Health & Veritas

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Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz, two Yale physician-professors, discuss the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise. Produced with the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Public Health.

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Tara Sanft: Life after Cancer

12.07.2023

Howie and Harlan are joined by Tara Sanft, chief patient experience officer at Yale’s Smilow Cancer Hospital and director of the Survivorship Program at the Yale Cancer Center. Harlan reports on his study of patients with long-lasting symptoms after the ...

Health & Veritas episodes:

12.07.2023 Tara Sanft: Life after Cancer Howie and Harlan are joined by Tara Sanft, chief patient experience officer at Yale’s Smilow Cancer Hospital and director of the Survivorship Program at the Yale Cancer Center. Harlan reports on his study of patients with long-lasting symptoms after the ...
11.30.2023 Stephanie Sudikoff: The Power of Medical Simulation Howie and Harlan are joined by Stephanie Sudikoff, an expert on using simulation to train healthcare professionals, to discuss her new venture working to expand treatment for neonatal jaundice and how simulating procedures can assist in quality control and ongoing ...
11.22.2023 Jerold Mande: Our Food Is Making Us Sick Howie and Harlan are joined by Jerold Mande, a nutrition expert who has served in the FDA, where he led the graphic design of the Nutrition Facts label, and the USDA. Harlan reports on promising new therapies for sickle cell ...
11.16.2023 John Morton: The State of Obesity Treatment Howie and Harlan review the results of a new study testing the effects of anti-obesity medications on cardiovascular health. Then they're joined by Yale's John Morton, a leading bariatric surgeon, to discuss the state of weight-loss surgery and its long-term ...
11.09.2023 Dhruv Khullar: The Physician-Journalist Howie and Harlan are joined by the New Yorker's Dhruv Khullar to talk about his life as a clinician, researcher, and journalist. Harlan looks at how direct-to-consumer healthcare companies like Hims & Hers Health are capitalizing on patients' reluctance to ...
11.02.2023 Melinda Pettigrew: The Battle Against Antimicrobial Resistance Howie and Harlan are joined by Melinda Pettigrew of the Yale School of Public Health to discuss the changes needed in the prescription and agriculture use of antibiotics to address the crisis of antimicrobial resistance. Harlan reports on a survey ...
10.26.2023 The Latest on COVID-19 Vaccines, and Other News Howie and Harlan discuss current issues in healthcare, including burnout at the hospital, the downsides to Medicare Advantage, and how AI is helping radiologists catch tiny blood clots. Links: COVID-19 and Vaccinations “Newborn and Early Infant Outcomes Following Maternal COVID-19 ...
10.19.2023 Katherine Baicker: Rigorous Thinking about Hard Problems Howie and Harlan are joined by health economist Katherine Baicker of the University of Chicago to discuss her career in academia and government, the landmark Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, and the optimal design for universal healthcare coverage. Harlan asks why ...
10.16.2023 Peter Salovey: A More Unified, Accessible, and Innovative Yale In the 100th episode of Health & Veritas, Howie and Harlan are joined by Peter Salovey, the president of Yale University and a pioneering psychology scholar. They discuss Salovey’s tenure as president, which ends in 2024; the future of the ...
10.12.2023 Marc Auerbach: Getting Emergency Departments Kid-Ready Howie and Harlan are joined by Marc Auerbach, a professor of pediatric emergency medicine at Yale, to discuss his work using standards and simulation to improve the treatment of children in emergency departments throughout the United States. Harlan reflects on ...
10.05.2023 An Inspiring Nobel Win and Other News Howie and Harlan discuss the inspiring story behind the Nobel Prize in medicine, the settlement in the Cigna false billing case, and new research providing more evidence for the effectiveness of statins in reducing cardiovascular risk. Links: The Nobel Prize ...
09.28.2023 Mallika Mendu: Improving Operations Howie and Harlan are joined by Mallika Mendu to discuss how innovations in operations can lead to improved inpatient care and her work as both a practicing nephrologist and associate chief medical officer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Harlan highlights ...
09.21.2023 Nita Ahuja: Epigenetics and Cancer Howie and Harlan are joined by Nita Ahuja, a Yale surgeon and researcher, to discuss new methods in for detecting and treating cancers and the barriers faced by women surgeons. Harlan answers questions about an FDA panel’s finding that the ...
09.19.2023 Peter Hotez: Opposing the Anti-Science Movement In a special episode, Howie and Harlan are joined by the virologist and advocate Peter Hotez to discuss his new book, The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist’s Warning. This interview was recorded in late August. Links: Peter Hotez: The ...
09.14.2023 Ted Long: A Model for Effective Primary Care Howie and Harlan are joined by Ted Long, senior vice president of ambulatory care and population health at New York City Health + Hospitals, to discuss New York City’s remarkable success in providing care to its most vulnerable citizens. Harlan ...
