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Causes or Cures

"For the Nerds and the Nerd Nots"Causes or Cures is a health podcast hosted by "Dr. Eeks"—an independent, offbeat, grassroots show driven by curiosity and a passion for breaking down complex health topics into bite-sized, easy-to-understand insights. Dr. Eeks is a public health professional specializing in applied epidemiology and health communication. She works on complex and timely public health issues and is all about making science relatable, often using a blue-collar sense of humor to drive the

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73:34

Can Animal Organs Save Human Lives and What Does That...

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2026/04/17

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks sits down with transplant surgeon and author Dr. Josh Mezrich to talk about xenotransplantation—the use of animal organs, primarily from pigs, to try to address the massive shortage of human donor organs. More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are currently waiting for a transplant. For many, time runs out. Xenotransplantation offers a possible path forward, but it’s not a simple one. This conversation walks through both sides. We ta...

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49:37

Can Diet Really Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk? With...

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2026/04/09

Send us Fan Mail Can what you eat influence your risk of colorectal cancer? In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. Fred Tabung, PhD, MSPH, a researcher studying diet, metabolism, and cancer prevention, about how certain dietary patterns may reduce colorectal cancer risk. Drawing on data from nearly one million people across the United States and Europe, Dr. Tabung explains how low insulinemic and anti-inflammatory diets are linked to lower colorectal cancer risk, and wha...

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62:08

Is Sugar the Most Misused Word in Health? With Dr....

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2026/04/03

Send us Fan Mail Can a plant-derived polysaccharide formula affect Alzheimer’s symptoms? A researcher explains his study, and its limits. In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with researcher Dr. John Lewis about his study investigating an aloe polymannose multinutrient supplement in Alzheimer’s disease. We discuss what polymannose is, why he feels mainstream wellness gets sugar wrong, why the intervention combines multiple nutrients rather than a single compound, and the...

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77:34

Can You Really Age-Proof Your Brain or Is It More...

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2026/03/28

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Majid Fotuhi about brain aging, memory, intelligence, Alzheimer’s disease, and his new book: The Invincible Brain: The Clinically-Proven Way to Age-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp for Life We explore whether Alzheimer’s is being overdiagnosed and the idea that what we call Alzheimer’s may actually be a mix of different conditions. Dr. Fotuhi breaks down intelligence beyond IQ, in...

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79:18

Exploring the Spiritual Realm: From Gigolo to Guru,...

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2026/03/27

Send us Fan Mail Exploring the Spiritual Realm Where spiritual belief meets health, culture, and skepticism Disclaimer: This episode discusses spiritual and metaphysical beliefs that are not evidence-based medical treatments. Nothing in this conversation is medical or public health advice. If you have a health concern, please seek care from a licensed clinician. This is entertainment only. In this episode, Dr. Eeks sits down with Master Nick Eagle, a man whose life has taken a dra...

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53:42

Why the American Healthcare System Feels So...

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2026/03/25

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Gil Bashe, author of Healing the Sick Care System, about why the US healthcare system is failing the very people it is meant to serve. Bashe argues that the problem isn’t a lack of innovation or investment, but a system that has drifted away from empathy, human connection and patient-centered care. We discuss the growing disconnect between physicians, insurers, hospitals, and patients, the pressures that turn medical en...

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41:56

What Happens After You Stop GLP1s? With Dr. Sam West

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2026/02/25

Send a text In this episode of the Causes or Cures Podcast, Dr Eeks speaks with Dr. Sam West, a researcher at the University of Oxford, about his study on what happens after people stop taking GLP 1 weight loss medications. While much of the attention has focused on how these drugs work while people are taking them, this conversation looks at what happens when people stop. Dr West discusses how quickly weight tends to return (and how much), what happens to cardiometabolic markers after stoppi...

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69:18

A Collection of Bizarre Deaths, Including Rasputin’s,...

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2026/02/16

Send a text "So how'd that person die?" In this episode of Causes or Cures, I’m joined by forensic pathologist Dr. Roger Byard, an internationally recognized expert who has spent decades investigating deaths that are rare, misunderstood, and often deeply unsettling. We talk about what really happens at the edges of life and death, including: Fatal animal encounters involving kangaroos, roosters, cattle, and donkeysWhether pets truly consume their deceased owners, and what the evidence showsT...

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54:42

The Plant-Based Drug Being Tested for Autism, with...

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2026/02/02

Send us a text In this episode, Dr. Eeks talks with Joel Stanley, entrepreneur and biotech founder, about the long and often misunderstood road from plant based therapies to FDA approved medicines. Joel shares the personal story behind building Charlotte’s Web, the company named after a young girl whose experience with severe epilepsy helped spark a global conversation about medical cannabis. He reflects on what it was like to grow a family run operation into a major force that reshaped publi...

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61:50

The Business of Healthcare Fraud and Corruption, with...

