Autoimmune diseases are on the rise, and roughly 80% of those affected are women. So why do so many cases, including thyroid conditions like Hashimoto's, go undiagnosed for years?

In this episode of The Longevity Debrief, host Pallavi sits down with endocrinologist Dr. Feruza Gafarova to unpack what autoimmune disease actually is, why women are affected far more often, and why symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, hair loss, weight changes and feeling cold are so easily dismissed as "just stress."

We dig into Hashimoto's thyroiditis and thyroid health, why "normal" blood tests can miss what's really going on, which tests to ask for beyond a standard TSH, what people with autoimmune thyroid conditions should know before starting GLP-1 medications, and the daily habits that support long-term hormonal health and longevity.

Dr. Feruza Gafarova is an endocrinologist specialising in endocrinology, diabetes, anti-aging and integrative medicine, hormone optimisation and longevity.

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This video is for general education and awareness only and is not medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health.

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Is home healthcare as safe as going to a clinic?

Dr. Jenna Burton explains when video consultations, home blood tests, IV therapy and chronic care make sense, and the warning signs that mean you need in-person or emergency care.

In this episode of The Longevity Debrief, Rabiah sits down with Dr. Jenna Burton to explore how healthcare is moving from hospitals and clinics into our homes.

They discuss what can safely be handled at home, where home healthcare may offer a better experience, and the situations where convenience should never come before proper medical care.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• What home healthcare realistically includes today
• When a video consultation is enough and when it is not
• Whether home IV therapy can be delivered safely
• When home blood tests and diagnostics make sense
• How chronic conditions can be monitored from home
• The warning signs that require a clinic or emergency room
• How to identify a legitimate home healthcare provider
• Who is responsible when healthcare is delivered at home
• What home-based healthcare could look like in the next decade

ALSO IN THIS EPISODE

THE LONGEVITY LIGHTNING ROUND

Dr. Jenna shares the supplement she never misses, the health myth she wishes would disappear, her best personal health investment and whether she would choose a home visit or clinic appointment.

THE INTERNET WANTS TO KNOW

Dr. Jenna answers questions from our Instagram community about video consultations, home IV therapy, children’s fevers, chronic health conditions and when you should seek emergency care.

WHAT’S YOUR PRESCRIPTION?

One simple, low-risk home healthcare service that an apprehensive first-timer can try.ABOUT DR. JENNA BURTONDr. Jenna Burton is a physician specialising in longevity medicine, peptides, hormones, health optimisation and aesthetic medicine.

ABOUT THE LONGEVITY DEBRIEF

Hosted by Rabiah for Justlife Healthcare, The Longevity Debrief explores the science behind living healthier for longer.Real medicine. Honest conversations. No hype.

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Subscribe for new episodes and tell us in the comments:Would you feel comfortable receiving medical care at home?

This content is provided for educational purposes only and is not medical advice.

Always consult a licensed healthcare professional before starting or changing a treatment. Seek in-person or emergency medical care when required.

Peptides are everywhere right now. On podcasts, on social media, in longevity clinics, you hear the word from every celebrity and athlete with a recovery routine. They are credited with everything from muscle repair and better sleep to clearer skin, more energy, weight loss and healthy ageing.But what actually is a peptide? Which of those claims hold up to real scientific evidence, and which ones are the internet getting ahead of the science?

In this episode of The Longevity Debrief, Pallavi from Justlife sits down with Dr. Jenna Burton, a physician specialising in longevity medicine, peptides, hormones, health optimisation and aesthetic medicine, to separate genuine medical evidence from marketing hype.

WHAT WE COVER.

• What a peptide actually is, in plain English.
• Why you would need a prescribed peptide if your body already makes them.
• Peptides vs hormones vs supplements: the real difference.
• Why peptides suddenly exploded in popularity.
• What peptides are genuinely used for today: recovery, muscle, skin, weight loss, ageing.
• Which uses have strong evidence and where the research is still catching up.
• What a peptide consultation with a doctor actually looks like. The peptide claims online that a doctor says to ignore completely.
• Are peptides safe? The honest answer. The risks of buying peptides online.
• Are peptides basically steroids? Can they replace protein?.
• Who should consider peptide therapy, and who really should not.
• How long people usually stay on peptide therapy.
• Whether peptides will become everyday medicine or stay specialised

ALSO IN THIS EPISODE.

The Longevity Lightning Round: rapid-fire answers on protein vs peptides, the one peptide worth watching, the one that is overhyped, the annual health test everyone should do, and the free longevity habit almost nobody uses.

What's Your Prescription: the single habit Dr. Jenna would prescribe for longevity if she could not prescribe a medication or a supplement

ABOUT THE GUEST

Dr. Jenna Burton is a physician specialising in longevity medicine, peptides, hormones, health optimisation and aesthetic medicine.

Hosted by Pallavi from Justlife.The Longevity Debrief is Justlife Healthcare's podcast on living healthier, longer. Real medicine, no hype.

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This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Peptide therapies are prescription treatments. Always consult a licensed doctor before starting, changing or stopping any treatment, supplement or medication.

Everyone wants the same thing now: more energy, better health, and hopefully a longer life. But it has never been harder to know what actually works. IV therapies, NAD+, peptides, GLP-1 medications, wearables, AI health tools. So much of it is marketing dressed up as medicine.

In this episode of The Longevity Debrief, we separate signal from noise with Dr. Rageena Suleman, Functional Medicine Specialist and Co-Founder of Wellness by Call Doctor. We unpack what longevity actually means, which treatments are backed by evidence, how AI is changing the way we understand our health, and how to spot a trustworthy clinic from clever marketing.

