Campfire Medicine

We can do so much as NDs for our heart patients. Cardiology can be a daunting subject and conventional treatment methods and guidelines can seem set in stone but there are many novel testing methods and cutting edge therapies that NDs are adopting for the benefit of our patients. This course explores all of these topics and more! Currently this course consists of the following interview with more webinars planned for the near future.

The Webinar Series includes: 

Interview with Dr. Doug Harrington MD

Dr. Douglas Harrington has over 25 years of experience in the research, development, commercialization, and expansion of innovative healthcare technology and services. Dr. Harrington was a member of Dr. Jack Copeland’s, first heart transplant team in Arizona in 1979, and co-founded one of the first clinical molecular biology laboratories in the U.S. with the Nebraska Lymphoma Study Group headed by Dr. Jim Armitage. As former President and Lab Director of Nichols Institute, Dr. Harrington expanded their molecular genetics, infectious disease, immunology, cytogenetic, and anatomic pathology offerings.

Dr. Harrington has developed patents for an automated method for image analysis of residual cancer protein, a patent covering catalytic heavy metal extraction, and a patent pending on biomarker assay for diagnosis and classification of cardiac disease. He has been involved as director or founder of multiple startup companies - from devices to molecular genetics focusing on immunology, cancer and cardiology, where he has taken a number of new molecular technologies through state and federal regulatory approval.

Throughout his career Dr. Harrington has remained a Clinical Professor of Pathology at the USC Keck School of medicine, a published author of numerous peer-reviewed papers, and a sought after speaker in the area of preventive medicine. In addition to being the CEO & Lab Director of Global Discovery Biosciences, Dr. Harrington received his BA in molecular biology, and MD from the University of Colorado at Boulder and is board certified in hematology, anatomic and clinical pathology.

Dr. Doug Harrington Cardiologist offers his expertise and growing knowledge about how to use inflammatory markers to investigate cardiovascular disease and gives us some insight into Long Covid.

HBA1C in the PULS is useful as a marker for insulin resistance. What is a good follow-up for testing insulin resistance?

How is Vitamin D connected to PULS?

• Is there a relationship between low Vitamin D and elevated PULS markers?
• There seems to be a connection with COVID severity and low Vitamin D levels. Is this captured with the PULS?

PULS and Autoimmunity

• If rheumatic conditions increase CVD risk, does the PULS have trouble distinguishing between the RA and the CVD risk or are they one and the same?

Which patient populations/conditions should not do the PULS test?

Vegan diets and CVD risk?

• Predominantly plant based diets and PULS results. Are you seeing connections?

What is the least amount of time between retesting to establish significant change?

COVID Long Haulers

• How can we use the PULS test to guide investigation of post COVID symptoms?
• How can we use PULS to guide treatment of post COVID symptoms?

Heart Rate Variability (HRV)

Is HRV really the objective measure of autonomic nervous system activity that it's chalked up to be? The short answer is - Yes, it sure looks like it! There is an explosion of data currently being published on HRV and its association with diseases, health, diet and lifestyle, and HRV already being adopted by major wearable technology devices and companies for its biofeedback, and potentially predictive, qualities as an indicator of health. What do we already know, and how can we leverage this data for the benefit of our patients, and ourselves? Dr. Marr introduces you to the concept of HRV, the exciting ways it's been studied, and how it could be a game-changer in health, medicine and coaching.

In this webinar:

1. What is HRV, and why is it important?
2. What are the different ways can we assess HRV?
3. Should I be comparing my HRV to others'?
4. How to get the most out of your Oura ring or Whoop band.
5. What factors effect HRV?
6. What diseases have shown correlation with HRV?
7. What impact do diet, lifestyle, and inflammation, have on HRV?
   
   

Future webinars:

• Diabetes Labs
• Inflammatory Markers