Healthy Humor

Healthy Humor

Join Dr. Mary Beth Sawyer for a casual, often self-deprecating exploration of health topics, from personal hygiene tips to the complexities of the U.S. healthcare system. If you're looking to boost your health literacy with a dose of humor, this show is for you. Tune in for new episodes every Tuesday! Dive deep into intricate health issues or enjoy quick, insightful content. Drawing from her own experiences, peer-reviewed research, and interviews with leading healthcare experts, Doc MB delivers a podcast that's both educational and entertaining.

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July 15, 2025 8 mins

Compassionate care is a treatment plan, and treating people with respect is part of medicine. Learn from this personal story with Doc MB how something as using a patient's name rather than calling them by their diagnosis leads to better health outcomes.



#saymyname #goodpatientcare #healtheducation #educational

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In the age of Yelp and constant survey requests, shouldn't you be able to review your hospital? Well, you can! In this minisode, Doc MB gives you a quick breakdown of hospital Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and where you can go online to review them for free!


#healtheducation #hospitals #ratings

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June 17, 2025 24 mins

Have you ever looked in the toilet and thought, "Is it supposed to look like that?" Get the scoop on your poop in this minisode. Learn how to read the messages your poop is sending you about your health.



#guthealth #colonhealth #healtheducation

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Safety should always come first, whether you are cycling for exercise, competition, or transportation. In this episode, Doc MB reviews the top safety tips for cyclists from the City of Tulsa. With the help of her husband, Warren, an avid cyclist, she breaks down the reasoning for several of the less obvious safety guidelines.



#cycling #cyclingsafety #safetytips #healtheducation

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May 20, 2025 20 mins

Did you know some inflammation is good for us? Learn more about the types of inflammation, including how to reduce bad inflammation, in this minisode with Doc MB.



#minisode #inflammation #antiinflammation #healtheducation

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Whether you know a little or a lot about who and what occupational therapists do, this episode is for you! Get ready to learn more about the profession from Dr. Ashley Efaw, a certified OT and professor of OT at the University of Oklahoma.




#healtheducation #occupationaltherapy #occupationaltherapist #highereducation

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Find out which factors influencing our lives have the most influence over how long we live in this minisode!


#genetics #lifestyle #lifeexpectancy

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April 29, 2025 36 mins

Join Doc MB and her friend Hannah Riegel, a certified athletic trainer, as they unpack the profession of Athletic Training. Listen for more certification information, changes to the profession, and where you can find an athletic trainer in the wilds of real life.



#athletictraining #athletictrainer #health

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April 22, 2025 20 mins

Most people have at least heard of Blue Zones, but not how they came to be. In this episode, Doc MB walks listeners through the nine commonalities or "9 powers" that resulted in the longer-than-average life spans associated with these communities. Listen or watch along to learn how you can adopt any of these powers to live a (hopefully) longer life.



#longevity #liveforever #bluezones

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April 15, 2025 25 mins

In this week's Meet and Greet episode, Doc MB discusses the past, present, and future of "physician assistant-ing" with her guest, Rebecca Stephen. Rebecca is the Director of Admissions for the Physician Assistant Program at Oklahoma State University, where she also works clinically as a Cardiovascular Medicine PA. For more information about Rebecca and the physician assistant profession check out the Healthy Humor website at http...

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Measles might sound like a small furry rodent but they are much more serious. Listen to this episode for everything you really should know about measles without all the extra noise.

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April 1, 2025 12 mins

Most of us know the forehead slapping experience of leaving the doctor's office and realizing we forgot to ask the doctor a question, or worse, we never got the chance to ask it because our doctor didn't stop to really listen. In this episode, Doc MB shares her 5 steps for good self-advocacy in healthcare.


#advocacy #healthcareadvocacy #selfadvocacy

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Whether you are looking for your best friend, a comforting presence during stressful situations, or a workout buddy, National Pet Adoption Week might be your chance to find them! Join Doc MB and her dogs, Winnie and Babe, as Doc MB shares a little bit about the positive impact dogs have had on her health. Research supporting the content of this minisode and pet adoption information is available in the show notes for this episode on...

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March 18, 2025 56 mins

In this episode Doc MB interviews Sandie Lawrence about her experience as a birth equity supporter. They focus on the difference in birth education and outcomes when midwife care is utilized. If you are curious about any of the websites, organizations, accrediting bodies, or definitions for terms used in this episode please visit the show website at https://www.healthy-humor.com/. If you have any questions or would like to suggest ...

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March 11, 2025 26 mins

Please enjoy the first episode in the new "Meet and Greet A" segment of Healthy Humor. Doc MB will be interviewing different professionals across the spectrum of healthcare during these episodes. From your family physician to your dentist or your occupational therapist to your speech language pathologist, Doc MB will introduce you to every care provider or administrator out there. During "Meet and Greet A Dentist", Doc MB learns wh...

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March 4, 2025 18 mins

Most people only know HIPAA for the protections it places on personal health information, but what else is there to know? Find out in this weeks episode of Healthy Humor with Doc MB. Doc MB primarily pulled information for this episode from the following sources: 1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ramasubbareddy-Dhanireddy-2/publication/353807498_Antimicrobial_Associated_Harm_and_the_Role_for_Effective_Antimicrobial_Stewardshi...

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If you ask the average person how they pick a new doctor or provider they will tell you they ask their friends who they are seeing and then just go to that person. While it is good so many of us trust our friend's judgment that much, is that really the best way to pick a doctor? In this episode, Doc MB shares a better way to search for a new provider. Through sites like https://www.healthgrades.com and https://www.ratemds.com/best-...

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February is National Self-Check Awareness Month. In this week's episode Doc MB shares the recommended best practices for self-checks from the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Tune in to learn why you should be conducting monthly self-checks—a special thanks to this week's guest, Penny Cushion, Doc MB's dress form mannequin. For more information about Breast Cancer and conducting self-checks please visit the National B...

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February 11, 2025 27 mins

Is it possible to overdue self-care? Can you show yourself unhealthy self-love? Doc MB discusses these questions and more with her guest and friend Allison on this episode. Listen in for their take on healthy self-care.


Doc MB references Immanuel Kant in her video and a paper discussing his ideologies. Here is the link to that paper: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/kant-2024-2036/html

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February 6, 2025 3 mins

Welcome back! After a longer than planned break Doc MB is back with a new name, new cover art, and some new handles. If you dig her new photo (there are a lot more on the website) then check out https://narrativestructure.com. For other information or to follow all the accounts for this show look below.


Website: https://www.healthy-humor.com

Youtube: @HealthyHumor-DocMB

Instagram: @ _healthy.humor

Email: docmb@healthy-humor.c...

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