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  • Ep. 245 - Can Old Scar Tissue Still Be Treated? What to Know After Surgery

    Ep. 245 - Can Old Scar Tissue Still Be Treated? What to Know After Surgery
    2026/10/13
    Yes, scar tissue can be treated, even decades after surgery, and it matters because most of what a scar does happens beneath the skin. Massage therapist Marjorie Brook, creator of the STRAIT Method (Scar Tissue Release and Integrated Therapies), joins Dr. Dean Mitchell to explain how scars form, how they differ from adhesions, and why healed tissue can stay restricted and affect movement, circulation, and lymphatic flow. She explains why she believes aggressive early rehab can work against healing, what gentler care looks like, and why itchy, numb, or tight C-section and mastectomy scars are often scar tissue that can be addressed. She also covers when scar work can begin, how stretching works with the body instead of against it, and what to say if you are told scar tissue is simply something you have to live with.Follow The Smartest Doctor In The Room on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so the next episode comes to you.

    Guest Contact

    Websites: marjoriebrook.com | brookseminars.com
    Resources / Book Links: Brook Seminars Bodywork Education offers continuing education courses in the STRAIT Method (Scar Tissue Release and Integrated Therapies), Integrated Therapeutic Stretching, and body mechanics. Practice located in Wantagh, Long Island, NY.

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  • Ep. 244 - What Makes a Great Doctor? 10 Qualities to Look For Before You Choose One

    Ep. 244 - What Makes a Great Doctor? 10 Qualities to Look For Before You Choose One
    2026/10/06
    The smartest doctor in the room isn't defined by a famous hospital or a top doctor list. It comes down to ten qualities: judgment, listening, curiosity, experience, pattern recognition, humility, communication, collaboration, compassion, and genuine investment in the patient's outcome. In this solo episode, Dr. Dean Mitchell shares what more than five and a half years of interviewing physicians has taught him about choosing a doctor. He explains how those "top doctor" lists work and why credentials alone can mislead. He also covers why normal lab results don't always mean nothing is wrong, and why a thorough history matters. He closes by highlighting six past guests who show these qualities: Dr. Neil Nathan, Dr. Mark Pimentel, Dr. Richard Horowitz, Dr. Mariana Castells, Dr. Kari Nadeau, and Dr. Paul Offit.

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  • Ep. 243 - Dr. Richard Horowitz’s New Book on Ending Chronic Illness

    Ep. 243 - Dr. Richard Horowitz’s New Book on Ending Chronic Illness
    2026/09/29
    Dr. Richard Horowitz reports the first published case of reversing P-tau 217, the most sensitive and specific Alzheimer's biomarker, in a live patient using a nine-week oral dapsone combination protocol, lowering it by 63% compared to the 23% reduction seen over six to seven years with anti-amyloid drugs like lecanemab. Author of the upcoming book Ending Chronic Illness, Dr. Horowitz breaks down his 16-point MSIDS model linking chronic Lyme disease, Bartonella, mold toxicity, and biofilm-persistent infections to Alzheimer's, long COVID, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and autoimmune disease. He and Dr. Dean Mitchell also cover how to take a proper differential diagnosis history, why dapsone blocks the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway driving brain inflammation, and practical tick-bite prevention with picaridin and permethrin-treated clothing.

    Social Media:
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/richard-horowitz-b4634012
    Facebook: facebook.com/drrichardhorowitz
    Instagram: @drrichardhorowitz

    Websites:
    Book (Ending Chronic Illness): cangetbetter.com/ending-chronic-illness
    Primary site: cangetbetter.com

    Resources / Book Links:
    Medical Detective Substack: medicaldetective.substack.com
    Dapsone documentary (2024): DrTalks: Discover Healing 18 - Dapsone Testimonials

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  • Ep. 242 - How Chronic Stress Turns Into Physical Illness, and What You Can Do About It

    Ep. 242 - How Chronic Stress Turns Into Physical Illness, and What You Can Do About It
    2026/09/22
    In this live, interactive Q&A webinar, Dr. Dean Mitchell draws on 25 years of holistic and functional medicine training to answer real time questions from patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. He opens by explaining the physiology behind why chronic stress becomes physical illness, connecting the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, heart rate variability, and the vagus nerve to conditions ranging from skin rashes to gastritis. Drawing on his training with Dr. Dean Ornish, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Dr. Herbert Benson at Harvard, Dr. Mitchell walks through the Holmes-Rahe stress scale and a simple diaphragmatic breathing technique anyone can use to shift into a calmer, parasympathetic state.

