Critically Speaking
Episodes
142 Cold and Colder
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Various forms of cold therapy, from ice on wounds to cold showers, have been successfully used for ages. And ice baths help athletes after an event. B...
141 Breast Cancer Risks: Underarm Products
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Breast cancer is on the rise, especially in women under 40. This is pretty scary and the increase points to something environmental. In today's episod...
140 Dr. Cheryl Rosenfeld: The Placenta and the Fetal Brain
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What's the placenta? Some people think of it as a bag filled with fluid that protects the fetus inside from accidental blows, or a structure that send...
139 Dr. Jon Lieff: Consequences of Head Injuries
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just about everybody has bumped their head at least once in their life. A number of these bumps on the head, especially those resulting from more obvi...
138 Egg Donation: Long Term Risks?
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of women are undergoing ovarian stimulation to harvest either their own eggs or to donate, for monetary compensation, to egg banks that can h...
137 Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories?
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a world full of media, which may contain misinformation or fake news, there are conspiracy theories abounding. However, conspiracy theories, and th...
136 Dr. Ryan Townley: Dementia Drug Trials
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Among the biggest health fears adults have are getting a diagnosis of cancer or developing Alzheimer's disease. An estimated 6.2 million Americans age...
135 Dr. Ajit Nirmal: How and Why Cancers Spread
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we hear the term tumor or cancer, the image that often comes to mind is a bunch of bad cells next to normal ones, and growing. Like many things, ...
134 Fluoride: Your Teeth and Your Brain
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Evidence is emerging that fluoride, a chemical that helps prevent dental cavities or caries, also is a neurotoxin that can cross the placenta and ente...
133 Your Brain: How It Remembers
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we remember something? Therese Markow talks with neuroscientist Dr. Ben Albensi about how memory works, involving both chemical an...
132 Males at Risk: Sperm Declining
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Infertility is on the rise, leading otherwise healthy young couples to seek a form of assisted reproductive technology appropriate for their particula...
131 Dr. Amanda Giordano: Behavioral Addictions
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many people have addictions. While much of the time we think of substance addictions, such as drugs or alcohol, there is an increasing rise in behavio...
130 Science and Sexual Assault
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sexual assaults of women, men, and children are always in the news. We know a lot about this when it comes to little children, but for adults, especia...
129 Dr. Jason Maley: Long Haul COVID
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the world experiences the continuation of the COVID-19 virus, we see a growing number of COVID-19 survivors who continue to have symptoms for weeks...
128 Living to be 100
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some people live more than a hundred years with no health problems and very little cognitive decline. How come? While healthy lifestyles certainly...
127 Toxic!
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The last decades have seen a continuing rise in really serious and often fatal health problems. The list is long: cancer, heart disease, diabetes, inf...
126 Should Everyone Go To College?
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Should everyone go to college? Well, for years, this was considered an important goal in life - a college education. The idea being that with a colleg...
125 Q & A: Selling Plasma and Inflammation
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Therese Markow answers questions from the listeners! Today, she discusses why you can sell plasma or semen, but not something like a ...
124 Depression: When Medication Doesn't Work
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Therese Markow talks with psychiatrist and researcher Dr. Daniel Blumberger about depression that does not respond to medications and behavioral c...
123 Lorraine Hightower: Dyslexia Can Take Its Toll
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With up to 1 in 5 people having dyslexia, dyslexia impacts people every single day. In this episode, Therese Markow and Lorraine Hightower discuss wha...
122 Autism on the rise
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Therese Markow and Dr. David Beversdorf discuss what exactly autism is, the theories of the causes of autism, and what we do know fro...
121 Dr. Felice Gersh: Hormones: BC Pills, Menopause
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The last few decades have been filled with confusing information about women's hormones and what's happening with them across a woman's lifetime. How ...
120 Maternal Obesity Harms Fetal Brains
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Therese Markow and Dr. Cheryl Hawkes discuss the increasing scientific evidence that maternal obesity affects the developing fetal br...
119 Safest Seat on an Airplane?
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Therese Markow discusses where the safest seat is on an airplane (and what safety means in different contexts). She passes on the cur...
118 Are You or Do You Know a Hoarder?
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've all either heard about, or know, someone whose home is filled with things they have no use for, but won't, or can't, discard. When taken to the ...
117 Do Animals See in Color?
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Not all animals see colors the same way we do. Some have less ability to see color and others have better color vision. Color vision will likely fit w...
116 Dr. Karen Echeverri: Regenerate Arms? Spinal Cords?
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most organisms have ways to fix a wound. But what about regenerating missing tissues or limbs after that wound has healed? What about crippling spinal...
115 Dr. Paul Waggoner: Detection Dogs Sniff Out Trouble, But How?
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While many of us are familiar with detection dogs, whether working with first responders, military units, in airports, or even just in movies, canine ...