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About Jeremy Corr

NBN Episodes hosted by Jeremy:

Medicine May 7, 2019

Deep Medicine

How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again

Eric Topol

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
Medicine has lost its humanity. Doctors no longer have the time to make personal connections with their patients. In his new book Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare …
American Studies March 15, 2019

The Purple World

Healing the Harm in American Health Care

Joseph Jarvis

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
Americans pay double what every other developed nation in the world pays for healthcare. Does that mean that we are the healthiest? No. In fact, we are the worst of …
Medicine March 5, 2019

A Future With Hope

An Inspiring Guide to Overcoming Diabetes

Carl S. Armato

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
Carl Armato, the CEO of Novant Health, has lived with his diabetes diagnosis for over 50 years. In spite of his diabetes not being easy to live with, he has …
American Studies March 4, 2019

Health Care

Meet The American Dream

Janis Powers

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
American health care is the most expensive in the world, yet it produces some of the worst outcomes among developed nations. Many people offer unrealistic ideas or hot buzz words …
American Studies February 7, 2019

Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism

My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad

Peter Hotez

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
Dr. Peter Hotez is a pediatrician-scientist who develops vaccines for neglected tropical diseases affecting the world's poor. He is also the father of a daughter who was diagnosed with autism …
American Studies January 22, 2019

The Opioid Crisis Wake Up Call

Health Care is Stealing the American Dream. Here is How We Take It Back

Dave Chase

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
The opioid crisis in America is considered by many to be the worst national public health crisis in the last 100 years. In his new book, The Opioid Crisis Wake …
American Studies January 7, 2019

The Butchering Art

Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

Lindsey Fitzharris

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
Joseph Lister changed the world of medicine. In her book The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine (Scientific American, 2017), Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris …
Medicine December 31, 2018

Navigating Life with Migraine and Other Headaches

William B. Young and Stephen D. Silberstein

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
Migraine headaches can be absolutely devastating. In the book Navigating Life with Migraine and Other Headaches (Oxford University Press, 2018), William B. Young and Stephen D. Silberstein set out to …
Medicine December 28, 2018

Do You Believe in Magic?

Vitamins, Supplements, and All Things Natural

Paul A. Offit

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
Is alternative medicine quackery? In the book Do You Believe in Magic? Vitamins, Supplements, and All Things Natural: A Look Behind the Curtain (Harper, 2014) (Harper Paperbacks, 2014),Paul A. Offit …
Art November 21, 2018

Pillow of Dreams

Nivedita Lakhera

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
Pillow of Dreams (Nivedita Lakhera, 2017) is an intensely emotional and inspirational collection of poetry and art by Dr. Nivedita Lakhera. She experienced a stroke, divorce, and then a heartbreak …
Public Policy September 21, 2018

The Public Health Crisis Survival Guide

Leadership and Management in Trying Times

Joshua Sharfstein

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein has learned a lot as from his years of experience as a public health leader. He has dealt with everything from a rabid raccoon, to protestors, to …
American Studies September 19, 2018

Health-Wealth

9 Steps To Financial Recovery

Josh Luke

Hosted by Jeremy Corr
Healthcare is extremely expensive for both patients and their employers. The costs of healthcare continue to increase with no end in sight. Dr. Josh Luke is a former Hospital CEO …