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Latest Episodes

Episode 166: Vyvyane Loh and Ken Ford discuss atherosclerotic heart disease
April 11, 2024

Dr. Vyvyane Loh returns to STEM-Talk for her second appearance to talk about atherosclerotic heart disease. Also known as ASCVD, the disease has been reported to affect 26 million people in the U.S., and annually leads two million hospitalizations and mor

Episode 165: John Edwards on ketamine treatment for depression and suicide prevention
March 14, 2024

Today we have Dr. Johnathan Edwards, an anesthesiologist and medical practitioner who specializes in human health and optimization. He is perhaps best known for treating mental health conditions with ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic that is used for g

Episode 164: Michael Leon on olfactory stimulation as a buffer for dementia symptoms
February 21, 2024

What if the path to delaying the onset of dementia symptoms begins at the nose?It is a doorway that the research of Dr. Michael Leon opened with a 2023 study on the power of olfaction enrichment to influence memory function and brain health. The finding

Episode 163: Mark Mattson discusses glutamate, the brain’s most important neurotransmitter
January 31, 2024

Today we have Dr. Mark Mattson, an adjunct professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine who is making his third appearance on STEM-Talk.Todays interview focuses on Marks research into glutamate and comes on the heels of the publicatio

Episode 162: Marc Hamilton discusses the soleus push-up and the health hazard of excessive sitting
January 10, 2024

Today we have Dr. Marc Hamilton, an international expert in muscle physiology. He has published pioneering work on the soleus push-up, a potent physiological method which Marc discovered having the ability to elevate metabolism for hours, even while sitti

Episode 161: Sten Stray-Gundersen on the benefits of blood-flow restriction training
December 18, 2023

Todays episode of STEM-Talk features Dr. Sten Stray-Gundersen, a post-doctoral research associate at the University of South Carolina who is also an adjunct instructor at the universitys Arnold School of Public Health.Cohosts Dr. Ken Ford, IHMCs foun

Episode 160: Euan Ashley on precision medicine and predicting, preventing, and diagnosing diseases
November 28, 2023

Our guest today is Dr. Euan Ashley, a pioneer in the use of genomic sequencing to solve some of our most puzzling medical mysteries. Medical genomics, and the precision medicine it will enable, has the potential to predict, prevent, and diagnose many comm

Episode 159: Ken and Dawn discuss chatbots, termites, kratom, ketosis, and the future of AI
November 06, 2023

Todays episode marks the return of another Ask Me Anything episode where listeners ask Ken and Dawn to weigh in on a wide range of topics.In this go-around, listeners certainly had a lot on their mind. At the top of their list were questions about AI a

Episode 158: Judith Curry talks about the uncertainties of climate change
October 05, 2023

Today we have climatologist Dr. Judith Curry, Professor Emerita of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Judy also is president of the Climate Forecast Application Network and the host of the blog, Climate Etc, which you c

Episode 157: Don Layman on the role of dietary protein in muscle, health, and disease
September 14, 2023

Today we have one of the worlds foremost authorities on dietary protein and amino acids, Dr. Donald Layman. He is known for his extensive research on muscle development as well as his studies of metabolic regulation for obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascu