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Greetings and Felicitations

Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance. He is also endlessly curious. He has a wide variety of other interests such as mysteries and thrillers, history, pop culture, sports, economics and current events. In this podcast, Tom gets to visit with folks (mostly) outside the compliance arena for a more personal podcast. Join him on the Tom Fox report as he explores his ever burgeoning interests in this most unique of podcasts.
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Episodes

Understanding Lyme Disease - Episode 5: Looking Ahead

Scott Endicott and Ben Locwin with host Tom Fox are back for part 5 of the Understanding Lyme Disease Podcast series. In this episode, they talk about living with chronic toxicity and co-infectious agents. A Useful Approach to Knowledge The best way to help yourself, and loved ones who have been diagnosed with Lyme disease, is to seek out accurate information to make sure that you get the best treatment options available. The earlier treatment is applied, the more effective it is. The Next Steps...

Nov 19, 202116 minEp. 5

Understanding Lyme Disease - Episode 4: Prevention and Immunity

Scott Endicott and Ben Locwin with host Tom Fox are back for part 4 of the Understanding Lyme Disease Podcast series. In this episode, they talk about the immune system as the body’s first line of defense, how to boost your immunity, and take charge of your health. Prevention Beats Correction Prevention beats correction every time, and the best way to treat Lyme disease is to reduce your chances of contracting it at all. Ben advises listeners to take precautions when entering areas where ticks a...

Nov 18, 202117 minEp. 4

Understanding Lyme Disease - Episode 3: Treatment and Innovation

Tom Fox welcomes back Scott Endicott and Ben Locwin to part 3 of the Understanding Lyme Disease Podcast Series. In this episode, they look at treatment solutions for Lyme disease. The Current Lyme Treatment The current treatment for Lyme disease is more focused on adults. It's a non innovative approach, however, as Ben points out. The current standard treatment is a 100 milligram dosage of Doxycycline twice per day for 10 to 12 days. Patients will typically get three weeks worth of prescription....

Nov 17, 202114 minEp. 3

Understanding Lyme Disease - Episode 2: The Diagnosis Dilemma

Tom Fox welcomes back Scott Endicott and Ben Locwin on this episode of the Understanding Lyme Disease Podcast Series. Scott - who has had Lyme disease - is a clinical researcher, and Ben deals with Healthcare Policy at Maven. In this episode, they look at the changes that occur in the body when you contract Lyme disease. Testing For Lyme Disease There are blood tests that are carried out to determine whether a patient has Lyme disease, and it's a two step process. The first half of the test is c...

Nov 16, 202114 minEp. 2

Understanding Lyme Disease - Episode 1: Origins and Evolution

Scott Endicott and Ben Locwin are Tom Fox’s guests on the first episode of the Lyme disease series. Scott is the Executive Leader of Healthcare Solutions at CliniHealth Solutions. Ben is a TEDx speaker, healthcare and pharmaceutical executive with experience in senior management teams. They join Tom to talk about how Lyme disease first came about, symptoms, and the misinformation surrounding the disease. The Discovery of Lyme Disease Lyme disease has been around for millions of years, however, i...

Nov 15, 202113 minEp. 1

Ed Gillespie-Policeman Poet of Baltimore

Welcome to the Greetings and Felicitations, a podcast where I explore topics which might not seem to be directly related to compliance but clearly influence our profession. In this episode, I visit with Detective Ed Gillespie, from the Baltimore Police Department, who has incorporated the writing of poetry into his police work. We also talk about why a humanities approach to instructing police academy cadets can bring real change in policing. Some of the highlights include: Background of Ed Gill...

Nov 10, 202120 min

Ben Locwin on the Delta Variant

Welcome to newest edition to the Compliance Podcast Network: Greetings and Felicitations, a podcast where Tom Fox visits with a wide variety of guests on a wide variety of topics. In today’s inaugural episode I visit with Compliance Podcast Network fan favorite Dr. Ben Locwin. We take a deep dive into where we are into where we are with the Delta Variant, immunization, health care economics and delivery of health care services.

Sep 23, 202123 minEp. 8

Journey to Babel and the Medicine of TOS

In this podcast we consider the TOS episode Journey to Babel as a starting point for the consideration of the medicine portrayed in the Original Series. The Enterprise transports ambassadors to a conference to discuss the admission of Corridon, a star system composed of many mutually combative races, to the Federation. Corridon contains a nearly unlimited supply of dilithium crystals, but its small population and lack of strong government has allowed illegal mining operations by outsiders seekin...

Jul 16, 202115 minEp. 6

Tomorrow is Yesterday and Black Holes, White Holes, and Wormholes

In this series I am joined by Astrophysicist and Healthcare Futurist Ben Locwin. In this podcast we consider the TOS episode Tomorrow is Yesterday as a starting point for the consideration of the science around black holes, white holes, and wormholes. In this episode, USS Enterprise is thrown back in time to Earth during the 1960s by the effects of a high-gravity "black star". The Enterprise ends up in Earth's upper atmosphere and is picked up as a UFO on military radar. Spock and Chief Engineer...

Jul 15, 202117 minEp. 6

The Naked Time and Warp Drive

Welcome to Greetings and Felicitations. In this series I am joined by Astrophysicist and Healthcare Futurist Ben Locwin. In this podcast we consider the TOS episode The Naked Time as a starting point for the consideration of the science around the warp drive. A landing party from the Enterprise beams aboard Psi 2000, an ancient planet about to break up. They find all six of the crew manning the station dead. Crewman Joey unwisely removes his gloves is contaminated by a red liquid. As Psi 2000 sh...

Jul 14, 202117 minEp. 4

Mirror Mirror and Transporters

In this episode of Greetings and Felicitations, I am joined by Astrophysicist and Healthcare Futurist Ben Locwin. In this podcast we consider the TOS episode Mirror Mirror as a starting point for the consideration of the science around the transporter. In this episode, a landing party Kirk, McCoy, Scotty, and Uhura beams back up to the Enterprise. Interference from an ion storm, however, causes them to be transported into a parallel universe and a mirror image Enterprise. Now aboard the Imperial...

Jul 12, 202112 minEp. 2

Where No Man Has Gone Before and Phasers

In this episode, I am joined by Astrophysicist and Healthcare Futurist Ben Locwin. In this podcast, we consider the TOS episode Where No Man Has Gone Before as a starting point for the consideration of the science around the phaser. The Federation starship Enterprise is on an exploratory mission to leave the galaxy. At the edge of the galaxy, the ship it encounters a strange barrier which damages the ship's systems and warp drive, forcing a retreat. At the same time, nine crew members are killed...

Jul 12, 202112 minEp. 3

Dr. Ben Locwin on the Current State of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Welcome to newest edition to the Compliance Podcast Network: Greetings and Felicitations, a podcast where Tom Fox visits with a wide variety of guests on a wide variety of topics. In today’s inaugural episode I visit with Compliance Podcast Network fan favorite Dr. Ben Locwin. We take a deep dive into where we are in the Covid 19 pandemic, what may be down the road and how the global vaccination response has worked to slow down this global pandemic.

Jul 07, 202131 minEp. 1
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