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.
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OTC Drugs and Tweens
Experts discuss how to educate tweens on taking OTC drugs safely.
11 min
1552
Biofilm
Biofilm is resistant to many antibiotics and is gaining new attention as a source of hard to eradicate infections.
14 min
1553
Incidental Genetic Findings
Genetic testing has become a widespread reality in the past five years, but doctors are struggling with what many genetic findings really mean.
14 min
1554
Keeping Secrets From Your Doctor
Experts discuss the most common reasons for secret-keeping and the consequences that may result.
8 min
1555
Concierge Medicine in Primary Care
In response to "factory medicine" some doctors are moving to a "concierge medicine" practice where patients receive more personal care for higher fees.
13 min
1556
The Psychology of Egg Donation
An author and journalist who has donated twice with vastly different results discusses the technology and what to look out for when approaching egg donation.
9 min
1557
The Bystander Effect
Experts discuss why this effect occurs and how it can be broken by technology.
13 min
1558
Zika Virus
Experts discuss the Zika virus, how it's transmitted, its spread to the US, the severe birth defect it has been linked to and how to protect yourself from it.
15 min
1559
Thyroid Disease
Thyroid disease affects millions of Americans, many of whom have not been diagnosed. Experts discuss symptoms, causes, and treatments.
8 min
1560
Industry Funding of Clinical Trials
Funding of clinical trials has dramatically shifted so that today, trials paid for by pharmaceutical and device makers outnumber publicly funded trials 6-to-1.
14 min
1561
Fixing the Healthcare Cost Spiral (2016)
American healthcare is the most expensive in the world. An expert author details some of the causes and possible solutions now being established.
8 min
1562
Double Dipping and the Five Second Rule
Party snacks are prime territory for contamination. A scientist discusses the myth of the five second rule.
10 min
1563
New Findings on Stuttering
Stuttering has been blamed even fairly recently on parenting, but new research has several new findings including a much more successful way to treat stuttering.
13 min
1564
ICU PTSD
A surprisingly high percentage of people who've been treated in the ICU later suffer from PTSD. Experts discuss why this occurs and what's being done to treat and prevent it.
15 min
1565
Harmful Inflammation
Low-level systemic inflammation is being tied to many disorders including heart disease. Experts discuss how inflammation can be combatted through diet and supplementation.
10 min
1566
Gene Editing
Scientists have developed the technology to edit single genes, which could eliminate some inherited diseases. However, doctors don't know how "germline editing" would affect other genes.
15 min
1567
Lactivism
An expert and author discuss the political forces creating unusual unanimity behind breast feeding, and the truth of health claims on the benefits.
10 min
1568
Ankle Replacement
Hip and knee replacements are common, now doctors say ankle replacements have become technically good enough to make fusion obsolete for arthritis patients in pain.
10 min
1569
Toxic chemicals in products
A noted expert discusses how the US might regulate potentially toxic chemicals better, and how tougher regulation in other countries could help keep Americans safer.
9 min
1570
How Weather Causes Pain
Experts discuss different conditions affected by weather, why pain responds to weather changes and possible remedies to some of these maladies.
13 min
1571
Seriously Ill Adolescents
A novelist discusses her observations from years on the hospital floor with her sick child as the basis for her book.
8 min
1572
Hurdles to Hearing Aids
Only about a fifth of people who could use hearing aids have them. An audiologist, hearing aid manufacturer, and hearing aid user discuss why.
13 min
1573
It's No Holiday In The ER
The holidays are like no other time in your local hospital's emergency department. Experts discuss, among other things, why more heart attacks occur and how to prevent them.
14 min
1574
The Traumatized Brain
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) may produce cognitive and personality changes months later. An expert explains these injuries and how to prevent some of the consequences.
9 min
1575
Human Trafficking
Experts discuss why foreigners are especially at risk of being intimidated into forced labor in the US and how they might be rescued.
15 min