Episodes

  • GLP-1 Side Effects; Ultra Processed Food & Alcohol Use All Good? - Episode #97

    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

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show more Show less
    36 mins
  • Conversations with Patient Advocates - Episode #96

    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.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show more Show less
    43 mins
  • Former US Surgeon General's Parting Words of Advice - Episode #95

    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.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show more Show less
    37 mins
  • Conversations with Patient Advocates - Episode #94

    Conversations with Patient Advocates - Episode #94
    Feb 7 2025
    It took 10 years before Cedric Pulliam, Ph.D, received a diagnosis and treatment for his Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Throughout college, as he suffered debilitating bouts of bowel distress, doctors advised him everything from managing his stress and improving his diet to decreasing alcohol consumption. No one bothered to dig deeper into the pain and frequent diarrhea. Now an Inflammatory Bowel Disease patient advocate and partner with IBD Social Circle, Dr. Pulliam shares his journey from struggling with unmanaged illness to firing his provider to get properly diagnosed and treated.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show more Show less
    40 mins
  • What PCPs Want from a Trump Presidency - Episode #93

    What PCPs Want from a Trump Presidency - Episode #93
    Feb 1 2025

    Welcome to Season 2 of Urban Health Weekly!


    Tamara Thomas, editor-in-chief of Urban Health Today, is joined by new guest host, Hospitalist, speaker, and author Dr. Monique Nugent, to discuss:


    -The Primary Care Physician shortage and what the AAFP wants from the incoming Trump Administration.

    -Whether a 3-year medical school program is as rigorous as the traditional 4-year program

    -What makes health care so expensive?

    -What will America's health landscape look like under RFK Jr. as US Secretary of Health?


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Interviews with Key Healthcare Opinion Leaders - Episode #92

    Interviews with Key Healthcare Opinion Leaders - Episode #92
    Jan 17 2025
    Von Nguyen, MD, MPH, Chief Clinical Officer at Evolent, discusses AI's use in medicine and population health.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show more Show less
    35 mins
  • Interviews with Key Healthcare Opinion Leaders - Episode #91

    Interviews with Key Healthcare Opinion Leaders - Episode #91
    Jan 10 2025
    Julie Schulz, MD, MPH, Physician Executive, Product leader, and VP of Product, and Michael Dovidio, PharmD, Product Manager at Avalon Healthcare Solutions, discuss why leveraging cardiometabolic lab values instead of BMI to determine coverage for GLP-1 drugs would improve prescription availability for diabetic and obese patients.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 1 min
  • Interviews with Key Healthcare Opinion Leaders - Episode #90

    Interviews with Key Healthcare Opinion Leaders - Episode #90
    Jan 3 2025
    Kamal Golla, MD, MPH, a Board-Certified Urologist, Senior Medical Director for Value Transformation at Evolent, and the lead architect of the new Navigation Support program, offers recommendations to improve specialist engagement with primary care physicians, which will lead to seamless, high-quality, whole-person care for patients.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
    Show more Show less
    41 mins