09.07.2023 Zhenqiu Lin: Measuring Quality, Improving Care Howie and Harlan are joined by Zhenqiu Lin, senior director of analytics at Yale’s Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, to discuss how quality measures can make care more consistent and effective and improve outcomes for patients. Howie provides an ...
08.17.2023 Best of Health & Veritas, Summer 2023 Howie and Harlan look back on some of their favorite moments from the first 92 episodes of Health & Veritas. Featured episodes: Ania Jastreboff: The Revolution in Obesity Medication Josh Geballe: Turning Yale Innovation into Startups Anna Kaltenboeck: Untangling Drug ...
08.09.2023 Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: Building a Culture of Health In this special episode, Howie and Harlan are joined by Vivek Murthy, the 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States, and a graduate of the Yale School of Management and the Yale School of Medicine. Links: The Commissioned ...
07.27.2023 Alan Friedman: To Err Is Human Howie and Harlan are joined by Alan Friedman, chief medical officer at Yale New Haven Hospital, to talk about the organizational and cultural changes that the hospital has made to minimize medical errors and unprofessional behavior that harm patients. Howie ...
07.20.2023 Melissa Davis: Can a Radiologist Trust AI? Howie and Harlan are joined by Melissa Davis, a Yale radiologist and a graduate of Yale SOM’s MBA for Executives program, to discuss the ‘whoa’ moments and the weaknesses she has encountered using artificial intelligence to help interpret scans. Harlan ...
07.13.2023 Julius Chapiro: Minimally Invasive Liver Cancer Treatment Howie and Harlan are joined by Julius Chapiro to discuss advances in the use of machine learning and molecular imaging to understand and treat liver cancer and his work as the director of Yale’s Center for Minimally Invasive Therapies. Harlan ...
07.06.2023 Dawn Harris Sherling: What Food Additives Are Doing to Your Microbiome Howie and Harlan are joined by Dawn Harris Sherling, an internist at Florida Atlantic University and the author of Eat Everything: How to Ditch Additives and Emulsifiers, Heal Your Body, and Reclaim the Joy of Food. Harlan provides an update ...
06.29.2023 Hil Moss: The Gap in Care for Cancer Survivors Howie and Harlan are joined by Hil Moss, a graduate of Yale SOM and the Yale School of Public Health, to discuss her experience being diagnosed with breast cancer while a Yale student, the challenges facing cancer survivors after treatment, ...
06.22.2023 Sejal Hathi: Serving the Public Howie and Harlan are joined by Sejal Hathi, a physician, podcaster, and social entrepreneur who recently left a White House role to become New Jersey’s health officer. Harlan asks if ChatGPT’s imagination is a bug or a feature; Howie discusses ...
06.15.2023 David Fiellin: The Treatments Changing the Lives of People with Opioid Addictions Howie and Harlan are joined by David Fiellin, a Yale internist and an expert in addiction medicine. Harlan reports on a new study showing a surprising benefit from a daily multivitamin; Howie explains how a 1994 law is fueling hype ...
06.08.2023 Abbe Gluck: The Legal Determinants of Health Howie and Harlan are joined by Abbe Gluck of Yale Law School to discuss how law shapes the health of Americans. Harlan explains how flaws in data privacy affect patients; Howie gives an update on the millions losing their Medicaid ...
06.01.2023 Sandeep Jauhar: A Witness to Dementia Howie and Harlan are joined by Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiologist and the author, most recently, of the memoir My Father’s Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s. Harlan reports on new research about the timing of blood thinners for stroke ...
05.25.2023 Albert Ko: A Journey in Public Health Howie and Harlan welcome Yale’s Albert Ko back to the podcast to discuss the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and his career as an infectious disease specialist and public health researcher. Harlan reports on a breakthrough in pacemaker technology; Howie ...
05.18.2023 Joseph Sakran: Confronting Gun Violence Howie and Harlan are joined by Joseph Sakran, whose career as a trauma surgeon and advocate grew out of his own experience with gun violence. Harlan discusses his new study enumerating the vast scale of excess deaths among Black Americans; ...
05.11.2023 Josh Geballe: Turning Yale Innovation into Startups Howie and Harlan are joined by Josh Geballe, a Yale SOM graduate who serves as managing director of Yale Ventures, Yale’s initiative overseeing the translation of research into impactful new companies. Harlan reports from the debate on AI in medicine; ...
05.04.2023 Amanda Skinner: Navigating Reproductive Care after Roe Howie and Harlan are joined by Amanda Skinner, a Yale SOM graduate who leads Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. Harlan reflects on the potential and the dangers of artificial intelligence; Howie reports on an advisory from Surgeon General Vivek ...
04.27.2023 Elizabeth Arleo: Advice for Working Mothers from a Women’s Health Specialist Howie and Harlan are joined by Elizabeth Arleo, a radiologist with a focus on breast imaging and the author of First, Eat Your Frog: And Other Pearls for Professional Working Mothers. Harlan reports on the state of AI in healthcare; ...
04.20.2023 Megan Ranney: What’s Next for Public Health? Howie and Harlan are joined by Megan Ranney, who will become the dean of the newly independent Yale School of Public Health later this year. Harlan reflects on the research that is helping us understand aging at a cellular level; ...
