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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.
Episodes
113 episodes
112: Hantavirus Explained: Why Experts Are Watching This Rare Virus
“Rare, deadly virus” is a phrase that can hijack your nervous system, especially after the last few years. We slow the whole story down and walk through what hantavirus is, why it’s trending again, and how to tell the difference between a serio...
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111: What To Expect When You Begin a GLP-1
GLP-1 medications can feel like a Rorschach test online: one person calls Ozempic or Wegovy a miracle, another calls it miserable, and almost nobody explains what the “normal middle” looks like. We wanted to fix that with a practical walkthroug...
110: When To Consider Starting a GLP-1 (Wegovy, Zepbound): Honest Guide for Patients
A medication that can support weight loss, lower diabetes risk, and protect your heart sounds almost too good to be true. So we get practical about the real decision: not “Do I want a GLP-1?” but “What problem am I trying to solve?” If the goal...
109: Why Your Weight Is Creeping Up (And What To Do About It)
Ten extra calories a day. That’s it. That’s the kind of razor-thin margin that can quietly add a pound a year and it’s why so many people swear they “didn’t change anything” while the scale slowly drifted upward. We unpack the simple math behin...
108: What Actually Happens During a Heart Attack
Your heart doesn’t “randomly” decide to have a heart attack, and that one idea can change how you react to symptoms. We sit down and explain, in plain language, what’s happening inside the body when a coronary artery suddenly gets blocked and w...
107: A New GLP1 Weight Loss Pill? What You Need to Know About Orforglipron (Foundayo)
A GLP-1 that comes as a simple daily pill and can be taken with or without food sounds like a small change, until you think about real life. We’re celebrating two years of Your Checkup and sharing what’s surprised us most, from listeners across...
106: Why You’re Always Tired — The 3 Real Causes (And How to Fix Them)
You wake up tired, push through the day tired, and somehow still feel tired after sleeping. That frustrating loop is one of the most common concerns we hear in primary care, and it usually has a pattern. We walk through a simple, clinician-styl...
105: New Cholesterol Guidelines 2026: What Your Numbers Mean & What to Do
Cholesterol advice has been stuck in “it depends” for years, and we wanted something more concrete you can actually use. So we dig into the 2026 American Heart Association cholesterol guidelines and translate them into plain language: the new L...
104: How Smartphones Affect Mental Health: Anxiety, Depression, and Screen Time Explained
Your phone might be doing more than stealing time. It may be quietly taxing your mood, your attention, and the basic habits that keep you well. We found a fascinating research study that tested a simple but radical idea: block mobile internet a...
103: What They Say You Should Actually Eat Everyday
Headlines argue. We read the document. This week we unpack the newest dietary guidelines with a clear, practical lens: what the recommendations actually say, why they still look a lot like Mediterranean and DASH patterns, and how to turn them i...
102: 3 Surprising Health Risks You Might Be Ignoring
Three ordinary habits—puzzling, pouring, and brushing—carry extraordinary power over long-term health. We unpack new and notable research on cognitive health, colorectal cancer risk, and cardiovascular disease, then turn it into simple actions ...
101: Why Nutrition Advice Keeps Changing (And What To Trust)
Ever wondered who really decides what America should eat—and how those choices land on your tray at school, your hospital menu, or your family’s grocery list? We take you behind the scenes of the U.S. dietary guidelines, charting the history fr...
100: Does Intermittent Fasting Actually Work in 2026?
This week on Tasty Tip, we break down three new health stories: • What new research says about intermittent fasting and metabolic health • Why early-onset colon cancer rates are rising • Whether caffeine intake ...
99: Understanding Your Body Composition: Why the Scale Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
We swap small talk for a deep dive on body composition and why muscle and visceral fat tell a truer health story than the scale. Practical tools like DEXA, bioelectrical impedance, and a simple tape measure help you track what matters and take ...
98: Menopause, Hormones, & GLP Weight Loss Shots
In this episode of Your Checkup, we explore a new study from the Mayo Clinic examining whether menopause hormone therapy enhances weight loss outcomes in postmenopausal women taking tirzepatide. Menopause is a major metabolic tur...
97: The Motivation Checkup: Episode 6: From Motivation to Momentum, How to Turn Insight Into Action
This is the final episode of our Motivation Checkup mini-series, and it’s all about turning everything you’ve learned into real, sustainable change. Over the last five episodes, we explored why motivation fades, why willpower isn’t eno...
96: The Motivation Checkup: Episode 5: Motivation vs Habits vs Discipline, What Creates Change
In this episode, we break down the difference between motivation, habits, and discipline — three tools people often confuse when trying to change their health. You’ll learn why motivation is great for starting but unreliable for consisten...
95: The Motivation Checkup: Episode 4: How to Continue When Motivation Fades
In this episode, we talk about what really happens when motivation fades — and why it’s not a sign that you’ve failed. Life stress, poor sleep, illness, and emotional overload all pull on the same limited energy system in your brain, maki...
94: The Motivation Checkup Episode 3: Small Steps, Lasting Change
In this episode, we explore why starting small is actually the most effective way to build lasting habits. Big goals can feel overwhelming, and relying on motivation alone often sets us up for failure. By focusing on tiny, repeatable acti...
93: The Motivation Checkup: Episode 2: Why Willpower Fails
In this episode of Your Checkup, we unpack why relying on willpower alone so often fails — and why that failure isn’t a personal flaw. Willpower is a limited resource that gets drained by stress, decision fatigue, and daily deman...
92: The Motivation Checkup: Episode 1 Understanding Motivation
New year energy fades fast, and that’s exactly when most health plans fall apart. We’ve been there—patients telling us “I can’t stay motivated,” and our own early alarms that sometimes lose the argument. So we take a fresh, practical look at mo...
91: GLP1 Pill for Weight Loss? Understanding Oral Wegovy
Oral Wegovy is officially FDA approved — but what does that actually mean for patients? In this episode of Your Checkup, we break down the December 2025 approval of oral semaglutide 25 mg for chronic weight management, who...
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90: The First 5 Questions I Ask Every New Patient
We trade holiday laughs and a Michelin-level dinner recap for a clear look at how five simple questions can transform a medical visit into a relationship. We show how home, routine, joy, and self-perception reveal risks and shape plans that fit...
89: Normal Cholesterol but Still at Risk? Lipoprotein (a) Explained Simply
In this episode of Your Checkup, we break down lipoprotein(a) — a largely inherited form of cholesterol that can significantly increase the risk of heart disease and stroke, even when standard cholesterol numbers look norm...
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88: GLP-1 Starter Guide for Patients
We share a quick life update, welcome our first guest Mike Rozanski, and clear up the Michelin Guide origin story before shifting to a focused guide on starting GLP-1 medications. Practical strategies cover injections, nausea, constipation, mus...
