Die of a broken heart? Scared to death?

Die of a broken heart? Scared to death?

Get my Newsletter and 1-page action sheets Explore whether emotions like grief, fear, anger, loneliness, and chronic stress can truly affect the heart — and what the evidence suggests we can do to protect ourselves. Can you really die of a broken heart? Rarely, yes. The clearest medical example is Takotsubo syndrome, also known as stress cardiomyopathy or “broken heart syndrome.” It can occur after an intense emotional or physical stressor, causing chest pain, shortness of breath, and a tempo...

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You Can Still Change Your Future Starting Today

You Can Still Change Your Future Starting Today

Sign-up for Newsletter (and get 1-page action summary) Episode Summary: In this episode, I explore whether it’s ever “too late” to change your health future—and why the science suggests that earlier i...

1 Juli 24min

Good Enough Exercise

Good Enough Exercise

I’m joined by Dr. Jeffrey Sankoff to talk about three exercise “rules” you may be allowed to break: you don’t always need to spread workouts across the week, intensity doesn’t have to come from a form...

11 Juni 40min

Longevity Summarized: The Compass, the Detour, and the Parking Brake

Longevity Summarized: The Compass, the Detour, and the Parking Brake

After 70 episodes, I've noticed a pattern that keeps showing up in every corner of longevity, wellness, and medicine: people don’t fail because they “don’t care.” They fail because the signal is burie...

2 Juni 24min

Diet soda, Twinkies, and the Questions that Matter

Diet soda, Twinkies, and the Questions that Matter

Episode Summary: In this episode, I look at diet soda, artificial sweeteners, and the real-world question that matters most: compared with what, at what dose, for whom, and at what tradeoff? Diet Coke...

21 Maj 28min

What’s Wrong With Me?” What AI Gets Right — And What It Gets Really Wrong

What’s Wrong With Me?” What AI Gets Right — And What It Gets Really Wrong

In this episode, I explore where AI can genuinely help with health questions, where it can fall dangerously short, and how to use it more wisely before trusting it with decisions that really matter. A...

12 Maj 32min

#69 Being Happy:  Physiology Often Beats Insight

#69 Being Happy: Physiology Often Beats Insight

In this episode, I explore a difficult but important idea: when it comes to depression, anxiety, fear, and emotional suffering, changing physiology often works better than understanding the story behi...

30 Apr 21min

When Acupuncture and Massage Work—and When They Don’t

When Acupuncture and Massage Work—and When They Don’t

This episode explores what massage and acupuncture can genuinely help with, where the benefits appear to be mostly short term, and where the evidence simply does not support the bigger claims. Massage...

21 Apr 20min

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