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EPISODE SUMMARY:
The audience will get a webinar style overview of this very important book that explains how to manage through the disruptions in our healthcare system whether motivated by societal changes, technological shifts using Artificial Intelligence and other medical technologies.
This episode of Frank About Health discusses during the full hour a review of The Great Healthcare Disruption by Marschall Runge, MD, PhD who was featured last week with Phyllis Quinlan highlighting some of the key chapters that explain the shifts going on in medicine and the needed mindset shifts we all need to engage with in order to stabilize our healthcare needs with ongoing chaos and technological shifts.
The book was released on May 6th but during this show you can purchase the book using the QR code that will be featured during our commercial breaks on YouTube, LinkedIN and Facebook.
https://drmarschallrunge.com/books/
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Welcome to a special book review edition of Frank About Health, where host Frank R. Harrison dives into The Great Healthcare Disruption by Dr. Marschall Runge. This episode examines how major forces—like politics, technology, and social change—are actively reshaping the U.S. healthcare landscape. Through personal stories and practical insights, Frank highlights how patients can navigate these disruptions, take control of their care, and align with innovations that improve both outcomes and quality of life.
Frank R. Harrison continues his review of The Great Healthcare Disruption, focusing on how technology—especially AI—is reshaping patient care, from diagnostics and surgical robotics to mental health support and medication development. While AI offers powerful tools for personalized care and early intervention, Frank cautions that it must be balanced with human expertise to ensure trust, empathy, and accountability. The episode also highlights next-gen therapies like obesity drugs and genetic medicine, underscoring both their potential to transform treatment and the ethical, financial challenges they pose.
Frank R. Harrison highlights how the evolution of genetic medicine and AI demands systemic shifts in healthcare delivery, policy, and access to ensure these innovations benefit all patients equitably. He discusses the importance of preparing for emerging threats—from pandemics to climate-related health crises—and advocates for increased vigilance, public education, and cross-disciplinary coordination. Drawing from personal experiences with aging family members, Frank reflects on the need to shift our mindset around aging and health, urging listeners to take an active, compassionate role in their healthcare journey.
Frank R. Harrison closes the episode by outlining Dr. Marshall Runge’s six prescriptions for transforming healthcare, including improving access, integrating AI, and restoring trust in medical expertise. He emphasizes that innovation in medicine—such as gene therapies and AI—must be matched by ethical responsibility, transparency, and inclusive healthcare delivery systems. Reflecting personally on caregiving and long-term care, Frank reminds listeners that while some health outcomes are beyond control, informed advocacy and compassionate support can significantly shape the journey.
00:00:53.150 --> 00:00:58.359 Frank R. Harrison: Hey, everybody, and welcome to the first, st ever frank about Health book review.
00:00:58.630 --> 00:01:07.859 Frank R. Harrison: and essentially a review of a conversation that Marshall Runji and Phyllis Quinlan and I had last week here on Frank about health.
00:01:08.110 --> 00:01:11.999 Frank R. Harrison: about his book, The Great American.
00:01:12.060 --> 00:01:35.120 Frank R. Harrison: or I'm sorry. The great healthcare disruption. I received my copy yesterday it came out on the 6, th so I'm already going to spend the hour giving a review of some of the finer points in the chapter, so that any of you who have not bought the book the QR. Code is on the bottom left hand, linked directly to amazon.com where you can, during this hour of Frank about health
00:01:35.150 --> 00:01:50.739 Frank R. Harrison: by the book, as well as any questions you may have during the hour, feel free to write in the Youtube, Linkedin Twitch or Facebook chat boxes, and our engineer will forward them on to me. Live, and I'll do my best to answer them.
00:01:50.890 --> 00:02:18.359 Frank R. Harrison: However, initially, when I was planning this episode I was hoping that Marshall Runji would be with us again, as well as a friend of mine from Brooklyn Technical High School, who is a genetic engineer, who both of which said that due to disruptions in their scheduling, would not be here till next week. So I thought, like, I've told many of my friends in the past. With chaos comes opportunity. This was the opportunity to promote
00:02:18.410 --> 00:02:27.559 Frank R. Harrison: and sell the book online with all of you here, especially if you're watching after this live broadcast, and I'm doing my part
00:02:27.770 --> 00:02:55.320 Frank R. Harrison: to mitigate whatever disruption is affecting all of us, both in the medical profession as well as if you're a patient and dealing with challenges in, and make sure you get efficacy in your quality of care, or with your medicines, or with your insurance or not to mention the whole involvement in AI technology, which is a disruption, but can be seen as a positive disruption, and more on that later
00:02:56.170 --> 00:02:58.159 Frank R. Harrison: I will issue my disclaimer.
00:02:58.450 --> 00:03:13.670 Frank R. Harrison: Many of the information or many of the issues discussed on this episode of Frank about health is coming directly out of the book, the great Healthcare Disruption, written by Dr. Marshall Runji. They are not the views of Talkradio, Dot, Nyc. Or of Frank about health.
00:03:13.770 --> 00:03:37.780 Frank R. Harrison: but I am admitting that Frank, about health does endorse this book, and I highly recommend it to all of you out there that is, looking to get a better understanding of how our healthcare system is evolving throughout both the social disruptions that are currently taking place, as well as the technology and other health care disruptions that were mentioned on the previous episode, as well as that are mentioned in the book.
00:03:38.300 --> 00:03:45.699 Frank R. Harrison: All right. So here you have the cover page of this webinar showing Dr. Marshall Runji right above.
00:03:45.900 --> 00:03:50.939 Frank R. Harrison: And what we're going to do is basically outline throughout the hour.
00:03:51.230 --> 00:04:07.950 Frank R. Harrison: Dr. Marshall Runji's vision for the future of American medicine. However, just to be very transparent about this book's title. It says, the great health care, disruption, big tech, bold policy, and the future of American medicine.
00:04:08.230 --> 00:04:11.710 Frank R. Harrison: Now, just one brief word before I start.
00:04:11.910 --> 00:04:25.229 Frank R. Harrison: and that is about the political chaos that we've been alluding to on various episodes of Frank about health since about the time that Phyllis and I were trying to figure out if disruption was fact or fiction.
00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:37.519 Frank R. Harrison: I am not a political show. I'm not going to discuss politics or legislation, or conflicts, or anything like that. So therefore I cannot, you know,
00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:45.869 Frank R. Harrison: opine, or even discuss those issues. But I would like to read a review about how
00:04:46.110 --> 00:04:54.759 Frank R. Harrison: it can be seen that our social system of government is disrupting to health care. As a matter of some reference points.
00:04:56.100 --> 00:05:05.700 Frank R. Harrison: politics can contribute to health care, disruptions through funding and cutting, funding, as well as determining appropriate budgets by state.
00:05:06.230 --> 00:05:11.840 Frank R. Harrison: determining the appropriate regulations and policy changes, determining
00:05:12.090 --> 00:05:19.419 Frank R. Harrison: who has access to health care. And how is that determined? Based on various demographic data.
