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The Next Breakthrough Addiction Treatment May Be Here

The diabetes drugs that transformed weight loss may be key to treating addiction, too. Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with Dr. Dhruv Khullar about how GLP-1s affect the brain, its reward system, and maybe even addiction. This episode was produced by Jennifer Lai with assistance from Sof ...  Show more

Why Peptides Are So Popular

An FDA panel has recommended allowing compounding pharmacies to make six unapproved peptides. Dr. Sanjay Gupta and CNN Health's John Bonifield discuss their popularity, safety concerns and what comes next. This episode was produced by Madeleine Thompson and Leying Tang. Medical W ...  Show more

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History's Lessons for Our Post-Virus Future
Prognosis: Misconception

As soon as the Coronavirus became a pandemic, people began making parallels to the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918, and reaching even further back to the black death of the middle ages. It makes sense--past pandemics may be our only reference point for whole populations being strick ...  Show more

April 5, 2020: Trump delivering daily doses of misinformation; Zoom CEO on taking a "step back" to focus on platform's privacy issues
Reliable Sources

Plus... When Covid-19 reporting becomes a first-person story; Washington Post editor on the White House's crippled response to pandemic; Fox's fingerprints all over Trump's pandemic response; Sharing stories from front-line health care workers; and more. Gregg Gonsalves, Susan Gl ...  Show more

Rethinking health priorities: A conversation with Vivek Murthy
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Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 33:02) > The former US surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, discusses COVID-19 and a path forward for a healthier, stronger, and more resilient society.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information 

Dr. Fauci's Long Year
Politically Sound

This week, we wanted to bring you an episode from Dr. Sanjay Gupta's podcast. When we look back on this pandemic, who and what will we remember? Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is at the top of that list for many. CNN Chie ...  Show more