Saatchi Wellcast

Saatchi Wellcast

On Saatchi Wellcast we explore themes in medicine, health, and wellness to answer questions like: What is dietary fiber actually for? Is autoimmunity an underappreciated category of medicine? How do you get patients to make healthy behavior changes? Each episode seeks answers to these questions and more from physicians, patients, and other experts. Listen on, feel inspired, be well.

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November 21, 2019 23 mins
Data analytics, artificial intelligence, and algorithms are in the news, but what are they really? And how do healthcare companies use these technologies to more meaningfully connect with patients? On this episode of the Wellcast, we look at how companies like Saatchi Wellness use data analytics every day. We cover issues like working securely with sensitive health data, how data helps companies speak with more empathy, and why e...
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It’s early February… how are those healthy New Year’s resolutions going? Here at Wellcast we resolved to run 20 miles every day, eat nothing but high-fiber veggies, and binge only one season of the Great British Baking Show each weekend. It’s not going very well so far. So we asked our in-house behavioral science expert Talya Lazerus for two quick tips on getting those resolutions going again. Lace up those running shoes, put i...
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The immune system is a mysterious force in the body. It is there to protect you from harms like infection or cancer. But it can also get confused and attack its own body. This leads to autoimmune disease, a diverse group of conditions – like psoriasis, Type 1 diabetes, or multiple sclerosis – that affect 1 in every 6 Americans. Why does this happen? Are these diseases getting more common? Why are women affected more often than me...
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While prune juice and fiber chews are recent inventions, dietary fiber has been a key component of the human diet for eons. Our primate ancestors subsisted on high-fiber plant diets, and contemporary hunter-gatherer societies still get most of their calories from densely fibrous foods. That legacy shapes how and why fiber is still healthy for us. Many of these health benefits are still emerging from scientific research, especial...
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Immunotherapies in oncology have been touted as exciting new breakthroughs in cancer treatment, but do they deliver on the promise? In this episode, we’ll review disappointing results from two clinical trials in the cancer immunotherapy space reported in July 2017. We’ll also hear from physicians at ASCO 2016 on the first line role of immunotherapy, as well as challenges of using these agents.
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