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Conversations on Health Care

Conversations on Health Care

Conversations on Health Care is a project of the Moses/Weitzman Media Group and part of the first health system dedicated to the primary care for underserved populations. The show brings together top thought leaders in public health, health policy and innovation. Each episode offers an depth conversations and global perspectives on current trending topics.

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30:11

Colorectal Cancer Rising for Millennials & Gen Z: How...

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2025/03/06

Originally broadcast February 15, 2024 About 1 in 5 colorectal patients are now under the age of 55, and colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death for men under age 50 and the second for women under 50. During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we present this encore presentation of our interview with Dr. Alan Venook. Dr. Venook is with the University of California-San Francisco and is one of the nation’s leading colorectal cancer researchers. He explained to...Read More Read

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Alzheimer’s Researchers Under Fire: Acclaimed...

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2025/02/27

Originally broadcast February 27, 2025. How reliable is the current research into the cause of Alzheimer’s disease? Award-winning author Charles Piller’s new book is “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s”; it’s raising important questions about certain images that may have been manipulated to bolster the amyloid hypothesis as the cause of Alzheimer’s. Piller tells “Conversations on Health Care” that “what you have are a multitude of images — not just in

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33:06

Former Republican HHS Secretary Offers Bipartisan Wisdom

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2025/02/20

Dr. Louis Sullivan walked the halls of Congress and testified before committees when he was secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. That experience, working in a bipartisan fashion in the President George H.W. Bush administration, is valuable now. During Black History Month, we revisit our interview with Dr. Sullivan for lessons about leadership and the challenges that still exist in our healthcare system. Dr. Sullivan advocates for more Blacks to train to become doctors and

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30:14

Egg Prices Up: Hear From Experts About Why

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2025/02/13

Originally broadcast February 13, 2025 $4.95 — that’s the record high price of a dozen of Grade A eggs in U.S. cities. Michael Osterholm, Ph.D., the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, says expect them to go even higher. That’s because H5N1, a form of bird flu, has affected more than 156 million commercial, backyard and wild birds in the United States in the last three years. Osterholm, with nearly 50 years of experience investigating infectious...Read More Read

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31:22

Guardrails for Health AI: How, Why and When

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2025/02/10

Originally broadcast February 6, 2025 Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing health care—but how do we ensure it’s safe, effective, and responsible? Dr. Brian Anderson, CEO of the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), explains to “Conversations on Health Care” how his organization is working to establish clear guidelines for responsible AI in health care. Formed in 2021 during the pandemic, CHAI has grown from eight organizations to nearly 3,000, bringing together healthcare leaders, tech companies,

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31:04

Do Your 2025 Healthcare Predictions Match Up With...

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2025/01/30

Originally broadcast January 30, 2025. Noted healthcare leader Dr. Sachin Jain has been publicly releasing his annual predictions for the sector for five years and is proud of his “pretty accurate” track record. He’s out now with his list of top 10 predictions for the healthcare industry for 2025. Dr. Jain states that “Heretofore fringe ideas about wellness and disease causation and medications will continue to go mainstream.” Dr. Jain has held top positions at the Centers for Medicare and...Read

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31:36

Health Care & President Trump: What’s Happened So Far

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2025/01/23

Originally broadcast January 23, 2025 President Trump’s first days in office have resulted in a number of important changes in the healthcare landscape. President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization, rolled back drug pricing policies and limited gender-affirming care. In addition, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., awaits his confirmation hearing to serve as secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Conversations on Health Care hosts Mark Masselli and

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31:01

NEJM’s 1st AI Editor on Tech’s Pluses & Minuses

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2025/01/16

Originally broadcast August 22, 2023 As the year begins, some patients remain concerned about how far artificial intelligence (AI) is creeping into the exam room. But AI has been part of health care longer than most realize, according to Dr. Isaac Kohane, a Harvard University professor. Kohane is the editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine’s first publication devoted to AI; it’s a groundbreaking role and we’re proud to share an encore presentation of the interview. He told hosts...

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31:17

Healthcare Providers & ChatGPT Will See You Now: Our...

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2025/01/14

Originally broadcast June 8, 2023 The World Health Organization has issued a statement expressing concern about artificial intelligence in health care. In 2023, Mayo Clinic’s then-Chief Information Officer Cris Ross joined us to discuss it. He led innovation projects at Mayo Clinic for over 30 years and told us “perhaps” we should be worried about ChatGPT. “These technologies are value-neutral but their usage is not necessarily value-neutral. Bad people can use good technology for bad purposes. So I

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33:46

2024 Rewind & Look Ahead for Health Care Issues

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2025/01/02

Originally broadcast January 2, 2025. Conversations on Health Care hopes the new year is off to a great start for you! But before we completely turn the page on 2024, we want to look back on our top issues and interviews from the past year. We spoke to leading experts about the health care policies that were part of the presidential race; the promise and peril of artificial intelligence; the research into happiness; and many other issues. As President Trump,...Read More Read More The post 2024

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Holidays, Headaches & Heartache: Best Advice from the...

