Health & Veritas
Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, two Yale physician-professors, discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise.
Produced with the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Public Health. New episodes are available every Thursday.
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Episodes
- PodcastEpisode 90Duration 35:14
Melissa Davis: Can a Radiologist Trust AI?
Howie and Harlan are joined by Melissa Davis, a Yale radiologist and a graduate of Yale SOM’s MBA for Executives program, to discuss the ‘whoa’ moments and the weaknesses she has encountered using artificial intelligence to help interpret scans. Harlan reflects on the slow progress toward a healthcare system that rewards value rather than volume; Howie reports on new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
Links:
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests covid was designed to spare Jews, Chinese people”
“The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Unethical Behavior”
“Vinod Khosla: Machines will replace 80 percent of doctors”
“Affirmative action ruling raises concerns over impact on medical school diversity”
Yale School of Management: MBA for Executives
Sepsis DX, co-founded by Melissa Davis
“Donanemab in Early Symptomatic Alzheimer Disease: The TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 Randomized Clinical Trial”
“Editorial: Amyloid-Targeting Monoclonal Antibodies for Alzheimer Disease”
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- PodcastEpisode 89Duration 36:04
Julius Chapiro: Minimally Invasive Liver Cancer Treatment
Howie and Harlan are joined by Julius Chapiro to discuss advances in the use of machine learning and molecular imaging to understand and treat liver cancer and his work as the director of Yale’s Center for Minimally Invasive Therapies. Harlan reports on a medical journal paper that highlights positive outcomes while ignoring negative ones; Howie warns of the impact of private equity ownership of medical practices.
Links:
“Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin - Liver Cancer Minimally Invasive Therapies”
“Bempedoic Acid and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Statin-Intolerant Patients”
“Bempedoic Acid for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Statin-Intolerant Patients”
“Monetizing Medicine: Private Equity And Competition In Physician Practice Markets”
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- PodcastEpisode 88Duration 32:17
Dawn Harris Sherling: What Food Additives Are Doing to Your Microbiome
Howie and Harlan are joined by Dawn Harris Sherling, an internist at Florida Atlantic University and the author of Eat Everything: How to Ditch Additives and Emulsifiers, Heal Your Body, and Reclaim the Joy of Food. Harlan provides an update on the dangers of the artificial sweetener aspartame; Howie reflects on the lessons from an outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to a plastic surgery clinic in Mexico.
Links:
“The WHO is about to declare aspartame can cause cancer. Here’s why you should listen.”
“Donald Rumsfeld and the Strange History of Aspartame”
Harvard School of Public Health: The Microbiome
“5 Food Additives You Should Avoid”
“The UN Decade of Nutrition, the NOVA food classification and the trouble with ultra-processing”
“A Shadowy Industry Group Shapes Food Policy Around the World”
“Joan Rivers Died From Complication in Treatment, Officials Say”
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- PodcastEpisode 87Duration 32:29
Hil Moss: The Gap in Care for Cancer Survivors
Howie and Harlan are joined by Hil Moss, a graduate of Yale SOM and the Yale School of Public Health, to discuss her experience being diagnosed with breast cancer while a Yale student, the challenges facing cancer survivors after treatment, and the virtual clinic that she founded to help fill the void. Harlan reports on highly effective new obesity treatments on the horizon; Howie discusses the far-reaching effects of the Dobbs ruling, one year later.
Links:
“Experimental Lilly pill, Mounjaro both lead to 15% weight loss in clinical trials”
VivorCare: The First Virtual Cancer Survivorship Clinic
Hil Moss: “Enough pink: We’re doing Breast Cancer Awareness Month all wrong”
“Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022)”
“A National Survey of OBGYNs’ Experiences After Dobbs”
“Indiana board reprimands Dr. Caitlin Bernard over 10-year-old's abortion case”
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- PodcastEpisode 86Duration 35:00
Sejal Hathi: Serving the Public
Howie and Harlan are joined by Sejal Hathi, a physician, podcaster, and social entrepreneur who recently left a White House role to become New Jersey’s health officer. Harlan asks if ChatGPT’s imagination is a bug or a feature; Howie discusses the toll of motorcycle accidents and makes the case for helmet laws.
