Reaching Maximum Potential

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Announcer: 0:00

Welcome to the MedEvidence Monday Minute Radio Show, Hosted by Kevin Geddings of WSOS St. Augustine Radio and powered by ENCORE Research Group. Each monday morning, Dr. Michael Koren calls in to bring up the latest medical updates with insightful discussions. MedEvidence is where we help you navigate the real truth behind medical research from both a clinical and research perspective. So sit back, relax, and get ready to learn about the Truth Behind the Data in medicine and healthcare. This is MedEvidence!

Kevin Geddings: 0:31

Dr. Michael Koren, medical doctor, cardiologist, and research scientist. Dr. Koren, we were talking off the air. A lot's going on over the weekend, of course, with the war in Iran, correct?

Dr. Michael Koren: 0:41

Oh wow, what a crazy weekend. It just to start off my comments on behalf of myself, we want to wish our troops in harm's way our thoughts and prayers, and hopefully they will have a rapid, successful completion of their mission and and come home as as soon as feasible. But again, thoughts and prayers with our troops overseas, number one. I guess the other thing that was interesting over the weekend from uh sort of your your area, Kevin, is uh Neil Sedaka died.

Announcer: 1:09

Right.

Dr. Michael Koren: 1:09

And that's that's kind of an interesting story. Yeah, I I as you know, I'm a little bit of a student of uh musical history and uh Neil Sedaka was an interesting character in that he was in that wave of talent in the late nineteen fifties, early nineteen sixties that transitioned rock and roll from its African American and blues roots to more of the pop culture that we have seen over the last, you know, two generations now. And a couple of things of his story that I find super interesting. One is that he grew up in Brooklyn and you know, probably a lower middle class type household. But in public school in Brooklyn, he had a I think it was a second grade teacher who identified that he had actually pretty amazing musical talent. And that teacher brought these talents to the attention of the parents. And uh Sedaka's dad was a cab driver, as I recall, and his mom was, you know, an at home mom. But mom actually took out a second job so that the family could buy Neil a second hand piano when he was in elementary school and he of course took to it quickly and became, you know, a a pop star and actually a music legend. And it brings up a couple of interesting things. One is you know how important teachers are, especially, you know, early grade teachers, in terms of identifying talent. I do believe that most of our teachers understand that and and still see their role as to you know, both look at the talent and the weaknesses of their students and and guide them as best as possible through the educational system so that each individual can reach their maximal potential. And then it it also is kinda related to what we do in research, Kevin, because when we do our evaluations, we look at your individual health history. And then we try to take what's happening in research and apply that to your health history so then you too can get the maximum benefit and the best possible outcome. And often that involves getting some lab tests or getting some additional information that even your own doctor may not get because it's not readily available, and then seeing whether or not you fit into one of the programs that we're running, but more broadly, give you information that will help each individual who we touch a better outcome overall. And sometimes that involves being in a clinical trial, sometimes that involves just telling you, well, you're not a good candidate for anything we're doing right at the moment, but we'll we'll keep you in mind.

Kevin Geddings: 3:37

No, absolutely, and great opportunities to do that in all sorts of areas, everything from hypertension to cholesterol issues. Obviously, I was just a participant in this study in the last few weeks relating to the COVID vaccine. So there are all kinds of opportunities. Any closing thoughts, Dr. Koren, before we let you go?

Dr. Michael Koren: 3:54

Well, again, uh eventful week. Again, our thoughts and prayers with the troops.

Kevin Geddings: 3:58

Dr. Michael Koren, we appreciate you. Thank you very much, and we'll talk again next week.

Dr. Michael Koren: 4:02

Sounds great, Kevin.

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