Sleep, Sex, and Senility

Fertility doesn't begin with a positive test — it begins months, sometimes years earlier, in places nobody's looking. This episode reframes fertility as a whole-body health issue, not just a reproductive one. In this episode, Dr. Ellie Campbell, DO and Dr. Kathleen Carson, DDS discuss why inflammation — including inflammation in your mouth — plays a bigger role in fertility than most couples reali...

A medical diagnosis affecting millions of women just got a new name — and the change isn't just semantic. It could reshape how this condition is treated and how early the warning signs get caught. In this episode, Dr. Ellie Campbell, DO and Dr. Kathleen Carson, DDS discuss the landmark 2026 renaming of PCOS to PMOS — Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome — and what this shift means for women, t...

You've been told to breathe through your nose. But what if you genuinely can't? Drs. Campbell and Carson have an answer — and it's not "try harder." In this episode, Dr. Ellie Campbell, DO and Dr. Kathleen Carson, DDS discuss why so many people struggle with nasal breathing and why that struggle is a signal worth listening to, not a character flaw. They break down the three root causes of chronic...

What you do before and during pregnancy can shape your baby's immune system, teeth, and health for the next 18 years. Dr. Ellie Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Carson cover the prenatal strategies most OBs never mention: key supplements like vitamin D, magnesium, and fish oil; how xylitol taken during pregnancy can protect your baby from cavities through age 18; the birth canal microbiome and vaginal sw...

Most people don't think twice about how they breathe — but mouth breathing may be silently accelerating your aging, disrupting your hormones, wrecking your microbiome, and even affecting fertility. Dr. Ellie Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Carson walk through what dentists and doctors look for during a physical exam, the critical role of nitric oxide in slowing aging, the connection to ADD in children,...

Could what's happening in your mouth right now be setting the stage for Alzheimer's disease? Dr. Ellie Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Carson explore five key ways your oral health directly impacts your brain: the mouth bacteria P. gingivalis and its link to Alzheimer's plaques, mercury in silver fillings as a neurotoxin, sleep apnea starving your brain of oxygen, the glymphatic system that cleans your...

Colorectal cancer is the only cancer with rising mortality rates — and it's now the number one cancer killer for people under 50. Dr. Ellie Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Carson break down why it's happening, what warning signs to watch for, and the surprising role that mouth bacteria play in colon cancer development. Dr. Carson shares her own stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis at age 42 with no famil...

You're doing everything right — so why do you wake up with a headache? Dr. Ellie Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Carson walk through the surprising and often overlooked causes of morning headaches, including sleep apnea, mouth breathing, sinus congestion, hormonal imbalances, high blood pressure, gut health, and more. Learn what clues your body is giving you and how an integrative approach — looking at...

What can Egyptian mummies tell us about today's chronic disease epidemic? Dr. Ellie Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Carson dig into a fascinating new study that CAT scanned ancient mummies and found dental decay, gum disease, and hardened arteries — thousands of years before processed food and modern stress. They explore the timeless oral-systemic connection, what ancient Egyptians were doing right (and...

In this episode, Dr. Kathleen Carson and Dr. Ellie Campbell dive into the overlooked intersection of perimenopause, sleep-disordered breathing, and long-term brain health. They explain why women who never snored suddenly start snoring during perimenopause — and why the answer lies in the hormonal changes affecting airway muscle tone, cortisol patterns, and oxygen levels during sleep. Dr. Campbell...

What does oral health have to do with sexual vitality? Quite a lot, it turns out. In this episode, Dr. Ellie Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Carson explore the science of nitric oxide — the "miracle mouth molecule" — and trace how the bacteria in your mouth, the way you breathe, the quality of your sleep, and what you eat all influence sexual desire and performance in both men and women. They cover how...

Welcome to Sleep, Sex & Senility — the podcast where a physician and a dentist team up to explore the powerful (and often overlooked) connection between oral health and whole-body health. In this debut episode, Dr. Ellie Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Carson introduce themselves and the mission behind the show. Dr. Campbell shares how eliminating poor oral health from her patients' lives led to zer...

What happens in your mouth doesn't stay there. Sleep, Sex & Senility is the podcast where integrative physician Dr. Ellie Campbell and airway-focused dentist Dr. Kathleen Carson explore the powerful connection between oral health, sleep, inflammation, and chronic disease. If your health has ever felt like it's being treated in pieces, this show is for you. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vC...