ENCORE: Intelligent Medicine Radio for August 9, Part 1: Benefits of Sun Exposure
Lifestyle and environment affect health more than genes; Med Diet lowers cancer risk; How to get rid of knee pain; Ostinol for bone health; Sunlight—Time for a rethink? Benefits of sun exposure may be more than just about vitamin D; Exercise is mitochondrial medicine; Ginger scores vs. colitis; Kitchen remedy for water-borne lead.
ENCORE: Intelligent Medicine Radio for August 9, Part 2: Melatonin for Skin Rejuvenation
CT scan accidentally reveals calcium deposits where they don’t belong; Dispelling the myth that hunter-gatherers get more sleep than Westerners; Blue light exposure at night impairs sleep—but morning exposure improves it; When normal B12 levels aren’t enough; NT Factor vs. urolithin A (Mitopure®️) for mitochondria; Alternatives to PPIs for Barrett’s Esophagus; Topical—not oral—melatonin for skin rejuvenation.
BONUS: Intelligent Medicine Radio for August 9: Exploring Female Viagra
BONUS ORIGINAL CONTENT: The introduction and limitations of the drug Addyi, known as the ‘female Viagra,’ including its side effects and mixed effectiveness; A listener’s concerns about liver fibrosis, providing dietary and supplement recommendations for liver health; The impact of plastic exposure on cardiovascular health, emphasizing the widespread and harmful effects of phthalates found in plastics.
References & Resources
Top diet linked to lower risk of multiple cancers
JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(2):e2461031. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.61031
Lifestyle and environmental factors affect health and aging more than our genes
Nature Medicine, 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03483-9
Sunlight: Time for a rethink?
By Laura Johannes, WSJ January 20, 2024
Red light therapy gets the green light, sort of
By Alex Janin, The Wall Street Journal Feb 24, 2025
Ginger compound has potential to treat inflammatory bowel disease
Nature Communications, 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56624-0
Brewing tea removes lead from water
ACS Food Science & Technology February 24, 2025
Morning blue light therapy improves sleep and daily activity in older adults
GeroScience, 2025; DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-01506-y
People in industrial societies get more sleep than Hunter-gatherers
By Michael Lepage, NewScientist February 26, 2025
Exercise as Mitochondrial Medicine: How does the Exercise Prescription Affect Mitochondrial Adaptations to Training?
Annual Review of Physiology, Vol. 87:107-129
