Dr. Baliga's 'Got Knowledge Doc?' PODKASTS Podcast
1) 🧠🌊 Clearing the Brain: CSF Flow, Sleep, and Neuroimmunity
🧠💧 How does the brain clean itself—and defend itself? A landmark Neuron review unifies two once-separate stories: brain waste clearance and immune surveillance. The glymphatic system, powered by C...Show More
2) 🌱 Slow Starts, Strong Finishes: How Legends Are Really Made
🏆 How do world-class performers really develop? A fascinating Science review (Güllich et al., 2025) overturns a deeply held belief: early stars are rarely future legends. Across sports, science, musi...Show More
3) Aerobic Activity as Precision Cancer Prevention 🏃♀️🎯🧬
🏃♀️ Exercise is not lifestyle advice—it's cancer biology. A landmark analysis of 443,768 adults from the UK Biobank and NHANES shows that regular aerobic physical activity (≈117–500 min/week) is a...Show More
4) EU SafeHearts Plan: 🧬💓 From Genes to Gyms, ❤️ Know Your Numbers, ❤️ Stronger Hearts, Smarter Europe, Healthier Lives
🫀 Europe puts the heart first. The EU Safe Hearts Plan is a bold, evidence-based roadmap to tackle Europe's leading cause of death—cardiovascular disease—through prevention 🛡️, early detection 🔍,...Show More
5) Hormones, and Abdominal Pain 🧬🦠🔥 How Estrogen Amplifies Gut Sensitivity in Females
🧠🦠 Why does abdominal pain affect women more? Science offers a cellular answer. A new Science study uncovers an estrogen-tuned gut pain circuit in which peptide YY–secreting enteroendocrine cells ...Show More
6) Dr RR Baliga's Philosophical Discourses: Søren Kierkegaard (Denmark, 1813–1855 CE) – Existentialism
📚🇩🇰 Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855): the philosopher of choice, anxiety, and becoming Kierkegaard argued that the highest human task isn't just knowing the good—it's embodying it: becoming a self thr...Show More
7) A Molecular Autopsy in Real Time 🧬⏱️Checkpoint Inhibitors, Multiorgan Damage ♟️🧬⚠️
🧬 When immunity saves—and harms—at the same time A striking NEJM correspondence reveals that patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors often sustain molecularly detectable multiorgan damage—w...Show More
8) Same Drink, Worse Morning 🍷⏳😖Alcohol vs the Aging Clock ⏰🍸😴
🍷⏳ Why Hangovers Get Worse as We Age — Science, Not Sentiment Ever wondered why the same drink that once sparkled now punishes? A Well Informed piece from The Economist explains how aging physiolog...Show More
9) ⏳➡️⏰ Can Science Make Old Immune Cells Young Again?
🧬✨ Can we make the ageing immune system young again? A fascinating Nature study shows that a three-part mRNA cocktail (DFI) can temporarily rejuvenate T cells in aged mice, improving responses to vac...Show More
10) Protein Moderation: Age Slower, Live Better 🧬⏳❤️
🧬 Protein Restriction, Aging, and Longevity ⏳ A remarkable new study in Cell shows that moderate protein restriction—especially when started in midlife—can reprogram aging biology across 41 organs,...Show More