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Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast
Ever leave the doctor’s office more confused than when you walked in? Your Checkup: Health Conversations for Motivated Patients is your health ally in a world full of fast appointments and even faster Google searches. Each week, a board certified family medicine physician and a pediatric nurse sit down to answer the questions your doctor didn’t have time to.
From understanding diabetes and depression to navigating obesity, high blood pressure, and everyday wellness—we make complex health topics simple, human, and actually useful. Whether you’re managing a condition, supporting a loved one, or just curious about your body, this podcast helps you get smart about your health without needing a medical degree.
Because better understanding leads to better care—and you deserve both.
Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast
Latest Episodes
120: Can Lifting Weights Help Prevent a Heart Attack?
Cardio has been the default prescription for heart health for decades, but a growing body of evidence suggests we’ve been overlooking a major protective tool: strength training. We dig into a large, long-running research dataset that followed m...
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119: Can Medicare Finally Cover Weight Loss Meds? Understanding the New GLP-1 Bridge Program
We break down Medicare’s brand-new GLP-1 Bridge Program and explain why headlines are both true and incomplete. We lay out the real eligibility rules, the $50 copay promise, and the smarter questions to ask so you and your clinician can find th...
118: When Should You Consider an Antidepressant?
The hardest part about antidepressants is often not the pill, it is the question you ask yourself before you ever bring it up: “Is this serious enough?” We think that question keeps too many people stuck. We are Ed Delesky (family medicine doct...
117: Migraine Explained: Triggers, Treatment, and When to Worry for Patients
We break down migraines as a neurologic condition with a real brain-based chain reaction, not a character flaw or a one-off “bad headache.” We share practical prevention habits, how to track triggers, and how acute and preventive migraine medic...
116: Can Weight Loss Medications (GLP1s) Reduce Breast Cancer Risk?
A headline like “weight loss drugs may reduce breast cancer risk” grabs attention fast, but the real story lives in the fine print. We take you through a new Penn Medicine study that observed lower breast cancer rates among women with overweigh...
Fan Mail
It’s helpful to understand what these drugs actually do to improve blood pressure. Good to have this knowledge if the discussion ever comes up with my doctor. Thanks for another great episode! I'm also left more than a little curious about the crab cavatelli 🥹
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