Why Do Some Vaccines Protect You for Decades While Others Don't?
In this week's episode, we explore the difference between vaccines that are effective for live and those that must be renewed yearly. The difference is viruses that mutate frequently, like the flu, an...
10 Aug 5min
An Unfiltered Look at X-Linked Congenital Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus (NDI)
In this week's episode, we explore a rare genetic disorder that results in excessive urination. X-Linked Congenital Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus (NDI) is a disease where sufferers produce excessive ...
4 Aug 6min
How Excess Body Fat Affects Blood Sugar Control
In this week's episode, written by guest author Daniel Benton, we examine the link between obesity and diabetes. We look at the underlying biological mechanisms that link the two conditions, why each ...
27 Jul 8min
Improving Your Health One Step At A Time
In this week's episode, we explore what might be the oldest exercise: walking. We look at the effectiveness of walking in preventing heart disease and stroke, diabetes, and other conditions, explore w...
20 Jul 6min
Why Do Weight Loss Trials See Success in the Placebo Group?
In this week's episode, we examine a little-known benefit of being in weight loss trials: the placebo effect. We look at data showing that most people lose weight in weight loss trials, even those who...
13 Jul 6min
Diving Into The Psychology of Picky Eating May Reveal ARFID
On this week's episode, we look at a disease commonly confused for normal "picky eating," Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. This disorder, which is driven by fear, disgust, sensory sensitivit...
6 Jul 8min
Winning the Cup by Silencing Food Noise
On this week's episode, we explore the concept to "Food Noise." Food noise is excessive, intrusive, constant thoughts about food that disrupt social, mental, and physical life - including by eating ex...
29 Jun 6min
Cochlear Synaptopathy: The “Hidden” Form of Hearing Loss
In this episode, we’re talking about cochlear synaptopathy, also known as “hidden hearing loss,” a lesser-known form of hearing damage that can make understanding speech difficult even when standard h...
16 Jun 5min