Links:
“Exclusive: 42% of CEOs say AI could destroy humanity in five to ten years”
“Artificial Hallucinations in ChatGPT: Implications in Scientific Writing”
“Ikigai: A Japanese concept to improve work and life”
Sejal Hathi at TEDWomen: Girls Helping Girls
Nurture NJ: Combating New Jersey’s Maternal and Infant Mortality Crisis
“Mandatory Bicycle Helmet Laws in the United States: Origins, Context, and Controversies”
“Motorcycle Accident Statistics & Numbers For 2023”
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- PodcastEpisode 85Duration 29:47
David Fiellin: The Treatments Changing the Lives of People with Opioid Addictions
Howie and Harlan are joined by David Fiellin, a Yale internist and an expert in addiction medicine. Harlan reports on a new study showing a surprising benefit from a daily multivitamin; Howie explains how a 1994 law is fueling hype around an untested herbal supplement for weight loss.
Links:
“Multivitamin Supplementation Improves Memory in Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial”
Earlham College: Mission, Principles, and Values
“What Ozempic Reveals About Desire”
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Buprenorphine
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Naloxone DrugFacts
CDC: Understanding the Opioid Overdose Epidemic
“The Truth About ‘Nature’s Ozempic’”
Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994
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- PodcastEpisode 84Duration 32:05
Abbe Gluck: The Legal Determinants of Health
Howie and Harlan are joined by Abbe Gluck of Yale Law School to discuss how law shapes the health of Americans. Harlan explains how flaws in data privacy affect patients; Howie gives an update on the millions losing their Medicaid coverage, often despite qualifying for the program.
Links:
Harlan Krumholz: “In the US, patient data privacy is an illusion”
Abbe Gluck: COVID-19 and the Law: Disruption, Impact and Legacy
“Abortion pill case: where does the lawsuit against the pill currently stand”
“Chevron case: Supreme Court could take sledgehammer to agency power”
“SAFFORD UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST. #1 v. REDDING (No. 08-479)”
“What Do the Early Medicaid Unwinding Data Tell Us?”
“As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage”
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- PodcastEpisode 83Duration 33:19
Sandeep Jauhar: A Witness to Dementia
Howie and Harlan are joined by Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiologist and the author, most recently, of the memoir My Father’s Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s. Harlan reports on new research about the timing of blood thinners for stroke patients with atrial fibrillation; Howie checks in on two physician groups that were acquired by private equity investors earlier this year and are now facing bankruptcy.
Links:
“Early versus Later Anticoagulation for Stroke with Atrial Fibrillation”
Sandeep Jauhar: Heart: a History
Sandeep Jauhar: “How Would You Feel About a 100-Year-Old Doctor?”
Sandeep Jauhar: My Father’s Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s
“The Dutch Village Where Everyone Has Dementia”
National Institute on Aging: What Causes Alzheimer's Disease?
“KKR-Backed GenesisCare Preps for Bankruptcy Filing Within Days”
“KKR-Backed Envision Healthcare Plans Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing”
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- PodcastEpisode 82Duration 35:51
Albert Ko: A Journey in Public Health
Howie and Harlan welcome Yale’s Albert Ko back to the podcast to discuss the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and his career as an infectious disease specialist and public health researcher. Harlan reports on a breakthrough in pacemaker technology; Howie reflects on the complex relationship between obesity, social media, and mental health for young people.
Links:
“A Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker”
Health & Veritas, Ep. 14: Albert Ko: A Wider View of COVID-19
“What’s Going On With Covid Right Now?”
Weill Cornell Medical School: Warren Johnson
Berkeley Public Health: Lee Riley
WHO: Social Determinants of Health
“Surgeon General Issues New Advisory About Effects Social Media Use Has on Youth Mental Health”
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- PodcastEpisode 81Duration 35:42
Joseph Sakran: Confronting Gun Violence
Howie and Harlan are joined by Joseph Sakran, whose career as a trauma surgeon and advocate grew out of his own experience with gun violence. Harlan discusses his new study enumerating the vast scale of excess deaths among Black Americans; Howie reports on improvements in the insurance rate, nearly a decade after the Affordable Care Act went into effect.
Links:
Written Testimony of Joseph Sakran—U.S. House Judiciary Committee, February 6, 2019
“Doctors See the Wreckage of Gun Violence Every Day. We've Had Enough”
“In 2019, Congress Pledged Millions to Study Gun Violence. The Results Are Nearly Here.”
“U.S. gun deaths disproportionately high”
“The State of U.S. Health Insurance in 2022”
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