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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171. Nationalization of health care
Jean-Luc Af Geijerstam, Director General of the Swedish Agency for Health and Care Services Analysis, explains the advantages and disadvantages of a state-run healthcare system compared to today's regionally run system.
170. Have more children for the sake of the climate
Editorialist and economist John Norell explains why we should be concerned about low birth rates and what policy can do about it.
169. All about stem cells
Pain specialist Torbjörn Ogéus treats osteoarthritis using stem cells. In this episode, he talks about the potential of this new technology, but also about the policies that are holding it back.
168. Preventive care in the United States
We travel to New York to learn about the US healthcare system. In this episode, we meet cardiologist Jeffrey S Berger, who runs NYU Langone's Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.
167. Finding meaning in life
Psychologist Siri Helle tells us how to be happier and find meaning in our lives.
166. should women menstruate?
Helena Kopp Kallner, consultant at Danderyd Hospital's women's clinic, believes that women do not need to bleed. Kopp Kallner explains why she is skeptical of the argument that natural is always best.
165. Political parenthood
Maja Larsson has written the book Föräldrarnas födelse (The Birth of Parents), about Swedish child rearing over the last 250 years. In the podcast, we go through how politics affects the view of children, and why it seems more difficult than ever to be a parent today.
164. Private care in Almedalen
In Almedalen, we discussed the raison d'être of private healthcare together with Arena idé's director Lisa Pelling, Timbro's chief economist Fredrik Kopsch and Klas Tikkanen, COO at Nordic Capital. YouTube: https://youtu.be/agDMyjnfc08?si=6uZiYAZ1hMeiMIC6
163. Gene therapy in and outside healthcare
Gene editing sounds like science fiction to many, but in fact it is already a reality. Edvard Smith, Professor of Molecular Genetics at KI, talks about this technology and its future.
162. Swedish alcohol policy, a relic of the 70s
Just in time for midsummer, EPHI is releasing a report in which Fredrik Nyström, Professor of Internal Medicine, Adrian Mehic, PhD in Economics, and Mattias Svensson, editorial writer and author, review the Swedish view of alcohol from different perspectives. Read the report...