    From there, the conversation moves into audience questions. Dr. Mitchell explains why chronic sinusitis is so often overtreated with antibiotics and steroids instead of addressed at the root, and how candida or fungal overgrowth, the subject of his book Conquering Candida, is frequently the real driver. He covers his approach to eczema and allergy testing, why he avoids skin testing in favor of blood work, and how sublingual immunotherapy drops can build tolerance for environmental allergies, dangerous food allergies, and candida overgrowth alike. He also addresses toxic mold exposure and the real time urine mycotoxin test he relies on for an accurate workup.

    One of the most personal moments comes when a caregiver who spent six years caring for her husband through Alzheimer's disease asks about a repeat esophageal dilation. Dr. Mitchell connects her story to the work of Dr. John Sarno, the mind-body medicine pioneer who also treated Dr. Mitchell's own chronic back pain, and the idea that caretakers and "do-gooders" often pay a physical price for holding everything together.

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  • Ep. 241 - TMJ is an Orthopedic Problem - Not a Dental One, Find Out How to Treat

    Ep. 241 - TMJ is an Orthopedic Problem - Not a Dental One, Find Out How to Treat
    2026/09/15
    Jaw pain, clicking, locking, and limited opening affect millions of people, and most patients are told to reduce stress, wear a night guard, or wait it out, without ever learning why the problem started. Dr. Donald Tanenbaum, a specialist in orofacial pain and a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain, joins Dr. Dean Mitchell to explain what TMJ actually means (it's a body part, not a diagnosis) and why he treats jaw disorders as orthopedic problems, no different from a hip or a knee.

    Dr. Tanenbaum walks through the three pathways that drive most jaw problems: physical trauma, chronic stress and the mind-body connection, and underlying medical conditions like thyroid disease, GI dysfunction, and connective tissue disorders. He explains why the neck is one of the most overlooked contributors to jaw pain, why sleep bruxism is driven by the brain rather than a bad habit, and why most people who grind their teeth never develop a problem at all. The conversation also covers the three distinct types of pain (somatic, neuropathic, and nociplastic), why women make up roughly 70 percent of TMD patients, where Botox does and doesn't belong in treatment, and several memorable cases where an "alleged TMD problem" turned out to be something else entirely, including one patient whose jaw pain was actually a heart attack.

    Dr. Tanenbaum's new book, "Lockjaw: A Human Problem: What You Need to Know to Start Feeling Better," releases in early September 2026.

    Guest Contact

    Donald R. Tanenbaum, DDS, MPH
    Diplomate, American Board of Orofacial Pain | Fellow, American Academy of Orofacial Pain

    Practice: New York TMJ and Oral Facial Pain
    NYC office: 630 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1857, New York, NY 10111 — (212) 265-0110
    Long Island office: 812 Wheeler Road, Hauppauge, NY 11788

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  • Ep. 240 - Diagnosed With 12 Months to Live, He Reversed a Terminal Cancer Prognosis With an Alkaline Diet

    Ep. 240 - Diagnosed With 12 Months to Live, He Reversed a Terminal Cancer Prognosis With an Alkaline Diet
    2026/09/08
    Johann Ilgenfritz was a fashion photographer with no background in healthcare when he was first diagnosed with melanoma in 2011. After two rounds of radiotherapy appeared to clear it, a follow up screening in 2012 found the cancer had metastasized to his eye, lungs, and spleen, and he was given roughly 12 months to live. Ilgenfritz, now the founder of UK Health Radio, joins Dr. Dean Mitchell to share how he approached that second diagnosis differently, starting his own research the same day he got the news.

    Seven months in, a single sentence from German biochemist Otto Warburg, that cancer cannot survive in an oxygenated, alkaline cellular environment, changed his outlook overnight. Ilgenfritz explains how he became a vegan within weeks, adopted an alkaline diet built around potatoes, leafy greens, and Himalayan salt, added intermittent fasting, and began daily meditation and long distance running, in part because movement is the only way the body's lymphatic system detoxes without a pump. He and Dr. Mitchell also discuss the pH science behind the alkaline approach, why he avoided extreme raw food and juicing protocols in favor of real meals, and how his energy and later his scans began to turn around within months.

