Joelle Kaufman: Breast Cancer Champion and author of Crushing the Cancer Curveball: A Playbook for the Newly Diagnosed and their Family and Friends.
Release Date: 03/19/2025
Brad Younggren, MD: The Blood-Cleaning Therapy Tackling Microplastics and Aging
Healthy Longevity
Imagine flushing your engine oil and coolant to make an old car run like new; now imagine doing that for your bloodstream. That's the idea behind therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), a treatment for autoimmune and blood disorders that's now being explored as a tool to slow biological aging and clear the body of inflammatory buildup. In this episode of Healthy Longevity, Brad Younggren, MD, CEO and co-founder of Circulate Health, joins the show to unpack groundbreaking new research co-conducted with the Comite Center showing that TPE can measurably reduce microplastic levels in human blood....
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How to Keep Your Brain Young, Part 2
Healthy Longevity
We return to Healthy Longevity for Part 2 of our discussion about brain health with special guest neurologist Shelly Jordan, MD. In this segment, Drs. Comite and Jordan talk about inflammation in the brain, natural killer cells, the APOE4 gene variant, and advanced imaging techniques for predicting cognitive decline. Dr. Jordan also summarizes the practical steps you can take to optimize your brain power, including building muscle through resistance training, improving your sleep, managing your environment, even controlling the air you breathe, and avoiding ingesting microplastics that...
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How to Keep Your Brain Young, Part 1
Healthy Longevity
If you’ve ever misplaced your keys or cell phone or forgotten the name of a friend you’ve known for decades, you’ve probably wondered, “is it early dementia?” Fear of cognitive decline is at an all-time high. A few years back, an AARP survey found that nearly half of adults over age 40 believe they will likely develop dementia. And Alzheimer’s Disease International reports nearly 80% of the public is worried about the disease. Are you? Brain fog, memory loss, and dementia are among the seven common patterns of aging I write about in my new book, Invincible: Defy Your...
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Dr. Drew Taylor: Regrow Hair with Your Own Stem Cells
Healthy Longevity
Imagine taking your own stem cells from your hair follicles, preserving and banking them to rejuvenate your hair and skin when you start to notice those annoying signs of aging in the mirror. This is not science fiction; it’s happening right now, and you will learn all about it in today’s episode of Healthy Longevity from my guest biomedical engineer Drew Taylor, PhD, CEO of the regenerative medicine company Acorn Biolabs.
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Sahil Chopra, MD: How to Sleep Well for Better Health Tonight
Healthy Longevity
Want to perform better tomorrow at anything you do? Then get a good night’s sleep tonight. “Sleep plays a critical role in restoration for humans; it is the housekeeping process for our physiology that allows us to restore and start the next day,” says sleep expert Sahil Chopra, MD, today’s guest on Healthy Longevity with Florence Comite MD. Dr. Chopra is co-founder and chief medical officer for Empower Sleep, a virtual sleep care program that makes personalized multi-night sleep analysis and treatment accessible from...
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Delphine Le Grand: Know Your Body to Lengthen Your Healthspan
Healthy Longevity
Longevity isn’t just a roll of the genetic dice; it’s something you can actively shape. By building a plan to expand your healthspan, you’re investing in your future self, ensuring that as you age, you continue to feel strong, keep your brain sharp, and live life to the fullest. Being proactive is the point of longevity medicine, which takes the best parts of conventional healthcare and wellness and helps you play an active role in your health like never before, says Delphine Le Grand, an entrepreneur in the booming longevity space. Delphine is a bridge builder, fostering partnerships...
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Carolyn DeLucia, MD: How to Build a Better Orgasm
Healthy Longevity
Trouble with arousal or orgasm? Low (or no) libido? Dryness and painful intercourse? Nearly half of all women will experience sexual dysfunction or intimacy issues like these at some point in their lives. Men suffer from some of these problems, too. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Advances in sexual health medicine offer exciting new solutions for these common obstacles to a healthy (and hot) sex life. Today’s Healthy Longevity guest is Carolyn DeLucia, MD, a former OBGYN, who’s now helping thousands of women and men rekindle their sexuality at her practice, The Secret Orchid, in...
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Rudy Eberwein, MD: The One-Two Punch Against Obesity
Healthy Longevity
A decade ago, the idea of a drug that could tackle obesity, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular disease sounded like pure science fiction. Today, thanks to peptides like Ozempic and Zepbound, it’s a reality and a lifeline to the more than 90 percent of Americans who have metabolic disease. In this episode, Dr. Comite discusses GLP-1s and other “booster shots to preventive medicine” with Rudy Eberwein, MD, founder of A New You Wellness in Miami, who specializes in weight loss, hormone optimization, and longevity. This episode answers many of the questions you may have...
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Alexander Volchonok, DMD: What Your Mouth Says About Your Health
Healthy Longevity
Not unlike your skin, your gums, the periodontal support tissues for your teeth, act as a frontline defense against bacteria and pathogens trying to enter your body. “If your gums are not healthy, you are not healthy,” says biologic dentist and periodontal surgeon Alexander Volchonok, DMD, co-founder of TetraHealth Dentistry in New York City. In this episode of Healthy Longevity with Florence Comite, MD, you’ll learn that the mouth is the window into the health of your entire body. Bleeding gums, a hallmark of periodontal disease, warn of dysbiosis of the mouth's microbiome ...
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Eric Klein, MD: The Promise of Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening
Healthy Longevity
Would you want to know if cancer is in your health future? In many cases, detecting cancers early before they metastasize and when they are more easily treated is the key to survival and return to good health. Unfortunately, many aggressive cancers are identified in the later stages of progression, making treatment difficult and sometimes ineffective. Today, however, biomedical companies are racing to develop cancer screening technologies that may ultimately change the trajectory of cancer mortality. Leading that effort is GRAIL with its first-to-market Galleri multi-cancer early detection...
info_outlineIf you or someone you know has been diagnosed with cancer, the hour you spend listening to this podcast will be life-changing and, possibly, lifesaving. In this episode, Dr. Comite talks with breast cancer survivor Joelle Kaufman, author of the book Crushing the Cancer Curveball. Kaufman was a cancer caregiver (to her mother and sister) before she was a breast cancer patient herself. “The BRACA1 gene was woven into our DNA fabric like an unwanted heirloom,” she says. Kaufman and Lauren Esserman, MD, director of the Breast Care Center at University of California, San Franciso School of Medicine and the surgeon who performed her double mastectomy take Dr. Comite through Kaufman’s journey and share eye-opening insights and advice for newly diagnosed cancer patients and their family and friends.
You’ll learn…
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You must know your body, touch your body. Become a phenomenal body scout.
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Remember to do a monthly breast self-exam at the first of the month, a week after your period, or whenever you remember. Get to know what your breasts feel like because the most important thing is change.
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If you have a family history of cancer, bring that up every time you see a clinician.
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When meeting with an oncologist, always ask “can I record this,” or have a friend take notes.
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Cancer is not an emergency You have time, and it takes time to understand the biology to have the proper care tailored to the type of tumor you have.
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Everyone’s cancer can be unique. Avoid accepting lots of advice from people who don’t know the nuances of your cancer.
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Give yourself permission to rage. It’s OK to feel all the emotions you’re feeling. If you resist, it persists.
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Consider “cold cap” therapy, which can potentially reduce hair loss by limiting the amount of chemotherapy reaching the hair follicles.
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You need community. Start a caring bridge that let friends know what help you need.
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Love with abandon; the love will come back to you.