Show 1320: The Fascinating World of Tiny Animals Living on Us (Archive)

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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This week on our nationally syndicated radio show, we explore the ecology of our bodies, especially our skin. Our faces, our armpits and even our bellybuttons harbor a multitude of tiny animals that we don’t see most of the time. What are they doing on us? The Fascinating World of the Tiny Animals Living on […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's pharmacy.com.
0:15.0	You've heard about the microbiome, the microbes that live in our GI tract,
0:19.0	what about the microbes that live on our skin?
0:22.0	This is the people's pharmacy with Terry. microbes that live on our skin.
0:22.5	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden. Ecologist Rob Dunn studies the teensy creatures that live on us.
0:38.0	He'll help us unravel the mystery of face mites.
0:42.0	We'll also learn about the bacteria that thrive in our armpits and belly
0:45.8	buttons. In the larger world, taking out one species has a ripple effect on the whole ecosystem.
0:54.1	Could the same be true for our skin?
0:56.7	What's the relationship between diet and acne?
1:00.1	Coming up on the people's pharmacy,
1:02.2	the fascinating world of tiny animals that inhabit us. In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, the United States Preventive Services Task Force, or
1:20.3	USPSTF has just proposed new guidelines that would change the timeline for mammograms.
1:27.0	In 2009, the USPSTF recommended that women at average risk for breast cancer start getting regular The 50 to 40. The group recommends that women get screening mammograms every two years.
1:46.5	This change seems to be prompted by rising breast cancer rates among younger women, especially
1:52.4	among black women. They're 40% more likely to
1:56.0	die of breast cancer than white women. Hopefully earlier screening will detect
2:00.9	tumors earlier so that they can be treated effectively.
2:04.0	The USPSTF warns that people at higher risk for breast cancer
2:09.2	should ask their personal physicians for advice on when to start screening and how often to do so.
2:15.9	If a woman finds a lump in her breast, she should ask for a mammogram regardless of her age.
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