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Causes or Cures
"For the Nerds and the Nerd Nots"
Causes or Cures is a health podcast hosted by "Dr. Eeks"—an independent, offbeat, grassroots show driven by curiosity and a passion for breaking down complex health topics into bite-sized, easy-to-understand insights. Dr. Eeks is a public health professional specializing in applied epidemiology and health communication. She works on complex and timely public health issues and is all about making science relatable, often using a blue-collar sense of humor to drive the message home.
On this podcast, Dr. Eeks talks with experts from around the world (doctors, researchers, public health pros, and more) to dive into the latest hot topics in health and research, all in a down-to-earth kind of way. She also includes people with compelling stories of healing and "characters" because life is too boring and short to leave out characters and not embrace the weird. ;)
DISCLAIMER: Some topics are more controversial than others, so keep in mind that this is information only and not health advice. If you are battling an individual health issue, always check in with your doctor & don't run with anything on podcast as advice. Dr. Eeks doesn't endorse any of her guests' views, and despite a strict health routine, nor does she endorse any products, supplements, oils, magic socks or potions. (If an episode is sponsored by a company she likes, she will say so in the show notes.) While she has a MD, she does not practice medicine (she's a full-time public health nerd) so she does not give out medical advice nor should you treat anything on this podcast as medical advice.
Causes or Cures is not a "news site." It's about having conversations, and Dr. Eeks is confident that she can have a respectful conversation with anyone, even people who think far differently than she does. (At least that's been her experience at hole-in-the-walls & on sidewalks across the world.) The point is to not take anything here as Gospel. Sometimes Dr. Eeks' dog Barnaby makes his opinion known, but the good news is that he's a smart dog. Most importantly, she hopes this podcast encourages folks to stay curious, empathic, hopeful, compassionate, honest, open-minded, and engaged. Freedom of discussion is a beautiful thing, delightfully messy, and one that many take for granted.
*The views on this podcast do not reflect the views of anyone she contracts with or consults for on various public health projects.
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Episodes
251 episodes
Can Diet Change Inflammation in Just a Few Weeks? With Dr. Amrita Vijay
In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. Amrita Vijay, a gut microbiome scientist who studies how diet shapes the microbiome and influences inflammation, mood...
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Can Animal Organs Save Human Lives and What Does That Ask of the Animals? With Dr. Josh Mezrich
In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks sits down with transplant surgeon and author Dr. Josh Mezrich to talk about xenotransplantation—the use of animal organs, primarily from pigs, to try to address the massive shortage of human donor or...
Can Diet Really Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk? With Dr. Fred Tabung
Can what you eat influence your risk of colorectal cancer?In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. Fred Tabung, PhD, MSPH, a researcher studying diet, metabolism, and cancer prevention, about how certain dietary patte...
Is Sugar the Most Misused Word in Health? With Dr. John Lewis
Can a plant-derived polysaccharide formula affect Alzheimer’s symptoms? A researcher explains his study, and its limits. In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with researcher Dr. John Lewis about his
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Can You Really Age-Proof Your Brain or Is It More Complicated than That? With Dr. Majid Fotuhi
In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Majid Fotuhi about brain aging, memory, intelligence, Alzheimer’s disease, and his new book:
Exploring the Spiritual Realm: From Gigolo to Guru, The Transformation of Master Nick Eagle
Exploring the Spiritual RealmWhere spiritual belief meets health, culture, and skepticism Disclaimer: This episode discusses spiritual and metaphysical beliefs that are not evidence-based medical treatment...
Why the American Healthcare System Feels So Transactional, with Gil Bashe
In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Gil Bashe, author of
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What Happens After You Stop GLP-1 Weight Loss Medication? With Dr. Sam West
In this episode of the Causes or Cures Podcast, Dr Eeks speaks with Dr. Sam West, a researcher at the University of Oxford, about his study on what happens after people stop taking G...
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A Collection of Bizarre Deaths, Including Rasputin’s, with Forensic Pathologist Dr. Roger Byard
"So how'd that person die?"In this episode of Causes or Cures, I’m joined by forensic pathologist Dr. Roger Byard, an internationally recognized expert who ha...
