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Latest Episodes

Episode 173: Anurag Singh on urolithin-A’s ability to optimize mitochondrial efficiency
September 23, 2024

Our guest today is Dr. Anurag Singh, the chief medical officer at Timeline Nutrition, a Swiss life-science company that focuses on ways to improve mitochondrial and cellular health. Anurag is particularly known for his research into the gut metabolite, ur

Episode 172: Kevin Tracey on neuro-immunology and the treatment of inflammatory diseases
September 05, 2024

Few people know as much about inflammation and neuroscience as Dr. Kevin Tracey does.In this episode of STEM-Talk, we learn much from Tracey, who was the first to identify the inflammatory reflex, a physiological mechanism that regulates the bodys immu

Episode 171: Ken and Dawn on AI, Alzheimer’s, global security, keto vs low carb and more
August 08, 2024

In todays Ask Me Anything episode, Ken and Dawn answer a wide range of questions that cover: A recent FDA approval of a neural implant device for people with degenerative neuromuscular disease or spinal-cord injuries. Global security in the age of A

Episode 170: Charles Serhan on the use of specialized pro-resolving mediators to resolve inflammation
July 18, 2024

Today Dr. David LeMay steps in to co-host with Dr. Ken Ford for our interview with Dr. Charles Serhan. Charles is a Harvard professor best known for his discovery of specialized pro-resolving mediators. SPMs are molecules that can activate the natural res

Episode 169: Dave Feldman talks about cholesterol and the ketogenic diet
June 21, 2024

Dave Feldman is the founder of the Citizen Science Foundation and is known for his research into the ketogenic diet. Dave is a software engineer by training who embraced a ketogenic diet to avoid his progression toward type 2 diabetes. he joins us on this

Episode 168: Alessio Fasano discusses celiac disease and gluten-related disorders
May 22, 2024

Dr. Alessio Fasano, who is considered the worlds leading expert in celiac disease and gluten-related disorders, returns for his second appearance on STEM-Talk. Although just 2 million Americans have celiac disease, an estimated 20 million Americans suffe

Episode 167: Nicholas Norwitz discusses a ketogenic diet as metabolic medicine
April 30, 2024

Today we have Dr. Nicholas Norwitz, 28, a third-year Harvard Medical School student whose research into the applications of a ketogenic diet as metabolic medicine has attracted a significant following.For a number of years during his youth, Nick suffere

Episode 166: Vyvyane Loh on atherosclerotic heart disease
April 11, 2024

Dr. Vyvyane Loh returns to STEM-Talk for her second appearance to talk about atherosclerotic heart disease. Also known as ASCVD, the disease has been reported to affect 26 million people in the U.S., and annually leads two million hospitalizations and mor

Episode 165: John Edwards on ketamine treatment for depression and suicide prevention
March 14, 2024

Today we have Dr. Johnathan Edwards, an anesthesiologist and medical practitioner who specializes in human health and optimization. He is perhaps best known for treating mental health conditions with ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic that is used for g

Episode 164: Michael Leon on olfactory stimulation as a buffer for dementia symptoms
February 21, 2024

What if the path to delaying the onset of dementia symptoms begins at the nose?It is a doorway that the research of Dr. Michael Leon opened with a 2023 study on the power of olfaction enrichment to influence memory function and brain health. The finding