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Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast
Ever leave the doctor’s office more confused than when you walked in? Your Checkup: Health Conversations for Motivated Patients is your health ally in a world full of fast appointments and even faster Google searches. Each week, a board certified family medicine physician and a pediatric nurse sit down to answer the questions your doctor didn’t have time to.
From understanding diabetes and depression to navigating obesity, high blood pressure, and everyday wellness—we make complex health topics simple, human, and actually useful. Whether you’re managing a condition, supporting a loved one, or just curious about your body, this podcast helps you get smart about your health without needing a medical degree.
Because better understanding leads to better care—and you deserve both.
Your Checkup: Patient Education Health Podcast
Latest Episodes
128: Weekend Weight Gain: What Really Happened?
A big weekend can make the scale jump, but that number rarely means you gained pounds of fat overnight. We break down why short term weight fluctuation happens and how to respond without panic or risky “fixes.” • Scale weight refle...
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127: Mounjaro and Heart Protection: What the New FDA Approval Really Means
The FDA just expanded Mounjaro’s label to include reducing the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, and the headline is easy to love and easy to misunderstand. We slow it down and translate what the approval actually means for people li...
126: Understanding Your Kidneys: Creatinine EGFR And Urine Protein Results
Your lab portal lights up red and suddenly you are doing mental math on a creatinine value you have never thought about before. We get it and we see it all the time in clinic, so we built a clear guide to the three kidney tests that confuse peo...
125: Vaccines, Evidence, and the Politics of Doubt
A single executive order can spark a thousand headlines, but it can’t conjure new evidence into existence. We dig into the recent move to change childhood vaccine recommendations in the United States and why the American Academy of Pediatrics i...
Fan Mail
It’s helpful to understand what these drugs actually do to improve blood pressure. Good to have this knowledge if the discussion ever comes up with my doctor. Thanks for another great episode! I'm also left more than a little curious about the crab cavatelli 🥹
Paoli, Pennsylvania
