Episode 2: TORONTO

Empowered Sleep Apnea

Empowered Sleep Apnea: THE PODCAST
Season 2: STORIES FROM THE FIELD
Episode 2: TORONTO
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A Sleep Doc and a Scientist walk into a story of transformation…

Join Dave and Ellen as the Beautiful Blue Balloon leaves the ISLE, on a quest to seek and understand.
In this exciting episode, our intrepid explorers are regaled by the true and wonderful tale of an endless sinus infection, how this entity disguised a most unusual case of Sleep Apnea, and how the Universe can sometimes provide guidance towards wholeness in beautiful and unexpected ways.
In this episode, we’ll learn about the emerging science of Epigenetic Orthodontia—techniques that can literally change the shape of your face! What’s the risk of new innovations like this? How do they work? What is “Epigenetics,” anyway? What should patients and providers know about it? What’s an evidence-based provider supposed to think?
Never fear: Dave and Ellen harness the power of conversation to unlock these secrets, fueled by the eternal light of Sleep-Geek fascination. All will be revealed!
Special guest this episode: Kate Yeshurun, telling her true story of The Endless Sinus Infection.

About Kate: Kate works for The Kabbalah Centre International as a Kabbalah instructor and global manager of the Roots (Youth) Program. She is also in the process of becoming a certified Birth Doula with DONA International. Kate is passionate about helping individuals navigate the world with more self-love, purpose, and spiritual tools to handle any challenge. She envisions a world in which every human being feels the divinity of their own soul and feels safe and free to be who they truly are...a world in which all humans thrive peacefully together with love and good health! She has moved back home from Toronto to New York, where she currently resides with her husband and daughter.

Contact Kate at [e-mail].
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Dr. Ted Belfor and Dave wrote up Kate’s story as a Case Report, which has been submitted for publication and is currently under peer-review. The manuscript for Kate’s Case Report may be reviewed HERE.
A similar transformative Case Report (not Kate!) was recently published in the Canadian journal Oral Health.

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Chapters

1. Change The Channel! (00:00:00)

2. Disclaimer (00:00:23)

3. Main Titles (00:00:44)

4. Dave's Story: Leaving the ISLE (00:01:08)

5. Kate's Story: The Endless Sinus Infection (00:05:26)

6. Cue Majestic Theme Music (00:20:36)

7. Dave & Ellen Dish about Kate's Story (00:20:52)

8. Let's Talk About Science and the Danger of Innovation! (00:21:11)

9. The Language and Culture of Silos (00:22:42)

10. Sleep Apnea with a "Perfect" Airway (00:25:19)

11. The Harms of Siloed Thinking (00:28:04)

12. The Link Between Sleep Apnea and Chronic Sinusitis (00:31:06)

13. Not All Oral Appliances Are The Same (00:32:21)

14. Evidence-Based Medicine, Case Reports, and Medical Harm (00:33:54)

15. Uniting Silos with a Common Language (00:35:58)

16. Craniofacial Development, Epigenetics, and Epigenetic Orthodontia (00:37:47)

17. Splinting vs. Curing (00:42:19)

18. Epigenetic Orthodontics (00:43:15)

19. Are Traditional Orthodontics Doing Harm? (00:46:22)

20. What is Science? What is Research? (00:47:03)

21. EMPOWERMENT Equips Patients to Contend with Profiteers (00:50:07)

22. The Tension between Researchers and Profiteers (00:51:39)

23. The Individualized Challenge of SLEEP and the Quest for Wholeness (00:52:19)

24. The Gauntlet Called REDDIT (00:54:19)

25. Let's Hear it for Collaboration! (00:55:22)

26. The Heartbreak of Medical Harm and The Promise of Collaborative Empowerment (00:56:29)

27. The Healer's Instinct and its Spectrum (01:02:59)

28. A Researcher Walks into an N of 1 Situation... (01:05:30)

29. What is Science? (revisited) (01:06:10)

30. Publishing the Signal (01:10:05)

31. Cue Majestic Theme Music (01:11:13)

32. Outro Music and Credits (01:11:29)

33. Sleep Medicine Dad Joke (01:13:01)