Be Well with gWell: Recent Episodes
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Can a podcast help you break down the barriers you face in the healthcare system and help you improve your overall health and wellness? Join Dr. Chester Hedgepeth along with other experts on the Be well with gWell podcast for frank and insightful discussions around healthcare, wellness, genetic science and more. Learn more, listen and subscribe today by visiting gWellHealth.com
About the show:
Chester sits down with Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist Robin Amylon to tackle your biggest nutrition questions. Robin reveals the best way to lose weight, why carbs aren’t the enemy, and how to have a fun night out with your friends without regrets. She shares practical tips for the grocery store, eating out, and how to sustain your energy while exercising. With Robin’s advice, you’ll be on your way to developing a healthy relationship with food!
About Robin:
Robin is a Licensed, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, and a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. In her 15 years of experience in health and fitness, she has helped clients of all ages and training levels achieve their personal wellness goals. Robin believes in a “food first” and “all foods fit” approach, working closely with clients to build individual, and realistic, healthy eating habits.
More info on this & other episodes at: https://www.gwellhealth.com/podcast
Watch the episode on gWell’s YouTube page
Resources:
Follow Robin’s ‘gJourney: Weight Loss in the gWell app.
gWell is free to download for iPhone or Android
Credits:
Intro and credits read by Jill Braverman
Music by Liam Singh
Podcast production and editing by Jennifer Ramella
Help on this episode from Dr. Melissa Minor
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If you’ve ever made a new year's resolution and gave up on it after a week or two, this episode is for you!
Behavior change and exercise science expert Justin Kompf joins Chester to discuss how to make our new year’s resolutions stick.
Whether it’s exercise or another goal, Justin introduces us to the three essential ingredients to behavior change: motivation, opportunity, and capability and how to boost motivation in times when it’s low, work through setbacks, prioritize ourselves, and ultimately stay on the path to ‘becoming’ the person we want to be.
Featured resources:
- “Health Habits for Diabetes: A Patient’s Guide to Changing Behavior”by Justin Kompf: https://www.amazon.com/Health-Habits-Diabetes-Behaviors-Management/dp/1578269199
- gWell’s DNA analysis: https://www.gwellhealth.com/dna-analysis
- Get started with gWell: https://www.gwellhealth.com/get-started
Credits:
Intro and credits read by Jill Braverman
Music by Liam Singh
Podcast production and editing by Jennifer Ramella
Have questions, comments, or suggestions for the Be well with gWell host, guest or team? Email us at: podcast@gwellhealth.com
Thank you for listening to the Be well with gWell podcast! To learn more about the show and listen to previous episodes, visit our website: https://www.gwellhealth.com/podcast
Please follow and like us on your favorite podcast and social media channels!
- Watch our podcast on YouTube
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Guest: Dr. Kathleen Hogan, gWell Clinical Advisor in Orthopedic Surgery
Host: Dr. Chester Hedgepeth
Air date: November 9, 2022
About the show:
The first in a series of Be well with gWell episodes focusing on women’s health, today we delve into the common, costly, and debilitating issue of Osteoporosis.
To learn more about this disease, Chester speaks with his colleague Dr. Kathleen Hogan, an orthopedic surgeon and clinical advisor to gWell.
Kathleen helps us unpack Osteoporosis: what it is, how common it is, who is at risk for getting it and how you can find out if you have it. She also gives us some practical things that you can do - at any age - to maintain bone health and prevent falls, which can lead to fractures.
We tap into Kathleen’s years of experience to help us understand more about Osteoporosis, the role that your genetics may play in early detection of the disease, and why uncovering your risk at a young age can be so helpful.
More at: https://www.gwellhealth.com/podcast
Featured resources:
- Matzkin EG, DeMaio M, Charles JF, Franklin CC. Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis: What Orthopaedic Surgeons Need to Know. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2019 Oct 15;27(20):e902-e912.
- US Bone & Joint Initiative: https://www.usbji.org/
- Women Orthopedist Global Outreach: https://wogo.org/
- Own the Bone: https://www.ownthebone.org/
Further reading & useful resources:
- Orthoinfo basics from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons: https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/globalassets/pdfs/osteoporosis.pdf
- The International Osteoporosis Foundation: https://www.osteoporosis.foundation/patients
- More about DEXA Scan: https://dexascan.com/
- More about the Osteoporosis risk assessment in the gWell DNA analysis: https://www.gwellhealth.com/dna-analysis and her
Thank you for listening to the Be well with gWell podcast! To learn more about the show and listen to previous episodes, visit our website: https://www.gwellhealth.com/podcast
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Summer is over. We’re back to school and back to work. And with that comes the potential for injury and pain due to the physical demands of our jobs.