00:05:20.030 --> 00:05:24.210 Frank R. Harrison: political polarization, and gridlock which we're all hearing about daily.
00:05:24.510 --> 00:05:30.150 Frank R. Harrison: And of course lobbying and political influence, but that that has been going on for decades.
00:05:30.750 --> 00:05:36.880 Frank R. Harrison: What I find interesting as I go into this presentation is that you will feel the undercurrent
00:05:36.980 --> 00:05:42.259 Frank R. Harrison: of how this book is trying to help us manage through all of that instability.
00:05:42.430 --> 00:05:55.849 Frank R. Harrison: But yet the main things to focus on are the technological changes. The medicinal changes, as well as the changes going on with the retail sector, like pharmacies.
00:05:55.990 --> 00:06:08.340 Frank R. Harrison: vaccines, medical practitioners, the training, the education that's the content that's predominantly in this book all right. So
00:06:08.540 --> 00:06:13.150 Frank R. Harrison: I now begin with discussing
00:06:16.460 --> 00:06:20.020 Frank R. Harrison: pretty much what I've already discussed. I welcomed you all to Frank about health.
00:06:20.815 --> 00:06:30.229 Frank R. Harrison: Last week's show. There's a picture of myself, Phyllis Quinlan and Marshall Runji discussing his roadmap for healthcare transformation.
00:06:30.350 --> 00:06:37.119 Frank R. Harrison: Essentially, transformation is a very big word, because we're just trying to make what we have better.
00:06:37.300 --> 00:06:47.160 Frank R. Harrison: We're not trying to eliminate, or we're not trying to actually cut back on what has been working, especially since the pandemic, which was a very chaotic time for all of us.
00:06:47.290 --> 00:06:53.989 Frank R. Harrison: This book actually serves as a guide for how to look at the changes that have occurred since 2020,
00:06:54.120 --> 00:07:10.629 Frank R. Harrison: and it's even clear as day in the chapter titles which, if you don't mind, I will be doing this throughout the hour, actually referencing the book and reading snippets from it, so that if you like what you hear, you'll actually press on the QR. Code and purchase the book.
00:07:11.260 --> 00:07:14.430 Frank R. Harrison: Chapter one is Reimagining Healthcare.
00:07:14.610 --> 00:07:38.619 Frank R. Harrison: Chapter 2. Retail Medicine. Chapter 3. New Alternatives to the Pharmacy. Chapter 4. The expanding Scope of Obesity. Drugs. Chapter 5. The Virtual Overhaul of Behavioral health. Chapter 6. Medicine transformed by AI. Chapter 7. Next Generation. Therapies. Chapter 8. Preparing for the next crisis.
00:07:38.850 --> 00:07:51.549 Frank R. Harrison: Chapter 9. New Perspectives on Aging and chapter 10. The prescription for change. And then there's a closing that Marshall Runji writes in the book which I will actually read at the close of the hour.
00:07:52.050 --> 00:07:53.880 Frank R. Harrison: So basically.
00:07:54.190 --> 00:08:00.610 Frank R. Harrison: the transformation is a word that knows that we are trying to evolve with the changes in healthcare.
00:08:00.820 --> 00:08:30.559 Frank R. Harrison: And when they refer to healthcare disruption, it matters more now than ever predominantly because of both the social changes that are going on, as well as the technical innovations that are important for health care changes to occur. But we always end up in gridlock because of budget cuts and funding cuts and erroneous reasons for things not to be available anymore. That is how this book is supposed to help us muddle through all of those changes.
00:08:32.900 --> 00:08:41.270 Frank R. Harrison: if you remember, on last week's show, Marshall and Phyllis were discussing many different aspects of reimagination, reimagining healthcare.
00:08:41.530 --> 00:08:50.010 Frank R. Harrison: some key takeaways that I took from the show, aside from the high cost and inefficiency, was that a lot of people are aging out
00:08:50.010 --> 00:09:13.779 Frank R. Harrison: of the healthcare system, and there has not been the appropriate level of educational training and development, especially for the technological changes that have been going on Marshall had indicated on last week's episode of Frank about health, that there is an effort to try to get to the middle schools and the other secondary schools prior to college education, and start getting people interested
00:09:13.780 --> 00:09:33.269 Frank R. Harrison: in whether or not they want to become a doctor or a nurse, or an Emt. Worker or a healthcare advocate like myself as I've evolved into. But the point of the matter is, is healthcare is both not just a business. I'm sorry, not just a profession of healing others, but it's also a business, and sometimes
00:09:33.390 --> 00:09:46.069 Frank R. Harrison: there's a there's a carryover when it should be understood as 2 separate entities, and that's where getting the right education earlier in your medical career, if that's what you pursue.
00:09:46.774 --> 00:09:51.119 Frank R. Harrison: Is highly recommended and was discussed on last week's episode.
00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:53.979 Frank R. Harrison: Now, there's a story of a patient in the book.
00:09:54.090 --> 00:09:55.619 Frank R. Harrison: His name is Erwin.
00:09:55.720 --> 00:10:19.339 Frank R. Harrison: and I'm going to read from the book to talk about it, because Erwin is an example of focusing on his care the way that I always advocate for everyone who watches this show. Own your healthcare, own your treatment, modality, work with your doctors as like colleagues in managing your advocacy and quality, managing your health care and your quality of life.
00:10:20.690 --> 00:10:24.710 Frank R. Harrison: So in Chapter one on page 10,
00:10:25.350 --> 00:10:38.800 Frank R. Harrison: Marshall indicates that there was a a patient a 66 year old, named Erwin, who learned when he came to Michigan medicine. Michigan medicine is the hospital system where Marshall is currently the CEO
00:10:39.280 --> 00:10:41.420 Frank R. Harrison: Irwin was a dedicated swimmer.
00:10:41.550 --> 00:10:46.429 Frank R. Harrison: He was rushed to the er one day after he suspected he was having a heart attack.
00:10:46.650 --> 00:10:50.539 Frank R. Harrison: It turned out to be an irregular heartbeat called an atrial flutter.
00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:57.849 Frank R. Harrison: An ablation at his community hospital restored the rhythm of his heart, and provided relief. But only a few years.
00:10:58.140 --> 00:11:09.240 Frank R. Harrison: Then Erwin began to struggle to breathe, and once again he was back in the ER. This time the doctors found that Erwin had congestive heart failure and more complicated cardiac rhythm.
00:11:09.510 --> 00:11:13.950 Frank R. Harrison: atrial fibrillation, their recommendation a pacemaker.
00:11:14.280 --> 00:11:17.009 Frank R. Harrison: Irwin was determined to avoid the surgery
00:11:17.110 --> 00:11:23.260 Frank R. Harrison: and recovery needed to implant a pacemaker. Instead, he took significant steps to improve his heart health.
