Social Media Use by Children – wonderful, hazardous, or something in-between?
Release Date: 07/01/2026
Why and How Should the Government Fund Biomedical Research?
Healthy Dialogue
This episode of Healthy Dialogue explores the history and future of science funding in the US in light of recent changes, and proposed changes, from the federal government. Host Derek Angus, MD, MPH, speaks with former editor in chief of...
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Social Media Use by Children – wonderful, hazardous, or something in-between?
Healthy Dialogue
In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, host Derek Angus, MD, MPH sits down with Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, to discuss whether social media use disorder is a real phenomenon, the mechanisms behind it, and its consequences for young people.
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Unpacking the Increase in Early-Onset Cancer
Healthy Dialogue
A growing number of young adults are being diagnosed with cancer, particularly colorectal cancer, but the underlying cause remains unclear. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH, and Ilana Richman, MD, MHS, discuss the...
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Private Equity’s Growing Presence in Health Care: Promise or Peril?
Healthy Dialogue
Private equity investment continues to expand across US health care. Current estimates put private equity ownership at almost 10% of hospitals and more than one-fifth of for-profit hospitals nationwide. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue,...
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A New Era in Dementia: Advances in Diagnostic Blood Tests, Novel Drugs, and the Power of Lifestyle Changes
Healthy Dialogue
Dementia affects millions of people globally, causing profound memory loss and cognitive impairment and compromising the ability to function independently in day-to-day life. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, host Derek C. Angus, MD,...
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AI Scribes Are Here, but Is Health Care Ready?
Healthy Dialogue
The rise in use and function of ambient AI scribes is arguably one of the fastest technologic changes ever seen in health care. In this episode of Healthy Dialogue, host Derek Angus, MD, MPH, is joined by Vincent Liu, MD, MS, Chief Data...
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Rethinking the Autism "Epidemic": What's Driving the Rise in Diagnosis
Healthy Dialogue
What is behind the rise in autism diagnoses? Join Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, MD, professor of developmental neuropsychiatry at Columbia University, and JAMA Psychiatry Editor Dost Öngür, MD, PhD, as they discuss the history of autism...
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Introducing Healthy Dialogue
Healthy Dialogue
Go beyond the latest discoveries with nuanced, in-depth conversations in Healthy Dialogue, a podcast from the JAMA Network. Host and JAMA Senior Editor, Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, sits down with the world’s leading experts to explore the most pressing issues in health and health care.
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From the JAMA Network: JAMA Research of the Year With Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
Healthy Dialogue
In this episode, JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, and Medical News Director Jennifer Abbasi discuss the journal’s inaugural Research of the Year roundup. Related Content:
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The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)-2 Score
Healthy Dialogue
SOFA-2, validated in more than 3 million intensive care unit (ICU) patients, incorporates contemporary organ support treatments, showing strong predictive validity for ICU mortality in diverse international settings. Coauthor Mervyn...
info_outlineIn this episode of Healthy Dialogue, host Derek Angus, MD, MPH sits down with Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, to discuss whether social media use disorder is a real phenomenon, the mechanisms behind it, and its consequences for young people.
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