Finally with Dr. Raina Patel
finally. is hosted by Dr. Raina Patel, a dual board-certified family medicine and obesity medicine physician. The show is designed to help listeners better understand their bodies. Each episode breaks down the science behind weight, metabolism, and hormones in a practical way! New episodes twice a week: finally, Women's Health on Mondays and finally, obesity medicine on Wednesdays. Instagram: @drrainapatel Youtube channel: @drrainapatel
Episodes
About one in two women over 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis, yet most women don’t hear the word until after a fracture. In this episode of Finally, Women’s Health, Dr. Raina Patel sits down with endocrinologist Dr. Gauri Behari to talk about what women can do now to protect their bones.
They cover:
- Why osteoporosis gets so little attention compared with heart disease and breast cancer
- What happens to bone ...
Lipedema affects a huge number of women, yet most have never heard the name. It often shows up as disproportionate, tender fat in the legs, hips, and sometimes arms that doesn’t respond to diet and exercise the way the rest of the body does. Many women spend years being told to eat less and move more before anyone recognizes what’s actually going on.
In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel, a physician board certified in Family...
Nearly half of women who get mammograms have dense breasts, and since September 2024 every mammography facility in the U.S. has to tell them. But what does that paragraph at the bottom of the report actually mean? For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Raina Patel, a board-certified family medicine and obesity medicine physician, walks through mammograms and dense breasts the way she would with a patient in clinic.
In this episode, ...
Obesity is a chronic disease, and living with it affects far more than physical health. In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel, a physician board certified in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine, talks with Dr. Robyn Pashby, a clinical and medical psychologist, founder of Health Psychology Partners in Washington, DC, and The Obesity Society’s Practitioner of the Year.
They discuss what weight bias and stigma really are, how they sh...
For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Raina Patel sits down with Dr. Lucy De La Cruz, Chief of the Breast Surgery Program and Director of the Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Together they answer the questions women ask most about their breasts: when to start mammograms, what dense breasts really mean, which lumps and changes are usually benign, and what happens when something does...
A new once-weekly injection called retatrutide just posted the strongest weight loss results ever seen from a single medication. In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel, a physician board certified in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine, breaks down the TRIUMPH-1 trial, newly published in the New England Journal of Medicine. She explains how retatrutide works on three hormone pathways (GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon), what the trial found for ...
New anxiety in your 40s. Rage that seems to come out of nowhere. Low mood, brain fog, and sleep that falls apart. For many women, these changes show up years before the last period, and too often they get dismissed as stress or "just getting older."
In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel sits down with Dr. Agnes Simone, a UCLA-trained, board-certified psychiatrist and founder of Olea Women's Health, a Los Angeles practice that combines in...
Is a high-protein diet hard on your kidneys? Should you stop taking creatine if your labs look off? In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel sits down with nephrologist and obesity medicine physician Dr. Ritu Vyas to answer the kidney questions so many people are asking right now.
They cover what chronic kidney disease (CKD) actually is and how it's diagnosed, why so many people don't know they have early kidney disease, how much protein is...
Most women see one doctor for pregnancy and a different one for menopause, and nobody connects the dots in between. In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel sits down with Dr. Lindsay Maggio, a quadruple board-certified physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Obesity Medicine, and Lifestyle Medicine, and a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner.
Together they trace the weight and hormone story across a woman's lif...
Obesity is a chronic disease with effective treatment, and access to it is variable. Dr. Raina Patel maps who actually pays in 2026 across Medicare, Medicaid, employer plans, the marketplace, the VA, and cash, with real maintenance prices, the truth about compounded versions, and how to fight a denial that can actually be fought.
Dr. Raina Patel walks through the full birth control menu: the implant, hormonal and copper IUDs, the shot, the pill, the patch, the ring, barrier methods, fertility awareness, permanent options, and emergency contraception.
This podcast is educational and not medical advice. Please consult your own physician before making changes to your health.
The scale stopped moving and you're doing everything the same. Dr. Raina Patel, explains the biology behind the weight loss plateau: why hunger hormones shift and stay shifted, what metabolic adaptation really is, why a plateau on Wegovy or Zepbound is expected rather than failure, the medical causes nobody checks, and how to tell a real plateau from a look-alike.
Educational only, not medical advice.
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Heart disease is the number one killer of women, and fewer than half of women know it. In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel explains why the years around menopause are a turning point for the heart: what estrogen does for blood vessels, why cholesterol, blood pressure, and belly fat can shift within a few years even when habits stay the same, and which parts of a woman's history (pregnancy complications, early menopause, years of hot f...
A "normal" cholesterol result can still hide real heart risk. Dr. Raina Patel explains ApoB, Lp(a), the new 2026 guidelines, how GLP-1s and weight loss change your lipids, the latest medications, and the truth about statin myths. The numbers your panel isn't showing you - and what to do about them.
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Dr. Raina Patel sits down with Dr. Kimberly Bekemeier, a board-certified family physician and founder of Hormone Harmony OC, a membership-based women's primary care practice in Huntington Beach focused on perimenopause, menopause, and hormone therapy. Together they walk through menopause in plain language: what's actually happening in the body, the symptoms that get missed or dismissed, and what real treatment options look like tod...
In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel breaks down how to actually read a nutrition label, in the order that matters. She walks through why serving size changes every other number on the panel, why protein deserves attention before calories, and the real difference between total sugar and added sugar. The episode also covers fiber, sodium, common marketing terms like "reduced sugar" and "multigrain," and specific ingredients worth recogn...
Women's Health Mondays · Episode · Guest appearance
This episode originally aired on The Dr. Francavilla Show. She invited me on, and I'm grateful she did. If you're not already following her show, start here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3qEaWFEYAm7RPE9oXv1Hq5?si=4e0a8baa13894663
Weight gain in midlife is one of the most common things women bring to me, and it is almost always framed as a personal failure. It isn't. Dr. Francavilla...
Dr. Raina Patel breaks down the wellness peptide trend taking over Instagram and TikTok, BPC-157, CJC-1295, Ipamorelin, Tesamorelin, and NAD, separating what’s backed by human evidence from what’s marketing. She covers why this category exploded, the FDA’s ongoing review of whether to widen access to several of these compounds, the regulatory gray zone around “research use only” products, real safety c...
PMOS, formerly known as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is one of the most common hormonal conditions affecting women, yet it's also one of the most misunderstood. In this episode, Dr. Raina Patel sits down with Dr. Shehzein Khan, a board-certified family physician and founder of Solace Primary Care in Newport Beach, to break down what a PMOS diagnosis actually means, why insulin resistance plays such a central role, and what the...
Everyone is wearing a device that tracks their health, but what do the numbers actually mean? Dr. Raina Patel breaks down fitness trackers, continuous glucose monitors, smart rings, and sleep trackers: what each one measures accurately, where the marketing outruns the evidence, and how to use the data for your metabolic health without letting it run your life.
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