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54: 53. How Hello Again’s Patty Pappas and Carrie Mapes turned a parking lot conversation into perimenopause solutions

Send us a text In the last 3+ years longtime friends Patty Pappas and Carrie Mapes have completely transformed how THC and CBD can be delivered to help people through peri/menopause, all without any psychoactive effect. They were stay-at-home moms when they dreamed up and launched their fast-growing California-based company Hello Again, which recently expanded…

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Psychedelics And The Autonomic Nervous System – LSD and DMT

Hi everyone! Welcome to another episode of the Health Upgrade Podcast. In today’s episode, we will continue talking about the effects of psychedelics mainly LSD and DMT on the body and on the autonomic nervous system. LSD is probably one of the hallucinogenic drugs that has some potential to be addictive and the autonomic nervous…

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Psychedelics And The Autonomic Nervous System Mescaline And Psilocybin

Hello everybody. Welcome back to the Health Upgrade Podcast! For today’s episode we are going to shift gears from recreational drugs that have been used in addictive ways, to different types of drugs that are called psychedelics, hallucinogens and dissociative medications. These drugs are mind altering. They literally change your brain. They don't share…

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Emerging Science In Microglial Cell Activity – featuring Dr. Marie-Eve Tremblay

Hello everybody and welcome on the Health Upgrade Podcast In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of talking with Dr. Marie-Eve Tremblay from University of Victoria. She is Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier II) of Neurobiology of Aging and Cognition   Dr. Tremblay’s research focuses on aging and cognition, using both animal and…

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51: 50. Rochelle Weitzner is the menopause skincare OG

Send us a text Update: Rochelle has since exited Pause-Well Aging.  It’s hard to believe that when Rochelle Weitzner launched her company in 2019, Pause-Well Aging was the first to target the wide-open menopause space. The beauty industry veteran ran or helped run brands like Erno Laszlo, Laura Mercier Cosmetics and RéVive Skincare before she…

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The Neuroscience Of Drug Addiction – Part 1

Hello, everybody and welcome back to the Health Upgrade Podcast! Today, we will be talking about drug addiction and how the autonomic nervous system is affected by the use of opioid medication and drugs. These drugs are mainly heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamines. Becoming addicted to these medications will lead to lots of health problems,…

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49: 48. How Irene Ndagire launched Menopause Uganda

Send us a text Ann Marie McQueen speaks to Irene Ndagire, a physiotherapist based in Kampala, Uganda. She runs the Women’s Health Foundation, launched in 2014, and has been advising women on all aspects of menopause.  She recently launched Menopause Uganda to help even more people menopause symptoms, fear and other issues associated with the…

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