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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 sp...
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Can Diet Really Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk? With Dr. Fred Tabung
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Can what you eat influence your risk of colorectal cancer?
In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. F...
Is Sugar the Most Misused Word in Health? With Dr. John Lewis
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Can a plant-derived polysaccharide formula affect Alzheimer’s symptoms? A researcher explains his study, and its limits.
Can You Really Age-Proof Your Brain or Is It More Complicated than That? With Dr. Majid Fotuhi
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Majid Fotuhi about brain aging, mem...
Exploring the Spiritual Realm: From Gigolo to Guru, The Transformation of Master Nick Eagle
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Exploring the Spiritual Realm
Where spiritual belief meets health, culture, and skepticism
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Why the American Healthcare System Feels So Transactional, with Gil Bashe
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Gil Bashe, author of Healing the Sick Care System, about why the US he...
What Happens After You Stop GLP1s? With Dr. Sam West
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In this episode of the Causes or Cures Podcast, Dr Eeks speaks with Dr. Sam West, a researcher at the University of Oxford, abo...
A Collection of Bizarre Deaths, Including Rasputin’s, with Forensic Pathologist Dr. Roger Byard
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"So how'd that person die?"
In this episode of Causes or Cures, I’m joined by forensic pathologist Dr. Roger Byard, an in...
The Plant-Based Drug Being Tested for Autism, with CEO Joel Stanley
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In this episode, Dr. Eeks talks with Joel Stanley, entrepreneur and biotech founder, about the long and often misunderstood roa...
The Business of Healthcare Fraud and Corruption, with Professor Graham Brooks
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Healthcare corruption doesn’t just happen in broken systems or far away countries.
It happens in hospitals with shiny flo...
Exploring the Spiritual Realm: Angels, Healing Claims, and Skepticism, with Dr. Christopher Macklin
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Exploring the Spiritual Realm
Where spiritual belief meets health, culture, and skepticism
Disclaimer: This episo...
They Received an Experimental Vaccine for Advanced Breast Cancer Decades Ago. They’re Still Alive Today—Dr. Zachary Hartman on the Science
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What if cancer didn’t have to be eradicated, but could be remembered, monitored, and controlled by the immune system itself?
Public Health is Weird: Are Poinsettias Really Poisonous? A Holiday Health Myth — Bonus Episode
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*Disclaimer* This episode is part of the Causes or Cures Public Health Is Weird bonus series and is for educational and enter...
Can Probiotics Protect Us From Microplastics? With Dr. Christian Pacher-Deutsch
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Microplastics are everywhere—but what are they doing inside the human body?
In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks...
Psychedelics and Acute Trauma: Insights from Nova Festival Survivors, with Dr. Zohar Rubinstein
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks speaks with Dr. Zohar Rubinstein, a clinical psychologist, researcher and trauma e...
Do Artificial Sweeteners Affect Your Brain? The Latest Evidence with Dr. Claudia Suemoto
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks talks with Dr. Claudia Suemoto in Brazil about her new 8-year study looking at whe...
How Animals Self-Medicate and Heal Themselves in the Wild — with Dr. Jaap de Roode
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks talks with Dr. Jaap de Roode, an evolutionary biologist and author of Doctors by N...
Why Single Women Are Happier than Single Men, with Elaine Hoan
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Episode: Why Single Women Are Happier than Single Men, with Elaine Hoan
Guest: Elaine Hoan, PhD Candidate, Department of...
Pyschedelics and Prolonged Grief, with Dr. Greg Fonzo
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Episode: Psychedelics and Prolonged Grief with Dr. Greg Fonzo
Guest: Greg Fonzo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Co-Direc...
How to Find Your Inner Billionaire, with Debbie Dobbins
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Debbie Dobbins, international prosperity consciousness speaker/teacher...
Mayo Clinic Test Predicts Who Gets GLP-1 Side Effects, with Dr. Andres Acosta
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Dr. Acosta returns to Causes or Cures to talk about the next big leap in obesity research: using genetics and machine learning...
BONUS Episode: The Truth Serum That Wasn’t
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Disclaimer: Entertainment only. Eeks is not a public health historian; just a gremlin who reads too much and asks weird questio...
Eat Plants for Your Joints, with Dr. Carlijn Wagenaar
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On this episode, Dr. Eeks chats with Dr. Carlijn Wagenaar about the Plants for Joints research in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and...
Can a Blood Test See Cancer Years Before Symptoms? With Dr. Yuxuan Wang
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What if cancer could be detected years before symptoms ever appear? In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks sits down with...
Healthy Skin is Not Just Skin Deep, with Katie Stewart
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Katie Stewart, Holistic Nutritionist and founder of The Clear Skin Solu...
Dr. Martín Polanco on Ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT for PTSD & More: Results & Risks
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Psychedelics are in the spotlight. Some call them dangerous, others call them life-saving, and many believe they could reshape...
How Chris Mirabile Made His Biological Age 13 Years Younger
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What if your biological age could be younger than the candles on your birthday cake? On this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Ee...
Why Rich Americans Don't Live Longer than Poor Europeans, with Prof Irene Papanicolas
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Dr. Irene Papanicolas, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practic...
What He Did When Nothing Worked: A Personal Story of Crohn’s and Colitis with Dane Johnson
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Disclaimer: Causes or Cures is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, and no medical claims are being made....
The Truth About Your Medications, with Harvard's Dr. Jerry Avorn
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Dr. Jerry Avorn, a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, dru...
Can This Supplement Actually Reverse Aging? Dr. Varun Dwaraka Explains
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Disclaimer: Causes or Cures is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, and no medical claims are being made....
Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? Inside the Body‑Mind Split with Dr. Robert Smith
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Modern medicine rests on a centuries‑old decision to split mind from body. That fault line still runs through every clinic and...
Can Mushroom Fiber Beat the Flu? Beta-Glucan 101 with Dr. Maziar Divangahi
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Disclaimer: Causes or Cures is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, and no medical claims are being made....
Plant-Based Menu Traps & Other Nutritional Gems, with Dr. Kim Williams
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In this episode, Dr. Eeks sits down with world-renowned cardiologist and nutrition dynamo Dr. Kim Williams to pull the lid off...
It’s Not the White Van: Debunking Child-Trafficking Myths with Erin Williamson
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Erin Williamson, a national expert on child trafficking and a leader at...
Gene Drive Mosquitoes are Coming! A Cure for Disease or a Pandora’s Box? With Dr. Michael Santos
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Could gene drive mosquitoes be the key to ending deadly diseases like malaria and dengue or do the risks outweigh the benefits?...
Your Body on Plastic: What Really Happens When We Pull the Toxins Out? With Prof Maureen Cropper
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Professor Maureen Cropper, Chair of the Economics Department at the Uni...
Keep Your Brain Ageless? NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Dale Bredesen’s Plan to Prevent Cognitive Decline
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Disclaimer: Causes or Cures is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, and no medical claims are being made....
Does the Vitamin D, Algae Omega-3s & Exercise Combo Really Slow Aging? With Dr. Heike Bischoff-Ferrari
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Disclaimer: Causes or Cures is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, and no medical claims are being made....
Do Over-the-Counter Cold Remedies Even Work? With Dr. Nazlie Latefi
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Disclaimer: Causes or Cures is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, and no medical claims are being made....
Thermostats & Thinking Caps: How Temperature Impacts the Aging Brain, with Dr. Amir Baniassadi
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In this episode of Causes or Cures, Dr. Eeks chats with Dr. Amir Baniassadi about how indoor temperature affects the aging brai...