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Episode 169: Dave Feldman talks about cholesterol and the ketogenic diet
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
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
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
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
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
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
Episode 163: Mark Mattson discusses glutamate, the brain’s most important neurotransmitter
Today we have Dr. Mark Mattson, an adjunct professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine who is making his third appearance on STEM-Talk.Todays interview focuses on Marks research into glutamate and comes on the heels of the publicatio
Episode 162: Marc Hamilton discusses the soleus push-up and the health hazard of excessive sitting
Today we have Dr. Marc Hamilton, an international expert in muscle physiology. He has published pioneering work on the soleus push-up, a potent physiological method which Marc discovered having the ability to elevate metabolism for hours, even while sitti
Episode 161: Sten Stray-Gundersen on the benefits of blood-flow restriction training
Todays episode of STEM-Talk features Dr. Sten Stray-Gundersen, a post-doctoral research associate at the University of South Carolina who is also an adjunct instructor at the universitys Arnold School of Public Health.Cohosts Dr. Ken Ford, IHMCs foun
Episode 160: Euan Ashley on precision medicine and predicting, preventing, and diagnosing diseases
Our guest today is Dr. Euan Ashley, a pioneer in the use of genomic sequencing to solve some of our most puzzling medical mysteries. Medical genomics, and the precision medicine it will enable, has the potential to predict, prevent, and diagnose many comm