The Opioid Epidemic: A Pain For The Masses
On this week's episode of the pod, we are joined by Dr. Ryan Marino (medical toxicologist, ER doc, and addiction specialist) to discuss the opioid crisis. We kick things off with some statistics on op...
6 Dec 202353min
Is The U.S. Healthcare System On Life Support?
This week on the podcast, we're joined by Dr. Kate Baicker, a leading expert in the economic analysis of healthcare policy, to delve into the intricacies of the U.S. healthcare system. We begin by lay...
29 Nov 202353min
Clearing Up Any Nipple Confusion About Bottle Feeding
On this week's episode of the pod, we are joined by Dr. Alison Ventura who has expertise in early childhood nutrition and development to talk about infant feeding. We kick things off with some statist...
22 Nov 202343min
A Veterinarian's Guide to Purr-vention
On this week's episode of the pod, we tackle veterinary health and pet preventive medicine. We were joined by "Veterinary Hero" Dr. Matt McGlasson to dig into several important topics. We start with v...
15 Nov 202356min
Clickbait and Switch: The Viral Spread of Social Media Misinformation
On this week's podcast episode, Professor Tim Caulfield joins us to discuss the media's impact on health policy and science literacy. We dig into the concept of false balance with recent examples, and...
8 Nov 202345min
The PFASt and the Furious: Endocrine Expressway
On this week's podcast episode, we tackle a topic that is splashed across every news outlet - PFAS and, more broadly, endocrine disruptors. To cover this very important issue we are joined by TWO expe...
1 Nov 20231h 2min
The FDA: A Spoonful of Safety Makes The Medicine Go Down
On this week's episode of the pod, we are talking about a drug that's been available for decades but is suddenly being pulled from shelves: phenylephrine (something you've probably reached for when yo...
25 Okt 202351min
Are You Ready For Some Sniffles? Don't Get Tackled by Respiratory Illness Season
On this week's episode of the pod, we are doing a respiratory illness season roundup because it is upon us! We kick things off with a discussion on COVID-19 and the newly updated vaccines (including m...
18 Okt 202344min
