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PODCAST

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast

Ed Delesky, MD and Nicole Aruffo, RN

Ever leave the doctor’s office more confused than when you walked in? Your Checkup: Health Conversations for Motivated Patients is your health ally in a world full of fast appointments and even faster Google searches. Each week, a board certified family medicine physician and a pediatric nurse sit down to answer the questions your doctor didn’t have time to.From understanding diabetes and depression to navigating obesity, high blood pressure, and everyday wellness—we make complex health topics

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33:43

78: DASH Diet: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/09/15

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. The DASH diet offers a powerful, evidence-based approach to lowering blood pressure through nutritional changes rather than medication. • Stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension • Focuses on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and low-fat dairy • Limits sodium, saturated fat, added sugars, and processed meats • Can lower systolic blood pressure by 5-6 points and diastol...

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77: The Flu Shot: Why This Vaccine Matters More Than...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/09/08

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. The flu vaccine is our best defense against influenza, a contagious respiratory virus that causes millions of illnesses and thousands of deaths in the US each year. Despite being only 40-60% effective, the vaccine significantly reduces hospitalizations, outpatient visits, and deaths while protecting vulnerable populations who cannot be vaccinated. • Influenza causes 9-41 million illnesses, 140...

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76: Four Habits of People Who Maintain Weight Loss

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/09/01

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. We explore the four key habits of people who have successfully maintained significant weight loss, based on findings from the National Weight Control Registry's long-term observational study. • 62% of successful weight maintainers watch less than 10 hours of TV weekly (under 90 minutes daily) • 75% weigh themselves at least once weekly as a data point, not as a measure of self-worth • 78% eat ...

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75: Understanding Your Liver: From Function to Fatty...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/08/25

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. The liver performs vital functions including filtering toxins, producing proteins, storing energy, aiding digestion, and regulating cholesterol and hormones. Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) has become the most common chronic liver disease globally, affecting up to 38% of the population worldwide. • The liver filters blood, breaks down alcohol and medications, p...

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74: Why Your Body Fights Weight Loss: Metabolic...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/08/18

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. Metabolic adaptation is a powerful physiological process that explains why weight loss is so challenging and why keeping it off can feel like your body is working against you. • Your body burns fewer calories than expected after weight loss, creating an "energy gap" • For every kilogram lost, metabolism slows by approximately 25 calories • Weight loss affects hormones like leptin (satiety) and...

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73: Ultra-Processed Foods: Why Food Processing...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/08/11

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. Our food choices extend far beyond calories, with recent research showing minimally processed diets outperform ultra-processed diets for weight loss even when nutrient content is identical. • Ultra-processed foods contain industrial ingredients not found in home kitchens like sweeteners, emulsifiers, and preservatives • The NOVA classification categorizes foods from unprocessed to ultra-proces...

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72: How Many Steps a Day Keep the Doctor Away? New...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/08/04

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. We dive deep into recent research that challenges everything you think you know about daily step goals. The famous 10,000 steps target was actually a marketing gimmick from 1960s Japan with no scientific backing, while new evidence shows 7,000 steps delivers the most dramatic health benefits. • The 10,000 steps goal originated from Japanese marketing, not science • Meta-analysis followed 161,0...

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71: Tylenol vs. NSAIDs: Which Pain Reliever Is Right...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/07/28

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. We break down the key differences between Tylenol (acetaminophen) and NSAIDs (ibuprofen, naproxen, aspirin) to help you make informed decisions about which pain reliever is right for you. This evidence-based discussion draws from top medical sources to explain how these common medications work differently in your body. • Tylenol works on perception of pain and fever in the brain but doesn't ad...

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PCOS: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options for...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/07/21

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. PCOS affects approximately one in ten women of reproductive age, creating a cascade of symptoms from irregular periods to fertility challenges. This common hormonal and metabolic condition has implications for long-term health beyond just reproductive concerns, including increased risk for diabetes, heart disease, and mental health issues. • PCOS is characterized by elevated androgens and insu...

