Category Archives: Health

Dr. Christine Moutier Chief Medical Officer American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Dr. Christine Moutier talks of Suicide Prevention, Building Mental Resilience and Mental Health Awareness

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Christine Moutier, MD, Chief Medical Officer, at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Ira Pastor comments: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), close to 800,000 people die due to suicide every year, which is one person every 40 seconds. Suicide is a […]

Tom Lawry Microsoft AI For Good in healthcare Credit: Microsoft

Tom Lawry Talks of Machine Learning and Microsoft AI For Good in Healthcare

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Tom Lawry, National Director for Artificial Intelligence – Health & Life Sciences at Microsoft. Ira Pastor comments: A set of tools that we have been hearing quite a bit about (and discussed a bit on the show) in recent years is the triad of […]

Dr Rudolph Tanzi, Professor of Neurology Harvard University. Alzheimer's research specialist.

Alzheimer’s and the Brain Health Rockstar

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Rudolph Tanzi, Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy, Professor of Neurology at Harvard University, Vice-Chair of Neurology, Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit, and Co-Director of the Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health at Massachusetts General Hospital. Ira Pastor comments: […]

Cheryl D. Hicks CEO Toilet Board Coalition tackling the sanitation crisis

Cheryl D. Hicks: Global Sanitation Crisis Endangering the Lives of Millions

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Cheryl D. Hicks, Executive Director and CEO at Toilet Board Coalition. Ira Pastor comments: So on the last several shows, as we have spent time on the themes of health, wellness, and aging, we’ve been speaking to a broad range of experts primarily […]

Credit: University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Mark Wolff: A hidden pandemic in our mouths

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Mark Wolff, Morton Amsterdam Dean, and Professor, Division of Restorative Dentistry, at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine. Ira Pastor comments: So as frequent listeners of the ideaXme show know, we spend a lot of time talking about the theme of […]

Dr. Robert Hariri

Dr. Robert Hariri

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Robert Hariri, MD, PhD, surgeon, bio-medical scientist and highly successful serial entrepreneur in two technology sectors: bio-medicine and aerospace. Dr. Hariri Utilizes Biomedicine to Aid Human Longevity Dr. Hariri is Chairman, Founder, and CEO, of Celularity, Inc., a clinical-stage cell therapeutics company developing […]

Credit: Professor Heylighen

People, Systems and Technologies: Expect the Unexpected!

Dr. Shima Beigi, Founder of Mindfulness Engineering™️ BSc,MSc,MSc,Ph.D. Resilience Scientist, Author, Yogi and ideaXme Rich Connectedness™️ ambassador interviews Francis Heylighen, Cyberneticist and Research Professor at the Free University of Brussels where he directs the trans-disciplinary research group on “Evolution, Complexity and Cognition” and the Global Brain Institute. Francis Paul Heylighen is a Belgian cyberneticist investigating […]

Credit: Dr. Randy Cron

Cytokine Storm in Covid-19 Patients: Possible Solutions

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Randy Cron, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Arthritis Foundation, Alabama chapter endowed chair in Pediatric Rheumatology. Ira Pastor comments: As we are a few months into the Covid-19 pandemic, a medical term […]

Credit: Dr. Stanley Plotkin

Dr. Stanley Plotkin: The Godfather of Vaccines

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Stanley Plotkin, Professor Emeritus at both Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania and consultant to the vaccine industry. Ira Pastor comments: So as we sit here a few months into the global Covid-19 pandemic, one big question on everyone’s mind is when will […]

Sridhar Solur, Ai, IoT and Smart Homes

Sridhar Solur: Life on the Edge – Ai, IoT and Smart Homes

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Sridhar Solur, Executive Vice President, General Manager and Chief Product Engineer at the Shark Ninja Operating Company. Ira Pastor comments: So as we continue upon the themes of healthy aging and human enhancement, a principle that we’ve touched on of “Aging in Place”, a concept whereby […]