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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.
Episodes
106 episodes
105: New Cholesterol Guidelines 2026: What Your Numbers Mean & What to Do
Cholesterol advice has been stuck in “it depends” for years, and we wanted something more concrete you can actually use. So we dig into the 2026 American Heart Association cholesterol guidelines and translate them into plain language: the new L...
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Episode 48
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104: How Smartphones Affect Mental Health: Anxiety, Depression, and Screen Time Explained
Your phone might be doing more than stealing time. It may be quietly taxing your mood, your attention, and the basic habits that keep you well. We found a fascinating research study that tested a simple but radical idea: block mobile internet a...
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Episode 47
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103: What They Say You Should Actually Eat Everyday
Headlines argue. We read the document. This week we unpack the newest dietary guidelines with a clear, practical lens: what the recommendations actually say, why they still look a lot like Mediterranean and DASH patterns, and how to turn them i...
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Episode 46
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29:49
102: 3 Surprising Health Risks You Might Be Ignoring
Three ordinary habits—puzzling, pouring, and brushing—carry extraordinary power over long-term health. We unpack new and notable research on cognitive health, colorectal cancer risk, and cardiovascular disease, then turn it into simple actions ...
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Episode 45
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101: Why Nutrition Advice Keeps Changing (And What To Trust)
Ever wondered who really decides what America should eat—and how those choices land on your tray at school, your hospital menu, or your family’s grocery list? We take you behind the scenes of the U.S. dietary guidelines, charting the history fr...
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Episode 46
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100: Does Intermittent Fasting Actually Work in 2026?
This week on Tasty Tip, we break down three new health stories: • What new research says about intermittent fasting and metabolic health • Why early-onset colon cancer rates are rising • Whether caffeine intake ...
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Episode 45
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99: Understanding Your Body Composition: Why the Scale Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
We swap small talk for a deep dive on body composition and why muscle and visceral fat tell a truer health story than the scale. Practical tools like DEXA, bioelectrical impedance, and a simple tape measure help you track what matters and take ...
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Episode 44
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98: Menopause, Hormones, & GLP Weight Loss Shots
In this episode of Your Checkup, we explore a new study from the Mayo Clinic examining whether menopause hormone therapy enhances weight loss outcomes in postmenopausal women taking tirzepatide. Menopause is a major metabolic tur...
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Episode 43
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97: The Motivation Checkup: Episode 6: From Motivation to Momentum, How to Turn Insight Into Action
This is the final episode of our Motivation Checkup mini-series, and it’s all about turning everything you’ve learned into real, sustainable change. Over the last five episodes, we explored why motivation fades, why willpower isn’t eno...
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Episode 42
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96: The Motivation Checkup: Episode 5: Motivation vs Habits vs Discipline, What Creates Change
In this episode, we break down the difference between motivation, habits, and discipline — three tools people often confuse when trying to change their health. You’ll learn why motivation is great for starting but unreliable for consisten...
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Episode 41
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95: The Motivation Checkup: Episode 4: How to Continue When Motivation Fades
In this episode, we talk about what really happens when motivation fades — and why it’s not a sign that you’ve failed. Life stress, poor sleep, illness, and emotional overload all pull on the same limited energy system in your brain, maki...
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Episode 40
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31:36
94: The Motivation Checkup Episode 3: Small Steps, Lasting Change
In this episode, we explore why starting small is actually the most effective way to build lasting habits. Big goals can feel overwhelming, and relying on motivation alone often sets us up for failure. By focusing on tiny, repeatable acti...
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Episode 39
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24:14
93: The Motivation Checkup: Episode 2: Why Willpower Fails
In this episode of Your Checkup, we unpack why relying on willpower alone so often fails — and why that failure isn’t a personal flaw. Willpower is a limited resource that gets drained by stress, decision fatigue, and daily deman...
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Episode 38
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27:24
92: The Motivation Checkup: Episode 1 Understanding Motivation
New year energy fades fast, and that’s exactly when most health plans fall apart. We’ve been there—patients telling us “I can’t stay motivated,” and our own early alarms that sometimes lose the argument. So we take a fresh, practical look at mo...
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Episode 37
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38:26
91: GLP1 Pill for Weight Loss? Understanding Oral Wegovy
Oral Wegovy is officially FDA approved — but what does that actually mean for patients? In this episode of Your Checkup, we break down the December 2025 approval of oral semaglutide 25 mg for chronic weight management, who...
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Episode 36
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90: The First 5 Questions I Ask Every New Patient
We trade holiday laughs and a Michelin-level dinner recap for a clear look at how five simple questions can transform a medical visit into a relationship. We show how home, routine, joy, and self-perception reveal risks and shape plans that fit...
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Episode 35
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89: Normal Cholesterol but Still at Risk? Lipoprotein (a) Explained Simply
In this episode of Your Checkup, we break down lipoprotein(a) — a largely inherited form of cholesterol that can significantly increase the risk of heart disease and stroke, even when standard cholesterol numbers look norm...
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Episode 34
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88: GLP-1 Starter Guide for Patients
We share a quick life update, welcome our first guest Mike Rozanski, and clear up the Michelin Guide origin story before shifting to a focused guide on starting GLP-1 medications. Practical strategies cover injections, nausea, constipation, mus...
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Episode 33
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33:17
87: GLP-1 Price Cuts: Will It Improve Access?
We unpack new GLP-1 pricing, coverage hurdles, and whether cash-pay programs make these meds more reachable for diabetes, obesity, and sleep apnea care. Along the way we share candid pros and cons of injections, tease future oral options, and w...
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Episode 32
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86: Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy Explained for Patients
Clear guidance on benefits, risks, and how the FDA’s label changes shift conversations in the exam room about HRTNikki's Corner• Philly’s first Michelin stars and what the tiers mean• Flying taxis in Dubai • A cold case sol...
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Episode 31
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85: Menopause: Symptoms, Timing, And What Helps
We discuss a clear, practical guide to menopause, explaining what it is, why it happens, and how to manage the most common symptoms with everyday steps and evidence-based options. We set up next week’s deep dive on hormone therap. ...
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Episode 30
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84: Osteoporosis Explained: How to Keep Your Bones Strong
We break down osteopenia and osteoporosis with clear steps to protect independence: how bones weaken, how DEXA scoring works, and which daily habits reduce fracture risk. We share nutrition, exercise, lifestyle changes, and home safety that mak...
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Episode 29
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83: Seasonal Affective Disorder: How to Recognize and What to Do
We share a joyful wedding recap and travel bits, then pivot to a clear guide on Seasonal Affective Disorder: what it is, who it affects, why it happens, and the tools that help. Practical and compassionate advice to steady mood, sleep, and ener...
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Episode 28
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82: Jet Lag and Travel Fatigue
We share newlywed joy, wild plane moments, and a clear plan for beating jet lag using light timing, hydration, naps, and simple habits that work. Direction matters, and we explain how to prep differently for eastward and westward travel so your...
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Episode 27
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35:11
81: Concussions: Raising Awareness for Student Athletes and Parents
We unpack myths, the new stepwise approach, and why return to school should come before return to play.• what a concussion is• common and delayed symptoms including mood and sleep changes• immediate sideline steps• why...
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Episode 26
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