The Intelligent Medicine Podcast

ENCORE: How Kids’ Emotional and Physical Problems Can Be Alleviated With Hypnotherapy, Part 2
February 13, 2024
Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Ran Anbar MD, author of "Changing Children’s Lives with Hypnosis: A Journey to the Center." Click HERE for part 1.

Intelligent Medicine Radio for February 10, Part 1: Post-Stroke Speech Recovery
February 12, 2024
Due to a technical difficulty, this is an abbreviated hour of Intelligent Medicine: King Charles has cancer—but where? PSA = 1, but waking up to pee—do I need to see a urologist? Treatment for laryngo-pharyngeal reflux (LPR); Do you need to take a statin after a stroke? Vibrating pill may obviate need for appetite-suppressing weight loss drugs; Treatment for diarrhea-predominant IBS; Acupuncture shows benefits for post-stroke speech recovery. Click HERE for part 2. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Intelligent Medicine Radio For February 10, Part 2: Medical Misinformation

How continuous glucose monitors can teach you to regulate your blood sugar; Supreme Court to weigh in on medical “misinformation”; Can you outrun heart risks of frequent sugary beverage intake? Cannabis linked to increased anxiety, depression; Time-restricted keto diet delays progression of ALS; Is there a one-size-fits-all weight loss diet for seniors? Supplements for a one-year-old who is constantly coming down with infections; High LDL, but with high HDL—are statins the answer? Click HERE for part 1. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Leyla Weighs In: Heart Disease
February 9, 2024
February is heart health awareness month; Risk factors for heart disease.

ENCORE: Are the supplements you take safe and effective? Part 1
February 8, 2024
Sandra Lee, CEO of NJ Labs, an analytical testing service, helps us look behind the curtain at the world of quality testing for supplements and nutraceuticals. It’s a complicated process; different methods are required to detect heavy metals, pesticides, and to ascertain potency. Many companies are heavily invested in multiple layers of quality control, safeguarding consumers and ensuring they get what the label claims. Sandra is a pioneer in the new field of evaluating hemp-derived cannabinoids; there’s wide variation in the quality of the myriad CBD products that have recently flooded the marketplace. Sandra provides tips on how consumers can be reassured of the effectiveness of products they buy. She hails progress made my responsible supplement manufacturers. Click HERE for part 2.

ENCORE: Are the supplements you take safe and effective? Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Sandra Lee, CEO of NJ Labs. Click HERE for part 1.

Q&A with Leyla, Part 1: Medicine’s Biggest Failures
February 7, 2024
A discussion on the concepts of weight-inclusive care and healthism; Some comments on medicine's biggest failures. Click HERE for part 2.

Q&A with Leyla, Part 2: Kidney Stones and Probiotics

I've read your book on Mitral Valve Prolapse and it helped to reduce panic attacks...but I'm still depressed; The Singulair debacle; What are your thoughts on the Shingrix vaccine?; Is essential tremor causing unsteadiness and balance problems when I'm walking?; Can kidney stones be controlled with probiotics?; What are your thoughts on bone broth? Click HERE for part 1.

How You Can Get Your Immune System Into Peak Performance Fast, Part 1
February 6, 2024
Today, more than ever, your good health is constantly under attack by everything that winter brings. Sometimes you feel like you can’t leave your house because of all the tiny, invisible threats that are coughed or sneezed at you. And with most health experts predicting that this winter will be just as severe as last winter, now would be a good time to become SUPER - IMMUNE. Dr. Paul S. Anderson, a recognized educator and clinician in integrative and naturopathic medicine with a focus on complex infectious, chronic, and oncologic illness, details a scientifically advanced mushroom extract from Japan called AHCC that super-charges your immune system like nothing else. It boosts the most important part of your immune system: your Natural Killer cells, or NK cells. They're the most powerful, invader-killing cells in your body. Click HERE for part 2.

How You Can Get Your Immune System Into Peak Performance Fast, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Paul S. Anderson, a recognized educator and clinician in integrative and naturopathic medicine with a focus on complex infectious, chronic, and oncologic illness. Click HERE for part 1.