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I'm Dr. EeKs & I work in Public Health, write at BloomingWellness.com & host the CausesorCures.com Podcast.

Autumn in Central Park.🍁This IS color therapy. ;)
11/08/2025

Autumn in Central Park.🍁
This IS color therapy. ;)

Who wants to find their Inner Billionaire? Debbie Dobbins came on Causes or Cures to tell us how! (Link in comments)
11/08/2025

Who wants to find their Inner Billionaire?
Debbie Dobbins came on Causes or Cures to tell us how!
(Link in comments)

Fall Fun Road Trip!
11/01/2025

Fall Fun Road Trip!

It was such a great experience to be inducted into the Delta Omega Honorary Society at the NYU School of Global Public H...
10/31/2025

It was such a great experience to be inducted into the Delta Omega Honorary Society at the NYU School of Global Public Health as an alumnus. It's an honor to be selected! 🙏 I really enjoyed the event, the fireside chat, and especially talking with current students and recent grads who are going to do good things out there. 🔥🙏🙏

10/31/2025

You get text messages from demons?!"
(My openers are solid.)

Since Army plays Air Force this week and it’s Halloween, it felt like the perfect time to throw back to one of my most fascinating and downloaded episodes.

My guest, Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, is one of those rare people who makes you rethink the boundary between science and the supernatural. He’s a Catholic exorcist, holds a PhD in psychology, and graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy. I read his book The Diary of an American Exorcist and thought, “I need to invite him on Causes or Cures!” Luckily, he said yes.

Growing up Catholic and in Catholic school five through eighteen, exorcisms weren’t up for debate. They were just part of the lesson plan. You didn’t question the existence of demons. You tried to avoid them and never dared play with a Ouija board (except at the occasional junior high sleepover.)

Religious information exists in its own strange category, somewhere between faith and non–fact checking. In an age obsessed with what is safe or dangerous to read or hear, I don’t think anyone has quite figured out what to do with it. (But that’s a topic for another podcast.)

In this episode, Msgr. Rossetti talks about what possession actually looks like, how the Church separates demons from mental illness, what happens during an exorcism, and why he still believes it’s real.

This clip is where he talks about getting texts from demons. Yes, really. And given the week, I can’t help but wonder if Hell is texting, “Beat Air Force!” ;)

10/30/2025

Are the weight loss drugs lowering the obesity rate?

Funny, last week I asked Dr. Andrés Acosta on the Causes or Cures Podcast if there’s any data showing that the rise in weight-loss drugs is changing the obesity rate.

New Gallup data suggests U.S. obesity may have dipped for the first time in over a decade. But before celebrating, remember:

🔹 Gallup’s numbers come from self-reported height & weight, not measured data.
🔹 The CDC’s national rates (from NHANES) use measured exams, which is far more accurate.
🔹 Gallup’s poll is web-based, with different sampling and weighting than CDC’s surveillance systems.

*Self-report almost always underestimates obesity rates*

So it’s an interesting signal, but not proof of a true population-level decline.

And bigger question: what counts as “obesity” these days, or are do we continue to argue over the yardstick?

If we’re ready to shelve BMI for good, we’ll need agreed metrics: body fat %, waist-hip ratio, metabolic health markers. BMI is easy & cost-effective to do at the population-level but, as most know, shown to be less accurate.

(Check out the comment section for links to survey and Dr. Acosta's podcasts that are DEFINITELY worth listening to if you are interested in obesity and weight loss drugs.)

10/28/2025

I suspect that generations from now our wiser selves will look back in horror at how we treated the other species we share this planet with.

Barnaby, Halloween 2025. Embracing the true meaning of Halloween, he scared the s**t out of me by eating a giant human t...
10/28/2025

Barnaby, Halloween 2025.

Embracing the true meaning of Halloween, he scared the s**t out of me by eating a giant human turd on Park Ave on the walk home. He got it before I saw it. Honestly, it was a horror show. But he looks cute and innocent here.

Channeling my inner Paul Bunyan this fine Fall day. Anyone else? 🍁🍂
10/28/2025

Channeling my inner Paul Bunyan this fine Fall day.

Anyone else?
🍁🍂

10/27/2025

What does it mean to be 80?

A clip from the Causes or Cures Podcast with Longevity Expert Dr. Heike Bischoff Ferrari. Follow & Tune in!

10/26/2025

Because these links get shared so widely:

*I wish all scientific journals made full articles more affordable.
*I wish every paper had a front-and-center plain-language summary.

Does Cinnamon Improve Metabolic Health? I break down a new review in the blog.(Link below!)
10/25/2025

Does Cinnamon Improve Metabolic Health?

I break down a new review in the blog.
(Link below!)

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