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What's Health Got to Do with It?
Saturdays at 4 p.m.

What's Health Got to Do with It? is a weekly talk program that examines where healthcare intersects with daily life, and will help guide the listeners through an increasingly convoluted medical bureaucracy.

These days, health is a lot more than Googling the latest medical breakthrough or seeing your doctor. Staying healthy when you are well and getting healthy when you are sick means knowing how to interact and navigate an incredibly complex healthcare system.

Latest Episodes
  • What patients should consider before starting GLP-1 medications and why a long-term plan matters. Then, the benefits of looking beyond the disease and focusing on the whole person. We explore the philosophy behind osteopathic medicine.
  • What happens when public health systems fail and when communities must organize to fight back on their own? Then, how video games and the manosphere are contributing to underachievement in some boys.
  • Our medical experts break down the month’s biggest health news from new insights into how ADHD presents in women to an increase in lung cancer among nonsmokers. Then, our panel of doctors answers your questions.
  • Will the youth mental health epidemic require the same kind of public health mobilization that transformed the global fight against HIV? Then, the decision to put a child on psychiatric medication can be daunting. What should parents know?
  • Many patients ignore symptoms from time to time. But what happens when a lingering cough, persistent pain or a delayed checkup becomes something far more serious? We explore why so many health problems are overlooked and how to establish patient-physician partnerships to confront disease head-on.
  • A recent nursing graduate whose award-winning research on maternal nutrition and childhood allergies highlights the power of curiosity and the importance of following the evidence. Patients are being asked to navigate an increasingly expensive and fragmented healthcare system. We discuss why self-advocacy has become essential.
  • What if brain fog, fatigue and poor concentration aren't just the price of getting older? We look at what modern conveniences are doing to our bodies. Then, in a world of constant notifications and endless to-do lists, could tending a garden be good for your health?
  • Our medical experts examine the biggest health news of the month from a new cancer-detecting blood test to a joint supplement that may accelerate cognitive decline.
  • For generations, women were told to just endure menopause. But what if much of what we've believed is outdated? Then, the biggest threat to your skin may not be aging, but decades of accumulated damage. How to protect your skin for years to come.
  • Can a routine eye exam reveal more about your health than just vision issues? Then, many people mistake dry eyes for seasonal allergies, but what’s really causing those itchy, burning eyes?