The Original Guide To Men's Health

The best, all natural, miracle drug out there, science shows, is physical activity. Really! Learn more about the science and nature of exercise, and what you can do.

Guests:

Dr. Mark DeDominico: CEO and founder of Pro Club and the 20/20 Lifestyle Program, Former CardioThoracic Surgeon, and co-founder of the Hope Heart Institute, Seattle, Washington, co-author of the book 20/20 Lifestyle a Metabolic Cure.

Josh Fitchett: Senior Director of Fitness for the Pro-Club , a degree from Central Washington University in Fitness & Sports Management. He oversee’s training and fitness for the Pro Club. He is a triathlete and adventure racer. He continues to motivate the participants of the 20-20 lifestyle program

Guys can use free, leading edge Science, by trusted experts, to help guide them on optimum nutrition and diet. Check it out here.

Guest:

Marian L. Neuhouser , PhD, RD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research, Program Head, Cancer Prevention Program Public Health Sciences Division, Affiliate Professor University of Washington, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology

Those aches and pains in your fingers, hand, elbow, toes, foot, ankle and knee, what causes them ? What to do when they seem to be getting more severe and are interfering with your activities? What are the various types of arthritis?

Not all Rheumatological disease is arthritis, what else does this area of medical specialties deal with?

We explore the major Rheumatological diseases with a leading Rheumatologist and experienced clinician, researcher.

Guest:

S. Louis Bridges, Jr., MD, PhD has served as Physician-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at HSS and at Weill Cornell Medical College since 2020. He is immediate Past President of the Rheumatology Research Foundation and a former member of Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). He received a BS degree from the University of Notre Dame, and an MD degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. After serving as a Medicine Resident and Chief Medical Resident at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, he completed a fellowship in Rheumatology at UAB, where he also obtained a PhD degree in Microbiology/Immunology. From 2008 to 2020, he was Director of the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Bridges has been named to Best Doctors in America, Castle-Connolly Top Doctors, and to the 2023 New York Super Doctors list. He has received the UAB Department of Medicine’s Max Cooper Award for Research Excellence and the UAB School of Public Health’s Sam Brown Bridge Builder Award. He is former Co-Editor of Arthritis & Rheumatology and past Chair of the NIH Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Study Section. His research focus is rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility, autoantibodies, and biomarkers of treatment response. He has authored more than 185 manuscripts, many book chapters, and served as editor of three books.

During This Episode We Discuss:

What are Rheumatological diseases? What differentiates sore joints from Rheumatoid or Osteoarthritis? How do we differentiate , diagnose and treat these diseases?

What are some of the newer therapies?

When should you see a physician about your aches and pains in your joints?

When should you see a Rheumatologist?

What are some of the other major Rheumatological diseases?

What should we know about Lupus, Psoriatic arthritis, and Gout.

Obesity is a chronic disease and is associated with related conditions such as cardio vascular disease(heart attack and stroke),type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers. The current understanding of obesity demonstrates both biological and environmental factors like economics and infrastructure, psychosocial and developmental issues as important contributors as well as newer understanding of their role in influencing the hypothalamus.

New treatment strategies and medications demonstrate opportunities for success in management of obesity.

Guest:

Joshua Thaler, MD, PhD.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition.

Dr. Thaler graduated with a major in Biochemistry from Harvard College (Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors, and on the Dean’s List), then obtained an MD and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of California, San Diego and the Salk Institute (where he was a Chapman Scholar and a Lucille P. Markey Fellow). He short-tracked through the Internal Medicine residency program at UW and was an endocrinology/metabolism fellow, working in Dr. Michael Schwartz’s laboratory. He is currently an Associate Professor at the UW Diabetes Institute.

Dr. Thaler’s focus is the hypothalamic regulation of energy homeostasis and the alterations to this system during obesity pathogenesis. His primary project investigates hypothalamic inflammation and its relationship to high fat diet-induced weight gain with an emphasis on the role of glial cells (astrocytes and microglia) in modulating the neuronal regulation of energy homeostasis. In particular, his research aims to determine whether glial cells provide a repair response to diet-induced damage to critical hypothalamic neurons and whether interventions targeted at glia may therefore influence the course of obesity. A second study examines the role of inflammatory signaling in hypothalamic neurons and microglia in obesity-associated insulin resistance and diabetes. Additionally, Dr. Thaler’s research is examining the metabolic role of POMC neurons through modification of atypical protein kinase C signaling.

