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“The Nuance” explores health, the human experience, and the intersection of human and environmental health. We explore the nuance that has been lost in today’s conversation. These are ideas and topics that aren’t usually touched upon in headline culture or most media outlets.

We have conversations to help educate and empower people to a healthier life and planet.

This is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Visit medicineexplained.org to see our full disclaimer and privacy policy.

© 2022 Medicine Explained, LLC. All rights reserved.

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From Medicine Explained on TikTok:

“The Nuance” explores health, the human experience, and the intersection of human and environmental health. We explore the nuance that has been lost in today’s conversation. These are ideas and topics that aren’t usually touched upon in headline culture or most media outlets.

We have conversations to help educate and empower people to a healthier life and planet.

This is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Visit medicineexplained.org to see our full disclaimer and privacy policy.

© 2022 Medicine Explained, LLC. All rights reserved.

    92: Good Stress, Engineered Discomfort, & Building Communities on Well-Being. | Jeff Krasno

    92: Good Stress, Engineered Discomfort, & Building Communities on Well-Being. | Jeff Krasno

    Jeff Krasno, CEO of Commune Media, an online educational platform focused on personal and societal well being. He hosts “The Commune Podcast” in which he explores the ideas, values and practices that bring us together and help us live a healthy and purpose-filled life. Jeff received his BA in 1993 from Columbia University. In 2008, Jeff created the concept for Wanderlust, a series of large-scale events for well being that incorporate things such as yoga and art. Wanderlust has hosted more than 65 events in 20 countries. Jeff serves as Chairman.

    Jeff is a contributor to the Huffington Post and Fast Company. He is the author of Wanderlust, 2015 and the Wanderlust cookbook, Find Your True Fork that released in 2017.

    In 2016, he was selected by Oprah Winfrey to be part of the SuperSoul100 as one of the nation’s leading entrepreneurs.

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    Sleep is important for physical health, it is part of the American Heart Association's "Life's Essential 8". https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/lifes-essential-8

    One study, in JAMA highlighted the benefits of sauna on health. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2130724

    • 47 min
    91: Everything CERVICAL CANCER: How can we stop it? | Dr. Linda Eckert

    91: Everything CERVICAL CANCER: How can we stop it? | Dr. Linda Eckert

    Dr. Linda Eckert is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist and an internationally recognized expert in immunizations and cervical cancer prevention. She has worked as a consultant with the World Health Organization on global cancer prevention for the last fifteen years, facilitating policy development for the HPV vaccine and cervical cancer screening. She is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology with an Infectious Disease Fellowship at University of Washington’s Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global Health. For over thirty years, Dr. Eckert has worked at Seattle’s Harborview Hospital, the largest public hospital in the Pacific Northwest, serving people from all over the globe who represent a broad spectrum of economic means and disease symptoms.

    Dr. Eckert also serves on the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Expert Immunization Committee and was the obstetrics lead for the Global Alignment of Immunization Safety in Pregnancy Program. She was a research investigator for COVID-19 and RSV vaccines in pregnancy and HPV vaccines in individuals living with HIV. Her areas of clinical expertise include infections in women, vaccines, vulvar disease, cervical cancer screening, and cross-cultural medicine. She is the author of more than eighty peer-reviewed research articles appearing in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association.

    She recently wrote “Enough” Because We Can Stop Cervical Cancer.

    • 42 min
    90: PLASTIC Pollution affects everything - especially your health. ⚠️ | Shilpi Chhotray

    90: PLASTIC Pollution affects everything - especially your health. ⚠️ | Shilpi Chhotray

    Shilpi Chhotray (@shilpichhotray) she/her is a globally recognized communicator on the plastic pollution crisis with an expertise in strategic communications, organizing, and narrative change. 

    Currently she is the co-founder and executive director of People over Plastic, a BIPOC-led media platform dedicated to uplifting the intersectional stories behind environmental racism. People over Plastic devlops platforms and safe spaces for frontline leaders to share their lived experiences in an unfiltered context. You can hear Shilpi as the host of PoP's podcast series. Previously, Shilpi served as the Break Free From Plastic Global Communications Lead.