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2026/01/27

Send us a text Healthcare corruption doesn’t just happen in broken systems or far away countries. It happens in hospitals with shiny floors. In billion dollar healthcare industries. In systems filled with rules, audits, and professionals sworn to protect patients. It happens quietly. And it happens everywhere. In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Professor Graham Brooks, an international expert on healthcare corruption and criminal justice, to expose how fraud and corrupti...

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71:26

Exploring the Spiritual Realm: Angels, Healing...

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2026/01/18

Send us a text Exploring the Spiritual Realm Where spiritual belief meets health, culture, and skepticism Disclaimer: This episode discusses spiritual and metaphysical beliefs that are not evidence-based medical treatments. Nothing in this conversation is medical or health advice. If you have a health concern, please seek care from a licensed clinician. This is entertainment only. Recent surveys suggest around 69% of Americans say they believe in angels. Whatever you think of tha...

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46:15

They Received an Experimental Vaccine for Advanced...

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2026/01/05

Send us a text What if cancer didn’t have to be eradicated, but could be remembered, monitored, and controlled by the immune system itself? In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. Zachary Hartman, the lead researcher who revisited an extraordinary breast cancer vaccine trial conducted over 20 years ago. The trial involved a small group of women with advanced breast cancer. Women who, remarkably, are all still alive today. By analyzing their blood decades later, the resear...

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17:35

Public Health is Weird: Are Poinsettias Really...

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2025/12/29

Send us a text *Disclaimer* This episode is part of the Causes or Cures Public Health Is Weird bonus series and is for educational and entertainment purposes only. If you’re worried about a child or pet eating a poinsettia, contact a medical professional or veterinarian. This podcast is not a poison control center. :) Every December, poinsettias show up, and so does the panic. Suddenly, a festive red plant is treated like antifreeze with leaves: dangerous to kids, deadly to ...

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54:00

Can Probiotics Protect Us From Microplastics? With...

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2025/12/22

Send us a text Microplastics are everywhere—but what are they doing inside the human body? In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. Christian Pacher-Deutsch about his lastest study and the growing evidence that micro- and nanoplastics may affect the digestive system, the gut microbiome, and long-term health. He explains why this problem has reached crisis level. Rather than focusing on dramatic claims or quick fixes, this conversation explores what the science actual...

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Psychedelics and Acute Trauma: Insights from Nova...

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2025/12/19

Send us a text In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. Zohar Rubinstein, a clinical psychologist, researcher and trauma expert about an early and deeply sensitive study examining how different substances may have influenced early trauma responses among survivors of the October 7 Nova music festival attack. Many survivors had taken substances just hours before the traumatic event — including classic psychedelics, MDMA, cannabis, alcohol, or none at all. Dr. Rubinstein’s te...

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49:34

Do Artificial Sweeteners Affect Your Brain? The...

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2025/12/02

Send us a text In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks talks with Dr. Claudia Suemoto in Brazil about her new 8-year study looking at whether artificial sweeteners are linked to changes in thinking and memory. We cover: • How she started studying dementia and why she became curious about sweeteners. • What the research team hoped to learn and what they actually found. • Why these results are different from older, one-time “snapshot” studies. • Why the link between sweeteners and thin...

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55:56

How Animals Self-Medicate and Heal Themselves — with...

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2025/11/25

Send us a text In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks talks with Dr. Jaap de Roode, an evolutionary biologist and author of Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves, about one of the most fascinating corners of biology: the ways animals use plants, minerals, insects, and even toxins as medicine. They talk about: What sparked his interest in animals treating their own illnesses Why medicine isn’t only a human invention How scientists tell the differe...

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Why Single Women Are Much Happier than Single Men,...

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2025/11/18

Send us a text Episode: Why Single Women Are Happier than Single Men, with Elaine Hoan Guest: Elaine Hoan, PhD Candidate, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto Forget the “sad cat lady” cliché. In this episode, Dr. Eeks chats with researcher Elaine Hoan about her new study showing that single women are, on average, happier than single men. They explore what that says about modern love, independence, and the pressure to couple up. In this episode: What sparked Elaine’s interest in st...

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45:43

Are Pyschedelics the Answer for Prolonged Grief? With...

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2025/11/06

Send us a text Episode: Psychedelics and Prolonged Grief with Dr. Greg Fonzo Guest: Greg Fonzo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Charmaine and Gordon McGill Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy at Dell Medical School. In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. Greg Fonzo about how psychedelics might help people suffering from prolonged grief, a form of grief that lasts longer and feels harder to heal than typical bereavement. They discuss: The o...

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67:15

How to Find Your Inner Billionaire, with Debbie Dobbins

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2025/10/27

Send us a text In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Debbie Dobbins, international prosperity consciousness speaker/teacher and author of Your Inner Billionaire. Why listen: Debbie’s origin story isn’t a soft-focus vision board. It's not feel-good Instagram or TikTok reels. It’s making millions..., then dollar-store cookies on food stamps; addiction, cancer, and IRS debt..., followed by a rebuild grounded in daily practices and a different relationship with money. Wha...

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