Speaker 1:
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Welcome to the MedEvidence Monday Minute Radio Show hosted by Kevin Gettings of WSOS St Augustine Radio and powered by Encore Research Group. Each Monday morning, dr Michael Coran calls in to bring you the latest medical updates with insightful discussions. Medevidence is where we help you navigate the real truth behind medical research, with 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.
Speaker 2:
0:31
Kind of realize how the years go by when we have 83-year-old Ringo Starr singing about somebody being 16, right, dr Michael Coran?
Speaker 3:
0:39
Yeah, yeah, that brings back old memories.
Speaker 2:
0:42
The.
Speaker 3:
0:42
Ringo Starr is surprised. Just a little tribute question. I think he had as many top hits as the other Beatles in his solo careers. No one would have expected that when the Beatles broke up.
Speaker 2:
0:53
Yeah, yeah, he's always sort of viewed as the joke of the Beatles, but he's also done a ton of live music stuff. He's been here in St Augustine to the amphitheater on numerous occasions, always a sellout. So Dr Michael Coran joins us live on the studio line. Of course he's probably on his way to the hospital to save a life as we speak. That's why he's on the car phone, right.
Speaker 3:
1:13
I am on the car phone and I am on the way to the hospital And, as I mentioned before, we're always looking for net positive in each of my days in clinical medicine, that's why he actually keeps score.
Speaker 2:
1:27
No, I'm just kidding.
Speaker 3:
1:31
Well, usually there aren't that many bodies.
Speaker 2:
1:35
Dr Michael Coran. of course, dr Michael Coran is a medical doctor, cardiologist, also a research scientist, and he's a big part of our family here at WSOS. He joins us on Monday mornings. We talk about clinical research because he's very much involved with on-core docs. They have an office here in St John's County, in St Augustine, near Flagler Hospital, where they conduct clinical trials and you can participate in those trials and they deal with all kinds of different health issues. Odds are pretty good that you would qualify for something, even if it's something like I'm doing, like participating in a flu shot effort. But everything from cardiac health issues to diabetes, to cholesterol, and the list goes on and on. And we wanted to talk with the doctor today about something we're very fond of here The notion of an album versus just a single release of a song.
Speaker 3:
2:22
Right, Yeah, yeah, it's funny We've been having this conversation this week. I got a lot of good feedback about our discussion last week where we showed that everybody should be thinking about lipoprotein, little a or some cholesterol issue, particularly genetic cholesterol issue, when they listen to the song Sounds of Silence. So people really love the analogies between the medical industry and the music industry. So I got to thinking about the fact that a research protocol is like an album and going to the doctor is like listening to a single And just like we all consume our music nowadays one song at a time, we tend to consume our health care that way. So you go to the doctor, you go to a different specialist, you deal with one problem at one time And that's okay.
Speaker 3:
3:10
But you don't get that integrated sense of a story and the experience of the album like the old days. So when you do research protocols it's very, very different because the entire story is laid out for you. You know your experience is going to be over the course of the clinical trial. That trial may be just a few visits, it may be a long, traumatic study that goes on over five years, or it could be spending overnight time with us at our facility in-house in Jacksonville. So there are many different ways to experience a research protocol, but it's like an album.
Speaker 3:
3:43
And I have to say I kind of missed that not about you, kevin, but you know the old days the albums were bigger than individual songs. For example, you know Revolver was bigger than any of the songs on it. You go back to physical graffiti or even Little Jagged Pill or Thriller, or all these great albums were actually bigger than the individual songs that were produced on them. So I think I like this throwback concept. What do you think?
Speaker 2:
4:10
No, absolutely. I'm thinking of the rumors album you know, for example, or Peter Frampton Live, and of course, you're always excited about the album cover. You know, which is cool, and a lot of our listeners are big fans of vinyl, and so they understand exactly what we're talking about, right?
Speaker 3:
4:25
Absolutely So. on your format radio station. I think it's a really perfect discussion. But again, getting back to what we do in clinical research, we're definitely experiencing a holistic experience And that's much more like an album than a single.
Speaker 2:
4:39
Absolutely Well to learn more about how that works, how you would fit into it and how you'll get. I promise you some of the best health care that you've ever had And you'll have some of the most positive experiences. You always walk out of the experience with encore research and participating in a clinical trial. You know the smile on your face and a sense of peace you know, which, quite honestly, you don't get sometimes in other health care settings. We encourage you to learn more by going to encore docscom that's on core docscom, or call them to learn how you can participate in a trial right here in St Augustine. 904-730-0166, is their telephone number. Punch that into your cell phone 904-730-0166. Dr Corn, you got to watch the fireworks somewhere, or how you're going to spend the fourth tomorrow.
Speaker 3:
5:24
Yeah, i think I'll get down to the Jack's Beach Pier and take a look at some fireworks, so I'm looking forward to that All right.
Speaker 2:
5:31
well, be safe this weekend and we'll talk with you next week, Okay.
Speaker 1:
5:36
Sounds great. Thanks, Kevin. Thanks for joining the MedEvidence podcast. To learn more, head over to medevidencecom or subscribe to our podcast on your favorite podcast platform.