    Due to her experience on the issue and role as a media liaison, Shilpi is often a go-to source for journalists including the NY Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, BBC, Reuters, and Al Jazeera. Shilpi regularly speaks on plastic pollution, climate change, and intersectionality including Environmental Grantmakers Association, Grounded, and Bioneers. Throughout her career, Shilpi has worked for a number of environmental organizations including the Environmental Defense Fund and Mission Blue/Sylvia Earle Alliance where she guest authored for National Geographic.

    • 40 min
    89: Psychedelics 🍄: Trauma & Mental Health | Maya Shetreat, MD

    89: Psychedelics 🍄: Trauma & Mental Health | Maya Shetreat, MD

    Maya Shetreat, MD is a neurologist, herbalist, urban farmer, and author of The Dirt Cure. She has been featured in the New York Times, The Telegraph, NPR, Sky News, The Dr. Oz Show and more.
    Dr. Maya is the founder of the Terrain Institute, where she teaches earth-based programs for transformational healing, including training programs for psychedelic-assisted approaches.
    For many years, she works and studies with indigenous communities and healers from around the world, and is a lifelong student of ethnobotany, plant healing, and the sacred.

    • 45 min
    88: Climate Anxiety 🌎: Turning anxiety into action. | Dr. Renée Lertzman

    88: Climate Anxiety 🌎: Turning anxiety into action. | Dr. Renée Lertzman

    Dr. Renée Lertzman is a pioneer and leader at the intersection of psychology, climate and environment. She applies psychosocial insights to drive engagement and action on ecological issues. 



    She presented a Ted Talk titled “How to turn climate anxiety into action”, which has received over 2 million views. Dr. Lertzman founded Project Inside Out, a unique platform, online tool, and resource hub that brings together changemakers, activists, and clinical psychologists to drive sustainable behavior change for our planet. Dr. Lertzman translates psychology and social science best practices into tools, resources and guidance that unleash the potential for creativity and courage. She guides companies and organizations in strengthening engagement campaigns and boosting their ability to connect with stakeholders to inspire action, ingenuity and resilience in facing one of the biggest challenges of our time.

    • 36 min
    87: AIR QUALITY 😮‍💨: How unclean air affects our health | Dr. Lisa Patel MD

    87: AIR QUALITY 😮‍💨: How unclean air affects our health | Dr. Lisa Patel MD

    Lisa Patel MD, MESc received her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University. After college, she worked in Egypt, Brazil, and India on international development projects with community-based organizations and non-profits, focusing on conservation and development efforts. She then obtained her Master's in Environmental Sciences from the Yale School of the Environment and went on to be a Presidential Management Fellow for the Environmental Protection Agency, coordinating the US Government's efforts on clean air and safe drink ing water projects in South Asia in collaboration with the World Health Organization. Realizing the critical and inextricable links between children's health and environmental issues, she obtained her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University and completed her residency in pediatrics at UCSF. She co-founded the Climate and Health task force for AAP-CA1, and sits on the Executive Committee for the AAP's national Council on Environmental Health. She is currently the Executive Director for the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and maintains a clinical practice as a pediatric hospitalist caring for newborns, premature infants, and children requiring hospitalization.

    • 36 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
19 Ratings

19 Ratings

kyrra2022 ,

The topics you wish you knew more about

They cover the topics that I desperately want to know more about but don’t have time to research myself! Great interviewers and great research! Love listening!

Climate Podcast Enthusiast! ,

LOVE the human and planetary health

Such a great platform for complex conversations. I love that it’s called “the nuance” because a lot of the details of these convos are lost in social media. Loveee that they talk about health and the planet from a healthcare standpoint. very unique!

MichaelGoran2 ,

Great hosts and very informative

Amanda and Dan are final year medical students who are on a mission to simplify, explain and share medical knowledge. They are terrific hosts and do an excellent job at explaining complex issues in everyday terms.

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