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The Scalpel's Edge
The Scalpel's Edge is a podcast hosted by Dr. Tim Sayed, a leading plastic surgeon and physician innovator, dedicated to exploring the forefront of excellence and wellness. The show delves into cutting-edge medical technologies, industry controversies, and innovative approaches to healthcare and personal growth. With insightful discussions featuring top leaders and innovators from healthcare and beyond, the podcast aims to optimize performance, enhance wellness, and deepen self-understanding. Listeners can follow the podcast on platforms like Apple and Spotify to join this journey into groundbreaking advancements and out-of-the-box thinking.
The Scalpel's Edge
Latest Episodes
Ep. 35 - GLP-1 Medications and Breast Cancer Risk: Breaking Down a Landmark New Study
Dr. Tim Sayed walks through a recently accepted study from the Journal of Clinical Oncology Practice showing that GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Zepbound are associated with a significant reduction in breast cancer incidence in o...
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Ep. 34 - Food Noise, GLP-1 Medications, and the Set Point: Why Weight Comes Back
Dr. Tim Sayed walks through a recent New York Times article on food noise — the persistent mental chatter about eating that many people with obesity describe as relentless — and what GLP-1 medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide appear to ...
Ep. 33 - GLP-1 Side Effects Patients Are Actually Reporting and What Reddit Data Reveals
Dr. Tim Sayed walks through an April 2026 study published in Nature that analyzed over 410,000 Reddit posts from people using semaglutide and tirzepatide, using AI language models to extract and categorize what patients were actually saying abo...
Ep. 32 - Breast Implant Illness and Explant Surgery: One Patient's Journey Through Symptoms, Revisions, and Recovery
Dr. Tim Sayed speaks with Rachel Blogg, a licensed psychotherapist and athlete who spent roughly three and a half years navigating breast augmentation, multiple revisions, capsular contracture, implant malposition, and eventually explant surger...
Ep. 31 - Breast Implant Removal and the Flat Chest Decision: What Explant Surgery Really Looks Like
Dr. Tim Sayed opens with a published personal account from a 56-year-old runner and author who had saline implants placed in the early 2000s and chose, two decades later, to have them removed and stay flat. The story moves through familiar terr...