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Medicine Redefined — 225 episodes

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207. Treatment-Resistant Depression: TMS, Ketamine, Spravato, and What Comes Next | Rocky Sullivan, DO

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206. FDA Approval on Peptides, Creating a Second Brain with AI, Red Light Therapy, and Building Capacity

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205. Beyond Rest and Recovery: What Actually Heals the Brain After Concussion | Marissa McCarthy, MD

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204. Metabolic Flexibility Explained: Why Ketones May Be an Overlooked Health Marker | Dorian Greenow

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203. What Medical School Doesn’t Teach About Health, Fulfillment, and Finding Your Why | Brian Devorkin

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202. Metabolic Osteoarthritis: How Fat Tissue Talks to Your Joints

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201. You Spend Your Whole Life Chasing Something… Then What? The Psychology of High Performers | Casey Stevens, MS, LMFT

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200. Can Hospital Food Help Patients Heal? Food as Medicine at Tampa General | Tanuja Sharma, MD

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199. The Mental Strength Playbook: Workplace Stress, Burnout, and Showing Up Under Pressure | Amy Morin, LCSW

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198. Beyond LDL: The 2026 Guidelines Make Lp(a), ApoB & 30-Year Risk Essential

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197. Sleep for High Performers: Jet Lag, Naps, Wearables, and When Tech Helps (or Hurts) | Jade Wu, PhD

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196. Is Sleep the Ultimate Performance Enhancer? | Jade Wu, PhD

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195. Menopause Hormone Therapy: What the WHI Got Wrong and What the FDA Finally Fixed | Lauren Spivack, MD

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194. Why the Food Pyramid Flipped, How to Exercise for Longevity, & Will AI Replace Doctors?

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193. The GLP-1 Revolution: Food Noise, Muscle Loss & The Future of Metabolic Medicine | Priya Jaisinghani, MD

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192. Metabolic Psychiatry Toolkit: Measuring Ketones, Treating Insulin Resistance, and Using GLP-1s Strategically | Matt Bernstein, MD

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191. Psychiatry Abandoned Biology: The Metabolic Crisis in the Brain | Matt Bernstein, MD

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190. Holiday Travel Protocol, Protein Debates, & Planning to Fail

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189. Creatine as Medicine: Brain Health, Bone, & Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

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188. The Hip Expert's Blueprint: FAI, Load Management, Strength & Hormones | Alison Grimaldi, PhD

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187. What We Get Wrong About Lateral Hip Pain | Alison Grimaldi, PhD

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186. Stop Overpaying for Your Health Insurance: EOBs, Tiers & Avoiding Bad Bills

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185. The Functional Medicine Revolution That Went Wrong | Nisha Chellam, MD

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184. Fixing Credentialing and the Future of Physician Autonomy | Leah Houston, MD

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183. Tech Tools, Living Pro-Analog, Ketones, and Finding Preventive Healthcare

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182. How The Biggest Loser Revealed the Dark Side of Weight Loss

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181. The Truth About Menstrual Cycle Training & Hormonal Impacts on Performance | Shawn Arent, PhD, CSCS

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180. The Truth About Cortisol, Insulin & Overtraining | Shawn Arent, PhD, CSCS

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179. Is Medicine Worth It? Real Talk on Debt, Purpose, and The Future of Doctors

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178. The Cost of Secrecy in Insurance: Why Transparency Matters | Dr. Vincent Marchese, DO

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177. Ketamine, Trauma, and the Future of Psychiatry | Rocky Sullivan, DO

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176. Pills, Profits, and Power: The Fight to Reform Big Pharma | Vinay Patel, PharmD

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175. Cynicism in Healthcare: New Surgeon General, Critiquing Viral Health Experts & Getting on Board with AI

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174. The Torn ACL Dilemma: Should Every Athlete Get Surgery? | Jeremy Boyd, PT, DPT

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173. Why Rehab Fails—And What Truly Heals | Jeremy Boyd, PT, DPT

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172. Ultra-Processed Minds: Trauma, Addiction & the Food We Eat | David Wiss, PhD

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171. Microplastics Are Everywhere But Should You Care?

