The Health Edge

The Health Edge

By Mark C. Pettus MD, FACP and John Bagnulo PhD, MPHMedicineHealth & FitnessNutrition
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The Health Edge episodes

  • Coffee Consumption, Epigenetics and Health

    In this episode of The Health Edge Mark and John review the principles of epigenetics and a paper titled: Epigenome-wide association meta-analysis of DNA methylation with coffee and tea consumption. 

    https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.15.042267v1

    29 min
  • Niacinamide (Vitamin B3) And Skin Cancer Prevention

    In this Health Edge video recording Mark and John discuss some research linking vitamin B3 with prevention of skin cancer in individuals with frequent sun exposure.

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/exd.13819

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27942349

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4570055/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26992108

    http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/38/2/1173.full.pdf+html

    29 min
  • Covid-19 Resilience Part 2

    In this episode of The Health Edge Mark and John offer some follow-up observations on covid-19, current statistics, the CDC response, and the potential negative consequences of the current response.

    32 min
  • Coffee consumption and health

    In this Health Edge Videocast Mark and John review some research papers summarizing the health benefits of coffee consumption.

    https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/359/bmj.j5024.full.pdf

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28826374

    16 min
  • Fasting and Health Outcomes
    In this videocast of The Health Edge Mark and John review a recent New England Journal of Medicine article Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging and Disease. (Cabo et al. 381;26 NEJM december 26, 2019)            
    22 min
  • Supplements and Depression

    In this episode of The Health Edge Mark and John review a recent paper on the efficacy of supplementation in the management of depression. The efficacy and safety of nutrient supplements in the treatment of mental disorders: a meta-review of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials. (World Psychiatry 2019;18:308–324)

    50 min
  • Air Pollution and Health

    In this videocast of The Health Edge mark and John discuss two recently published papers:

    1. Ambient Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in 652 Cities New England Journal of Medicine August 2019

    2. Environment dominates over host genetics in shaping human gut microbiota. Nature 2018

    33 min

About The Health Edge

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The Health Edge is a podcast by Mark Pettus MD and John Bagnulo PhD, MPH, two clinician-educators passionate about health and lifestyle medicine. The Health Edge brings state of the art science and…