Urban Health Weekly

By: Urban Health Weekly
  • Summary

  • The Urban Health Weekly Podcast: Medical News That Matters to You

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Episodes
  • GLP-1 Side Effects; Ultra Processed Food & Alcohol Use All Good? - Episode #97
    Mar 8 2025
    Tamara Thomas and Dr. Monique Nugent Discuss:
    • A study reveals that GLP-1s have concerning side effects;
    • Writers Downplay Ultra Processed Food & Alcohol Use

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    36 mins
  • Conversations with Patient Advocates - Episode #96
    Feb 28 2025
    Gaylyn, an Inflammatory Bowel Disease and ostomy advocate, was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease at only 14 years old. Initially, her family thought it was anything but an IBD, but once it was clear something serious was wrong, they rallied around her. Today, Gaylyn is an IBD Social Circle partner. She discusses the importance of IBD representation and awareness in the Black community. Gaylyn also talks about normalizing and being a model with an ostomy bag.

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    43 mins
  • Former US Surgeon General's Parting Words of Advice - Episode #95
    Feb 21 2025

    Tamara Thomas and Dr. Monique Nugent discuss:



    *Supreme Court's decision to take up a case challenging the Affordable Care Act's preventive coverage requirements

    *Former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's strong recommendations for US alcohol warning labels to help raise awareness of alcohol's relationship to cancer.

    *Murthy's wise words about our physical and mental health.


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    37 mins

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