Healthy Skeptic, MD
Healthy Skeptic, MD
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An Epidemic of Unhoused Older Adults with Jean Galiana
We often think of homelessness as a problem of the young. But recent projections suggest that the number of unhoused older adults will triple over the next decade. Today's guest is Ms. Jean Galiana, the Coordinator for Older Adult Services with...
Do Children Get Too Much Medical Care? With Dr. Samantha House
In the Healthy Skeptic, MD we've covered the harms of overuse of medical services in adults. But what about children? According to Dr. Samantha House, unnecessary care is a problem in Pediatrics too. In today's episode, she describes a recent J...
Meaningful Advances in Diabetes Treatment with Dr. Nihar Desai
Until recently -- and to the surprise of many -- there were no diabetes treatments definitively proven to lower cardiovascular risk. Over the last 5 years, that has changed. There are now two new classes of medications that not only prevent hea...
Thoughtful Plastic Surgery with Dr. Elliot Hirsch
Plastic surgery is often associated with high end cosmetic procedures, but it is much more than this, as we discuss today with Dr. Elliot Hirsch, the Chairman of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Cen...
Rethinking Care for Older Adults with Jennie Chin Hansen
If you've done any work in the fields of Geriatrics Medicine or Healthy Aging, you've almost certainly come across Jennie Chin Hansen, my guest on today's episode. Jennie is the former President of AARP, the former CEO of the American Geriatric...