Health & Veritas Podcast
1) Ezekiel Emanuel: Ice Cream and Other Keys to a Long Life
In a bonus episode, Howie and Harlan welcome oncologist, bioethicist, and public health expert Ezekiel Emanuel to discuss his new book, which counters the wellness industry by offering simple, evidenc...Show More
2) An Ongoing Conversation about Health and Healthcare
In the 200th episode of Health & Veritas, Harlan offers end-of-the-year reflections on medicine drawn from his editor's notes in JACC (the Journal of the American College of Cardiology), and Howie pro...Show More
3) Basmah Safdar: Why Women Experience Illness Differently
Howie and Harlan are joined by Basmah Safdar, a Yale School of Medicine emergency physician and an expert on sex-specific differences in cardiovascular and microvascular health, which have important i...Show More
4) Sudhakar Nuti: Bringing Healthcare to the Unhoused
Howie and Harlan are joined by Sudhakar Nuti to discuss his work improving healthcare for homeless New Yorkers, as a street-medicine doctor and a population-health leader at NYC Health + Hospitals. Ha...Show More
5) Peter Hotez: Mapping the Anti-Science Machine
Howie and Harlan are joined by Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert and an outspoken opponent of health misinformation, to discuss vaccine skepticism and the forcesâfrom wellness influencers to HHS secretary...Show More
6) The Cost Curve, Flu, and Other News
Howie and Harlan discuss the outlook for U.S. healthcare spending over the next five years, the state of seasonal and avian flu, and an expensive AI-based cardiac test. Show notes: Life expectancy an...Show More
7) Jerry Avorn: Countering the Drug Marketing Machine
Howie and Harlan are joined by Harvard internist Jerry Avorn to discuss his research on the pharmaceutical industry and his work promoting evidence-based prescribing. Harlan highlights new results fro...Show More
8) Ali Rahimi: A Cardiologist in Your Pocket
Howie and Harlan are joined by cardiologist Ali Rahimi, the founder of ALYKA Health, which uses a personalized mobile app to help patients manage their heart health between doctor's visits. Harlan dis...Show More
9) Nate Wood: Cooking Lessons for Better Health
Howie and Harlan are joined by Nate Wood, a Yale School of Medicine internist and trained chef, to discuss his work combining lifestyle guidance with hands-on training in making healthy, tasty food. H...Show More
10) Rajlakshmi Krishnamurthy: Coordinated Care, Better Care
Howie and Harlan are joined by Rajlakshmi Krishnamurthy, the Yale School of Medicine's associate dean for population health, to discuss her work building holistic systems for care at multiple institut...Show More