During This Episode We Discuss:

Obesity versus being overweight, what Body Mass Index (BMI) defines each condition.

Causes of obesity. New data on root causes

Health impact of obesity

The individualized approach to treating obesity

Investigations and Research into the role of the brain (Hypothalamus) in obesity and obesity management.

Successful strategies for managing obesity,including newer medications and Bariatric Surgery

Quotes (Tweetables):

The US obesity prevalence was 41.9% in 2017-March 2020

BMI 25-30 = overweight

BMI 30 or greater = Obesity

“Obesity by many estimates is at least 50% if not more based on inherited genes. That susceptibility is being acted on by the environment, You shouldn't take the fatalistic view I've got these genes and there is no hope”

Dr Josh Thaler

“The Heavier you are, the higher your energy expenditure. Thus we can’t say that in general, that people who are overweight have a slower metabolism”

Dr Josh Thaler

“How much weight needs to be lost in order to reverse either the disease that’s established or lower the risk of the one that hasn't come yet.. You don't have to go back to your original normal weight..What the data suggests is that even 5-10% weight loss from wherever your current weight,is sufficient to reverse a lot of things(associated diseases) that are associated with obesity”

Dr Josh Thaler

“The (newer injectable)weight loss medications do not cure (obesity), if you stop them, the weight will come back...there is no reason to believe it changed your biology in some way that's permanent”

Dr Josh Thaler

Recommended Resources:

CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/basics/index.html

Obesity Canada ( formerly called,The Canadian Obesity Network). Obesitycanada.ca.

The Obesity Society www.obesity.org.

Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD

Kevin D.Hall, PhD Multiple You Tube videos and publications

Michael W. Schwartz, MD University of Washington

In this two part episode we explore where the modern male finds himself. We review data demonstrating a trend of increasing gaps in educational achievement, increasing rates of male suicide, and addictions, the preponderance of males in the homeless population and the decline in males participating in key careers.

We also hear about a Washington State bill to create a commission on boys and men, why it’s important and potentially unique.

If you're unsure if men are indeed in crisis, or are already familiar with some of the issues, listen as we explore,learn and hear not only the issues but solutions from our two very thoughtful, knowledgeable and engaging guests.

Guests:

Richard V. Reeves

Richard V. Reeves is a senior fellow in Economic Studies,The Brookings Institute, where he holds the John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair and leads the Boys and Men Project. His research focuses on boys and men, inequality, and social mobility.

Richard’s publications for Brookings include his latest book Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It (2022) and 2017's Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do about It. He is a contributor to The Atlantic, National Affairs, Democracy Journal, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Richard is also the author of John Stuart Mill – Victorian Firebrand, an intellectual biography of the British liberal philosopher and politician.

Rep. Mary Dye

First appointed to the House of Representatives in 2015, Representative Mary Dye is a Republican from the Eastern Washington community of Pomeroy. She is serving her fifth term, representing the 9th Legislative District. As a ranking member of the House Environment and Energy Committee, Representative Dye prioritizes protection of affordable and reliable energy, improving environmental and water quality and outdoor recreation. She is also working to improve irrigation infrastructure to ensure irrigated farms are climate resilient. Representative Dye graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School Senior Executive Leadership program and holds a B.S. in Crop Management from the University of Idaho. She and her husband farm dryland wheat in Garfield County. Get more information from her website: www.RepresentativeMaryDye.com

During This Episode We Discuss:

The background data and trends supporting the issues are reviewed in an enlightened discussion with Brookings Scholar Richard Reeves

Learn from a Washington State Legislator Rep. Mary Dye about her efforts to sponsor a bill that would create a Washington state commission on boys and men. The would address well-being, including educational achievement, suicide, homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction and overdose, and incarceration.

Those that feel this bill is serving a population that has already been privileged are looking through a narrow lens. These interviews demonstrate why vulnerable populations, men in poverty, and BIPOC populations would all find an advantage to having such a commission.

Recommended Resources:

Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why It Matters and What to Do About It

By Richard V Reeves

How Toxic is Masculinity by Zoe Heller, Books, The New Yorker August 8,2022 Issue

Men Need Purpose More Than ‘Respect’ Opinion by David French, The New York Times, Feb.12,2023

https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1270.pdf?q=20230116070700

Soulhealfilm.com. A film by Jose Enrique Pardo

https://equalityforboysandmen.org

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2023/01/13/the-case-for-a-commission-on-boys-and-men-will-washington-state-lead-the-way/

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