Health and Wellness

Out to Lunch with Dr. Yogesh Shah - Early Onset Dementia - Keeping It At Bay

Join us for a fascinating conversation, over lunch, with Dr. Yogesh Shah a gerontologist from Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Here we talk about aging, memory loss, early onset dementia and then ways in which we can keep our brain healthy and even reverse early dementia. We're "Out to Lunch" with Dr. Shah at Gilroy's Kitchen + Pub + Patio and you get to listen in on the conversation. 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Quick Bites with Dr. Yogesh Shah, MD - Three Questions

Each time we go Out to Lunch with a thought leader we ask the same three questions. This give you an opportunity to meet our lunch guest and is relaxing if they have never been in front of a microphone before. Click through and check out Quick Bites with our guest Dr. Yogesh Shah...from Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Business News Headlines 28 November 2018

The Fed Chairman speaks and the Dow has it's best day since the end of March. It's the business news from today and some of what you'll hear deal with:
The bad news from the Fed that nobody seemed to notice;
How about loans charging up to 36% interest and if you don't pay...;
Yet another Sears story;
the CVS Health and Aetna deal brings to health care a new beast;
What happened on Wall Street and why.
We'll also visit with Dr. Amy Willcockson from Live Healthy Iowa. Iowa, it would seem is not doing well when it comes to obesity. In 2017 we were the 12th most obese state in the nation. Today we're ranked at number 5. Some shocking news about the health of Iowans and some hope as we talk about Live Healthy Iowa and some programs that just could turn the tide.
Thanks for listening! 

Shocking Numbers But Also...Hope - Live Healthy Iowa

You are about to hear some shocking information about the Hawkeye State. Where we are in obesity, overall health and more. The numbers are not good. But, according to Dr. Amy Willcockson from Live Healthy Iowa there is hope through their program and the best news is it doesn't cost you an arm and a leg to take part. Coming up in January is the Ten Week Wellness Challenge and more after that.  Listen in to what Amy has to say, it could make a huge difference in your...life.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Business News Headlines 15 November 2018

The markets snapped a five day losing streak today on the hope that there might be some headway in the trade talks between the United States and China.  In other business news:
A housing trend that we bet you knew nothing about but it is surging;
Sen. Bernie Sanders and his bill to force Walmart to pay $15 an hour;
Wells Fargo to cut 1,000 workers many in Des Moines, Iowa;
Tesla cuts the price of their home solar units;
What happened and why on Wall Street.
Those stories plus a conversation about the health of the rural economy and healthcare. Dr. Keith Mueller from the University of Iowa joins us for the ups and downs of the rural economy and why healthcare plays such an important part.
Then we're talking about another health care issue facing Iowa and many other states. Dr. Thomas Gruca joins us to talk about a new study about Physicians Assistants and their contribution to the current health care delivery model. He's from the University of Iowa Tippie School of Business and what he'll share may shock and surprise you.
Thanks for listening!

The Need to Increase Physician Assistant Numbers in Iowa

The numbers are...in a word, scary, as more and  more physicians assistants enter retirement. Meet Dr. Thomas Gruca from the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business as we talk about a recent study that looked at who is providing health care in Iowa, where the needs are and what colleges and universities are doing to address what is sure to be looming shortage of physicians assistants.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Medical Treatment Choices with Cannabis - Meet Lucas Nelson

Soon there will be five dispensaries for Iowans who choose to use cannabis for the treatment of their ills. Here we visit with Lucas Nelson who is opening two MedPharm locations in Iowa. One in Sioux City and the other in Windsor Heights serving all of Central Iowa. Learn more about what MedPharm is and is not as well as why they picked their locations, the culture of the business and answers to questions so many people have. 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Health Care Costs - Impacting Employers, Employees and Quality of Life

Hang on because we're about to open up a conversation about health care costs and how they are killing productivity, the bottom line, employee quality of life and our business community. When does all of this move us to an honest conversation about a health care system that works for everybody? Back for a return visit is Michael Lighty a Senior Fellow at the Sanders Institute. What he will share with you will be mind-numbing. Maybe it's time to listen?
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5pm Central. You can subscribe on Google Play, PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday at 2pm on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Business News Headlines 2 October 2018

So much going on today and we've got the hottest business news stories just a click away. Today we'll talk about:
Amazon and $15 an hour - What was the push and who is next?
The resurrection of Toys R Us? 
Making a good product too...good?
A ruling for pot that went against employeers;
It is "The Best in the World" - What? 
Parents spending more on adult children than planning for retirement;
Mixed close on Wall Street but the Dow did hit a new record.
Those stories and a conversation with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) about a host of items. We're talking wages, health care, working families, international trade, the Supreme Court and much more. Sen. Merkley for the interview.
Thanks so much for clicking through! 

Business News Headlines 18 September 2018

What happened while you were working? Here are some of the top business news headlines and a look at what happened on Wall Street and why! Today:
China worries? Not so much;
New TV ads for Papa John's but guess who is missing;
This pot company may soon have a market value of $1 billion;
Talking drugs...a drug maker sued in court for bribing physicians for the drug...;
What happened on Wall Street and why.
Those stories plus a conversation with AARP-Iowa volunteer Don Corrigan about Complete Streets a proposal set to be voted on by the Des Moines City Council. So...why in the heck is AARP-Iowa involved?  We asked.
Also today we talk with Maureen Berger about something called Outcome Driven Sales...we are all selling something but in this program from Tero International we make sure it's a "win-win" for buyer and seller.
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