Medicine ReMixed

On this episode, we get a call-in from comedian Melissa Stokoski asking about her menstrual cycle. Dr. Rama drops some knowledge about how that time of the month works for women and other wisdom.

In this episode, we talk about a brand of coffee that was shut down by the FDA for it's arousing effects on men. We also talk about how pharmaceutical drugs get named. Definitely a stimulating one!

On this episode of "Wonder, Woman," we talk about Actress Angelina Jolie's direct contribution to Breast & Ovarian Cancer awareness as well as her indirect impact on Genetic patenting practices.

This is a stacked episode. We talk about Life, Death, Therapy, Suicide, Neuroplasticity, and why Psychiatrists might be offering more commentary about Donald Trump's mental health soon. Enjoy ya'll!

According to the latest study published in JAMA, 110 of 111 brains studied of dead NFL players had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). We talk about what this might mean for the NFL & Football.

This is a heavy episode. We talk about the dark past of Linkin Park's Chester Bennington, who committed suicide by hanging himself. We also discuss predicting/preventing suicide & Music as Medicine.

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We talk to our favorite OB/GYN Dr. Rama about the medical accuracy of Ali Wong's hit Netflix comedy special, "Baby Cobra." We also talk about the HPV vaccine & the potential dangers of Oral Sex.

We talk the Art & Science of shaving and how the problem of razor bumps became a billion dollar business model for Tristan Walker's razor brand, Bevel. We also fit in this week's Doctionary word!

We talk about the benefits of being bilingual on the Brain and run back a classic story about monks that leads to a discussion about "Decision Paralysis" and how to hack perspective in our lives.

Reesh talks about some amazing research happening at Harvard from a smartphone sperm analysis app to using CRISPR, the powerful gene-editing technology, to turn actual bacteria into flash drives!