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170. Owning Your Practice and Your Future with The Rise of Direct Specialty Care | Sarah Weinstein, DO

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169. Feeling Stressed is Optional: Redefining Burnout, Identity & Purpose | Robyn Tiger, MD

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168. Rewiring the Brain: Unlocking the Secrets to Neurodegenerative Disease Prevention | Leonaura Rhodes, MBChB

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Hype vs. Reality: The Biggest Health Trends of 2025

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167. Hype vs. Reality: The Biggest Health Trends of 2025

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166. Bridging Health and Design Through Architecture and Sustainable Agriculture | Denzel Hill

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165. Can We Rebuild Trust in Healthcare After the COVID-19 Pandemic? | Heather Hammerstedt, MD, MPH

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164. Health Hijacked: Insurance Greed, Therapy Culture, and Alarmist Health Experts

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163. Is Medicine Overlooking the Role of Psilocybin and Psychedelics? | Lida Fatemi, DO, MPH

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162. Should Nature Be The 7th Pillar of Lifestyle Medicine? | Melissa Sundermann, DO

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161. Navigating Student Loans Amidst The Chaos | Meagan McGuire

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160. Progress Note #19: The Return of Medicine Redefined, Life Updates & Discussing Alex Hormozi x Chris Williamson

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159. Asset Protection: Life Insurance | Lawrence Keller, CFP

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158. Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset: Disability Insurance Demystified | Lawrence Keller, CFP

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157. Digital Therapeutics vs. Digital Health, Patients Turning Into Consumers & Keeping Up With Artificial Intelligence | RJ Kedziora

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156. MDW Special: Using Precision Medicine to Magnify Cardiometabolic Health (Rebroadcast) | Matt...

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156. MDW Special: Using Precision Medicine to Magnify Cardiometabolic Health (Rebroadcast) | Matt Martin

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155. Progress Note #18: The Surprising Benefits of Earthing/Grounding

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154. The Attractiveness of Functional Medicine & Avoiding Sick Care Mentality | Joseph Carchedi, MD

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153. Succeeding in Dating and Marriage & Raising Mentally Strong Kids | Amy Morin, LCSW

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152. Why Humans Suffer, Exploring Philosophies & Understanding Growth Throughout Life

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151. Foot Health, Transition Protocol to Minimalist Shoes & Footwear in Athletes | Irene Davis, PhD, PT

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150. Learning From Health Influencers and Documentaries, Nutrition in Mental Health and MSK Injuries & Revisiting Timeless Principles | EC Synkowski, MS

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149. Progress Note #17: Fasted Cardio & Training, Optimizing Nutrition, Workouts, Sleep, and Stress During Ramadan

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148. Physique Optimization: Psychology, Longevity & Lifestyle (Part 2) | Joe Farese

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147. Physique Optimization: Muscle Building & Fat Loss (Part I) | Joe Farese

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146. The Rise of the Self-Determined Physician | Jimmy Turner, MD

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145. Progress Note #16: Osteopathic (DO) vs. Allopathic (MD) Medicine & The Bias Against DOs

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144. Minimalist Shoes, Running Mechanics & Barefoot Training | Irene Davis, PhD, PT

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143. Solving the Mental Health Crisis, Intuitive Mental Health & The Human Condition | Ravi Hariprasad, MD, MPH

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142. The Med Matrix & AI in Medical Education | Deepak Melwani

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141. Progress Note #15: 2024 Health Trends, 100 Grams of Protein in One Meal & Visceral Fat Causing Joint Pain

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140. A Change of Heart: The Pulse on Life After Transplant | Alin Gragossian, DO

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139. Behind the Scenes of News Outlets, Journalist Incentives, Biased Media, Incorporating Feedback & Tangle News | Isaac Saul

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138. Medicare vs. Medicaid, Levels of Care & Healthcare's Financial Problem | Rollin Wright, MD

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Lessons Learned: David Otey, CSCS

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137. Progress Note #14: 2023 Reflections, Morpheus Heart Rate Training & Holiday Weight Gain

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136. Peptides, Solving Health & Learning to Learn | Asare Christian, MD, MPH

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135. Acupuncture 101, Attending Responsibilities & New Lifestyle Habits | Alex King, DO

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134. Burnt Out to Bought In: A Nurse's Journey to Financial Independence Through Real Estate | Stacey Stegenga, RN

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133. The Power of Polysaccharide Supplementation | John Lewis, PhD

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132. The Role of Fatty Acids in Medical Conditions, Revisiting Seed Oils & Buying The Right Oil | Udo Erasmus, PhD

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131. The History of Fats, Deconstructing Seed Oils & Omega 3's and 6's | Udo Erasmus, PhD

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130. Digital Health and Why It's Taking Forever to Make Progress | Jonathan Baktari, MD

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129. Preparing for the Next Pandemic & Travel Medicine | Jonathan Baktari, MD

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128. Progress Note #13: Long COVID Theories - Low Serotonin to Blame?