Be well with gWell host Dr. Chester Hedgepeth is joined by Dr. Michael Velsmid, Physical Therapist and Director at Boston Sports Medicine.
High incidents of work-related injuries cause missed days and high costs, but what about the people who work through the pain? What are the dangers of increased sitting and computer use - even for individuals and industries who do more than they used to?
Get tips on how we all as “occupational athletes” should be training and what you can do to avoid pain and injury while at work - and after work. Plus learn how a physical therapist can help you make your own personalized “owner’s manual” for what exercises, nutrition and techniques keep you conditioned so you never miss a game, or a deadline.
Featured Workplace Data:
- Serious, non-fatal workplace injuries now account for nearly $50 billion in U.S. workers’ compensation costs, according to the 2022 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index that reflects 2019 data.
- https://business.libertymutual.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/WSI-1000_2022.pdf
Boston Sports Medicine:
https://www.bostonsportsmed.com/
You don’t have to be an athlete to receive the care and attention of Boston Sports Medicine’s highly trained and experienced physical therapists. With 9 locations in the greater Boston area, BSM helps people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities with a large variety of problems from head to toe. They provide immediate, individual, quality, care by experienced licensed physical therapists using the most current equipment and techniques and accept most insurances. Make an appointment and get back in the game today!
gWell:
https://www.gwellhealth.com/
gWell has created a system that helps people feel empowered to take a more proactive stance to managing their health and well being.
One in two Americans have a diagnosable condition in their bones, muscles or joints, such as occasional back pain, chronic tendonitis, or early stage osteoarthritis or osteoporosis.
gWell’s DNA analysis of seven key musculoskeletal and wellness categories, with related, personalized - and actionable - tips for healing and prevention, give you the ability to take health and wellness into your own hands.
Download the free gWell app for iphone or android.
Credits:
Intro and credits read by Jill Braverman
Music by Liam Singh
Podcast production and editing by Jennifer Ramella
Have questions, comments, or suggestions for the Be well with gWell host, guest or team?
Email us at: podcast@gwellhealth.com
Host Dr. Chester Hedgepeth is joined by guests Dr. Surya Singh (CEO & co-founder of gWell) and Dr. Calum MacRae (co-director of the Genomic Medicine Program at Brigham & Women’s Hospital).
The three physicians were featured in gWell’s short film from the ‘Viewpoint Project with Dennis Quaid’, now airing nationwide on public television. The segment is titled “Future of Healthcare - Leading Innovation in Personalized Wellness Solutions” and profiles the work gWell is doing to help people take a more active role in their health care.
From reminiscing about the cold January filming day and the difficulty of being filmed in an environment akin to ‘a Hollywood set’ with no audience in front of you, to the need for the medical community to embrace preventative health; the episode shines a light on how a more personalized approach to healthcare will really help individuals feel better for longer.
Listen to learn more about how gWell’s pioneering work engages and empowers people to use the amazing story available in their DNA to help them live healthier, better, longer lives.
‘In the news’ Featured Article:
Nature Review: “Dietary regulation in health and disease”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-01104-w
Watch the full Viewpoint Project feature:
https://www.gwellhealth.com/viewpoint
Credits:
Intro and credits read by Jill Braverman
Music by Liam Singh
Podcast production and editing by Jennifer Ramella
Co-production and editing by Dafna Williams
(Thanks to Dafna for all her help this summer & good luck in your last semester!)
Have questions, comments, or suggestions for the Be well with gWell host, guest or team? Email us at: podcast@gwellhealth.com
Further reading:
Blog post: Genomics and Wellness by Dr. Hedgepeth
- Learn more about gWell
- Download the gWell app for iphone or android.
In this episode, host Dr. Chester Hedgepeth interviews his longtime friend and gWell co-founder and CEO, Dr. Surya Singh.
Listen to gWell co-founders discuss how they met, what helped them form a friendship and eventually a business.
The friends and business partners discuss how they believe precision medicine and genomic science are the future of personalized healthcare, and why we’re not there yet. In fact, we’re only in the 3rd inning. Tune in to find out why.
In the news
Featured article: The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has generated the first complete human genome.
Be well with gWell, Episode 1
Host: Dr. Chester Hedgepeth (Learn more about the host Chester Hedgepeth)
Guest: Dr. Surya Singh (Learn more about this episode’s guest Surya Singh)
Credits:Intro and credits read by Jill Braverman
Music by Liam Singh
Podcast production by Jennifer Ramella
Co-production and editing by Dafna Williams
Further reading:
- Blog post: Genomics and Wellness by Dr. Hedgepeth
- Learn more about gWell
- Download the gWell app for iphone or android.
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