We are constantly hearing about potential vaccines for COVID-19, and it’s hard to know what’s true and what’s not. Today, Dr. Power sheds light on a novel vaccine approach, where the original virus is broken down and attached to a carrier virus. We learn more about how this uses an immune system to create antibodies, and the paradigm shifts around creating antibodies. To hear about this potentially fascinating COVID solution, tune in today!

We know that walking can be very beneficial for physical and mental well-being. To get the maximum benefits, we must ensure the muscles in our lower body are strong enough so that we do not injure ourselves. Today, Dr. Power shares some exercises you can do in the comfort of your home to increase your muscle strength to make walking a breeze. Tune in to hear these top tips!

Have you ever had a muscle spasm or cramp while exercising? Sometimes, they can be exacerbated by the weather conditions. In today’s episode, Dr. Power is answering a question from Grace, about the muscle cramps she has seen her competitors experience while race walking in the summer heat. Dr. Power explains what these cramps are caused by, and how it is possible to prevent them. Thanks for the question, Grace! Tune in to find out the answer.

Opioids have proven to be extremely effective in the relief of pain and discomfort, but these positive effects come with a host of negative ones too. The drugs have proven to be incredibly addictive and also to stop the breathing even when low doses are exceeded. For this episode, Dr. Power discusses this problem as well as the difficulties pharmaceutical scientists are having in their mission to make opioids safer.

Peanuts present a common allergic issue in childhood and one that can be life-threatening. To find treatments for illnesses and allergies, researchers need animal models of most human problems and none have existed for the peanut allergy until now. Tune in today and learn about some groundbreaking research in the fight against peanut allergies and how these tests are being conducted.

The reality about COVID is that most people who get the virus end up recovering on their own. The unfortunate few who do have to go to the hospital also usually recover, leaving only a few who end up not making it. Today on the show, Dr. Power gives some statistics about the different ways coronavirus affects different people, also detailing the measures being taken to treat patients, and what happens to the immune systems of those the virus kills.

Echocardiograms are non-invasive heart tests that use ultrasound signals to explore the performance of our heart’s valves and its chambers while they are in action. These tests are tremendously helpful to doctors preoperatively and in today’s show, you’ll learn how they work and ways that we have to make them even more accurate.

Polio is still a major threat to children in Asia and Africa, and because of COVID, all the resources that were dedicated to its eradication have been redirected. Joining this conversation, listeners will learn about the urgency to meet the fight against polio head-on once again as soon as possible, as well as the possibility that an even more severe form of polio might be on the horizon.

It is normal for a person’s memory to undergo some wear and tear as they age. We might have a senior moment and forget somebody’s name, but there could also be a much more worrying problem at the root of an experience like this – the onset of dementia. In today’s show, Dr. Power weighs in on some of the causes for dementia, drilling down on the point that lifestyle plays a role. Join us for this discussion and learn some healthy habits that reduce the chance of falling prey to the onset of dementia today!

Be warned – making the choice to depart from the standard, all-American, industrial diet and eat more whole foods will produce an unfortunate side effect – gas! Today’s socially distanced climate will mitigate some of the awkwardness of having to pass wind all the time in public, but thankfully, your whole food diet will produce other positive effects that far out outweigh the negatives. Tune in to find out more!