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Twenty-six million Americans suffer from daily pain. It may stem from joins, trauma or a chronic situation. Many people treat their pain with NSAIDs or prescription painkillers. While they can help address immediate pain, they can have side effects. Their efficacy may decrease over time. A specific immune cell doesn't always shut off when it should, pumping out unnecessary inflammation. Listen as Dr. Mike Smith discusses pain perception and honokiol.

Twenty-six million Americans suffer from daily pain. It may stem from joins, trauma or a chronic situation.

Many people treat their pain with NSAIDs or prescription painkillers. While they can help address immediate pain, they can have side effects. Their efficacy may decrease over time.

A specific immune cell doesn't always shut off when it should, pumping out unnecessary inflammation.

Listen as Dr. Mike Smith discusses pain perception and honokiol.

Humans like rituals, which is why New Year’s resolutions are so popular. The clean slate of a calendar flip helps people reflect on changes they’d like to make in their lives. Weight loss is a very popular resolution. Failure stems from drastic changes and fad diets. Making small changes and having realistic goals supports success. Having the sensory components of textures and flavors you enjoy make it easier to stick to changes. Getting fit is another common resolution. Many people hit the gym too hard and heavy at the top of the new year, being too sore and rundown to return. Numbers on the scale won’t change unless you also make dietary shifts. Activity outside of the gym can still produce health results. People also want to get organized to reduce stress. Implement a strategy to help you manage daily tasks through a to-do list or app. Listen as Dr. Crystal Gossard joins Dr. Mike Smith to share how to find success with your resolutions.

Humans like rituals, which is why New Year’s resolutions are so popular. The clean slate of a calendar flip helps people reflect on changes they’d like to make in their lives.

Weight loss is a very popular resolution. Failure stems from drastic changes and fad diets. Making small changes and having realistic goals supports success. Having the sensory components of textures and flavors you enjoy make it easier to stick to changes.

Getting fit is another common resolution. Many people hit the gym too hard and heavy at the top of the new year, being too sore and rundown to return. Numbers on the scale won’t change unless you also make dietary shifts. Activity outside of the gym can still produce health results.

People also want to get organized to reduce stress. Implement a strategy to help you manage daily tasks through a to-do list or app.

Listen as Dr. Crystal Gossard joins Dr. Mike Smith to share how to find success with your resolutions.

Women are juggling family and career demands, trying to be superwomen. They’re often stretched too thin.  They also don’t focus on their own health, trying to power through today’s demands to make it to tomorrow. Without taking care of themselves and putting life’s oxygen mask on themselves first, their health suffers. Women have to find the time and space to reconnect with themselves. They shouldn’t dismiss body symptoms because they are signals that things are off balance. Listen as Dr. Taz Bhatia joins Dr. Mike Smith to share tips for the superwoman.Learn more about Dr. Taz at doctortaz.com/superwomanrx/.

Women are juggling family and career demands, trying to be superwomen. They’re often stretched too thin. 

They also don’t focus on their own health, trying to power through today’s demands to make it to tomorrow. Without taking care of themselves and putting life’s oxygen mask on themselves first, their health suffers.

Women have to find the time and space to reconnect with themselves. They shouldn’t dismiss body symptoms because they are signals that things are off balance.

Listen as Dr. Taz Bhatia joins Dr. Mike Smith to share tips for the superwoman.

Learn more about Dr. Taz at doctortaz.com/superwomanrx/.

Machine learning and artificial intelligence may be the future of medicine. Many psychiatric disorders have complex biomarkers that direct treatment. Some of these are comorbid, like anxiety plus depression or ADHD plus anxiety. It can be challenging to differentiate between the disorders due to overlapping systems. Machine learning technology may help in more precise diagnosis of disorders. It looks for very specific patterns to help narrow diagnosis. Listen as Dr. Kristen Willeumier joins Dr. Mike Smith to discuss innovations in machine learning to improve psychiatric treatment.Learn more about Dr. Willeumier at www.drwilleumier.com.