Innovative HealthIER Hallloween Treats | Learn From Chef Eric!

Halloween doesn't have to be a choice between fun and healthy eating. Join Chef Eric and me as we show you how to make a healthier Halloween candy that's full of flavor, satisfies your sweet tooth, and is made with ingredients you can actually feel good about sharing with your family. Whether you…

How This New Wound Care Tech Heals Wounds Faster With Less Pain

If you or a loved one have a severe, non-healing wound, a doctor might recommend a Wound Vac (also known as Negative Pressure Wound Therapy or NPWT). But how does a wound vac actually work, and why can it sometimes be painful? In this video, hosts Kim Cantwell-Opazo and Dr. Michael Devine break do…

Hospital Standard of Care Discussed

What does "standard hospital care" actually mean? What rights do you have as a patient? And what should you know before you or someone you love is discharged or transferred from a hospital? I'm joined by Gayle Nash, President and CEO of Nash Healthcare Consulting, to take us behind the scenes of t…

How I Built My Own PAD Training Plan

What do you do when your doctors tell you to "just lose weight and walk"… but don't tell you how? In this episode of The Heart of Innovation, Dr. John Phillips and I welcome Larry Dewdad, a lifelong entertainer, comedian, trade show speaker, and television personality, who found himself facing a c…

Miguel Manzur and Kymberlie McNicholas

One of the hardest sentences a patient can hear is, "There are no more options." Every week through the Global PAD Association's Leg Saver Hotline, I hear from people living with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) and Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) who have been told amputation may be their …

The Deadlier Disease You've Never Heard Of: Launching the PAD Patient Registry

Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) is more prevalent and deadlier than most cancers combined, yet over 30% of Americans have never heard of it. Why? Textbook symptoms like leg pain, cramping, and slowed walking are routinely misdiagnosed as normal aging or joint issues. On this edition of The Heart of…

Why Walking 22 Minutes More With Your Dog Matters

Join hosts Dr. John Phillips and Global PAD Association CEO Kym McNicholas on The Heart of Innovation as they broadcast live with Dr. Christopher Stout from Ozark Vein & Vascular's 3rd annual PAWS For PAD event. Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) causes poor circulation in the legs and affects 1 in 5…

PAD Walking Before AND After a Stent? | Dr. Jonathan Myers & PREPARE-IT

It is my honor to recognize Dr. Jonathan Myers, PhD and the PREPARE-IT research team with the 2026 Best Walking Initiative of the Year Award through the patient-nominated Global PAD Impact Awards. Dr. Myers, Director of Cardiopulmonary Research at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Clinical P…

Treating Arthritis With Embolization From Your Shoulders To Your Feet

New minimally invasive treatments for arthritis and chronic joint pain are giving some patients options beyond medications, injections and more invasive surgery. Vascular surgeon Dr. Daniel Nathanson explains Genicular Artery Embolization (GAE), MSK embolization and how image-guided vascular techni…

New Woundcare Treatments and New Music With Vascular Surgeon Dr. Robert McLafferty

What does it take to heal a wound when poor blood flow is working against you? Dr. Robert McLafferty has spent his career as a vascular surgeon working to save life and limb. But there's another side to him that we first introduced you to several months ago: he's also a songwriter and musician. N…