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2024/12/26

Originally broadcast December 26, 2024 Dr. Amit Sood is called the “Happiness Doctor” for a good reason; his resilience approach has been included in over 35 clinical trials. The holiday season, occurring right after an intense election, is an ideal time to learn from Dr. Sood about how to recognize stress and reprogram the brain to deal with it. One of his top pieces of advice: Ask yourself if what is upsetting you will matter in five years? If the...Read More Read More The post Holidays,

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29:43

What Elon Musk & Peter Thiel Invest In to Make Lives...

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2024/12/20

Originally broadcast December 20, 2024 Billionaires who dream of extending human life, including Elon Musk, believe they will have very supportive partners in the incoming Trump administration. They’re excited that President Trump has nominated Jim O’Neill for the number two spot at the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services because of his history in the anti-aging movement. David Gobel, the co-founder and CEO of the Methuselah Fund, says, “Jim O’Neill really understands the value of avoiding the

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29:39

Nurse Practitioners: A Growing Opportunity

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2024/12/12

Originally broadcast December 12, 2024 Nurse practitioners, at 385,000 strong in the U.S., are increasingly seen as a key part of the solution to the primary care provider shortage. What are the challenges and opportunities to ensure everyone can get the care they need when they need it? Our guest is the president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Stephen Ferrara, DNP. He also serves as the inaugural associate dean of artificial intelligence and a professor of nursing at...Read

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Pres. Trump’s HIV/AIDS Record: A Look Back & Ahead

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2024/12/04

Originally broadcast December 5, 2024 HIV/AIDS experts are cautiously watching as President Trump and his administration near inauguration day. On one hand, they remember how President Trump announced in 2019 his initiative called Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America. It included Ready, Set, PrEP, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiative that provides free access to the HIV prevention medication PrEP for thousands of qualifying individuals. But there are worries “about the

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“Dr. Happiness” on Surviving Family Discussions at...

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2024/11/27

Originally broadcast on November 27, 2024 Dr. Amit Sood is called the “Happiness Doctor” for a good reason; his resilience approach has been included in over 35 clinical trials. The holiday season, occurring right after an intense election, is an ideal time to learn from Dr. Sood about how to recognize stress and reprogram the brain to deal with it. One of his top pieces of advice: Ask yourself if what is upsetting you will matter in five years? If...Read More Read More The post “Dr. Happiness”

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Did the millions spent matter? Election ’24 Health...

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2024/11/21

Originally broadcast November 21, 2024 TV ads focused on health care issues — including transgender care, abortion and costs — ricocheted across the airwaves in the months leading up to election day. Erika Franklin Fowler, Ph.D., is a co-director of the Wesleyan Media Project, which tracks political ads. She joins “Conversations on Health Care” to discuss a controversial anti-transgender surgery ad from the Republicans that also benefited from free media attention, as well as House and Senate

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When Area Hospitals Have the Same Owner, Does Medical...

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2024/11/14

Originally broadcast November 14, 2024 There are 27 million Americans who have medical debt on their credit reports right now—a drag on their pocketbooks and our health care system. Urban Institute researchers say they’ve found an interesting fact about those with medical debt: They live in communities with less healthcare competition because of common ownership. The data show that communities of color and people living in the South are disproportionately affected. Fredric Blavin, Ph.D. and Breno

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30:03

Election Year Stress? How Music Can Help the Mind Relax

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2024/10/24

Originally broadcast April 9, 2024 The upcoming presidential election is stressing out 69% of American adults, according to a survey from the American Psychological Association. If you’re with the majority in feeling that way, there’s important advice to consider from worldwide acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming. She’s the editor of “Music and Mind,” a curated collection of essays from leading scientists, artists, creative arts therapists, educators and health care providers about the powerful impacts

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How Groundbreaking NIH Research is Expanding to...

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2024/10/21

Originally broadcast October 17, 2024 For nearly the first decade of the National Institutes of Health’s “All of Us” Research Program — aimed at increasing diversity in genetic research — a major component was missing: kids. “Children are approximately 24% of our population in the U.S. and 100% of our future,” Dr. Sara Van Driest, director of pediatrics for NIH’s All of Us Program, told hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter. “In order to provide them with the very best...Read More Read

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Trump vs. Harris on Health Care: Experts Explain Each...

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2024/10/10

Originally broadcast October 10, 2024 The countdown is on to election day with health care issues hanging in the balance as never before. The biggest one: Abortion and reproductive rights. Andrea Ducas, the Vice President of Health Policy at the Center for American Progress, says “What you see with Vice President Harris is a candidate who’s committed to protecting women’s freedoms, to protecting women’s right to choose.” On the other side of the political spectrum is Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D., the...

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