00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:36.600 Frank R. Harrison: He launched a new exercise program and embraced a plant based diet that avoided salt and fat, losing 65 pounds in the process. His heart rate remained low and was decreasing to 30 beats a minute.
00:11:36.750 --> 00:11:39.410 Frank R. Harrison: A pacemaker was still recommended.
00:11:40.790 --> 00:11:55.950 Frank R. Harrison: Irwin's search for an alternative that would allow him to remain active and avoid extensive surgery eventually brought him to Dr. Ryan Cunane, at the University of Michigan. He is one of the 1st surgeons in the world, trained to implant the world's tiniest pacemaker.
00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:14.220 Frank R. Harrison: The micro AV. Has all the functionality of a traditional pacemaker, but the redesign delivers distinct benefits implanted transcutaneously using a catheter. It has no connection through the skin, nor any pacing wires which connect traditional pacemakers to the heart.
00:12:14.370 --> 00:12:37.900 Frank R. Harrison: Eliminating both of these features reduces the risk of infection. Patients recover more quickly, and with a lifelong, diminished risk of infection, it became connected directly to the heart. It requires less energy to generate an electrical impulse, giving the devices battery an 11 year life, and extending the time before follow-up surgery is needed. That is an example of both the patient
00:12:38.380 --> 00:13:01.789 Frank R. Harrison: resisting any possible negative outcome in a surgical situation, but also allowing, through his own life, changes, and health orientation with his nutrition, to be ready for the newer technology that evolved by the time he had lost over 65 pounds, and that proved to be more safe while still getting the pacemaker initially recommended.
00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:17.630 Frank R. Harrison: So it's a constant push pull between the time of your 1st diagnosis or prognosis or recommendation from your physician as well as your own will to do as much of an alternative of treatment of your care and quality of life
00:13:17.730 --> 00:13:20.229 Frank R. Harrison: prior to all of a sudden
00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:25.690 Frank R. Harrison: finding yourself in a worst case scenario. Okay, I think we are ready for our 1st break.
00:13:25.830 --> 00:13:33.170 Frank R. Harrison: So please stay tuned right here on Frank about health again. Use the QR code. If you're interested in this book and we'll be back in a few.
00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:19.810 Frank R. Harrison: Hey, everybody, and welcome back.
00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:24.620 Frank R. Harrison: Remember, as I said, this is the 1st ever frank about health book promotion
00:15:24.730 --> 00:15:45.280 Frank R. Harrison: of Marshall Runji's The great healthcare disruption, a very powerful book, both for our social changes we're going through and our technological changes, as well as just overall, desires to be engaged with your own quality of life management or your health care. I just finished the last section talking about a patient
00:15:45.440 --> 00:16:01.650 Frank R. Harrison: named Erwin, who proved a perfect case of patient-centered care and advocacy, the one takeaway from the end of that chapter I have to actually read because it was an important takeaway from me, having dealt with a lot of healthcare issues in my family recently.
00:16:03.010 --> 00:16:05.960 Frank R. Harrison: Here is what it says on page 27.
00:16:06.510 --> 00:16:28.549 Frank R. Harrison: The takeaway is that there have been many flashes in the pan of health care that have led to great skepticism. The period we're entering now feels very different and is indeed quantitatively different. We can no longer ignore potentially transformative innovations, or wait for a few pioneering institutions to evaluate every disruptor before we decide to get started.
00:16:28.770 --> 00:16:37.640 Frank R. Harrison: as we determine how, where and when to leverage the disruptors we'll discuss in the following chapters. My suggestion is to remember our mission.
00:16:37.770 --> 00:16:40.179 Frank R. Harrison: Our number one goal is to improve our health.
00:16:40.330 --> 00:16:44.870 Frank R. Harrison: That includes pretreatment during treatment and after treatment.
00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:54.669 Frank R. Harrison: Now, one of the aspects of technology is AI artificial intelligence.
00:16:54.870 --> 00:16:55.760 Frank R. Harrison: This
00:16:56.030 --> 00:17:09.260 Frank R. Harrison: I do have aspects of the book to get into which I will take my cues from my little reader over here. But I'm going to start by talking independently of what I know about artificial intelligence in healthcare.
00:17:09.770 --> 00:17:35.199 Frank R. Harrison: Artificial intelligence is still very new, and a lot of people tread lightly because of all the fear that if you remember Maurice Elkovich, who's been on the show before, would talk about how everybody looks at new innovations as frightening until they actually try it out and find that it's very convenient, expedient and very helpful to their way of life, quality of life, their profession, so forth, and so on.
00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:46.970 Frank R. Harrison: But where AI is most critical, and probably the most guaranteed in terms of verification and safety, is in healthcare and medicine.
00:17:47.080 --> 00:18:13.940 Frank R. Harrison: AI is being developed in the field in order to find cures more quickly in order to use robotics for surgical procedures in order to use servers like perplexity, which does a lot of healthcare searches and research modalities, or even Chatgpt or Google's Gemini to be able to have ongoing conversations with it to help you in areas of behavioral and mental health.
00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:15.300 Frank R. Harrison: However.
00:18:15.520 --> 00:18:42.199 Frank R. Harrison: there still lacks the human interaction. That's why, I think what a lot of people have to understand is that to not be afraid of AI is essentially not being afraid of your own self, and what you're experiencing. Now, we all read information in the media, we read emails, we read texts, but when you're reading Chat Gpt give you their own assumptions of what you may be suffering from.
00:18:42.330 --> 00:18:45.390 Frank R. Harrison: We, as human biases. Human
00:18:45.510 --> 00:19:00.029 Frank R. Harrison: people that have biases will be triggered, will have fear, will have dread sadness, and probably will think quick, fix solutions when they're not even consulted with a physician or a nurse, or someone who has the expertise.
00:19:00.390 --> 00:19:13.090 Frank R. Harrison: So there has to be the understanding that AI is not a solo sport. It is a tool to use, like, we all use the Internet. But there has to be a human interaction component.
00:19:13.840 --> 00:19:24.159 Frank R. Harrison: We have telehealth that grew out of Covid. There is the human component there which is your doctor that you're having your session with, or your visit with. But in this case
00:19:24.280 --> 00:19:39.359 Frank R. Harrison: you can use chat, Gpt, to find out the lab results. For example, try to get a pre understanding of what they mean, and then discuss them with your doctor, and you will find that the benefit of AI in healthcare, especially with Chat Gpt
00:19:39.460 --> 00:19:59.720 Frank R. Harrison: is to get rid of all the anxieties and fears and biases that pervade your rational thinking when you're hearing either good or bad news. You want to get the clear picture, but you want to have verification. And yes, I would always recommend human intervention when dealing with those chats.
00:20:00.020 --> 00:20:05.330 Frank R. Harrison: Now again, that's what it says. You balance automation with human connection.
