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
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Updated guidance is challenging old assumptions about cholesterol, heart disease and the use of statins. Then, a new generation of weight loss medications is changing how we think about health. But can a prescription modify habits? -
What if food was treated like medicine — prescribed, personalized and reimbursed as part of healthcare? Then, the science behind the Klotho gene. Why researchers call it a possible “anti-aging” switch for the brain. -
Actress Annabelle Gurwitch shares how a Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis during the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped her life. Then, many people hear “palliative care” and think the worst. Why that misunderstanding can prevent patients from getting the support they need most. -
From psychedelic depression treatments to an uptick in tick bites, our health experts unpack the month’s biggest medical headlines. -
For a special Memorial Day program, we examine how veterans navigate the complexities of the healthcare system, and we highlight the critical need for specialized care for service members after service ends. -
We explore the connection between the heart and brain — how an irregular cardiac rhythm can increase the risk of stroke and how even simple movement like walking can protect the brain. -
Adoption is often framed as a selfless and courageous act, but is it truly a choice made by birth mothers or a result of policy and inequality? Then, she’s known for her on-screen work like "Jurassic Park" and "Big Little Lies," but off camera Laura Dern’s most epic role was caregiving for her mother, though it was not without a plot twist. -
Our medical experts discuss the month’s biggest health headlines, from falling fertility rates to violence against health care workers. -
Nearly 2 million brain cells die each minute a stroke remains untreated. We break down the biggest advances in stroke care and what survivors can teach us about resilience. -
How race, identity and weight shape patient care — and what happens when medical professionals get it wrong.
