Our Top 10 Health and Wellness Podcasts
It has been a challenging year. Listening to podcasts helped us keep up with the latest scientific breakthroughs, adopt healthier habits, and be transported to different places during the quarantine. SensisHealth staff recommend these 10 podcasts to expand your horizons on wellness, public health, and the health industry.
Produced by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, a project of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, this podcast puts the spotlight on public health. Experts explore the initiative’s five areas: addiction and overdose, obesity and the food system, risks to adolescent health, violence, and environmental challenges.
All the quarantine cooking and the holiday season have got us thinking more about our food choices. Dr. Mark Hyman’s podcast looks at how food can help support longevity, energy, mental clarity, and happiness.
Elizabeth Holmes was going to revolutionize the health world with Theranos. This ABC News investigation tells the gripping tale of how the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire deceived many and ultimately lost it all.
Hosted by former healthcare journalist Tjasa Zajc, this podcast is all about how digital health and how healthcare systems adopt technologies. Through discussions policymakers, doctors, nurses, and thought leaders, Zajc helps explores the foundations of different healthcare systems and approaches to the digitization of healthcare around the world.
Dr. Rhonda Patrick breaks down the complex scientific topics from depression to longevity for the rest of us. She isn’t afraid of challenging conventional health wisdom, focusing on the root of the problem rather than the symptom.
From artificial intelligence to healthcare reform, this weekly podcast delves into the trends, innovations, and events that are shaping the health industry.
THE HEALTH DISPARITIES PODCAST
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought renewed attention to the problem of health disparities in the United States. This podcast highlights the disparities evidenced in diabetes, cardiovascular disease, mental health, and other common chronic conditions. Through conversations with doctors, patients, and community leaders, this podcast examines the social determinants of health and how to eliminate health disparities.
Curious about the latest on the COVID-19 vaccine? Or why peanut allergies are on the rise? Gimlet’s podcast takes on varied topics to get at “what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between.”
How can exercise protect your brain against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s? How to manage your stress like an ER doctor? What foods did our ancestors love? TED speakers offer insights on these topics and more in this bite-sized podcast.
What happens when a hospital closes? This investigative NPR podcast takes us to Fort Scott, Kansas, to examine the painful reality for the patients left behind.
