How The Sackler family made billions from deaths due to OxyContin overdose.
How The Sackler family made billions from deaths due to OxyContin overdose. How government regulators were paid off and doctors looked the other way
Transcripts
Inside The Mind of Alzheimer’s
Andy Asher: Well hi everyone! I hope your week is going well! Now this is one of the most interesting podcast yet here at Bloomer Boomer. The topic is Alzheimer’s, not a very pleasant as most would agree. But when someone can make it a fascinating and interesting story, well it is really amazing. So with that buildup, stay with us and hear from the veteran and talented investigative newspaper reporter and magazine writer, Greg O’ Brien, who turns his gaze onto himself in his memoir entitled, “On Pluto – Inside The Mind of Alzheimer’s." And [...]
The Second Act – Yinon Weiss Rally Point
Andy Asher: Well hi everyone! I hope your week is going okay. Now one of the sections we have here in BB is what we call the “Second Act." Now it’s what many of us are doing as we winding down one part of our life and looking up on what’s next. Well today’s guest is really an amazing guy, his name is Yinon Weiss and he is an Army Special Forces officer no less, Harvard Business School grad, and someone who, just now, is into a Second Act. But here’s the twist to the story – he helps others pursue their next act, and the name of his company is [...]
Go4Life – Workout On The Go
Andy: This is a really special podcast for us, first we feature the Go for Life exercise manual on our website. We provide a free download of the Workout on the Go. And after you hear this show, I think you’ll agree this is really a well researched and great plan for exercise that can be achieved by most anyone over 55. Secondly, we have the distinct pleasure of speaking to the Co-chair who put together this exercise program. She is Sandra Dutra, PhD, Chief Clinical Gerontology Branch Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology of the [...]
The Most Popular PC and Why
Andy: Jane Radcliffe of the Bluehair technology group heads up a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate seniors about current technology and the tools available to them to connect and communicate with family and friends. She says by receiving hands on workshops in their community, seniors will have fun and be comfortable and it’s a convenient way to learn how to use technology, find information online and stay alert and active. Well, Jane it’s great having you’re here. What was the inspiration for you behind the Bluehair [...]
Cosmetic Surgery and Baby Boomers
Andy: Baby Boomers have been known for lots of things from rejecting or redefining traditional values, views about money and spending, life in the suburbs, the list goes on. And as we move into our mid 50's and 60's we're redefining something else. Baby Boomers are leading the surge in Cosmetic Surgery Procedures. So, we had a chance to talk with someone who knows from where he speaks. I want to thank Dr. Grant Stevens who practices in Marina Del Rey, California. We talked to him about the Baby Boomer's effect on his specialty. Dr. Stevens: [...]
Marry or Co-Habitate, A Lawyer’s Viewpoint
Andy Asher: So for whatever reason, you’re single again or perhaps even living alone. Let’s speculate a little further and say, you’re wondering maybe about living with someone or marrying again someone you’ve met. Now you must make some real decisions – if you live together, are your friends and family comfortable with that? Also, living together or marrying, well there are legal considerations there. So we decided to talk with attorney and professor Debra Speyer, who wrote among other things, “6 Things To Consider When Marrying or Remarrying [...]
Setting Up Your Grandchild’s College Saving Plan
Andy Asher: So is it possible this year that kids won’t be seeing as many Playstation's and X-Boxes under the Christmas tree, instead, just an envelope from the grandparents. Well that could be the case if the current trend spills over the holiday gift-giving, because according to a recent research, grandparents are increasingly getting more involved in their grandchildren's education expenses. In fact, a research by TIAA-CREF, 40% of Americans who sought financial advice in 2013, wondered to know more about education-related topics such as [...]
Travel Medicine: What to Know Before You Go
Andy Asher: Well here’s a medical specialty maybe you haven’t heard about. How about travel medicine? No, it’s not about the doctor that travels all the time, but he helps the medical side or patients who travel. Maybe one of the best jobs for traveling is with Dr. Michael Zimring, and he’s Director of the Center for Wilderness in Travel Medicine at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Anyway, we got hold of him because it turns out, if you are traveling here, abroad, or exotic, there are lot of medical things to know about. But the [...]
Preventing Medicare from “Going Bad”
Andy Asher: So today, I asked a pioneer in the home health agency management and training Industry, Diane Omdahl, who has kept her finger on the pulse of the healthcare industry evolution for more than 30 years and she is now co-founder of 65 Incorporated. Prior to that she built Beacon Health Corporation and when we spoke the other day, I asked her how she got started in what she’s doing now. Diane Omdahl: And after I retired, we sold our company and I retired for about 6 months, I decided to get into the consumer side. Initially, I wanted [...]
Bridging The Digital Divide
Andy: There probably was a time when seniors were caught inside the digital divide of computer technology, but today there are signs everywhere that older Americans are even leading way in some cases in the area of technology. Today we talk with the CEO of Connected Living, an early adopter of technology and senior living. She is Sara Hoit, who joined with her partner to start the company. Sara: And it was really a belief that if we could truly connect an older generation in a way that the rest of the world was now connected through the [...]