00:20:05.650 --> 00:20:13.470 Frank R. Harrison: I would not recommend having a complete triple bypass using a robot. Obviously, if that ever happens, that would be
00:20:13.770 --> 00:20:43.279 Frank R. Harrison: decades down the road, or who knows, with the rate of new innovations going on in AI. It could be only 5 years away. We just don't know. But I will say where AI has already proven. A very good track record is in the way of determining the right medications to develop, based on your genetic markers or based on the illness you're carrying, and be able to get everything all qualified, based on what you can manage versus what you can't with side effects.
00:20:43.400 --> 00:21:05.119 Frank R. Harrison: So there is the rise of retailers like Amazon that have created health portals, Cvs. Which owns Aetna, a big life insurance carrier. And of course there's Walmart where you can also get your pharmaceuticals and over the counter technologies, wheelchairs, canes, anything that you need for care delivery.
00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:07.540 Frank R. Harrison: The the point of the matter is.
00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:25.480 Frank R. Harrison: AI is definitely coming even more rapid than when we were discussing last year with Maury, or even the year before, that with Ben Lytle. The idea is to be on top of it as best as you can, at whatever rate that you can. Because AI artificial intelligence
00:21:25.530 --> 00:21:44.410 Frank R. Harrison: is actually doing all the thinking for us in advance and preventing us from being involved in something that could probably prolong an illness, and probably come up with fatal results that could have been prevented. So AI needs to be embraced, not feared, and at the same time not just discarded.
00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:52.090 Frank R. Harrison: Now, next-gen therapies that are discussed heavily in the book
00:21:53.230 --> 00:21:59.649 Frank R. Harrison: is something that I'm going to go into the book to describe in detail, because
00:22:00.130 --> 00:22:17.629 Frank R. Harrison: if Marshall was here he can have a full conversation on these therapies, because they are relevant for how each of us can choose to work with these therapies versus the traditional ones that have all these side effects that we can't really manage anymore for various reasons, including cost.
00:22:18.060 --> 00:22:18.950 Frank R. Harrison: Now.
00:22:19.630 --> 00:22:35.260 Frank R. Harrison: chapter 4, on page 65, talks about the expanding scope of obesity drugs. Now last week, on Frank about health, there was discussion that they were originally, you know, for diabetic patients, Ozempic, Monjaro, Wegovy.
00:22:35.620 --> 00:22:53.150 Frank R. Harrison: I think the Zip bound. There's all these others that have been in the marketplace. And now they're saying that there are a lot of positive side effects like reducing the risk of Alzheimer's reducing kidney infections, reducing the chances of cancer, or or even other kinds, but
00:22:53.260 --> 00:23:00.339 Frank R. Harrison: they don't work for everyone. So I would highly recommend that if you get involved in next gen therapies like obesity drugs.
00:23:00.490 --> 00:23:11.679 Frank R. Harrison: obviously one of the reasons to take it is to reduce whatever obesity issues you might have. But make sure it's the right combination of what can also improve on other potential comorbidities.
00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:18.900 Frank R. Harrison: The chapter says, obesity is one of, if not the leading cause of, a host of illnesses. In the Us.
00:23:19.020 --> 00:23:39.229 Frank R. Harrison: In the opinion of many obesity is the greatest epidemic we will face in our lifetimes, and one for which the present approaches are inadequate. Powerful new medicines offer the hope of disrupting trend lines that forecast a deepening obesity crisis. The Federal Government must play a more active role in making these drugs more accessible and affordable.
00:23:39.610 --> 00:23:49.709 Frank R. Harrison: as with everything in healthcare. The details of implementation are far more complex than the concept. But in a country that was the 1st to land on the moon this can be done.
00:23:50.080 --> 00:23:52.509 Frank R. Harrison: and that's what Marshall Runji believes.
00:23:53.070 --> 00:24:03.370 Frank R. Harrison: Now, also, on page 129, to talk about the genetic medicine
00:24:04.030 --> 00:24:06.130 Frank R. Harrison: developments that are going on.
00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:10.160 Frank R. Harrison: Bear with me.
00:24:14.230 --> 00:24:20.469 Frank R. Harrison: Actually, okay. Sorry about that. I thought we were headed for another break.
00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:42.780 Frank R. Harrison: The revolution in genetic medicine. The science behind Gene therapy has evolved dramatically since the 19 sixties when scientists 1st speculated about the possibility of introducing DNA sequences into patient cells to cure genetic disorders. A dramatic step occurred in 1989, through a four-year-old patient named Ashanti da Silva
00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:48.710 Frank R. Harrison: Ashanti was diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency or scid.
00:24:49.450 --> 00:25:09.410 Frank R. Harrison: Her t cells were dying opening her up to constant attacks by viruses and bacteria. Ashanti's parents confined her to her home to protect her, but her immune system continued to fail. No donor could be found for a bone marrow transplant. But Ashanti survived. Thanks to the very 1st successful gene therapy performed in the Us.
00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:36.220 Frank R. Harrison: Now I've heard of stem cells, people donating their stem cells as a form of gene therapy. But it's from one person to another. We all heard of the Mrna vaccine, which is, I guess the genetic code of the Coronavirus, and that in itself was able to be injected through Pfizer and Novavax, and I also believe Moderna back in 2,000 2,001, 2,002.
00:25:36.390 --> 00:25:38.419 Frank R. Harrison: The issue is, however.
00:25:38.530 --> 00:25:48.159 Frank R. Harrison: that what made it so fast when we were all literally especially here in New York State, dying at the rate of 7 to a thousand people per day.
00:25:48.330 --> 00:25:52.330 Frank R. Harrison: We were able to combat this virus slowly over time.
00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:55.730 Frank R. Harrison: but more quickly than we would have without Mrna.
00:25:55.960 --> 00:26:06.190 Frank R. Harrison: So there is a lot of truth in this book, and with genetic therapies that I guess you can consider it artificial intelligence, but not in the way that we understand it to be today.
00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:16.709 Frank R. Harrison: You know, it's an issue of understanding that you don't need to be injected with a dead virus to be immune. You just need to be injected with the right genetic code.
00:26:16.850 --> 00:26:25.269 Frank R. Harrison: or even take in pill form the right genetic material that will prevent you from infecting others or being infected by
00:26:26.280 --> 00:26:44.110 Frank R. Harrison: it's a very challenging opportunity that we're all involved in, because again, we run into the high cost of such therapies. And so a lot of due diligence has to be undertaken, especially as these type of therapies can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars, depending on the illness that you're dealing with.
00:26:44.350 --> 00:27:00.029 Frank R. Harrison: but I guess it becomes a pro and con analysis as to if you're looking at the longevity of a patient versus the quality of life of that patient as well as the costs. It's always going to be a constant negotiation based on the circumstances that we all go through.
00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:09.579 Frank R. Harrison: I think we're ready for our second break. So please stay tuned. As we continue to talk more about the great healthcare disruption.
