The Well Said Health Podcast

A quick introduction to the show — who it's for, and what you'll walk away with.

You're the one everyone calls when a health scare hits — the researcher, the note-taker, the calm voice in the waiting room. But who's in your corner? Anne Llewellyn spent decades as a nurse advocate fighting for patients. Then she became the patient — and even she needed someone by her side, right down to...

If you — or your mom, or your husband — land in the hospital tomorrow, the doctor in charge won't be your family physician. It will be a hospitalist: the most important doctor you've never heard of. Dr. Clark Coler takes you inside the job — why a new doctor after the week on rotation...

Do your gums bleed when you brush?" Your answer matters more than you think — gums are tissue, and healthy tissue doesn't bleed. Veteran dental hygienist and advocate Marissa Brubaker explains why the mouth gets treated like its own little island, separate from the rest of the body — and why that costs us, sometimes...