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127. Ayurvedic Principles: Breathwork, Gut Microbiome, Epigenetics & Hormetic Stress | Jyoti Patel, MD

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126. Wellness is a Mess in the Hospital and How to Get It Back | Alfred Atanda Jr., MD

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125. Getting Fit Through Cancer, Exercise Oncology & Caretaker Roles | Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH

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124. From 350 Pounds to 6 Pack: Insights Into Weight Loss, Discipline, and Mindset | Bishoi Khella

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123. Progress Note #12: Live to 100 - Secrets of the Blue Zones

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122. Cracking the Complexity of Back Pain | Jim Eubanks, MD

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121. How Physicians Get Paid & The Economics of Medicine | Christopher Standaert, MD

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120. High Performance Nutrition, Supplementation, Myths, and Emerging Trends | Lauren Link, MS, RD

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119. Combating the Opioid Epidemic & Longevity in the Elite Athlete | Toufic Jildeh, MD

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118. Optimal Lighting for Productivity, Work, and Vitality | Robert Soler, MS

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117. Progress Note #11: Flawed Research & Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring

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116. Establishing Public Health and Policy & Rewriting Medical Education | Jan Carney, MD, MPH

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115. Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (Part II of II): Harms of AI, Progression of Technology & Predicting the Future | Jo Bhakdi

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114. Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare (Part I of II): Deep Genomics, Cancer Prevention & Replacing Physicians? | Jo Bhakdi

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113. Progress Note #10: The Art of Attendinghood - Navigating Challenges and Patient Care

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112. Noncompetes, Malpractice Insurance & Negotiating Contracts | Jon Appino, MBA

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111. Beyond the Bump: Redefining Newborn Care and the 4th Trimester | Jess Daigle, MD

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110. Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs), Nutrisense & Lifestyle Factors that Affect Blood Glucose | Catherine Staffieri, RDN

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109. From The Box to The Boardroom: CrossFit, Sports Medicine, and the Influence of Big Food | Amy West, MD

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108. Glow Up: Unlocking Your Skin's Potential with Lifestyle Changes | Mary Alice Mina, MD

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107. (Almost) Everything That is Wrong in Healthcare | Peter Valenzuela, MD, MBA (Ep 44 Rebroadcast)

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106. Progress Note #9: Neuralink, Dr. GuPTa, Bryan Johnson & Social Connection

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105. Making Fitness Entertaining and Accessible on Social Media | Rishane Oak, CPT

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104. The Future of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health Through the Lens of Lipidology | William Cromwell, MD

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103. Developing a Wealth Mindset: Navigating Personal Finance and Building a Positive Relationship with Money | Latifat Akintade, MD

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102. Embracing People of Color in Medicine, Finding Grants to Fuel Your Vision & Global Health Learnings | Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo, MD, MPH

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101. Platelet-Rich Plasma for Orthopedic Injuries, Baseball Medicine & Role of the Team Physician | Robert Bowers, DO, PhD

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100. Progress Note #8: Journey & Lessons Through 100 Episodes!

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99. Living With a Lifetime of Unresolved Stress | Christopher Lee Maher

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98. Functional Medicine Approach to Categorizing Toxins and Understanding Detoxification | Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA

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97. Overcoming Hardship & Making a Difference Through Healthcare Policy | Nicole Lamoureux

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96. Pregnancy Complications & Stopping Misinformation on Women's Health | Dayna Smith, MD

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95. Progress Note #7: Erythritol, Ohio Water Contamination & Alzheimer's in a 19 Year Old

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94. Using Precision Medicine to Magnify Cardiometabolic Health | Matt Martin

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93. Measuring Brain Health, the Link Between Inflammation and Mental Health | Austin Perlmutter, MD

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92. Thriving in Times of Stress With Your Health, Fitness, Career, and Relationships | Dan Pope, DPT, CSCS

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91. Sleep Solutions for New Parents, Sleep Training Babies & Sleep's Effect on Overall Health | Jade Wu, PhD

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90. What We Didn't Learn in Med School, Defining "Root Cause" & Influencing Patients | Nikhil Verma, MD

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89. Progress Note #6 - Do Blue-Light Blocking Glasses Actually Work?

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88. Creating the Career You Always Wanted as a Physician Entrepreneur | Nneka Unachukwu, MD

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87. The Neuroscience Behind Improving Performance | Louisa Nicola (Ep 45 Rebroadcast)

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86. Infusing Ayurvedic Wisdom into Modern Life | Shivani Gupta, PhD

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85. Chemicals That Cause Hormone Disruption & Creating a Low-Tox Environment | Yvonne Burkart, PhD

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84. Progress Note #5: Crack the Code on Health Misinformation on Social Media

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83. The Science of Red Light Therapy | Wes Pfiffner

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82. Cardiovascular Disease, Cholesterol & Lipids, Lifestyle Interventions for a Healthy Heart | Nicole Harkin, MD (Ep 55/56 Rebroadcast)

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81. Physician Contracts 101 | Jon Appino, MBA

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80. Progress Note #4: Does Sugar Cause Hyperactivity?

