The Intelligent Medicine Podcast

Clinical Focus: Medical Epic Fails, Part 2
March 10, 2015
Dr. Hoffman continues his talk on now-discredited medical follies. Click HERE for part 1.

Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for March 7, Part 1
March 9, 2015
Is aspirin for heart disease prevention a medical epic fail? Brain vs. Heart: Is diet or exercise more protective? SoCal smog controls have paid off in better lung health for kids; Fit body at 40 may pave way for healthier brain at 60; Earn money from home--up to $13,000 per year--by donating your poop! GMO soy oil--is it really healthier? CoQ10 "ineffective"--really?? Click HERE for part 2. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for March 7, Part 2

Beware Daylight Saving Time: It may up your risk for heart attack, suicide, accidents! Twin studies show the difference exercise can make. Is arthroscopic surgery for knee pain another medical epic fail? Click HERE for part 1. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Airway Health—a new medical paradigm, Part 1
March 5, 2015
Dr. Howard Hindin, founder of the Foundation for Airway Health calls upon health professionals to include an airway evaluation as an integral part of a comprehensive, integrative workup. How you breathe--whether or not your mouth structure or jaw position impedes your airway—impacts your nervous system function, potentially bathing us in stress hormones. This goes way beyond just ordinary sleep apnea, which is surprisingly common. Even without obvious snoring, sleep problems related to suboptimal breathing may affect up to 50% of the population and may be related to chronic fatigue, hypertension, insulin resistance, heart disease, obesity, carbohydrate craving, low testosterone, pain syndromes, GERD, anxiety, dementia. childhood ADD and ADHD, Tourette’s Syndrome, and many other challenging medical conditions. Click HERE for part 2.

Airway Health—a new medical paradigm, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Howard Hindin, founder of the Foundation for Airway Health, who calls upon health professionals to include an airway evaluation as an integral part of a comprehensive, integrative workup. Click HERE for part 1.

Q&A with Leyla, Part 1
March 4, 2015
The benefits of pycnogenol. Any cures for cataracts? Click HERE for part 2.

Q&A with Leyla, Part 2

Multiple myeloma and reclast. Is my vitamin D level too high? How much ubiquinol and fish oil when taking a statin? Do you recommend colonoscopy for people over 50? Click HERE for part 1.

Vaccine Safety, Part 1
March 3, 2015
In the wake of the recent measles outbreak, Dr. Jared Skowron, Vice President of the Pediatric Association of Naturopathic Physicians and author of 100 Natural Remedies for Your Child, weighs in on the current vaccine controversy: Are "anti-vaxxers” putting the health of vulnerable Americans at risk? Should routine vaccines be mandatory for all healthy children? What are potential hazards of vaccines? Does over-reliance on vaccines undermine immunity? Does nutrition provide at least a partial bulwark against serious complications of infectious diseases? Should vaccine administration be staggered or delayed in certain vulnerable kids? Do harmful ingredients lurk in some vaccines? Are there warning signs that a child might have an adverse reaction to immunization? Is there a middle ground between vaccine refusal and selective use of vaccines? Why was this year’s flu vaccine such an epic-fail? Click HERE for part 2.

Vaccine Safety, Part 2

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Jared Skowron, Vice President of the Pediatric Association of Naturopathic Physicians and author of 100 Natural Remedies for Your Child. Click HERE for part 1.

Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for February 28, Part 1
March 2, 2015
The six healthy lifestyle tips that could reduce a woman's heart disease risk by 92%; top medical journal says nutrition should be a mainstay of treatment in psychiatry; reversing the epidemic of peanut allergy; the probiotic revolution--new frontier in health and medicine. Click HERE for part 2. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.