00:27:09.840 --> 00:27:18.809 Frank R. Harrison: and there is a QR. Code right there. If you're interested in more details about this book, and there's more to come as we continue on with Frank about health.
00:27:19.310 --> 00:27:30.910 Frank R. Harrison: I assure you it'll be a very pleasant read when you have the chance to purchase the book and review what aspects of the healthcare disruption are affecting you.
00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:33.250 Frank R. Harrison: We'll be back in a few stay, tuned.
00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:06.550 Frank R. Harrison: Hey, everybody, and welcome back
00:29:06.710 --> 00:29:14.589 Frank R. Harrison: just like I did in the Last Segment. The takeaway from the discussion of AI and genetic therapies is as follows.
00:29:14.870 --> 00:29:34.409 Frank R. Harrison: the revolution in genetic medicine is underway. Success in this new era requires more than just scientific innovation. It demands new approaches to healthcare, delivery, payment, and insurance, and even public health policy, to ensure these breakthrough treatments, fulfill their promise of better patient care.
00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:52.820 Frank R. Harrison: Delivering advanced therapies such as the ones we discussed in this chapter presents unique challenges for healthcare systems. Unlike traditional pharmaceuticals, many of these therapies require specialized facilities, extensive, patient monitoring and complex logistics for handling living cells or genetic material.
00:29:53.630 --> 00:30:14.930 Frank R. Harrison: Now, without question, the emergence of gene therapies and Mrna technologies will represent more than just new treatment options. It signals a fundamental shift in how we approach disease, treatment, and prevention. Even as they push the frontiers of care. These novel therapies will force us to make hard decisions about cost, equity and access.
00:30:15.040 --> 00:30:36.589 Frank R. Harrison: The covid-nineteen pandemic demonstrated how contentious such decisions can be going forward. We must work harder to meet our responsibility, to provide access to trustworthy information, and be a voice of calm and certainty amid divisive and politically charged discussions on vaccines, therapies, and other medically necessary health care.
00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:51.409 Frank R. Harrison: We cannot be ruled by emotion. But we must always be compassionate. We must be hard-headed in assessing the true value of treatments, and we must be transparent in explaining the decision-making process to patients and the larger public.
00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:58.700 Frank R. Harrison: I'm only repeating the words that Marshall himself would have said if he were here with us today. But again he will be with us next week.
00:31:02.300 --> 00:31:11.230 Frank R. Harrison: Now my call to action for all of you is again use the QR. Code on the bottom left. If you're interested in what we've read or discussed already.
00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:13.140 Frank R. Harrison: and share some insights.
00:31:13.290 --> 00:31:21.489 Frank R. Harrison: share some insights by emailing me at Frankrharrison, one@gmail.com. Or, if you're watching this after it has aired live
00:31:21.760 --> 00:31:29.869 Frank R. Harrison: comment on the Youtube chat box, the Linkedin Chat box and I will get back to you and definitely share some of my insights as well
00:31:30.540 --> 00:31:34.759 Frank R. Harrison: remember to also promote responsible AI in medicine.
00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:44.789 Frank R. Harrison: AI is not just Chat Gpt and Gemini. It is understanding artificial intelligence with medical records, artificial intelligence in telehealth.
00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:48.199 Frank R. Harrison: artificial intelligence. In doing this, podcast
00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:58.230 Frank R. Harrison: this whole slideshow was created with artificial intelligence. That's my own contribution to how I can make frank about health more AI friendly
00:31:58.450 --> 00:32:00.000 Frank R. Harrison: simultaneously.
00:32:00.040 --> 00:32:29.280 Frank R. Harrison: I am devoting the month of May to this very important book, because we will continue to see disruptions in health care, both from a policy standpoint as well as a medical standpoint, and everyone, as I believe Marshall and Phyllis discussed last week, has to be on top of their own care as well as their loved ones, especially if they don't have the access or the ability to process the information as quickly as one does. Now again.
00:32:29.370 --> 00:32:46.079 Frank R. Harrison: there is the effort to try to start tapping into the younger audience, you know, at the earlier ages of middle school and high school to get people up to speed because AI is evolving faster and faster at an exponential rate. What we're talking about today could change in a matter of 60 days.
00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:59.089 Frank R. Harrison: So I'm just pointing out, promote responsible AI and medicine for the very fact that we really are watching a speeding bullet train when it comes to our healthcare, and we have to be able to work with it and not against it.
00:33:01.770 --> 00:33:07.730 Frank R. Harrison: Now, in terms of preparing for the next crisis.
00:33:08.010 --> 00:33:15.109 Frank R. Harrison: Everyone knows that we are dealing with in Texas in particular, the measles outbreak.
00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:25.260 Frank R. Harrison: I'm not going to spread my views as to why it was an unnecessary outbreak, but misinformation is definitely par for the course in that one.
00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:30.230 Frank R. Harrison: However, the reason why we need to prepare for it is because Covid
00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:32.490 Frank R. Harrison: may have been the last pandemic.
00:33:32.670 --> 00:33:34.480 Frank R. Harrison: But it's certainly not the last.
00:33:34.590 --> 00:33:45.800 Frank R. Harrison: Anything in general could affect us, and we just don't know it, especially if you remember, on the show that Phyllis and I did about fact or fiction. A lot of medical information has been pulled from websites.
00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:47.799 Frank R. Harrison: and there are
00:33:48.070 --> 00:34:03.730 Frank R. Harrison: specific local sites in your State that are keeping you up to date on what's going on. But you have to be vigilant at finding out whatever you're hearing about and determine if it's actually something you need to be concerned about for yourself and your and the care of your loved ones.
00:34:04.230 --> 00:34:10.350 Frank R. Harrison: Another thing that preparing for the next crisis in this book, chapter 8.
00:34:10.550 --> 00:34:12.409 Frank R. Harrison: It talks about a principle.
00:34:12.909 --> 00:34:15.889 Frank R. Harrison: Healthcare is often siloed in the Us.
00:34:16.090 --> 00:34:31.669 Frank R. Harrison: As the healthcare system as a whole, increasingly faces, broad threats, including unexplained or unexpected pandemics, cyber attacks, and climate change. Providers must find new ways to work together to counter these shared vulnerabilities.
00:34:33.690 --> 00:34:39.710 Frank R. Harrison: Now, aside from measles, returning and talking about
00:34:39.889 --> 00:34:42.149 Frank R. Harrison: how data needs to be safeguarded.
00:34:43.270 --> 00:34:47.229 Frank R. Harrison: The whole point of this chapter is to point out
00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:53.899 Frank R. Harrison: that due to the shifts in our, in our, in our political climate as well as in our technology.
00:34:54.540 --> 00:35:06.599 Frank R. Harrison: Whatever happens next is going to be new because we don't have the precursors and other standard ways of tracking. What's coming like we used to, especially during Covid.
00:35:07.110 --> 00:35:09.210 Frank R. Harrison: So there's a section in the book
00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:14.109 Frank R. Harrison: on this on this particular chapter called The New Crisis Environment.