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79. Navigating Obesity and Weight Loss in the Clinic | Jeffrey & Michelle Shukhman, DOs

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78. Understanding Sleep Apnea & The Current State of Research for Physicians | Raj Dedhia, MD, MSCR

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77. Oral Hygiene Tips for Halloween, Helping Babies Latch to Mothers & What's the Deal with Fluoride? | Deep Shah, DMD

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76. Sunk Cost Fallacy, Digital Health and Startups & Becoming More Than a Physician | Rami Wehbi, DO

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75. A Better Way to Practice Medicine via Direct Primary Care | Aleea Gupta, MD

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74. Student Loan Forgiveness Current Events | Meagan Landress, CSLP

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73. Finding Mindfulness & Improving Productivity | Serene Shereef, MD

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72. Progress Note #3: Alkaline Water & Diets - Worth the Hype?

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71. Giving Physicians a Voice & ReThinking Health | Michelle Seguin, MD & Danielle Shelton, MD

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70. Progress Note #2: Exercising On The GO!

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69. Building a Successful Brand & Winning Social Media | Brian Sutterer, MD

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68. Asare Christian, MD, MPH: Creating a Holistic Patient Experience to Relieve Pain

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67. Sarah Pospos, MD: Lifestyle Psychiatry for Moms, Athletes, and Professionals

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66. Progress Note #1: Meat Causes...Cancer?

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65. Joseph Antoun, MD, PhD: Increasing Longevity with the Fasting Mimicking Diet & How Much Protein Do You Really Need?

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64. Jeff Chilton: The Medicinal Magic of Mushrooms

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63. Lessons Learned: Megan Landress, Benjamin Morrell & Seema Desai

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62. In Memory of Gerry Malanga, MD (Ep 14 Rebroadcast)

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61. Seema Desai, DDS: From Dentistry to Transformational Coaching

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60. Benjamin Morrell, MD: Leaving Residency Training, Mastering Mental Health & Pursuing to Become the Best Version of Yourself

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59. Meagan Landress, CSLP: Student Loans, Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Strategies to Minimize Debt Burden

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58. Lessons Learned: Nicole Harkin & Alex Hajduczok

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57. Alex Hajduczok, MD: The Future of Wearable Technology in Cardiology and Healthcare

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56. Nicole Harkin, MD - Part II of II: Lifestyle Interventions for a Healthy Heart

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55. Nicole Harkin, MD - Part I of II: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease, Cholesterol, ApoB, Lp(a), Statins and more

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54. Lessons Learned: Robyn Tiger, Melissa Mondala & Adeel Khan

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53. Adeel Khan, MD: Orthobiologics, Sports Medicine & Building Muscle for Longevity

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52. Melissa Mondala, MD: Lifestyle Medicine Across Cultures & Building Relationships With Patients

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51. Robyn Tiger, MD: Learning How to be Stress Free & Purposeful in Your Life

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50. Lessons Learned: Jade Wu, Cherie Chu & Ragav Sharma

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49. Ragav Sharma, DO, CSCS: Understanding Preventive and Evidence-Based Medicine for Life-Long Goals

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48. Cherie Chu, MD: Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness in Pediatrics

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47. Jade Wu, PhD: The Link Between Insomnia and Anxiety, Sleep Psychology & Sleep Hygiene

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46. Lessons Learned: Colin Zhu, Peter Valenzuela & Louisa Nicola

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45. Louisa Nicola: The Neuroscience Behind Improving Performance

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44. Peter Valenzuela, MD, MBA: Healthcare Problems and their "Comical" Solutions

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43. Colin Zhu, DO: How to Thrive and Elevate Your Life with Culinary Medicine

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42. Shawn Arent, PhD, CSCS*D: Nutrient Timing, Ergogenic Aids & Individualization (Ep 4 Rebroadcast)

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41. Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI: Gut Health, Being Fiber Fueled & The Microbiome (Ep 16/17 Rebroadcast)

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40. Lessons Learned: Kelly Starrett, Janeeka Benoit & Neil Paulvin

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39. Neil Paulvin, DO: Mitochondrial Health: NAD, Peptides & Spermidine

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38. Janeeka Benoit, DO: Creating HABITs & Transforming Lives with Exercise