04.13.2023 Cary Gross: Effective Cancer Screening Howie and Harlan are joined by Cary Gross, professor of medicine and public health and director of the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale, to discuss his creative approach to research and his sometimes contrarian stances on cancer screening and ...
04.06.2023 Michael Alosco: The Toll of Repetitive Head Impacts Howie and Harlan are joined by Michael Alosco, co-director of Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, to discuss the consequences of years of hits to the head for football players and other athletes. Harlan reports on research that clarifies how ...
03.30.2023 Helen Burstin: Research with an Impact Howie and Harlan are joined by Helen Burstin to discuss her career examining issues of equity and quality in healthcare, and her current role as CEO of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies. Harlan reports on new research about the ...
03.23.2023 Michael Ivy: Doctors and Mental Health Howie and Harlan are joined by Michael Ivy, a surgeon and Yale New Haven Health's deputy chief medical officer, to discuss the mental health issues facing physicians and his own experience with burnout and depression. Harlan reports on new research ...
03.16.2023 Harlan Krumholz, This Is Your Life Howie interviews Harlan about his path to medicine and his career as a physician and scientist. Links: Harlan Krumholz: “Community-acquired bacteremia in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: clinical presentation, bacteriology, and outcome” Harlan Krumholz: “Cost effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy with ...
03.09.2023 Ami Parekh: Tools for Navigating Care Howie and Harlan are joined by Ami Parekh, chief health officer of Included Health, which provides virtual care and data-driven guidance on finding the right doctor. Harlan reviews new research on alternatives to statins; Howie looks at the effect of ...
03.02.2023 Brita Roy: Leveraging Community Resources for Better Health Howie and Harlan are joined by Brita Roy of NYU Langone Health to discuss her work drawing on the existing assets of a community to improve health outcomes. Harlan reports on new research on the dangers of sugar substitutes; Howie ...
02.23.2023 Anna Kaltenboeck: Untangling Drug Prices Howie and Harlan are joined by health economist Anna Kaltenboeck, a graduate of Yale SOM’s EMBA program who served as senior health advisor to the Senate Finance Committee during the development of the drug pricing reforms in the Inflation Reduction ...
02.16.2023 Tara Lagu: The Doctor Won’t See You Now Howie and Harlan are joined by Tara Lagu, a hospitalist, pharmacist, and researcher at Northwestern University, to discuss the startling bias faced by people with disabilities seeking care. Harlan reports on a study of attitudes toward genetic editing of embryos; ...
02.09.2023 Jeffrey Sonnenfeld: The CEO Whisperer Howie and Harlan are joined by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, an expert on leadership at the Yale School of Management, to discuss his decades of dialogue with top executives and his insights on healthcare leadership. Harlan reports on his new study exploring ...
02.02.2023 Countering COVID Revisionism Howie and Harlan discuss Howie’s recent bout of COVID-19 and the takeaways from new research on adverse events in hospitals, and they consider claims from Tucker Carlson of Fox News about the pandemic response. Links: “5 COVID mistakes Biden’s new ...
01.26.2023 Leora Horwitz: Toward a Continuously Learning Healthcare System Howie and Harlan are joined by Leora Horwitz, director of the Rapid Randomized Controlled Trial Lab at NYU Langone Health, to discuss her work using experimentation to improve the delivery of care, and her experience as a clinician and researcher ...
01.19.2023 Gil Addo: Building a Model for Virtual Specialty Care Howie and Harlan talk with Gil Addo, CEO and co-founder of RubiconMD, which is aiming to expand access to specialty care by providing virtual consultations to primary care physicians. A new study from Harlan examines a loophole that is allowing ...
01.12.2023 Healthcare Headlines Howie and Harlan check in on health issues that are in the news—or will be soon. Harlan discusses his work measuring patient outcomes and new avenues of research on long COVID; Howie reports on the perverse effects of private equity ...
01.05.2023 F. Perry Wilson: The Formula for Medical Misinformation Harlan answers questions about the cardiac arrest suffered by Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin in a nationally televised football game; Howie reports on the rapid spread of the XBB 1.5 variant of COVID-19. And they are joined by F. Perry ...
12.22.2022 Lisa Sanders: The Art of Diagnosis Howie and Harlan are joined by Lisa Sanders, the Yale internist who writes the "Diagnosis" column in the New York Times. Harlan reports on new studies demonstrating the ineffectiveness of ivermectin in treating COVID-19, and the effectiveness of the bivalent ...
12.15.2022 Jeffrey Gruen: The Genetic Roots of Learning Disabilities Harlan reports on a new study suggesting dramatic health benefits from bursts of vigorous activity; Howie explains how genetic science is starting to illuminate a mystery in his own medical history. And they are joined by Yale physician and scientist ...

