Posts Tagged ‘obama’
Christmas Origins: Your Weekly Woo Woo
Christmas…a time for family, friends and good will towards men. But how did it all come about? History has proven that it is not really the Birth of Christ on December 25th, so how did this happen? We dig in and look at the Pagan origins of the holiday. The original festival Saturnalia in Rome…
Read MoreChristmas Origins: Introduction
Jen and Lauren discuss the history of Christmas. They discuss the origins and history of santa.
Read MoreChristmas Origins: Astrology
How the Science of Genetics Helped Apple Sustain Innovation
Rebecca is joined by leading corporate consultant and author Andrea Kates who shares how Apple and Pandora and many others have applied the science of genetics to access innovation in a responsible manner. Andrea shares the elements and genomes of your business and how they can combine for growth and profitability in a down economy.…
Read MoreScience Answers the Need for Business Growth
Evolutionary biologist and thought leader Rebecca Costa explores how the application of science to the challenges facing businesses large and small can provide insight and answers to the way forward. Adjacent technologies provide techniques companies can graft onto their own DNA. Looking at today’s competitors can be shortsighted – did Nikon think that telephones were…
Read MoreWhat Can You Do To Help Save Medicare and MediCade Today
While about 30% of your “health” is governed by genetics, 15% by social strata and 5% by environment, approximately 50% of your health is dictated by YOU through what you eat and how much exercise you get. Healthier people means fewer patients which means a lower burden on the next generation. Follow our network on…
Read MoreGood Health Care: It’s Your Zip Code, Stupid
The Institute of Medicine evaluates health care services based upon six factors: safety, timeliness, efficiency, effectiveness, equitability and how patient-centered it is. We do poorly across all, except for efficiency . . . but when you look closely this is propped up by places like the Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic. Ten miles –…
Read MoreMedical Expert Dr. Brian McGowan
Medical expert and educator Dr. Brian McGowan joins Rebecca to deconstruct the quality of our health care system discussing the safety, timeliness, efficiency, effectiveness, equitability and patient orientation of existing options. Prompted by the chat room he explores social media and medicine, its strengths as a tool for teaching communities and its weaknesses, especially for…
Read MorePartisan Gridlock Punishes Unemployed Americans
Partisan Gridlock punishes Unemployed Americans Rebecca Costa dives into this hot button topic with a “conservative middle” perspective Follow our network on twitter @emPOWERmedottv http://twitter.com/emPOWERmedottv You can also like us on Facebook for show updates! http://www.facebook.com/emPOWERme.tv
Read MoreObama Misses the Opportunity: American Worker Most Productive in the World
Rebecca Costa talks about Obama’s plan to create more jobs and how it could affect us as a whole. She also goes on to defend her ides to not accept overtime so companies would be forced to hire more works and create more jobs. Follow our network on twitter @emPOWERmedottv http://twitter.com/emPOWERmedottv You can also like…
Read More9/11 Remembered with John Fisher Burns
This week on Countermeasures with Rebecca Costa we honor the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with global insight from our guest and three time Pulitzer prize winner John Fisher Burns, current London Bureau Chief of the New York Times and one of the most knowledgeable journalists about terrorism in the middle east, including filing a story…
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