Podcast: Health for the unhealthy
Can you eat a bag of chips a day without getting fat? Is it better to be active and overweight than to sit still and be thin? Should I smoke e-cigarettes or snuff? Should I give up meat and sugar or neither? Experts meet and answer questions they don't usually get asked. And politicians try to figure out what they really want to achieve and how.
Health for the Unhealthy is led by physician Vincent Amble-Naess and EPHI Communications Officer Nicolina Söderqvist.
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198 Ineffective prevention
The prevention currently practiced in Swedish healthcare is not effective. This is the opinion of specialist physician and researcher Minna Johansson, who has recently written a report on the subject. Based on the report, she discusses how overdiagnosis and demands for counseling...
197. More generalists in healthcare
Swedish healthcare is characterized by an increasing number of specialists who focus on their own narrow area, while fewer and fewer look at the whole patient. This is the opinion of Fanny Nilsson, a resident in internal medicine and author of the book Åk till akuten. Nilsson describes how staff shortages,...
196 What's wrong with Gen Z?
They drink less, exercise more and feel worse. How will Generation Z fare? Ulrik Hoffman, CEO of Ungdomsbarometern, helps us understand today's youth.
195. election podcast: Emma Wiesner (C)
No more symbolic politics in the name of climate change, says Emma Wiesner, MEP for the Center Party. In this episode, we look at how the EU is tackling antibiotic resistance, what a bourgeois public health policy at EU level actually means, and how private healthcare companies...
194. The end of online dating
More and more singles seem to be getting tired of dating apps and want to meet in real life. In this episode, Olga Engvall, founder of the IRL-based dating service MinglMe, explains why today's singles are looking for real-life encounters, what's missing from the app culture - and...
193. All about creatine
Creatine, one of the world's most well-studied supplements, has been shown to enhance the effects of exercise. In this episode, sports doctor Per "Pliggen" Andersson explains how the supplement works, and who benefits most from it.
192. Too old to have children?
The likelihood of getting pregnant decreases significantly after 35. Egg freezing can extend the fertile period, but there is an upper limit. Thomas Brodin, a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, says this.
191. Election podcast: Simona Mohamsson (L)
Strangulation sex can be okay after all and healthcare is well suited for private providers, we discuss this and much more with Liberal Party leader Simona Mohamsson. The conversation is also available in video format here:...
190. Slow down aging
What determines how our bodies age, and how can we slow down the process? Sara Hägg, associate professor of molecular epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet, talks about the latest research.
189. Don't blame porn
Testosterone deficiency is not part of normal aging, but is often due to lifestyle. This is according to Elin Gahm, senior physician at Anova and chair of the Swedish Andrology Association. She believes that more doctors should ask their patients about their sexual health.