The Plant-Based Drug Being Tested for Autism, with CEO Joel Stanley
In this episode, Dr. Eeks talks with Joel Stanley, entrepreneur and biotech founder, about the long and often misunderstood road from plant based therapies to FDA approved medicin...
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How Bad is Healthcare Fraud and Corruption? With Professor Graham Brooks
Healthcare corruption doesn’t just happen in broken systems or far away countries.It happens in hospitals with shiny floors.In billion dollar healthcare industries.In systems filled with rules, audits, and professionals sworn to ...
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Exploring the Spiritual Realm: Angels, Healing Claims, and Skepticism, with Dr. Christopher Macklin
Exploring the Spiritual Realm Where spiritual belief meets health, culture, and skepticism Disclaimer: This episode discusses spiritual and metaphysical beliefs that are not evidence-based medical treatmen...
They Received an Experimental Vaccine for Advanced Breast Cancer Decades Ago. They’re Still Alive Today—Dr. Zachary Hartman on the Science
What if cancer didn’t have to be eradicated, but could be remembered, monitored, and controlled by the immune system itself?In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. Zachary Hartman, the lead researcher...
Public Health is Weird: Are Poinsettias Really Poisonous? With Eeks — Bonus Episode
*Disclaimer* This episode is part of the Causes or Cures Public Health Is Weird bonus series and is for educational and entertainment purposes only. If you’re worried about a child or pet eating a poinsettia, contact a medical profession...
Can Probiotics Protect You From Microplastics? With Dr. Christian Pacher-Deutsch
Microplastics are everywhere—but what are they doing inside the human body?In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. Christian Pacher-Deutsch about his lastest
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Psychedelics and Acute Trauma: Insights from Oct 7th Nova Festival Survivors, with Dr. Zohar Rubinstein
In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. Zohar Rubinstein, a clinical psychologist, researcher and trauma expert about an early and deeply sensitive
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Do Artificial Sweeteners Affect Your Brain? The Latest Evidence with Dr. Claudia Suemoto
In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks talks with Dr. Claudia Suemoto in Brazil about her new 8-year study looking at whether artificial sweeteners are linked to cha...
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How do Animals Self-Medicate and Heal Themselves? With Dr. Jaap de Roode
In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks talks with Dr. Jaap de Roode, an evolutionary biologist and author of Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and...
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Why are Single Women Happier than Single Men? With Elaine Hoan
Episode: Why Single Women Are Happier than Single Men, with Elaine HoanGuest: Elaine Hoan, PhD Candidate, Department of Psychology, University of TorontoForget the “sad cat lady” cliché. In this episode, Dr. Ee...
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Are Pyschedelics the Answer for Prolonged Grief? With Dr. Greg Fonzo
Episode: Psychedelics and Prolonged Grief with Dr. Greg FonzoGuest: Greg Fonzo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Charmaine and Gordon McGill Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy at Dell M...
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How to Find Your Inner Billionaire, with Debbie Dobbins
In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Debbie Dobbins, international prosperity consciousness speaker/teacher and author of Your Inner Billionaire.Why listen: Debbie’s origin story isn’t a soft-focus visi...
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Can We Predict Who Gets GLP-1 Side Effects? With Dr. Andres Acosta
Dr. Acosta returns to Causes or Cures to talk about the next big leap in obesity research: using genetics and machine learning to predict which patients will get side effects to popular GLP-1 weight-loss medications like Wegovy and Zep...
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Public Health is Weird: America's Failed Experience with Truth Serum, with Eeks — Bonus Episode
Disclaimer: Entertainment only. Eeks is not a public health historian; just a gremlin who reads too much and asks weird questions BONUS Episodes are part of the "Public Health is Weird" Causes or Cures Series....
Eat Plants for Your Joints? With Dr. Carlijn Wagenaar
On this episode, Dr. Eeks chats with Dr. Carlijn Wagenaar about the Plants for Joints research in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and o...
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Can a Blood Test See Cancer Years Before Symptoms? With Dr. Yuxuan Wang
What if cancer could be detected years before symptoms ever appear? In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks sits down with Dr. Yuxuan Wang, cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins, to discuss her team’s promising
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