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Show 1394: Viruses, Vaccines and Alzheimer Disease Aug 01, 2024

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This week, we explore the role viruses may play in the development of dementia. That certainly sounds like a downer, but here is the brighter side: vaccines can significantly lower the risk! Joe and Terry talk to two leading researchers about their findings and the implications of antivirals or vaccines and Alzheimer Disease. You could […]

Show 1392: Grappling with the Mysteries of Long COVID Jul 17, 2024

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Our interviews this week focus on what is known and what is still being discovered about the mysteries of long COVID. We speak with a physician heading the long COVID Care Center at Yale University and with a microbiologist heading up a multidisciplinary research initiative. You could listen through your local public radio station or […]

Show 1391: Key Steps for Healthy Feet Jul 11, 2024

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This week, Joe and Terry Graedon welcome your questions about keeping your feet healthy. Dr. Jane Andersen is a foot and ankle specialist who will take your calls about a range of podiatric problems. Have you had trouble with plantar fasciitis? You can ask your questions about foot health and share your experience at 888-472-3366 […]

Show 1374: Marvelous Medicinal Mushrooms (Archive) Jul 04, 2024

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This week, we talk with 4th-generation herbalist, research scientist and mycologist, Dr. Christopher Hobbs. He extolls the benefits of mushrooms not only as nutritious foods, but also as important components of natural medicine. What should you know about marvelous medicinal mushrooms? You may want to listen through your local public radio station or get the […]

Show 1390: How Insurance Company Rejections Impact Medical Care Jun 27, 2024

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If you need surgery, medication or some other medical intervention, you count on your health insurance company to pay the bill. When the treatment is unusual or the expected cost is especially high, it seems reasonable to ask for prior approval. Increasingly, though, insurance companies are denying those requests and not paying the claims. How […]

Show 1354: How Hypnosis Can Help Your Health (Archive) Jun 19, 2024

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Would you be surprised to learn that hypnosis is a powerful tool for healing? If your primary exposure to this practice has been in books and movies, you may have a few misconceptions about how it works and what it can do. Some people imagine that when you are hypnotized, you lose control. Instead, it […]

Show 1389: Getting Off the Medication Treadmill Jun 13, 2024

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This week, Joe and Terry Graedon welcome your questions and stories about difficulties in stopping medicines, whether prescription or OTC. Dr. Richard Friedman, an expert on drugs to treat anxiety and mood disorders, describes the symptoms of discontinuing such an agent too suddenly. Have you had trouble getting off the medication treadmill? You can ask […]

Show 1388: Dreams That Help People Find Hope and Meaning at Life’s End Jun 06, 2024

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Our culture tends to avoid thinking about death. Even though we know it is inevitable, we tend to act as though it doesn’t actually pertain to us. As a result, most of us have spent little time learning how people find hope and meaning at life’s end. The intense dreams and visions that dying people […]

Show 1387: The Patient-Led Revolution in Health Care May 29, 2024

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For years, the reigning paradigm in health care has been “Doctor knows best.” Providers rarely sought input from patients about their needs or experience. That picture has been changing, though, as more people have been using online tools to band together and find solutions for themselves and their loved ones. Susannah Fox describes the patient-led […]

Show 1386: Why Survival Depends on Natural Balance May 24, 2024

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The term “homeostasis” was coined about a hundred years ago. What does it mean? Essentially, it is a way of describing how various systems in the body work together to maintain internal equilibrium even in the face of a changing environment. This concept is crucial to good health, as healers have known intuitively for millennia. […]

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