Gross Anatomy

Another November, another Movember. In this episode we discuss why mental health and movement were added to the Movember men's health initiative and what you can do to participate.

Dr. Robert Klapper, host of ESPN’s Weekend Warrior radio show and a renown orthopedic surgeon, joins us on the podcast! Dr. Klapper tells us how a kid from Far Rockaway got into an Ivy League school and how an art history class completely changed his life. He also explains why he became a Lakers fan and why people want him to explain sports injuries using his acclaimed Klapper Vision.

We thought it would be helpful and interesting to pull clips from some of our favorite interviews. In this clip, producer/director Brett Ratner discusses the important role mentors have had on his career and tells us four key steps to becoming successful in your career or craft.

If you want to listen to the full Brett Ratner interview, go to our website grossanatomypodcast.com or subscribe to our podcast (however you stream podcasts) and click on the episode - Brett Ratner Joins the Show!

Holistic Optometrist Dr. Elise Brisco joins the show! Dr. Brisco gives us insight about eyesight and explains why the eye doesn't lie about someone's age. We also discuss foods you can eat to improve eye health and what it means to be a holistic optometrist. Plus, we learn about Dr. Brisco's innovative invention NearSight.

Doctor Cohen calls in from the car and we discuss the newest Nuzuna Fitness trend, the 8 billion dollar settlement Purdue Pharma has to pay for their role in the opioid crisis, and we conclude with the darkest things we're watching as Halloween approaches.

Dr. Christopher Loo, MD-PhD joins the show! Dr. Loo tells us why he decided to quit a career in orthopedics to become an author, entrepreneur and investor — and how he now uses the financial and business knowledge he's acquired to mentor other people wanting to make a big career transition.

David Attenborough’s debut on Instagram last week landed him the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to reach 1 million followers. And, extra good news for all the Attenborough fans… watching animal documentaries like Attenborough’s can help with your health!

We discuss how watching videos of cute animals can help reduce anxiety and improve mental and physical health. We also talk about having pets for your health, the most famous tv and movie pets and more!

Jackie, our former co-host, rejoins Gross Anatomy Podcast to ask some tough questions younger adults want to know. Note, a lot of questions have to do with the HBO TV show Euphoria so drug use and overdose deaths do come up.

First, we discuss the air quality in Los Angeles and why professional athletes (not in the NBA bubble) don't want to play. Then, around the 14 minute mark, Dr. Cohen answers questions that people want to know before applying to med school. And, we end with what we are watching, we've got some entertainment recommendations!

We talk about how and why plasma therapy is being used on some coronavirus patients, and we discuss how that's different than platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy — which is used for many other things like hair growth and joint pain.