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Causes or Cures

Dr. Eeks

For the Nerds and the Nerd Nots

Causes or Cures is an independent health podcast hosted by "Dr. Eeks" (ErinKate Stair, MD, MPH). It is an offbeat, grassroots show driven by curiosity and a genuine love of making complicated health topics easier to understand.

Dr. Eeks is a public health professional specializing in applied epidemiology & health communication. By day, she works on challenging public health issues. By choice, she spends some of her free time asking scientists, physicians, researchers, authors, clinicians, and other fascinating people questions she hopes everyone else is wondering too.

Along the way, the podcast has wandered into everything from memory and longevity to self medicating animals, migraines, gene drive mosquitoes, strange public health history, the spiritual realm, and the occasional existential detour. If it has something to teach us about health or what it means to be human, it is probably fair gam

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275 episodes

  1. When “Maybe” Becomes PLAGUE: Russia's Not-Plague Plague Story | WTF Health News 8:39
  2. Could NAD+ Longevity Supplements Help Cancer Cells Survive? With Dr. Jordan Winter 34:03
  3. A Rabid Bat, a $206,000 Bill, and the Wild Cost of Rabies Treatment | WTF Health News 8:12
  4. Can an Air Purifier Actually Help Your Brain? With Professor Doug Brugge 39:56
  5. Would You Want to Know? A Family’s 50% Chance of Inheriting Dementia, with Robert Kolker 42:38
  6. Can Reddit Reveal GLP-1 Side Effects that Clinical Trials Miss? With Neil Sehgal 32:59
  7. Wait... How Did This Drug Cost $25 in India and $1,000 in the U.S.? | WTF Health News 14:21
  8. Smart Underwear: Because Regular Underwear Wasn't Doing Enough. With Dr. Brantley Hall 32:59
  9. Are You Sharing Your Microbiome with Your Romantic Partner or Your Roommate? With Dr. Nicola Segata 48:46
  10. When Tuberculosis Was Blamed on Vampires | Public Health is Weird 14:54
  11. Why Are Middle-Aged Americans Doing So Much Worse? With Dr. Frank Infurna 48:33
  12. Can We Communicate with Angels? With Alisha Das | Exploring the Spiritual Realm 53:35
  13. Seasonal Blues, Melancholy, and the Winter Splinter | Eeks Speakeasy 15:25
  14. Do Bananas Make Your Smoothie Less Healthy? With Professor Gunter Kuhnle 39:53
  15. Can We Prevent Muscle Loss While Taking GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs? With Dr. Richard Pratley 46:02
  16. Is Your Smartphone Giving You Hemorrhoids? | WTF Health News 10:29
  17. Can Air Pollution, Weather, or Heat Trigger Migraines? With Prof Gal Ifergane 45:52
  18. Can Music Prevent Cognitive Decline as We Age? With Professor Joanne Ryan 46:41
  19. The Long Whatever | Eeks Speakeasy 16:14
  20. Can You Be Happy Single? What the Research Really Says, with Prof Elyakim Kislev 58:40
  21. Wait...Does the Type of Olive Oil Matter for Your Brain? | WTF Health News 10:02
  22. If Your Brain Changes, Are You Still You? With Dr. Masud Husain 55:10
  23. What Really Happens to Men’s Sex Lives as They Age? With Dr. Judson Brandeis 1:09:28
  24. What If Your Cough Was Being Measured 24/7? With Dr. Peter Small 50:34
  25. Can Diet Change Inflammation in Just a Few Weeks? With Dr. Amrita Vijay 48:19
  26. Can Animal Organs Save Human Lives and What Does That Ask of the Animals? With Dr. Josh Mezrich 1:10:42
  27. Can Diet Really Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk? With Dr. Fred Tabung 47:22
  28. Is Sugar the Most Misused Word in Health? With Dr. John Lewis 1:02:08
  29. Can You Really Age-Proof Your Brain? With Dr. Majid Fotuhi 1:17:34
  30. From Gigolo to Guru, The Transformation of Master Nick Eagle | Exploring the Spiritual Realm 1:19:18
  31. Why the American Healthcare System Feels So Transactional, with Gil Bashe 53:42
  32. What Happens After You Stop GLP-1 Weight Loss Medication? With Dr. Sam West 41:56
  33. The Weirdest Ways People Die (Including Rasputin). With Forensic Pathologist Dr. Roger Byard 1:09:18
  34. The Plant-Based Drug Being Tested for Autism, with CEO Joel Stanley 54:42
  35. How Bad is Healthcare Fraud and Corruption? With Professor Graham Brooks 1:01:50
  36. Angels, Healing Claims, and Skepticism, with Dr. Christopher Macklin | Exploring the Spiritual Realm 1:11:26
  37. They Received an Experimental Vaccine for Advanced Breast Cancer Decades Ago. They’re Still Alive Today—Dr. Zachary Hartman on the Science 46:15
  38. Are Poinsettias Really Poisonous? With Eeks | Public Health is Weird 17:35
  39. Can Probiotics Protect You From Microplastics? With Dr. Christian Pacher-Deutsch 54:00
  40. Psychedelics and Acute Trauma: Insights from Oct 7th Nova Festival Survivors, with Dr. Zohar Rubinstein 54:02
  41. Do Artificial Sweeteners Affect Your Brain? The Latest Evidence with Dr. Claudia Suemoto 49:34
  42. How do Animals Self-Medicate in the Wild? With Dr. Jaap de Roode 55:56
  43. Why are Single Women Happier than Single Men? With Elaine Hoan 36:45
  44. Are Pyschedelics the Answer for Prolonged Grief? With Dr. Greg Fonzo 45:43
  45. How to Find Your Inner Billionaire, with Debbie Dobbins 1:07:15
  46. Can We Predict Who Gets GLP-1 Side Effects? With Dr. Andres Acosta 54:55
  47. America's Failed Experience with Truth Serum, with Eeks | Public Health is Weird 24:42
  48. Eat Plants for Your Joints? With Dr. Carlijn Wagenaar 55:23
  49. Can a Blood Test See Cancer Years Before Symptoms? With Dr. Yuxuan Wang 32:31
  50. Healthy Skin is Not Just Skin Deep, with Katie Stewart 44:33