    The conversation closes with how Ilgenfritz's own healing journey led him to found UK Health Radio in 2012, now reaching 1.7 million listeners, and his advice for anyone newly facing a cancer diagnosis: stay open to every tool available, and use them alongside, not instead of, the treatment you and your doctor agree on.

    Guest Contact

    Platform: UK Health Radio (founded by Johann Ilgenfritz)
    Book: Reversing Cancer
    UK Health Radio (UKHR) website: https://ukhealthradio.com/
    UKHR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UKHealthRadio/
    UKHR X: https://x.com/ukhealthradio
    UKHR Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ukhealthradio/
    UKHR YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ukhealthradio
    Alkaline Collective Mastermind website: https://alkaline-collective.com/


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  • Ep. 239 - What Is POTS and Why Are Cases Exploding After COVID and MCAS?

    Ep. 239 - What Is POTS and Why Are Cases Exploding After COVID and MCAS?
    2026/09/01
    Cardiologist Dr. Alexis Cutchins joins Dr. Dean Mitchell to break down POTS, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, a condition defined by a heart rate increase of more than 30 beats per minute when moving from lying down to standing, without a drop in blood pressure. Dr. Cutchins explains that POTS is not a single diagnosis but one symptom within a larger picture that frequently overlaps with mast cell activation syndrome, hypermobility, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

    The conversation covers what may be driving the condition, including an autoimmune component, small fiber neuropathy, and vascular compression syndromes such as jugular vein compression and pelvic venous congestion. Dr. Cutchins shares findings from her own published research showing that 83% of her POTS patients had iliac vein compression on imaging, and that stenting the iliac vein helped 70% of patients with orthostatic intolerance. She and Dr. Mitchell also discuss why COVID-19 and long COVID have driven a sharp rise in cases, alongside other triggers like viral infections, Lyme disease, bariatric surgery, and major life stressors.

    Dr. Cutchins walks through how she evaluates patients, including holter monitoring, echocardiograms, and a 10 minute stand test rather than the tilt table test, which she says can worsen symptoms. She outlines her treatment approach, starting with antihistamines, salt, fluids, and compression, then medications like nadolol, propranolol, ivabradine, calcium channel blockers, fludrocortisone, desmopressin, midodrine, and droxidopa depending on the patient. She also covers which forms of exercise, like swimming, recumbent biking, and strength training, tend to be best tolerated.

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    Social Media:
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    Website:
    Cutchins Cardiovascular Medicine

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  • Ep. 238 - Why Feeling Safe Is the First Step to Healing Chronic Stress

    Ep. 238 - Why Feeling Safe Is the First Step to Healing Chronic Stress
    2026/08/25
    Psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Dave Rabin returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, A Simple Guide to Being Alive, and why he believes healing from chronic stress and illness is simpler than most people are taught. Dr. Rabin explains that the autonomic nervous system, specifically the balance between the fight or flight sympathetic response and the rest and digest vagus nerve system, sits at the core of how the body handles stress, illness, and recovery, and that most patients are never taught the basics of how these systems work.

    Dr. Rabin and Dr. Mitchell talk through why techniques like deep breathing, meditation, and mindfulness work, tracing the idea back to teachings from Jon Kabat-Zinn. Dr. Rabin describes how breathing at five to seven breaths per minute helps the body access a calm, present state, and how his company Apollo Neuroscience developed a wearable device that uses touch based vibration, rather than sound, to raise heart rate variability and vagal tone within two to three minutes, based on research conducted at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

    The conversation turns to why Gen Z is showing declines on standardized cognitive testing, and how chronic nervous system stress, screen time, and a lack of in person mentorship may be contributing factors. Dr. Rabin also shares his approach to helping children work through tantrums and difficult emotions, why parents model stress responses for their kids whether they realize it or not, and why physical touch and safe human connection remain central to healing, even as modern medicine has grown more cautious about it.

    Guest Contact

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    Websites:
    Book: asimpleguidetobeingalive.com
    Personal/Clinic: drdave.io
    Apollo Neuroscience: apolloneuro.com
    The Board of Medicine: boardofmedicine.org

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    48 分