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Health & Veritas

What's Health & Veritas about?

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Health & Veritas episodes:

Tara Sanft: Life after Cancer

Stephanie Sudikoff: The Power of Medical Simulation

Jerold Mande: Our Food Is Making Us Sick

John Morton: The State of Obesity Treatment

Dhruv Khullar: The Physician-Journalist

Melinda Pettigrew: The Battle Against Antimicrobial Resistance

The Latest on COVID-19 Vaccines, and Other News

Katherine Baicker: Rigorous Thinking about Hard Problems

Peter Salovey: A More Unified, Accessible, and Innovative Yale

Marc Auerbach: Getting Emergency Departments Kid-Ready

An Inspiring Nobel Win and Other News

Mallika Mendu: Improving Operations

Nita Ahuja: Epigenetics and Cancer

Peter Hotez: Opposing the Anti-Science Movement

Ted Long: A Model for Effective Primary Care

Zhenqiu Lin: Measuring Quality, Improving Care

Best of Health & Veritas, Summer 2023

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: Building a Culture of Health

Alan Friedman: To Err Is Human

Melissa Davis: Can a Radiologist Trust AI?

Julius Chapiro: Minimally Invasive Liver Cancer Treatment

Dawn Harris Sherling: What Food Additives Are Doing to Your Microbiome

Hil Moss: The Gap in Care for Cancer Survivors

Sejal Hathi: Serving the Public

David Fiellin: The Treatments Changing the Lives of People with Opioid Addictions

Abbe Gluck: The Legal Determinants of Health

Sandeep Jauhar: A Witness to Dementia

Albert Ko: A Journey in Public Health

Joseph Sakran: Confronting Gun Violence

Josh Geballe: Turning Yale Innovation into Startups

Amanda Skinner: Navigating Reproductive Care after Roe

Elizabeth Arleo: Advice for Working Mothers from a Women’s Health Specialist

Megan Ranney: What’s Next for Public Health?

Cary Gross: Effective Cancer Screening

Michael Alosco: The Toll of Repetitive Head Impacts

Helen Burstin: Research with an Impact

Michael Ivy: Doctors and Mental Health

Harlan Krumholz, This Is Your Life

Ami Parekh: Tools for Navigating Care

Brita Roy: Leveraging Community Resources for Better Health

Anna Kaltenboeck: Untangling Drug Prices

Tara Lagu: The Doctor Won’t See You Now

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld: The CEO Whisperer

Countering COVID Revisionism

Leora Horwitz: Toward a Continuously Learning Healthcare System

Gil Addo: Building a Model for Virtual Specialty Care

Healthcare Headlines

F. Perry Wilson: The Formula for Medical Misinformation

Lisa Sanders: The Art of Diagnosis

Jeffrey Gruen: The Genetic Roots of Learning Disabilities