Are chemicals in everyday products that we all use causing an increase in cancer rates? Are they damanging our health in some other way? In a recent episode of Causes or Cures, I chatted with journalist Kristina Marusic about her book A New War on Cancer, the Unlikely Heroes Revolutionizing Prevention. In the podcast, Kristina discusses […]
Did you ever wonder why some people don’t get sick from COVID? I think we all have. Or we’ve all witnessed the scenario where a family gets hit with COVID but one person in the house doesn’t get any symptoms. What’s their secret?!? Well, as it turns out, it may be in their genes. In […]
I didn’t know anything about dry fasting in Siberia before I read Michelle B. Slater’s book. Her PR rep sent me an email and asked me if I’d like to read the book and consider Michelle for the Causes or Cures Podcast. I was intrigued…but I was also hesitant to pursue the topic for the […]
Gene therapy for chronic pain might sound science-fiction for some, but researchers are looking into it. In a recent episode of Causes or Cures, I chatted with Dr. Raj Khanna, director of NYU’s Pain Research Center and professor of molecular pathobiology at NYU School of Dentistry, about his and his team’s new research on potential […]
What is Life-Enhancing Anxiety and how do we get there? We mostly associate negative things with anxiety, so I was excited to chat with a psychologist and expert in his field about the possibility of good things coming from anxiety. In a recent episode of Causes or Cures, I chatted with Dr. Kirk Schneider about […]
HPV and throat cancer in men? What’s the scoop on that? By the way, I shouldn’t necessarily say just “men” here because HPV can cause throat cancer in anyone. The reason I wrote “men” is because most people only associate HPV, the most common sexually transmitted disease, as a virus that can cause cancer […]
What happened when the US tried universal healthcare for kidney failure? If you’re furrowing right now, you’re not alone. I didn’t know the US tried universal healthcare for anything. David Krissman, a filmmaker and documentarian, contacted me after he heard the podcast I did with Elaine Perlman, in which she describes what it was like […]
Are there proteins in the brain that prevent Alzheimer’s? In a recent Causes or Cures episode, I chatted with Dr. Nicholas Seyfried about his research on a protein(s) in the brain that may hold the key to making people resilient to Alzheimer’s Disease, a growing concern in western nations with aging populations and those who have […]
Is there a link between COVID and Type 1 Diabetes in kids? There has been recent reports and concerning articles suggesting that COVID-19 is leading to an uptick of new cases of Type 1 Diabetes in kids but is this potential link something parents and kids have to worry about? Or is this more headline […]
Are there new treatments for multiple sclerosis on the horizon? The answer is maybe. They are currently still in “testing” mode, but things look promising. This is great news for anyone with multiple sclerosis or anyone who knows anyone with this debilitating disease that tends to hit people in their younger years. In a recent […]
NYC is Sinking?!? If you live in NYC, you’re probably like, “Oh, just another thing to worry about.” High taxes, unhoused individuals increasing by the day, the litter, the great “smoke shop” takeover, subway violence and now…sinking?!? Yes, NYC has its issues…mostly because it’s a big city with lots of people, and more people equals […]
What’s the link between meat and UTIs? I dived into this with an expert guest on a recent Causes or Cures Podcast. A lot of people who read this blog, I’m sure, eat meat and have no idea that doing so might be linked to getting a urinary tract infection, or what most of you […]
On Tactical Nuclear Weapons, a guest post by Dr. Andy Karam One of the things we keep seeing and hearing in the news is that Russia has threatened to use tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine…but nobody has really explained what in the world a “tactical” nuclear weapon is. A short way to think about it […]