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Send us Fan Mail For decades, Parkinson's patients have been offered only symptom management. No drug has ever slowed the disease itself. A small clinical stage biotech may be about to change that. Gene Mack, CEO, Gain Therapeutics joins host David E. Williams to discuss the science behind a potential first disease modifying therapy for Parkinson's, how AI is accelerating drug discovery,...

Send us Fan Mail If you or someone you love just received a cancer diagnosis, what are the first three things you need to know? In this clip from our episode “Can AI Help Us Finally Beat Cancer”, host John Driscoll and guest Dr. Sanjay Juneja, TheOncDoc, walk through the essential steps every cancer patient should take immediately after diagnosis. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT SANJAY J...

Send us Fan Mail A cancer diagnosis doesn't have to feel like a death sentence. The science is advancing faster than most people realize, and what patients know about their own diagnosis can change everything. Dr. Sanjay Juneja, TheOncDoc joins host John Driscoll to discuss why cancer is increasingly a manageable disease, how patient empowerment and early detection are shifting outcomes, and...

Send us Fan Mail Why does it take five years to diagnose a child with a genetic disease when the answer is available in 48 hours? In this clip from our episode “How Genomics Is Transforming Rare Disease Care”, host John Driscoll and guest Katherine Stueland, CEO of GeneDx, expose one of the most frustrating gaps in pediatric medicine today. Check out the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT KATHERINE STUEL...

Send us Fan Mail One in six children has a developmental delay, and it takes an average of five years to get a diagnosis for a genetic disease. But it doesn't have to. The technology to get answers in 48 hours already exists. Katherine Stueland, CEO, GeneDx joins host John Driscoll to discuss why rare genetic diseases are far more common than most people realize, how whole genome sequencing i...

Send us Fan Mail What if food worked better than medication for managing diabetes? In this clip from our episode “Food As Medicine: From Trend to Treatment”, CareTalk host John Driscoll and guest Spencer Pratt, Chief Growth Officer at NourishedRx, share the clinical data behind their food as medicine approach to diabetes care. Check out the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT SPENCER PRATT Spencer is Chie...

Send us Fan Mail Food as medicine is moving from buzzword to real healthcare strategy. In this CareTalk episode, Spencer Pratt, Chief Growth Officer of NourishedRx, explains why nutrition is finally getting the policy, payer, and consumer support needed to impact chronic disease at scale. 🎙️⚕️ABOUT SPENCER PRATT Spencer is Chief Growth Officer at NourishedRx. He is a leader in developing innovativ...

Send us Fan Mail Is American primary care already past the point of no return? In this clip from our episode “Why US Healthcare is Fundamentally Broken”, host David E. Williams and guest Zeev Neuwirth, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Rezilient Health, confront a stark reality about where primary care spending stands today. Check out the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT ZEEV NEUWIRTH, MD For the past...

Send us Fan Mail Primary care is on life support. Administrative burden is crushing physicians, employer healthcare is broken, and decades of reform efforts have barely moved the needle. So what does real transformation actually look like? Zeev Neuwirth, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Rezilient Health joins host David E. Williams to discuss why the American healthcare system keeps failing despite...

Send us Fan Mail Is this AI moment in healthcare really different from all the hype that came before? In this clip from our episode “A Brief History of AI in Healthcare”, Lekan Wang, Partner at JSL Health Capital, makes his case for why the data is finally backing up the optimism. Check out the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT LEKAN WANG Lekan Wang is a partner at JSL Health Capital, an AI first health...

Send us Fan Mail Every year, millions of Americans end up in emergency rooms and hospital beds for conditions that could be treated just as well, and far more safely,in their own homes. So why does care still default to the most expensive, most disruptive setting possible? And who's actually doing something about it? Lon Hecht, CEO, Care2U joins host David Williams, President of Health Busine...

Send us Fan Mail AI has been promising to transform healthcare for decades. So what's actually different this time? From Palantir's early data integration work to the frontier of AI-driven drug discovery, the evidence for optimism is growing and so is the urgency to get it right. Lekan Wang, Partner, JSL Health Capital joins host John Driscoll to discuss the real history of AI, where it&...

Send us Fan Mail How should healthcare leaders approach AI without getting swept up in the hype? In our recent episode of CareTalk, "Is AI Coming for Healthcare Jobs?", hosts David E. Williams and John Driscoll break down why healthcare leaders need to stop avoiding the AI conversation and start engaging with it seriously. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK CareTalk is a...