00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:41.410 Frank R. Harrison: Few health care professionals begin their careers thinking about the threat landscape that we now face if they do this threat awareness typically centers around exposure to pathogens and infectious diseases. But the threat landscape is becoming increasingly complex, such as disease outbreaks, intersecting with technological vulnerabilities and workforce instability. An additional area of concern is environmental climate related health emergencies.
00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:45.569 Frank R. Harrison: The hurricanes coming fast and furious
00:35:46.000 --> 00:36:13.219 Frank R. Harrison: as well as unexplained temperature changes, I think. Just a month ago we had an 80 degree day here in New York, and it became 40 degrees the very next day, and I caught myself a bad virus after 5 days. I mean whatever virus in the air, because of the weather change I was obviously not immune to, but I found myself feeling like I had an attack of Covid, and I know I'm immune and boosted, and to the Max in that, but
00:36:13.490 --> 00:36:32.950 Frank R. Harrison: without any warning or without any clarity, I had to spend pretty much that period of time recovering and researching on Chatgpt, on Google, on Wikipedia, on all innovative sources that I usually use just to get an understanding of what was going on. Now, if that's just me.
00:36:33.150 --> 00:36:38.649 Frank R. Harrison: And this chapter just pointed out that with all the shifts and changes going on, especially in the climate.
00:36:39.050 --> 00:36:43.590 Frank R. Harrison: we're pretty much learning that, especially after an experience like Covid.
00:36:43.710 --> 00:36:52.749 Frank R. Harrison: You need to be vigilant about all aspects of your health care, even so common as the cold or the flu virus. Making sure you take it every year.
00:36:54.330 --> 00:37:00.389 Frank R. Harrison: Vigilance has always been key when it comes to protecting your health, but never as much as now.
00:37:03.930 --> 00:37:11.539 Frank R. Harrison: I think, before I go into my next break, which I believe actually, I have some time.
00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:21.230 Frank R. Harrison: There are 2 dedicated chapters that I don't have outlined in here, but they're more personal to me.
00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:25.489 Frank R. Harrison: and one is chapter 9, new perspectives on aging.
00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:45.949 Frank R. Harrison: So I think I'll now turn this about my father's case and my cousin's case for those of you who've been watching Frank about health for almost 4 years. Now you know that I have been combating dealing with a cousin that now has Alzheimer's disease, and is living in a skilled nursing facility as well as my father, who has been recovering
00:37:46.100 --> 00:37:50.360 Frank R. Harrison: from cancer, but now is having comorbid aspects
00:37:50.470 --> 00:37:58.890 Frank R. Harrison: of dementia, but not the type that my cousin has faced, but yet, because of the fact that
00:37:59.040 --> 00:38:03.769 Frank R. Harrison: she, being only 65, and already
00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:14.670 Frank R. Harrison: having the 4th stage of Alzheimer's and my father about to be 94, and having a type of dementia that can be nutrition based in managing and healing.
00:38:14.900 --> 00:38:30.120 Frank R. Harrison: it shows that age is no longer specifically a number to indicate what type of disease you're eligible, for. It's all relative, based on your lifestyle or quality of life, or the way you manage your day-to-day living.
00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:31.210 Frank R. Harrison: I mean.
00:38:32.010 --> 00:38:40.449 Frank R. Harrison: it's kind of interesting, is the perspective something that we all have to have about the elders, or is it something that you have to have about yourself?
00:38:40.650 --> 00:38:45.350 Frank R. Harrison: That, I think, is a conundrum that we all have to really, internally look within?
00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:50.390 Frank R. Harrison: I would basically say that this book covers
00:38:51.630 --> 00:38:54.900 Frank R. Harrison: that you have to think in terms of
00:38:55.460 --> 00:39:01.629 Frank R. Harrison: what is the cost of your longevity? What is it that you're willing to put aside.
00:39:01.850 --> 00:39:11.120 Frank R. Harrison: or whether it's your values, whether it's your concerns, priorities, other people's priorities in your family, your career.
00:39:11.250 --> 00:39:14.949 Frank R. Harrison: in order to have as much of a quality of life that you seek.
00:39:15.680 --> 00:39:18.690 Frank R. Harrison: You know, there's a section here about how
00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:25.290 Frank R. Harrison: there's a protocol that people can follow, showing that, you know.
00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:47.669 Frank R. Harrison: based on costs and based on people's desires to either reverse aging or to get involved in organ donation. It's all individual choice. But a lot of the common thread about that choice. Is people wanting to leave a legacy or establish a sense of longevity, especially when, during chaotic times.
00:39:48.590 --> 00:39:53.270 Frank R. Harrison: when I look back at managing my cousin and my father's healthcare crises.
00:39:53.490 --> 00:40:01.969 Frank R. Harrison: I looked at how overwhelming it was to deal with my cousin, especially during the last 2 months of 2024 into the 1st 2 months of this year.
00:40:02.100 --> 00:40:08.570 Frank R. Harrison: and yet dealing with all the hard truths of my father's aging and
00:40:09.040 --> 00:40:13.290 Frank R. Harrison: pretty much expected side effects from having recovered from cancer.
00:40:13.720 --> 00:40:20.589 Frank R. Harrison: I found it to be a walk in the park, because I guess I'd already been through the mill when observing what my cousin was going through.
00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:27.469 Frank R. Harrison: So. What I learn when I read this book is that the perspective in my case is more from how do I perceive
00:40:27.610 --> 00:40:28.590 Frank R. Harrison: aging?
00:40:28.790 --> 00:40:35.769 Frank R. Harrison: And I think I can honestly say that I don't look at aging as a number anymore. I look at it as
00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:47.540 Frank R. Harrison: what is the way that you're living your life at the age you're given? Are you living it in the moment? Are you living it based on the past, or are you living it with anticipation and dread towards the future.
00:40:48.330 --> 00:40:52.999 Frank R. Harrison: All therapists would say, Live in the moment, Eckhart Tolle said in his book.
00:40:53.410 --> 00:41:04.799 Frank R. Harrison: the power of now, and I highly recommend that because without your mental health. You're only going to age yourself even faster. Your developmental age will be older than your chronological.
00:41:05.580 --> 00:41:12.109 Frank R. Harrison: I also highly recommend that when dealing with ongoing crises, whether it's of your own personal health
00:41:12.250 --> 00:41:16.070 Frank R. Harrison: or of age. You know your loved ones who are aging.
00:41:16.430 --> 00:41:22.830 Frank R. Harrison: You work with a very good therapist or coach to keep yourself focused and balanced and informed.
00:41:23.050 --> 00:41:36.110 Frank R. Harrison: That is the only way that I have been able, even by developing this show, to keep myself stabilized while going through ongoing crises over and over and over again.