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37. Kelly Starrett, DPT: Performance Therapy, Self-Care, Expanding Movement Language & Improving the Healthcare Paradigm

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36. Lessons Learned: Catharine Arnston, Jason Ferruggia & Tracy Duhs

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35. Tracy Duhs, PhD: Upgrade Your Water & Optimize Hydration

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34. Jason Ferruggia: Execution for Mastery and Longevity in Health and Fitness

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33. Catharine Arnston, MBA: The Benefits of Algae - Spirulina and Chlorella

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32. Lessons Learned: Mario Novo, DPT and Amy Shah, MD

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31. Amy Shah, MD: Combating Burnout and Fatigue, Circadian Fasting, & Finding Balance

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30. Mario Novo, DPT - Part II of II: Blood Flow Restriction Training Applications

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29. Mario Novo, DPT - Part I of II: The Science and History of Blood Flow Restriction Training

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28. Lessons Learned: Dave Tilley, DPT and Charlie Piermarini, PA-C

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27. Charlie Piermarini, PA-C: The Science on CBD, THC, and the Endocannabinoid System

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26. Dave Tilley, DPT, SCS, CSCS - Part II of II: Gymnastic Injuries, Communication in Rehabilitation & Gymnastic Moves to Incorporate Into Your Routine

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25. Dave Tilley, DPT, SCS, CSCS - Part I of II: Simone Biles, Olympics & Shifting the Culture of Sport and Gymnastics

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Lessons Learned: Max Shank and Micah Yu, MD

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24. Max Shank - Part II of II: The Quantum Effect of 5 Minutes, the Social Media Roller Coaster & Delaying Gratification

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23. Max Shank - Part I of II: Why Movement Matters & "The High Opportunity Cost of Zero"

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22. Micah Yu, MD: Integrative Rheumatology, Triggers of an "Invisible Disease"

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21. Lessons Learned: Ryan Inman, Ni-Cheng Liang, MD and Roudy Nassif

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20. Roudy Nassif: Light Therapy, Circadian Rhythm & Blue-Light Blocking Glasses

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19. Ni-Cheng Liang, MD: The Powerful Practice of Mindfulness and its Healing Benefits

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18. Ryan Inman, MBA: Our Relationship with Money, Reframing Debt, Asset Protection & Building Health Through Wealth

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Lessons Learned: Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI and Beth Frates, MD

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17. Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI - Part II of II: Being Fiber Fueled, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Plant Diversity

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16. Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI - Part I of II: Gut Health, Microbiome, "Leaky Gut," the Truth on Dairy and Gluten

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15. Beth Frates, MD: Pioneering Lifestyle Medicine

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Lessons Learned: Giselle Aerni, MD and Gerard Malanga, MD

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14. Gerard Malanga, MD: "Regenerative Medicine" 101

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13. Giselle Aerni, MD - Part II of II: Strength Training for Females, Perinatal Exercise & REDS

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12. Giselle Aerni, MD - Part I of II: Gender Disparities in Sports and Medicine

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Lessons Learned: Diwesh Poudyal, CSCS

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11. Diwesh Poudyal, CSCS: Exercise Testing and Prescription

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Lesson Learned: Dan Pope, DPT, OCS, CSCS

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10. Dan Pope, DPT, OCS, CSCS - Building Resiliency Through Rehab

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Lessons Learned: Jenifer Tharani, MS

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9. Jenifer Tharani, MS: The Role of Nutrition in Chronic Pain and Autoimmunity

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Lessons Learned: Patrick Finan, PhD

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8. Patrick Finan, PhD: The Interplay Between Pain and Sleep

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Lessons Learned: Heather Hammerstedt, MD

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7. Heather Hammerstedt, MD: Changing Our Relationship with Food

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Lessons Learned: Alex King, DO

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6. Alex King, DO: The Guru of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

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Lessons Learned: EC Synkowski, MS

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5. EC Synkowski, MS: An Elegant Solution to Nutritional Woes, the 800g Challenge, 10 Principles, "AND" More

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Lessons Learned: Shawn Arent, PhD, CSCS*D

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4. Shawn Arent, PhD, CSCS*D: Nutrient Timing, Ergogenic Aids & Individualization

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Lessons Learned: Jyoti Patel, MD

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3. Jyoti Patel, MD: Journey Into Integrative & Functional Medicine

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Lessons Learned: David Otey, CSCS

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2. David Otey, CSCS: Changing Lifestyle Habits In and Out of the Gym

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Lessons Learned: Simone Maybin, MD

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1. Simone Maybin, MD: Redefining Our Approach to Pain and Musculoskeletal Medicine

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