Send us Fan Mail Block just laid off 4,000 people and CEO Jack Dorsey said AI made it possible. The AI jobs story is dominating the headlines in fintech and tech, but what does it mean for healthcare, where hiring has been growing and we hear so much about clinician shortages. David Williams, President, Health Business Group, and John Driscoll, Chairman, UConn Health, discuss where AI is eliminati...

Send us Fan Mail How dangerous is loneliness to your health?  In this clip from our episode “The Wellness Industry Is Misleading You”, host John Driscoll speaks with Zeke Emanuel about the data linking close friendships to longer life, including research showing significantly higher mortality among those with few close relationships. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT ZEKE EMANUEL Ezekiel J...

Send us Fan Mail The wellness industry is booming, but is it actually helping people live better lives? With trillions spent on supplements, special diets, and longevity hacks, it raises a bigger question about what really matters for long-term health. Dr. Zeke Emanuel, Author, Eat Your Ice Cream joins CareTalk to discuss the wellness industrial complex, the health risks of loneliness, and why soc...

Send us Fan Mail Are medical errors still one of healthcare’s biggest failures?  In this clip from our episode “One Giant Leap for Healthcare AI”, host John Driscoll speaks with Dr. Robert Wachter, Author of A Giant Leap, about how AI could help reduce diagnostic mistakes at scale Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT ROBERT WACHTER Robert Wachter, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department o...

Send us Fan Mail Healthcare has long promised a digital revolution, yet many clinicians feel more burdened than empowered. With AI now accelerating at a rapid pace, can this moment finally deliver on that promise? Dr. Robert Wachter, author of A Giant Leap, joins host John Driscoll to discuss how AI is evolving clinical workflows and decision-making, why "better than human" is good enoug...

Send us Fan Mail How can patients and providers trust AI in healthcare if they don’t understand how it works?  In this clip from our episode "Making Healthcare Access Truly Borderless”, HealthBiz Podcast host David Williams speaks with Dr. Sarah Matt, author of The Borderless Healthcare Revolution, about why explainability and trust matter when AI is used in care delivery. Listen to the full...

Send us Fan Mail Healthcare access is often treated as a technology problem, but the real barriers run much deeper. Geography, cost, culture, trust, and digital readiness all shape whether patients can actually get the care they need. Without addressing the system as a whole, even the most advanced tools risk leaving people behind. Sarah Matt, Author of The Borderless Healthcare Revolution, joins...

Send us Fan Mail Is being inactive more dangerous than we think?  In this clip from our episode “Why Exercise Beats Longevity Hacks”, CareTalk host John Driscoll speaks with Dr. Jordan Metzl, Author of The Athlete’s Book of Home Remedies, about why movement may be the most powerful preventive medicine we have, even in the era of GLP-1s. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT JORDAN METZL Jordan...

Send us Fan Mail The longevity boom is full of supplements, hacks, and expensive routines, but most of it ignores the simplest lever we already know works. If movement is the most studied “drug” for healthy aging, why are so many people still stuck on the sidelines? Dr. Jordan Metzl, Author of The Athlete’s Book of Home Remedies joins CareTalk host John Driscoll, Chairman of UConn Health, to discu...

Send us Fan Mail How deep into AI do clinicians really need to go?  In this clip from our episode "Making Healthcare Massively Better", CareTalk host John Driscoll speaks with Halle Tecco about why becoming AI-literate is the only way to build real guardrails as patients use tools like ChatGPT at scale. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT HALLE TECCO  I’ve spent my career working t...

Send us Fan Mail Healthcare innovation has never had more hype or more pressure to deliver real results. With AI accelerating and digital health entering a more mature phase, what does “better” actually look like in practice?  Halle Tecco, Author of Massively Better Healthcare joins CareTalk host John Driscoll, Chairman of UConn Health, to discuss what Silicon Valley gets right and wrong about hea...

Send us Fan Mail Are GLP-1 drugs becoming a long-term foundation of healthcare?  In this clip from our episode "What JPM Signals for Healthcare in 2026", CareTalk hosts David Williams and John Driscoll discuss why GLP-1s may be evolving beyond short-term weight loss treatments. Listen to the full episode here 🎙️⚕️ABOUT CARETALK CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B...