When it comes to being an Emergency Room doctor, every day is something new. You can never really know what to expect each day- and it's more than likely to see a case you've never seen in a textbook before. Having to figure out how to treat patients in the moment to keep them alive is the job of every ER doctor, nurse, and technician. Today, Dr. Jonathan Karp and student producer Kaya Basatemur are joined by Dr. Mark Pappadakis from Capital Health to discuss what being an ER doctor is like. From his experiences in college and medical school to his day-to-day in the Emergency room, Dr. Pappadakis describes some of the most important things for you to know about the ER.

August 19th, 2025 was a great day for neuroscience. Why, you may ask? Because a paper published on Nature Aging discussed a breakthrough in being able to pinpoint a specific iron-associated protein in the Hippocampus related to age-related cognitive impairment. While numerous Press Release articles have made this sound like the cure to aging, this is not the case. Dr. Jonathan Karp and student producer Kaya Basatemur break this paper down into the steps these scientists took, and the logic behind their experiments and findings to determine if the PR articles have it right; is this truly the cure to aging, or is the media over exaggerating and generalizing specific findings? Listen in to find out in the newest episode of Health 411!

In regards to recent promises made by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to "find the cause of autism" by September 2025, Dr. Karp and student producer Kaya Basatemur discuss the history of autism. In this episode, they cover previous attempts made by psychologists, researchers, and other scientists to determine the cause of this condition and to figure out what autism actually is. They also discuss the outdated myths regarding theorized causes of autism, who can have autism, the diagnosis of autism, and the social stigma surrounding those who have it. Why are there so many myths and misconceptions about autism? Is finding the cause of autism in under a month possible? Find out in the latest episode of Health 411.