This week Dr. Islam begins with a patient case study of trouble swallowing gone wrong (2:30). He also takes an extensive look at delayed gastric emptying, gastroparesis (9:29).

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This week Dr. Islam examines the importance of your poop's color and what it may be telling you about your gut health. He starts with a patient case study (2:01).

He also takes a look at the death of wrestling icon, Hulk Hogan, and some of the lessons we can learn from his passing (11:50).

He returns to the poop color discussion with the ultimate red flag: red poop (20:06). And finally, he discusses all of the poop colors you may have and what they mean for your health (31:43).

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This week Dr. Islam takes a look at a condition the medical field is only recently getting a better understanding of: CSID, congenital sucrase isomaltase deficiency.

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In this episode, Dr. Islam welcomes a special guest to the pod, Dr. Jacob Reddick MD.

Dr. Reddick is the co-owner of Preferred MD, a concierge medicine practice. He outlines what concierge medicine is, the benefits, the challenges, who it's for and whether it's the future of medicine!

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In this episode, Dr. Islam visits with Lacey Meeks of Farwell Family Healthcare to discuss the adventure of owning her own practice, the future of health and wellness management, hormone therapy and much more.

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This week, Dr. Islam takes a long look at fatty liver disease, what has now become the most common cause of liver cirrhosis in the United States. He begins with a patient case study (2:16) who suffered from MASLD (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatitic liver disease and formerly known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease). He also gives practical liver habits to help improve your liver health (14:43) and self-care options to improve the health of your liver (19:59).

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This week, Dr. Islam examines the relationship between the brain and gut, or the gut-brain axis (1:45). He gives you the five things you need to know about the gut-brain axis (10:24)) and eleven practical tips to improve both your gut and brain health (17:25).

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This week Dr. Islam welcomes in Dr. Pranav Sharma, a Board Certified Urologist, to the podcast (1:07). Together they discuss the dangers and treatments of prostate cancer, the importance of prostate screening, testosterone replacement therapy, and more!

Dr. Islam also takes a closer look at esophageal cancer, including the warning signs to look for and the steps to reduce your risk. (48:40)

He also discusses colon cancer prevention and the symptoms to look for. (58:17)

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