In Good Health

Each week, In Good Health, from the creators of Radio Health Journal, breaks down important news in medicine, science and technology with the help of world-renowned experts. Our three weekly segments will help guide you to a happier, healthier life – with some fun facts to share at dinner parties. Can magic mushrooms cure your depression? Have we outrun natural selection?

Hosted by Elizabeth Westfield, Greg Johnson and Maayan Voss de Bettancourt and produced by Kristen Farrah and Amirah Zaveri. New shows posted each Sunday by 5 a.m. EST. Subscribe, listen, and rate. If you’re looking for older episodes, you can find our entire segment catalog on our website ingoodhealthpodcast.org. Also, check out the latest on FB, IG, X, and YouTube @ingoodhealthpod.

Health & Fitness
Science
Medicine
1076
Car Crashes and PTSD
Car accident survivors and one of the world's foremost experts discuss variables that make PTSD worse and essentials victims must carry out to recover.
14 min
1077
Violence Against Healthcare Workers
Experts discuss how and why attacks on health care workers occur and how hospitals and health care workers can do a better job preventing them.
15 min
1078
Medical Notes 17-06
1 min
1079
Exoskeletons: Enabling Paraplegics To Walk Again
14 min
1080
Medical Notes 16-39
1 min
1081
Tone Deafness
Millions of people can't carry a tune when they sing and believe they're tone deaf. However, most simply have trouble matching tones when they sing and would benefit from more practice. To the truly tone deaf person, all pitches sound alike. No amount...
13 min
1082
Baby Talk
Experts discuss why and how parents should hold "conversations" with their babies.
15 min
1083
Shortening the Course of Antibiotics
Since the introduction of antibiotics doctors have prescribed courses of treatment that typically ran longer than necessary but bacterial resistance is forcing a reevaluation.
17 min
1084
Stoned Driving
16 min
1085
Enhancing Food Safety
An expert discusses why food contamination scares are becoming more common, what producers are doing to protect us, and what we can do in our own kitchens to make foods safer.
13 min
1086
Brain Injury and Homelessness
12 min
1087
The High Health Cost of Sugar
One expert describes why he believes sugar is to blame for the obesity epidemic, and changes that made sugar a larger part of our diets.
11 min
1088
The Powerful Influence of Friends (2016 version)
An expert discusses the many ways friends determine our destinies.
13 min
1089
Cancer Treatment and Sex
10 min
1090
Medical Notes 17-08
1 min
1091
Medical Notes 17-05
1 min
1092
Doctor Suicide
Experts discuss the coverup of doctor suicides, the reasons behind depression in doctors, and why doctors who are depressed are less likely than normal to get help.
17 min
1093
The Haitian Cholera Coverup
14 min
1094
Exploding Head Syndrome
A sleep disorder strangely named "exploding head syndrome" may keep more than 10 percent of people awake at night by inflicting them with crashing sounds that only they can hear.
8 min
1095
How Income Affects Life Expectancy
17 min
1096
Silent Reflux
An expert discusses telltale symptoms of silent reflux and the dietary triggers that can cause the disorder.
10 min
1097
Medical Notes 16-46
1 min
1098
Giggling Epilepsy
10 min
1099
Cancer Research Recruitment
16 min
1100
Miscommunication and Color Energy
13 min