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53:34

Mediterranean Diet: Life Prolonging Benefits & Sample...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/07/14

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. The Mediterranean diet is an evidence-based eating pattern that supports heart health, brain health, and longevity with delicious, sustainable food choices. We explore what makes this diet special and provide practical ways to incorporate its principles into everyday meals. • Core components include vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and olive oil • Fish (especially fatty varieti...

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Side Effects Broken Down: GLP-1 Weight Loss...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/07/07

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. On this episode discuss the side effects of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, Zepbound, and Mounjaro offering practical strategies to manage these effects while still benefiting from the medications. • GLP-1 medications (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound) help manage type 2 diabetes, obesity, and can reduce cardiovascular risk • Most common side effects are gastrointestinal: nausea,...

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Understanding Heat-Related Illness: Surviving...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/06/30

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. We explore heat-related illnesses, from mild conditions to life-threatening emergencies, providing crucial information for staying safe during hot weather. We break down the six types of heat-related conditions and explain who's most vulnerable during extreme temperatures. • Young children, older adults, and those with chronic conditions face higher risks of heat illness • People taking beta b...

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Medical Mishaps: When Patient Education Falls Short

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/06/23

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. We discuss an important patient education story about medication misunderstandings that could have led to serious harm, highlighting the gaps in healthcare instruction. • Nicole shares her experience with a broken toe and visit to urgent care • The hosts discuss their current reality TV favorites including Love Island and Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders • A patient was discovered not removing the ...

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Pulse Oximeters May Fail People of Color: What You...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/06/16

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. We investigate how pulse oximeters – those small devices that clip onto your finger and measure oxygen levels – can show bias against people with darker skin tones. This critical medical tool may overestimate oxygen readings in Black patients, potentially leading to delayed or inadequate treatment. • Pulse oximeters use infrared light to measure blood oxygen, but melanin in darker skin can sca...

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31:23

Insulin Resistance: Early Warning Signs and How to...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/06/09

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. Insulin resistance often precedes diabetes by 5-10 years and serves as an early warning sign of potential damage to your cardiovascular system and other organs. We explore this common condition, its risk factors, and how simple lifestyle changes can reverse it before more serious health problems develop. • Insulin resistance occurs when muscles, liver, and fat cells fail to respond to normal l...

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Prediabetes Explained: Risks and Prevention of Diabetes

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/06/02

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. Prediabetes affects over one-third of Americans, yet 80% don't know they have it. We break down what this silent condition means for your health and provide practical strategies to prevent progression to diabetes. • Prediabetes is defined as blood sugar that's elevated but not high enough to be diabetes • Risk factors include being over 45, overweight, family history of diabetes, and certain r...

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26:35

Sunburn, Skin Aging & Skin Cancer Prevention

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/05/26

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. We dive deep into the essential topic of skin cancer prevention and sun protection methods. As summer approaches, it's crucial to understand how to protect yourself from harmful UV rays that can lead to skin cancer, a condition that affects one in five Americans in their lifetime. • One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime • Seek shade between 10am-2pm when the sun's ra...

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24:41

Fitness Might Be the Best Medicine of All

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/05/19

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. Cardiorespiratory fitness might be the strongest predictor of how long you'll live, with a massive study showing fitness level may have a more significant impact than traditional risk factors like smoking or diabetes. • Study of 122,000 people undergoing treadmill testing followed for eight years • People with elite fitness were 80% less likely to die than those with low fitness • Being unfit ...

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Safe Sleep: Every Parent Needs to Know These...

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/05/12

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. Safe infant sleep guidelines have reduced SIDS deaths by 50-80% over the last three decades, yet funding for this critical public health campaign is now at risk of being cut. • Explained difference between SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and SUID (sudden unexpected infant death) • Described the "triple risk model" that leads to SIDS: vulnerable infant + critical developmental period + exte...

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41:27

Back Pain: Causes, Relief, Prevention

Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast ·

2025/05/05

Send us a message with this link, we would love to hear from you. Standard message rates may apply. Back pain affects 80% of people at some point in their lives, but the good news is that approximately 90% of cases improve within 6-12 weeks with proper care and movement. Understanding the causes, treatments, and prevention strategies for back pain can help you navigate this common but often debilitating condition. • Most back pain is "non-specific" with muscle strain being the most common ca...

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