This conversation lands at a pivotal moment: DHA- Dubai’s Health Authority, has just launched the Dubai Longevity Authority (DLA), one of the world's first dedicated longevity regulators, signalling that a space once reserved for the ultra rich (think the tech founders and figures like Bryan Johnson spending millions to slow ageing) is fast becoming mainstream. So what does that mean for the average person?

WHAT WE COVER.

• What the Dubai Longevity Authority actually changes for patients.
• The real difference between living longer and living well (lifespan vs healthspan).
• Is longevity only for the wealthy, or finally within reach?.
• IV therapy: who genuinely needs a drip and who is buying an expensive placebo.
• NAD+ and peptides: what is real, what is marketing, what a doctor would actually use. GLP-1 drugs like Mounjaro : a genuine tool or a trap?.
• Chronic fatigue: when "I'm tired all the time" is lifestyle vs a real warning sign.
• Why gut health, hormones and the nervous system matter more than the trends. The one foundational fix that moves the needle most.
• Wearables and biological age: are they making us healthier or just more anxious?

• AI and ChatGPT in healthcare: where it helps and where it is dangerously oversimplified.

• Red flags to watch before handing money to a wellness clinic. Whether regulation will actually fix the trust problem in longevity

ABOUT THE GUEST: Dr. Rageena Suleman is a Functional Medicine Specialist and Co-Founder of Wellness by Call Doctor. She works to understand the root causes behind symptoms and takes a personalized approach to helping people improve their long-term health and wellbeing.

Hosted by Pallavi from Justlife.The Longevity Debrief is Justlife Healthcare's podcast on living healthier, longer. Real medicine, no hype.

⚠️ This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. GLP-1 medications are prescription treatments, always consult a licensed doctor before starting, changing, or stopping any medication.

GLP-1 medications have become the biggest shift in health in a generation but for women, half the conversation barely gets spoken about out loud. What do these drugs actually do to your hormones, your fertility, and your chances of starting a family? And the question everyone quietly Googles at 2am: what really happens when you stop?

In this episode of The Longevity Debrief, we sit down with Dr. Rageena Suleman, Functional Medicine Specialist and Co-Founder of Wellness by Call Doctor, to unpack GLP-1 medications for women fertility, PCOS, hormones, the new daily pill now available in the UAE, and the honest truth about coming off them.With oral GLP-1 options now available in the UAE, one of the first countries in the world to offer them, the options are growing faster than the answers. This is the evidence-based breakdown.

WHAT WE COVER

• What a GLP-1 medication actually does in the body
• "Food noise" what it is and why quieting it hits people so emotionally
• GLP-1 and fertility: the "unexpected pregnancy" phenomenon explained
• Washout periods before trying to conceive, what most people don't know
• Can GLP-1 medications affect your future fertility or your birth control?
• GLP-1 for PCOS: treating the root (insulin resistance) vs the symptom
• Combining GLP-1 with metformin
• What shifts in your hormones when you lose weight fast, thyroid, cortisol, sex hormones
• GLP-1 in perimenopause & menopause: what to watch for
• The daily pill vs the injection- is it really the same medication?
• How to choose between single-hormone, dual-hormone and oral options
• Generic versions: should you worry about quality?
• The honest numbers on weight regain after stopping and who keeps it off
• Is there a right way to come off GLP-1? Tapering, habits, and the "one habit" rule

ABOUT THE GUEST: Dr. Rageena Suleman is a Functional Medicine Specialist and Co-Founder of Wellness by Call Doctor. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes from the University of Warwick, where this class of medication began and takes a root-cause approach to metabolic and hormonal health.

Hosted by Pallavi from Justlife.The Longevity Debrief is Justlife Healthcare's podcast on living healthier, longer, real medicine, no hype.

⚠️ This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. GLP-1 medications are prescription treatments. Always

GLP-1 reality check: Is "GLP-1 face" real, does muscle loss happen, and what should you actually eat on these medications?

In this episode of The Longevity Debrief, we sat down with Dr. Mishika Khithani - Functional Medicine Physician, IFM & SAFM Certified, to address the viral fears around GLP-1s head-on, with science instead of scare tactics.We break down why “GLP-1 face" isn't a medical term but a sign of rapid, systemic fat loss and what protects facial volume from day one. Then we get into the real risk people should be watching: muscle loss, and the exact protein and resistance training protocol to prevent it. Finally, we cover what to actually eat on a GLP-1, protein targets, the dehydration trap nobody mentions, and which "natural GLP-1 foods" are backed by science versus just marketing.

⚠️ Medical Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Peptide therapies are prescription treatments. Always consult a licensed doctor before starting, changing or stopping any treatment, supplement or medication.

GLP-1s explained honestly: what "food noise" really is, the side effects your doctor may not mention, and who should never take these medications.

In Episode 1 of The Longevity Debrief, we sit down with Dr. Mishika Khithani,  Functional Medicine Physician, IFM & SAFM Certified, to cut through the noise around GLP-1 medications. No hype, no fear-mongering, just what the science actually says.We cover why GLP-1 receptors in the brain (not just the gut) change how you think about food, the difference between appetite suppression and food noise reduction, and why some patients report fewer cravings for alcohol too. Then we get into the controversial side effects, from most talked about to unknown ones.

Finally, we ask the question social media avoids: who should NOT be on a GLP-1, and why supervision matters.

⚠️ Medical Disclaimer: This content is for general educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a licensed healthcare provider before starting, stopping, or changing any medication. Individual results and risks vary.