A Conversation With a Covid-19 Vaccine Scientist

A Conversation With a Covid-19 Vaccine Scient...

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We're Living Longer. Here's How to Die Better.

Palliative care and hospice physician Dr. BJ Miller explains how honest conversations about death can help us live -- and die -- on our own terms. Resources mentioned in this episode: BJ Miller's company Mettle Health — support for illness, grief and dying BJ Miller’s book, A Beg ...  Show more

 . 31min 49sec
Don’t Get a Facelift Until You Hear This

Plastic surgery is booming right now, as celebrities embrace transparency and GLP-1s change our skin. Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to longtime friend and board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Julius Few about how it all plays out in his office. Madeleine Thompson and Sofia Sanchez produc ...  Show more

 . 41min 17sec

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