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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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
1552
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
1553
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
1554
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
1555
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
1556
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
1557
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
1558
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
1559
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
1560
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
1561
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
1562
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
1563
Children's Mental Health Treatment
Experts discuss readiness of pediatricians to treat mental illness in children and adolescents and efforts to be sure they're prepared.
14 min
1564
Seasonal Affective Disorder and the Holidays (2...
Experts discuss causes and remedies for seasonal affective disorder.
9 min
1565
Recharging Old Eggs
Infertility is often due to poor egg quality, or chromosomal damage. A new procedure seeks to replace mitochondria in old eggs with fresher mitocohndria to improve egg quality.
13 min
1566
Cancer Prehabilitation
A nationally known rehab specialist discusses using prehabilitation techniques for newly diagnosed cancer patients.
9 min
1567
Food Insecurity
Experts discuss reasons for food insecurity, outcomes, and a variety of inventive solutions.
12 min
1568
Doctors' clothes: Reason to Change?
Controversy has broken out over the doctor's traditional white lab coat and necktie. Experts discuss.
9 min
1569
Your Medicine Cabinet
A pharmacist advises what should be in your medicine cabinet and how to keep those medicines safe and effective.
8 min
1570
Interrogation tactics and false confessions
Scientists have found that the psychology of innocent people is a major reason for false confessions. Experts discuss why this occurs and how to prevent it from happening.
13 min
1571
Thermogenesis and weight loss
The body uses extra calories to stay warm in cold conditions, creating heath through thermogenesis. Recently scientists discovered one of the mechanisms the body uses for this - brown fat.
13 min
1572
One More Year Inside Alzheimer's
One year ago, we visited Greg O'Brien, a journalist attempting to document his own decline into early onset Alzheimer's disease. He discusses the how the disease has progressed.
8 min
1573
Preventing Misdiagnoses
Studies estimate that about five percent of diagnoses are wrong, leading treatment down the wrong road. Experts discuss why misdiagnoses occur and how they might be prevented.
13 min
1574
Almost Addicted
People who use drugs, even those who are not addicted, are often destructively enabled by families. An expert explains what families have to do to break through their own denial.
7 min
1575
Anti-Drunk Driving Technology
Experts explain how a device called DADSS - Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety- can test whether a person is drunk as he attempts to start his car and debate some of the issues surrounding its possible rollout.
12 min