00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:56.800 Frank R. Harrison: You know, I remember when I started this show, I only wanted to talk about epilepsy. Now I look at that as a badge of honor, because it's giving me license to talk about everyone else's major health care issues that are normally stigmatized because of the mortality rates behind them. But thanks to all the shifts that Marshall discusses in this book, they're now
00:41:57.010 --> 00:42:00.580 Frank R. Harrison: issues that you can learn to live with and accept and embrace
00:42:00.720 --> 00:42:03.909 Frank R. Harrison: and look at as a way to incite
00:42:04.010 --> 00:42:23.269 Frank R. Harrison: others and help others in preventative care as well as provide the right resources, whether it's medicines or research tools, or the right doctors, the right referrals, and even obtain the right education. You know whether it's medical, oriented or technological oriented.
00:42:26.320 --> 00:42:28.510 Frank R. Harrison: This whole chapter on Aging
00:42:28.620 --> 00:42:37.810 Frank R. Harrison: is really trying to educate you on understanding longevity of yourself and of your loved ones.
00:42:38.210 --> 00:42:42.930 Frank R. Harrison: There is a section here about slowing the progression of aging.
00:42:43.160 --> 00:42:48.979 Frank R. Harrison: But if you really want to know about that secret, buy the book. Remember, the QR. Code is on the corner.
00:42:49.630 --> 00:42:55.389 Frank R. Harrison: however, the takeaway which I will read out loud, so you can really understand what the chapter is about.
00:42:55.910 --> 00:42:59.679 Frank R. Harrison: No longer viewed as an unavoidable decline.
00:43:00.310 --> 00:43:06.999 Frank R. Harrison: aging is now understood as a complex biological process with multiple interconnected mechanisms
00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:13.430 Frank R. Harrison: under the new paradigm. What's been done might be undone, embodied by drugs
00:43:13.870 --> 00:43:26.919 Frank R. Harrison: such as this, new approach views diseases as complex biological processes that can be understood, tracked and potentially modified long before their most devastating symptoms manifest.
00:43:28.100 --> 00:43:30.660 Frank R. Harrison: I think we are ready for our final break.
00:43:30.790 --> 00:43:36.709 Frank R. Harrison: Remember, again our health care, your health care is in your hands.
00:43:36.950 --> 00:43:51.780 Frank R. Harrison: This book could be a good manual for you, your family, your colleagues, if you're in the medical profession, and especially if you want to just be aware of how to mitigate through all the changes that we are seeing.
00:43:52.060 --> 00:43:53.419 Frank R. Harrison: we'll be back in a few.
00:45:38.690 --> 00:45:40.810 Frank R. Harrison: Hey, everybody, and welcome back.
00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:46.800 Frank R. Harrison: So before we close today's show, I'm going to read
00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:50.540 Frank R. Harrison: on the section titled prescription for change.
00:45:51.730 --> 00:45:55.509 Frank R. Harrison: I think it's a total of 5, 6,
00:45:55.680 --> 00:46:01.000 Frank R. Harrison: 6 different prescriptions that Marshall talks about in the book number one
00:46:01.330 --> 00:46:15.970 Frank R. Harrison: improve public health through a much greater focus on preventative care and self-care. As part of this effort we must require every American to have a primary care provider who coordinates their health, not just their health care.
00:46:16.740 --> 00:46:18.459 Frank R. Harrison: Prescription number 2,
00:46:18.670 --> 00:46:26.630 Frank R. Harrison: use AI and other emerging technologies to provide patients with greater access to and control over the care they need.
00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:37.029 Frank R. Harrison: In addition to patient convenience. This will also free up physicians and nurses to focus on care and address the growing problems of worker shortage and burnout
00:46:37.620 --> 00:46:46.189 Frank R. Harrison: prescription. 3. Encourage and develop a variety of models, to deliver primary and acute care to a growing population
00:46:46.560 --> 00:46:48.080 Frank R. Harrison: prescription for.
00:46:48.300 --> 00:46:56.200 Frank R. Harrison: to improve the health of all Americans, the Federal Government should use its regulatory and taxing authority to promote healthy lifestyles.
00:46:56.700 --> 00:47:03.280 Frank R. Harrison: Prescription 5. We must understand that we can't have it all, and prescription 6.
00:47:03.570 --> 00:47:14.420 Frank R. Harrison: The medical community and healthcare providers must recognize and address the erosion of trust in our expertise overall.
00:47:14.750 --> 00:47:19.360 Frank R. Harrison: I'm going to give you some parting thoughts directly from Dr. Marshall Runji.
00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:28.929 Frank R. Harrison: Much has changed in how we diagnose and treat patients with technological advances that we could have never imagined.
00:47:29.300 --> 00:47:34.380 Frank R. Harrison: Yet observations of health care carry a profound and enduring truth.
00:47:34.510 --> 00:47:39.750 Frank R. Harrison: We must not only understand the suffering of those around us, but also how we can improve their health.
00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:52.979 Frank R. Harrison: I've been working as a physician and in healthcare leadership for decades. And yet the process of writing this book has significantly increased my awareness of precisely how innovative and transformative medicine is today.
00:47:53.340 --> 00:48:08.919 Frank R. Harrison: The explosion of AI's role, the acceleration of home health care potential, the advent of retail medicine, new gene therapies. As we've researched and assessed these pivotal developments, I'm keenly aware that there are many more in progress too many to explore in detail.
00:48:09.860 --> 00:48:20.259 Frank R. Harrison: 10 years from now the healthcare landscape will undoubtedly look very different. It's tempting to wonder which of the disruptors we've assessed in this book will prove to be the ones that history remembers and celebrates.
00:48:20.370 --> 00:48:34.819 Frank R. Harrison: Will it be the smallpox vaccine, the electrocardiograft, the kidney transplant, the heart pacemaker, the MRI DNA, sequencing that future physicians point to as the key inflection point of 21st century medicine.
00:48:35.200 --> 00:48:44.719 Frank R. Harrison: the potential of tomorrow's genetic therapies like Crispr, which, if you remember, I've had James Swanson on the show, and he's talked about that for neurological health and epilepsy
00:48:45.390 --> 00:48:54.800 Frank R. Harrison: gene silencing epigenetic treatments is immense. These tools may usher in a new era of precision, medicine, precision, medicine.
00:48:54.920 --> 00:49:23.919 Frank R. Harrison: targeting, the root causes of disease rather than just managing symptoms. However, none of these breakthroughs will translate into widespread health improvements without a robust, responsive, and cost-effective health care system. Building such a system requires a commitment to innovation, collaboration, and equity. It also demands a recognition of the interconnected nature of health from individuals to communities, from genetics to public health, and from today's challenges to tomorrow's solutions.
00:49:24.850 --> 00:49:30.970 Frank R. Harrison: I highly recommend buying this book as fast as possible.
00:49:31.370 --> 00:49:38.619 Frank R. Harrison: This is going to be your way of managing the disruptions that are going on, and the soon
00:49:38.890 --> 00:49:43.150 Frank R. Harrison: more exponential disruptions to occur, especially during the summer.
