Interviews: Dr. Tammy Penhollow

Dr. Tammy Penhollow is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, specializing in anesthesiology, pain management, and regenerative medicine. Having over 20 years of experience has helped her to cultivate a passion for regenerative medicine and holistic healing. Dr. Penhollow practices at Precision Regenerative Medicine in the greater Phoenix area.

 

What Dr. Tammy Penhollow can say in an interview on
How to Correctly Check and Read Your Temperature:

As the country starts to reopen, one of the measures often put into place is the temperature check. A temperature is a single data point in time and cannot stand on its own to rule in or rule out COVID-19 or any other infectious illness. It can be a symptom of an infection and that is all the weight that can be assigned to it. We cannot identify the cause of the infection based solely on the temperature, but it is a starting point.

1)  How is the temperature check being used? In the medical community, it can be on the honor system—each employee is responsible for taking their own temperature twice a day—and base their ability to work on that, PLUS other possible COVID-19 symptoms they may have. Others have a staff member at the door of the facility taking the temperature of each staff member walking through the door and logging it along with the person’s name, and YES/NO answer to several screening questions. In other industries, it may be one person taking the temperature of each worker on arrival to the job site and each employee is responsible for daily screening themselves. Yet others are deploying thermal scanners at job site entries. (Thermal scanners are a contentious topic in and of themselves that I’ve written on previously.)

2) What does an elevated temperature >/= 100.0F mean? It simply means the temperature of THAT one measurement—oral, rectal, temporal, tympanic (ear), or axillary (under the armpit)—is above the normal standard of 98.6F.  

      • WHAT is normal? The average normal body temperature is accepted as 98.5F (37C).  Many studies show normal can actually have a wide range from 97-99F (36.1-37.2C).  GENERALLY a temperature over 100.4F (38C) most often indicates presence of fever caused by infection or illness. What constitutes a “fever” as it pertains to COVID-19? The CDC has changed the recommendation of what constitutes fever from 100.4F to 100.0F. “Fever” is either measured temp >/= 100.0 or subjective fever. This change translates down the decision tree and thresholds for screening and discussing COVID-19 symptoms with the patient and when staff members take temps at home to assess their ability to work.
      • WHERE was the temperature taken? Tympanic temperature is 0.5-1F higher than oral temperature, and armpit temperature is usually 0.5-1F lower than oral temperature. The most accurate (but clearly the least likely to be utilized anywhere even in the hospital) is rectal temperature. 
      • WHO is taking the temperature? A medically trained person who knows the device they are using and is using it according to manufacturer’s directions is most likely to be accurate.  Someone without familiarity of the thermometer or how to use it may not yield an accurate reading.  
      • WHEN is the temperature taken? Take your temperature in both the morning and the evening. Body temperature can vary as much as 1F (0.6C) during the day. Wait at least 30 minutes after you drink cold or hot liquid, eat, or smoke if you take a temperature by mouth.  Wait at least 15 minutes after activity or exercise, or if coming in from the cold or from the heat.

A diagnosis of any disease, let alone COVID-19, cannot be made based on a single temperature. An endoscopy center I know is having patients keep a temperature log for 14 days prior to their elective colonoscopy or endoscopy procedure and that log is reviewed by the nurse who is admitting the patient prior to bringing the patient back for the procedure. Doing this, at least 14 data points are available to review for a trend, but even that is only one symptom—fever.  

Additional data points need to be considered including other symptoms as per the CDC including cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, sore throat, chills, muscle pain, new loss of taste or smell.  Even these symptoms are not exhaustive as some patients have gastrointestinal distress such as abdominal pain, nausea, or diarrhea.

 

Interviews: Dr. Tammy Penhollow

Dr. Tammy Penhollow practices at Precision Regenerative Medicine in Scottsdale, Arizona, where develops individualized treatment plans for musculoskeletal and spine interventions with PRP and bone marrow aspirate using image guidance, as well as micro-needling with PRP for skin, hair and anti-aging conditions. She also stays active in teaching as an Instructor in Anesthesiology for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and as a Supplemental Consultant for the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.

A former active duty US Naval Officer, Dr. Penhollow has lived, practiced, and has been deployed around the US and overseas. She embodies the lifestyle she recommends to her patients and is an active hiker, gardener and yogi as well as a French trained home chef and an aspiring sommelier.

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