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Healthy Dialogue
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Go beyond the latest discoveries with nuanced, in-depth conversations in Healthy Dialogue, a podcast from the JAMA Network. Host and JAMA Senior Editor, Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, sits down with the world's leading experts to explore the most pressing issues in health and health care.
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Food Politics, Obesity, and the "Wicked Mess" We're In
1w ago00:47:29Tap to summarizeThe United States has witnessed a staggering rise in obesity beginning in the early 1980s, leading to a wide array of important health consequences including heart disease, diabetes, and premature death. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, Host Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, talks with Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, Paulette Goddard Professor Emerita at New York University and influential author on food politics, for a candid conversation about how society became ensnared in the current obesity epidemic and what might untangle it. Related Content: Food Politics, Obesity, and the "Wicked Mess" We Are In
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Why and How Should the Government Fund Biomedical Research?
3w ago00:47:23Tap to summarizeThis episode of Healthy Dialogue explores the history and future of science funding in the US in light of recent changes, and proposed changes, from the federal government. Host Derek Angus, MD, MPH, speaks with former editor in chief of Science and a former director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the NIH, Jeremy Berg, PhD. Related Content: Why and How Should the Government Fund Biomedical Research?
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Social Media Use by Children – wonderful, hazardous, or something in-between?
Jul 100:32:41Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Healthy Dialogue, host Derek Angus, MD, MPH sits down with Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, to discuss whether social media use disorder is a real phenomenon, the mechanisms behind it, and its consequences for young people. Related Content: Social Media Use by Children—Wonderful, Hazardous, or Something in Between?
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Unpacking the Increase in Early-Onset Cancer
Jun 1700:49:42Tap to summarizeA growing number of young adults are being diagnosed with cancer, particularly colorectal cancer, but the underlying cause remains unclear. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH, and Ilana Richman, MD, MHS, discuss the increase in cases, potential causes, diagnostics, treatment, and more. Related Content: Unpacking the Rise in Early-Onset Cancer
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Private Equity's Growing Presence in Health Care: Promise or Peril?
Jun 300:39:41Tap to summarizePrivate equity investment continues to expand across US health care. Current estimates put private equity ownership at almost 10% of hospitals and more than one-fifth of for-profit hospitals nationwide. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, Sneha Kannan, MD, MS, assistant professor of critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, joins host Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, to discuss the complex role of private equity in health care and what it means for clinicians and patients. Related Content: Private Equity's Growing Presence in Health Care—Promise or Peril?
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A New Era in Dementia: Advances in Diagnostic Blood Tests, Novel Drugs, and the Power of Lifestyle Changes
May 2000:45:33Tap to summarizeDementia affects millions of people globally, causing profound memory loss and cognitive impairment and compromising the ability to function independently in day-to-day life. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, host Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, sat down with Gil Rabinovici, MD, a neurologist and director of the UCSF Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, to discuss the latest developments in dementia and Alzheimer disease research. Related Content: A New Era in Dementia—Advances in Diagnostic Blood Tests, Novel Drugs, and the Power of Lifestyle Changes
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AI Scribes Are Here, but Is Health Care Ready?
May 600:41:02Tap to summarizeThe rise in use and function of ambient AI scribes is arguably one of the fastest technologic changes ever seen in health care. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, host Derek Angus, MD, MPH, is joined by Vincent Liu, MD, MS, Chief Data Officer of The Permanente Medical Group in Kaiser Permanente, to discuss the rapidly changing world of ambient AI. Related Content: Ambient AI Scribes and the Quintuple Aim Changes in Clinician Time Expenditure and Visit Quantity With Adoption of Artificial Intelligence–Powered Scribes AI Scribes Are Here, but Is Health Care Ready?
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Rethinking the Autism "Epidemic": What's Driving the Rise in Diagnosis
Apr 2200:36:06Tap to summarizeWhat is behind the rise in autism diagnoses? Join Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD, professor of developmental neuropsychiatry at Columbia University, and JAMA Psychiatry Editor Dost Öngür, MD, PhD, as they discuss the history of autism spectrum disorder, the role that genetics and environmental factors play, the importance of early intervention in treatment, and more with JAMA Senior Editor Derek Angus, MD, MPH. Related Content: Autism—Understanding Diagnosis, Prevalence, and Treatment
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Introducing Healthy Dialogue
Apr 1700:01:35Tap to summarizeGo beyond the latest discoveries with nuanced, in-depth conversations in Healthy Dialogue, a podcast from the JAMA Network. Host and JAMA Senior Editor, Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, sits down with the world's leading experts to explore the most pressing issues in health and health care.
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From the JAMA Network: JAMA Research of the Year With Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
Dec 2600:16:08Tap to summarizeIn this episode, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, and Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi discuss the journal's inaugural Research of the Year roundup. Related Content: Research of the Year 2025
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