00:49:43.790 --> 00:49:51.280 Frank R. Harrison: So stay tuned next week to Frank about health with Dr. Marshall Runji.
00:49:51.580 --> 00:49:54.499 Frank R. Harrison: I am hoping to potentially bring James Swanson
00:49:54.670 --> 00:49:58.530 Frank R. Harrison: to elaborate more on genetic therapies as well as
00:49:58.760 --> 00:50:01.950 Frank R. Harrison: David Yang, who I had mentioned, would be here with me today.
00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:06.309 Frank R. Harrison: Now I have read this book twice already.
00:50:06.530 --> 00:50:15.229 Frank R. Harrison: but I am going to read it again, because I am sure that there's more information that I have yet to discuss with Marshall himself when he's here next week.
00:50:15.830 --> 00:50:42.349 Frank R. Harrison: I highly recommend that you subscribe to talkradio dot Nyc's Youtube, Linkedin and Facebook channels. So you can definitely ask your questions, whether it's from today's show last week's show or the show that we have next week, and we are hoping to have a lot live. Q. And A from a lot of Marshall's colleagues and patients and other people who, we hope, will be watching that week.
00:50:43.510 --> 00:50:49.950 Frank R. Harrison: Also, AI, as I mentioned earlier, is a technological innovation with a lot of promise.
00:50:50.080 --> 00:51:01.420 Frank R. Harrison: But there is always the ethical considerations. And one of them I mentioned earlier, when there's no human intervention in what you're reading. It becomes ethical for your own mental health, or possibly
00:51:01.780 --> 00:51:06.250 Frank R. Harrison: trying to verify things with the right doctors who understand what is being said.
00:51:06.420 --> 00:51:16.720 Frank R. Harrison: That's always going to be the challenge. But hopefully, this show, Frank about health is doing what it can to be as transparent and frank about these various health care issues.
00:51:17.860 --> 00:51:21.210 Frank R. Harrison: Frank, about health is going to be followed today
00:51:21.490 --> 00:51:25.799 Frank R. Harrison: by serving up success with a splash episode. One was last week.
00:51:25.970 --> 00:51:36.549 Frank R. Harrison: and I apologize for not going into detail about the show. I already had a chance to see it. I thought it was a splash. It's definitely a must watch episode coming up at 6 o'clock.
00:51:37.650 --> 00:51:40.859 Frank R. Harrison: Well, let's see if I can come back to normal.
00:51:43.290 --> 00:51:44.960 Frank R. Harrison: Yes, here I am.
00:51:46.250 --> 00:52:04.409 Frank R. Harrison: I had never done a webinar before, so I apologize. If I went rampant, rambled, said things that were probably needing to be verified. I certainly did not want to create any missteps or misperceptions or misinformation, but I wanted to definitely promote that this book is highly
00:52:04.870 --> 00:52:16.030 Frank R. Harrison: informative, highly engaging, and I really hope that all of you out there had spent time during the last hour going into the QR. Code and making the purchase
00:52:16.816 --> 00:52:24.929 Frank R. Harrison: the QR. Code will be a ongoing process here on Frank about health with next week, and every episode after that.
00:52:25.030 --> 00:52:32.220 Frank R. Harrison: because I'm calling the month of May, the great healthcare Disruption month.
00:52:32.340 --> 00:52:46.889 Frank R. Harrison: so that we can all work together to be able to have guests on the show that address, the disruptions that are going on, and help to clarify the perspectives on it, and also what we can all benefit from the clarity.
00:52:49.110 --> 00:52:55.059 Frank R. Harrison: I'm very proud that I'm doing my best to keep information as accurate and up to date
00:52:55.360 --> 00:53:01.089 Frank R. Harrison: compared to what I've been seeing in the regular news media, and on the Internet, especially over the last few months.
00:53:01.260 --> 00:53:07.399 Frank R. Harrison: But this has been my guide recently, and I hope it becomes yours.
00:53:07.790 --> 00:53:12.869 Frank R. Harrison: So, ladies and gentlemen, I'd also like to give a shout out to all the caregivers out there
00:53:13.110 --> 00:53:17.410 Frank R. Harrison: if you used to be part of the Cdpap program before March 31.st
00:53:17.560 --> 00:53:20.030 Frank R. Harrison: I know I was. Basically.
00:53:20.180 --> 00:53:33.240 Frank R. Harrison: that is 1st rate medical caregiving education right there when you're watching your loved one who you're doing caregiving for, go through their challenges and learning firsthand how to be able to get the best treatment that they need.
00:53:33.940 --> 00:53:38.720 Frank R. Harrison: Simultaneously. All of the Pca workers out there, personal care attendants.
00:53:39.402 --> 00:53:49.339 Frank R. Harrison: If it wasn't for Jose Dennis, who is now a nutrition Pca. For my father, we would not have a good process to help him deal
00:53:49.450 --> 00:54:01.839 Frank R. Harrison: with his dementia if it wasn't for the type of nutrition products that he needs to be taking to keep his brain neurologically healthy while he's still combating the results of the medication he takes for cancer recovery.
00:54:02.070 --> 00:54:08.559 Frank R. Harrison: And then I also take a look at the healthcare system that is currently taking care of my cousin.
00:54:09.540 --> 00:54:23.230 Frank R. Harrison: It's unfortunate when you get to that point in life, and you now let everything become, as they say, in God's hands. It's just that the more information that you have, though you get to understand that as far as longevity, like mentioned in the book.
00:54:23.510 --> 00:54:35.180 Frank R. Harrison: you have your hand in doing what you can to maintain the longevity as much as possible before the inevitable happens, especially because Alzheimer's, while there is no cure. Currently.
00:54:35.370 --> 00:54:37.450 Frank R. Harrison: it's basically a terminal disease.
00:54:37.630 --> 00:54:42.649 Frank R. Harrison: And yet all you can do is manage that day to day to day.
00:54:42.840 --> 00:54:49.400 Frank R. Harrison: and do it with as much bravery, confidence, clarity, and
00:54:49.550 --> 00:54:54.300 Frank R. Harrison: hopefully a good support system, whether it consists of therapists or family members.
00:54:54.960 --> 00:54:59.150 Frank R. Harrison: Well, that's basically it. For this episode of frank about health.
00:54:59.440 --> 00:55:07.740 Frank R. Harrison: I hope you have found the insights from the book insightful. And again, I really hope you go out and get the book.
00:55:07.840 --> 00:55:12.740 Frank R. Harrison: and again stay tuned for success with a splash.
00:55:12.870 --> 00:55:21.638 Frank R. Harrison: and I will see you all next week. Alrighty! Thank you behind the scenes, Jesse, for helping me put this show together, and
00:55:23.020 --> 00:55:24.849 Frank R. Harrison: see you all next week. Take care.
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