Episodes

  • Show 1471: Broken Bills: Why Americans Pay Twice as Much for Less Care

    Show 1471: Broken Bills: Why Americans Pay Twice as Much for Less Care
    Apr 30 2026
    Americans often boast of having the best health care in the world. It is certainly the most expensive health care. We pay twice as much as people in many other industrialized nations. Are we getting our money’s worth? Some population statistics, such as life expectancy, suggest we could be doing much better. How can we […]
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Show 1470: Why Your Doctor Should Prescribe Exercise to Treat Depression, Cancer & Aging

    Show 1470: Why Your Doctor Should Prescribe Exercise to Treat Depression, Cancer & Aging
    Apr 23 2026
    If you had to name one thing that could contribute to better health throughout the lifespan, what would it be? We think exercise, or at least physical activity deserves the top spot. Yet in 2025, fewer than half of adults met the guidelines for aerobic physical activity. And less than one-quarter were doing both aerobic […]
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Show 1188: The Healing Potential of Psychedelic Drugs: New Day!

    Show 1188: The Healing Potential of Psychedelic Drugs: New Day!
    Apr 23 2026
    Many indigenous peoples around the world have developed traditional uses for psychedelic compounds. In Western medicine, these were mostly unknown until Albert Hoffmann synthesized LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) in 1938. He later tried to figure out how it might be used after having an extraordinary personal experience. By the mid to late 1960s, psychedelic drugs […]
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    57 mins
  • Show 1469: Fresh Air & Sunlight: How Some Hospitals Are Rediscovering This Healing Secret

    Show 1469: Fresh Air & Sunlight: How Some Hospitals Are Rediscovering This Healing Secret
    Apr 16 2026
    Hospitals can be pretty overwhelming. Sometimes you may feel like you need a map to find your way around the maze, not to mention a trusty guide to get you to the department or health professional that could actually help you overcome illness. In addition, being hospitalized often means being deprived of fresh air & […]
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Show 1468: Healing Joints and Nerves: The New Science of Regenerative Therapies

    Show 1468: Healing Joints and Nerves: The New Science of Regenerative Therapies
    Apr 8 2026
    Millions of Americans are in pain. Arthritic joints make exercise difficult, even though moving is one of the best things we can do for joint pain. Pinched nerves can cause excruciating, long-lasting pain. The usual treatments, such as NSAIDs, may help ease the pain momentarily, but do nothing to help heal the underlying condition. What […]
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Show 1429: How to Love Your Liver and Protect its Superpowers (Archive)

    Show 1429: How to Love Your Liver and Protect its Superpowers (Archive)
    Apr 2 2026
    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