The Tomorrow List with Rusha Modi
Our national politics are crazy right now aren’t they? Haven’t they always been? It all seems like a Jenga game about to topple at any moment and the piece about to be removed by the media is sanity. If you’re like me, then we’re both fed up with the hype that passes for hope. Our response is the Tomorrow List with Rusha Modi. Beyond clickbait headlines and recycled left-right talking points are powerful unexplored ideas to level up our communities, country and planet. We traffic in solutions arbitrage: real policies and innovations that can expand the edge of what’s possible for our country. We are unafraid to take big swings at the hard policy and social questions confronting the US. Our guests will be a provocative mash-up of intellectuals, creative renegades, and leaders. Listen in and become more than just “cocktail party” smart. Set fire to the political status quo. Together, we can extend the half-life of hope one citizen, one story, one possibility at a time. And that’s not crazy at all.
The Tomorrow List with Rusha Modi
Ep. 25 - Health or Hype Medical Misinformation in the Modern Media with Dr Nina Shapiro
In this episode, Rusha interviews Dr. Nina Shapiro, Dr. Nina is the Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology and a Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She has the rare ability to understand complex medical science but also communicate it to the public in a concise, clear, and comprehensive way. The pandemic has brought to the forefront the weaponization of medical mis and dis information. We discuss the nature of medical information online from its historical roots to today.
We hit upon the rise of the anti-vaxxer trend, debates over mask mandates, the Theranos scandal, and the nutritional myths and fad diets that seem to perpetuate themselves. We also discuss in detail her fabulous book, "Hype: A Doctor's Guide to Medical Myths, Exaggerated Claims, and Bad Advice - How to Tell What's Real and What's Not."
Key Highlights:
[00:01 - 07:45] - Opening segment
Rush introduces Dr. Nina Shapiro!
Hype is a problem
Physicians should be more vocal
[07:46 - 19:29] – The Dangers of Hype in the Medical Field
Hype can be dangerous and deceptive
The placebo effect
Informing patients about the risks and benefits of treatments
[19:30 - 27:08] – Breaking Down Complex Topics Into Easy To Understand Language
Breaking down complex topics
The lost trust during the COVID response
It led to a decrease in the number of people who are seeking medical advice
[41:09 – 51:15] - Closing Segment
Dr. Nina discusses how physicians need to be more aware of the public’s distrust of the medical profession
Communicate with patients in a way that is both effective and non-confrontational
Connect with Dr. Nina at her website, get her book: Hype: A Doctor's Guide to Medical Myths, Exaggerated Claims, and Bad Advice - How to Tell What's Real and What's Not., http://drninashapiro.com/, https://twitter.com/drninashapiro, https://www.amazon.com/Hype-Doctors-Medical-Exaggerated-Claims/dp/1250149304, https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-07-21/mask-mandate-covid-pandemic-los-angeles
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Tweetable Quotes:
Dr. Nina Shapiro - "If you're just looking at the media, where you trust the people and you like what they have to say, you're missing literally half of what the country.”
Dr. Nina Shapiro - "I don't think of medicine or science as a belief system. I think of it as what it is, a fact system."
Rusha Modi - “You're going to have to find a way to package it so that people are willing to kind of take the medicine.”