The Health Deli

Welcome to The Health Deli! On this episode, the topic is little-known body parts and what they do. Mark hosts this episode and turns it into a game...can Mike, Ben, and Producer Andrew figure it out based on the names alone? Listen to find out!

Mike says, "Today we will be talking about a topic near and dear to my heart – the appropriate use of antibiotics. The science and practice of making sure that antibiotics are used appropriately is also referred to as antimicrobial stewardship. The goal of antimicrobial stewardship is to measure and improve how antibiotics are prescribed by clinicians and used by patients."

Everyone’s feeling a bit stuffed up in this week’s episode of the Deli. Ben has been plagued by seasonal allergies for too long, and he can’t take it anymore! Join the gang as they try to get to the bottom of what allergies are and how to treat them.

Mike is finally ready to talk about those social determinants of health he kept talking about. Just to make sure he does the topic justice, he brought in special guest, Dr. Katie Axford, PharmD! Join Mike, Mark, Katie, and Andrew as they talk about how the environment we live in can have just as much of an impact on our health as the medications we take!

Mark wants everyone to live long and fulfilling lives. While looking into the secrets of longevity, he found people who have lived longer than even Mike! After getting over that shock, he took some notes and headed right over to the deli. Join Mike and Andrew as Mark recounts the tale of people who have lived to be over 110 years old. What do they have in common? What is the secret to living that...

We have a special guest in the deli this week, Health Economist and Mike’s brother, Don Klepser! Will the deli be able to handle 2 Klepsers? Probably not. At the very least, we should get a few questions answered about why medications cost what they do and what PBMs are while the walls burn down around us.

Nobody enjoys a Cup of Joe more than Mark. This set him down the road to learn all about the relationship between humans and caffeine. Join Mike and Producer Andrew as Mark explains our history with caffeine, how it is used, and whether it is actually good or bad for us in this week’s episode of The Deli!

The gang is all together at the deli! Mark leads the discussion as Mike wonders why he's so tired, depressed, hopeless, and socially withdrawn this time of year; and Ben makes obscure song references. Andrew and Rylynn join in to mix the podcast and ask questions.

The team finally got Ben to stop talking about weight loss meds, but then a brand-new study came out, and he started foaming at the mouth! Join Mike and Mark as they work to calm Ben down. In this week's episode, we'll talk about both the health benefits of these medications as well as their exorbitant prices. These medications seem pretty great, but can anything be worth that price? Liste...

Leave it to Ben to always be on the cutting edge of health care! There’s a whole new family of weight loss meds that are all over the news. Join Mike and Andrew as Ben goes through a primary study that evaluated one of these meds. How effective are they? Are there any side effects? How expensive is it? You have some great questions, listener. Listen in to find out!

Mike is having a pretty lousy time this week on the Health Deli. He’s been experiencing vertigo over the past few months, and it has not been a fun time! Join Mike and Ben as they talk all about vertigo, what it is, what causes it, and whether there is anything that can be done to treat or prevent it.

We have a special guest on The Health Deli this week! Join Ben and Mike as they chat with Dr. Dylan Brewer, Professor of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, all about air pollution. What even is air pollution? How bad is it for us, really? How do we even study the effects of air pollution?? All this and more, on this week’s pod!

Mike has a real bombshell episode of The Health Deli for us today. He’s been reading up on mosquitos in the United States and found there have actually been several confirmed cases of malaria! Join Ben and Mark as they learn about how common this truly is and what can be done to protect you and your loved ones from illnesses that are spread by mosquitos.

Professor Mark is really strutting his stuff in this episode of The Health Deli. He has put together a quiz all about medications in older adults. Which are safe, and which are potentially dangerous in the older population? Join Ben as he puts his knowledge to the test! Does he know his stuff, or does he need to attend Mark’s remediation school of hard knocks?

In this episode, Mike, Mark, and Ben talk with Susan Thrush about breast cancer and her personal story. Each year in the United States about 240,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women and about 2,100 in men. Everybody's story is different, listen to discover Susan's perspective.

The new COVID-19 vaccines are out! Who should take them? How are they different? Join Mark and Ben to find out what you need to know! Recorded in the new Ferris State University CVL "Health Deli Studios." ;)

Ben’s gone a little off the deep end in this week’s episode. He’s been working out and researching how to get MAD GAINS. Join Mike, Mark, and Producer Andrew as they try to reel him in. We’ll be digging deep into the proven scientific benefits of protein, creatine, and branched-chain amino acids (BCAA’s). Have we unlocked the secrets to getting JACKED!? Listen in to this week’s episode to find out...

We got a full house this week! Mark, Mike, Ben, and Andrew are joined by Dr. Martin Covey, an expert in family and child ecology. In a world where there is always more work to be done, how do we slow down and take time out for those we love? Dr. Covey shares with us the secret of making the most of our free time and being present in the moments we share with our friends and family.

Welcome to season 3! On this first episode, Mike and his wife talk about their daughter's congenital heart disease. Mark joins as co-host from the Winery at Young Farms. Check out our website at https://thehealthdeli.com to learn more about CHD.

Season 3 is dropping soon! New episodes every other Tuesday.

Mark’s been thinking a lot about interpersonal relationships, and that includes those between the different medications in your body! Listen in as Mark tells Mike, Ben, and Andrew all about how some medications can affect each other when taken at the same time. Is taking multiple medications dangerous (usually not), is it safe (usually yes, but ask your doctor first), or is it something in between...

Mike’s back at it again with his prostate! He has news, and he’s going to update Mark, Ben, and Andrew whether they want him to or not! Luckily, Mike also brought a spicy topic to discuss, point of care testing and treatment within community pharmacies. Join the gang as they look at the future of services you can expect to receive at a pharmacy in the near future (or even today!).

We’ve all heard of these new-fangled Chat AI programs such as ChatGPT, and Mike, Mark, and Andrew all fear they will soon be replaced by robots. Leave it to Ben, who actually understands computers, to dive into this question without trepidation! Join the gang as they chat about how these chat AI programs work and whether we can rely on them to answer our medical quandaries.

Welcome back to part 2 of our series on the opioid epidemic. In the first episode, special guest Sam, Ben, and Mike discussed the history of the opioid epidemic in the United States. This episode focuses on the repercussions of the opioid crisis but also ends with a look at all the great work that is being done to help those affected by it.

Mike and Andrew cracked a hare-brained scheme to walk around a college campus and ask students what medical questions they’ve always wondered about. This episode is the result of that moment of brilliance. Join the squad as they seek to answer those questions. How much sleep do I really need? Will cracking my knuckles cause arthritis? What is the truth behind the 5-second rule?