Hashtag Health: A Health and Medical Podcast

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Kevin Nelson who's been studying near death experiences for years. Dr. Nelson deconstructs the once elusive and ever mysterious near death experience, but can science really have an explanation for its mechanistic underpinnings? In the second half of the episode, Dr. Adrian Owen talks about the project that changed it all - communicating with seemingly unconscious patients (patients that have been in a persistent vegetative state for years and years) through brain imaging.

In this episode, we embark on an investigation of some of the radical claims made about probiotics. What's the connection that probiotics has to conditions like depression, autism, and asthma? We also unintentionally discovered some of the more shady things that happen when it comes to publishing scientific literature...

Recently, you may have seen more headlines creeping up about porn addiction due to the new movie on serial killer Ted Bundy, called "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile". Before being sentenced to death by electric chair, Bundy describes his porn addiction as being a major contributor toward his violent acts against women. In this spotlight segment of Hashtag Health, Dr. William Fisher discusses if there's really any evidence behind that idea.

Transcendental experiences, late-life depression, and the possible dangers of meditation?! In this episode, we chat with meditation instructor, Diane Yeo, psychologist/meditation researcher Dr. Paul Frewen, GP/psychotherapy practitioner Dr. Barbara Whelan, and geriatrician/researcher Dr. Akshya Vasudev. To learn more about our podcast, visit hashtaghealthpodcast.com

Transcendental experiences, late-life depression, and the possible dangers of meditation?! In this episode, we chat with meditation instructor, Diane Yeo, psychologist/meditation researcher Dr. Paul Frewen, GP/psychotherapy practitioner Dr. Barbara Whelan, and geriatrician/researcher Dr. Akshya Vasudev. To learn more about our podcast, visit hashtaghealthpodcast.com

Does porn leads to things like marital problems and violence against women? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Guy Grenier, Dr. David Ley and Dr. William Fisher about their thoughts on porn addiction, and the growing community of people in groups like NoFap and Fight The New Drug (which are exactly what they sound like). 

To read our show notes and discover more about our speakers and the research discussed, go to hashtaghealthpodcast.com