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Dr. Uma Naidoo is a nutritional psychiatrist and serves as the director of nutritional & lifestyle psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She is also the author of the acclaimed book, "This is Your Brain on Food", available on amazon. In this segment, Dr. Naidoo briefly explains the connection between the gut and brain, how to slowly adjust our diets to improve our overall mental wellbeing.

Pharmacy Times interviewed Dr. Clive Ward Able, the president of Clintell and a trained pharmacist and physician who has worked in the pharmacy industry for over 30 years. During this discussion, Dr. Ward Able addresses his research investigating the use of psychedelic compounds to treat obesity, as well as optimize human health.

Joe Bentivegna, MD, relates how he first started creating crossword puzzles in high school. His passion for wordsmithing has taken him through college and medical school, and today he loves creating them for his ophthalmologist colleagues. He describes the process that goes into putting together a puzzle and shares some examples.

Dr. Marc Rosenberg and Bash Halow return to Second Opinion to discuss millennial pet owners and how they are taking the pet industry by storm and demanding the best care for their pets.

A trio of epilepsy experts from NYU Langone’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, including Blanca Vazquez, MD; Katherine S. Inoyama, MD; and Daniel Friedman, MD, discuss their current roles and the work that they’re involved in at the center, as well as detailed what separates NYU’s approach to providing this level of care to individuals with epilepsy from other institutions.

Dr. Laurel Himes describes the animal sanctuary located at Beach Animal Hospital—Tooney’s Last Resort. She touches upon how it was founded, juggling between being a practice manager and helping run this philanthropy, plus she shares details of the unique pets that have stayed at the animal sanctuary.

Dr. Jessica Ailani and Dr. Rashmi Halker-Singh discuss a number of challenges physicians face in their day-to-day professional lives, including the situation in which patient decides that they want to switch their treating doctor, how to deal with getting a negative review from a patient, and the importance of having a support community in your professional life.

Dr. Xander Simunek is a veterinarian who flips houses. He shares how he manages being a veterinarian and realtor, his favorite part of working in the real estate field, how he got into flipping houses, and beyond.

Oncologists’ understanding of a patient’s pain, as well as how to respond to it, have changed over time with new research and technology. This week, CURE is sharing the best methods health care providers use to understand and manage their patients’ pain levels. They explore various topics, from the concern of the opioid epidemic to medical marijuana.

Pharmacy Times interviewed Michael Holden, FRPharmS, FRSPH, associate director of Pharmacy Complete in the United Kingdom, to discuss some of the key differences between the role of the pharmacist in the United Kingdom versus the United States.

Dr. Suneel Chilukuri reveals his top tips on how to get your practice to stand above the rest. From offering ground-breaking procedures like QWO for cellulite to implementing strategies to stay ahead of the game. Dr. Chilukuri takes you inside his practice to demonstrate how they separate themselves from competitors.

Peter Carlos and assistant Jaycee Leonardo discuss social media and the effects social media can have on practices. After gaining 1.7 million followers on TikTok, they use what they have learned through their own personal experiences with their social media to help practices grow on social media.

On this episode of Second Opinion Dr. Marc Rosenberg and licensed veterinary technician and certified practice manager and consultant Bash Halow talk about how to best approach staff members that opt against being vaccinated for COVID-19.

Dr. Naresh Rao joins After Hours to discuss how he got involved in becoming a Team USA Physician for the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Suzanne Soliman & Sally Arif join Second Opinion to discuss how the pandemic has affected their career trajectories in the field, impacted their mental health and those of their colleagues, and caused burnout among pharmacy professionals across the country.

Dr. Laura Riley shares advice with practitioners, residents and junior faculty on her strategies for incorporating wellness into an already busy and demanding schedule.