Episodes

  • Show 1429: How to Love Your Liver and Protect its Superpowers

    Show 1429: How to Love Your Liver and Protect its Superpowers
    May 2 2025
    This week, Joe and Terry discuss liver health with two specialists. You may not have spent much time thinking about your liver. It is, however, an absolutely essential organ. When the liver is working properly, every part of the body gets the nutrients it needs and no parts are exposed to damaging toxins. These are […]
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Show 1467: Can You Disagree Without Fighting? Building Bridges, Not Battles!

    Show 1467: Can You Disagree Without Fighting? Building Bridges, Not Battles!
    Mar 25 2026
    A chance encounter with a stranger on an airplane offers lessons for all of us in how to disagree without fighting. Infectious disease expert Morgan Goheen, MD, was wary when the person in the seat next to hers struck up a conversation with questions about the origins of Lyme disease and the value of being […]
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Show 1466: Could Hidden Infections Be Driving Chronic Disease?

    Show 1466: Could Hidden Infections Be Driving Chronic Disease?
    Mar 19 2026
    Chronic diseases make up the bulk of the problems that modern health care must address. Each condition seems to have its own drivers–cholesterol for heart disease, airway hyperreactivity for asthma, neurotransmitter imbalance for depression and other psychiatric disorders, a buildup of amyloid beta in the brain for Alzheimer disease. What if all these conditions had […]
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Show 1465: Food Fight! Should We Flip the Food Pyramid Upside-Down?

    Show 1465: Food Fight! Should We Flip the Food Pyramid Upside-Down?
    Mar 12 2026
    Every five years, the Departments of Agriculture and of Health and Human Services jointly issue guidelines on what we should eat. The most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2025-2030) have been controversial. [Here is a link: https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov] Among other things, the administration decided to flip the food pyramid upside-down in illustrating its recommendations. Why did […]
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Show 1464: Can Vaccines Protect the Brain from Dementia?

    Show 1464: Can Vaccines Protect the Brain from Dementia?
    Mar 6 2026
    According to the Alzheimer’s Association, nearly seven million Americans currently suffer from that type of dementia. Experts expect that more will be burdened with it in the future, as baby boomers continue to reach advanced ages. Many people are eager to protect the brain from deterioration. In this episode, we discuss an unexpected approach to […]
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Show 1463: Why We Eat Too Much and What to Do About It

    Show 1463: Why We Eat Too Much and What to Do About It
    Feb 27 2026
    Obesity is a big problem in the US. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases says 2 out of every 5 American adults are obese. What’s more, one in three is overweight, with only about 25 percent of us at a healthy weight. It’s not just adults; children are increasingly suffering weight […]
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    58 mins
  • Show 1462: Using Focused Ultrasound Against Parkinson Disease and Tremor

    Show 1462: Using Focused Ultrasound Against Parkinson Disease and Tremor
    Feb 18 2026
    Most medical interventions are either pharmacological–prescribe a drug–or surgical–remove or repair the offending body part. If those approaches are inappropriate, doctors long for a different technology. In this episode, we discuss the development of a relatively new noninvasive technology, focused ultrasound. Doctors use it to treat conditions such as Parkinson disease or essential tremor. It […]
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Show 1461: How Patients Are Using Technology to Heal Healthcare

    Show 1461: How Patients Are Using Technology to Heal Healthcare
    Feb 12 2026
    Medicine has changed enormously over the last several decades. As with other parts of society, digital technology has disrupted previous practices. Clinicians can now care for patients at home, monitoring them with sophisticated sensors for oxygen saturation, heart rhythm, blood pressure and much more. Even more significant, patients now have greater access to medical knowledge […]
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    58 mins