The Second Opinion with Dr. Sharon

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Two Strokes and a Heart Attack! ft. ShantaQuilette Carter

Comedian and heart health advocate ShantaQuilette Carter joins the podcast to share the story behind her heart attack and multiple strokes. Carter shares how her age and lack of family history knowledge threw doctors off for years. Plus Dr. Sharon walks us through how heart attac ... Show more

. 41min 21sec

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Two Strokes and a Heart Attack! ft. ShantaQuilette Carter

. 41min 21sec

The Lucky Egg ft Dr. Lucky Sekhon

Did you know people with reproductive organs can have as many as 1 million eggs in their body? Dr. Lucky comes on to talk all things egg related: egg freezing, IVF, other modes of fertility, and the ideal age when it comes to harvesting. Both doctors offer resources to check out ... Show more

. 43min 38sec

Equitable Healthcare Is Better Care for Everyone ft Dr. Uché Blackstock

00:15:41:05Physician, health advocate, and author Dr. Uché Blackstock joins the show to talk about health equity and her work to advance it. The NYT bestselling author of Legacy, A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine, he talks about the detrimental effects of racism, ... Show more

. 33min 44sec

Is it Within Your Power to Avoid Cancer? Ft. Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee

How much can you actually do to avoid getting cancer? Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee sits down with Dr. Sharon and shares what we've learned about cancer in the last 15 years. His four new major chapters added to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Emperor of All Maladies shares how d ... Show more

. 38min 16sec

Hair Relaxers and Cancer: What's the Root Cause? ft Linda Villarosa

New York Times and 1619 Project journalist Linda Villarosa joins Dr. Sharon to talk in-depth about the viral article discussing the study on hair relaxers and their link to a higher risk of cancer. How real is the risk? Dr. Sharon digs into the study and Linda speaks on her journ ... Show more

. 41min 41sec