Dr. Michael Koren
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Medical research, translated through patient experience.
MedEvidence! Truth Behind the Data treats medicine as something patients can understand, not just something clinicians hand down. Episodes move between clinical trial evidence, real patient experience, and practical questions about cholesterol, weight loss, gout, liver fat, and new treatments.
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MedEvidence! Truth Behind the Data is a medical show centered on the space between research evidence and patient understanding. It treats clinical trials as part of everyday health care rather than as distant scientific machinery. The mood is warm. The questions are practical. Episodes often move from a person’s story into the condition or study that brought them to the table. A weight loss episode follows Daryl Thomas from personal motivation into the experience of enrolling in research. A lipoprotein little a conversation with Walt turns a hidden cardiovascular risk marker into something concrete, measurable, and connected to family knowledge. The show also makes room for radio-style medical updates, with Kevin Gettings asking Dr. Michael Koren about conference news, gene editing, GLP-1 medications, amylin, fatty liver, and cholesterol treatment. These segments are brisker, but they still return to patient consequence. Innovation is discussed through the lens of access, risk, trial design, and what a community might gain from participating early in research. The show is especially interested in numbers that patients see but may not understand. Cholesterol levels, LDL, lipoprotein little a, liver scarring, inflammation, appetite signaling, and blood work are all treated as starting points for clearer decisions. It does not flatten medicine into simple tips. Instead, it explains the mechanism, names the uncertainty, and asks what the evidence can responsibly support. A gout discussion shows the program’s habit of taking a familiar condition and slowing it down until its causes, pain, and treatment options become easier to follow. The result is a show for medically curious listeners who want clinical seriousness with a human voice. It is less about health trends than about how real people encounter research when illness, risk, and hope meet.
Made for: For listeners who want careful, patient-facing explanations of medical research, clinical trials, and common health risks. It especially suits people trying to understand lab numbers, cardiovascular risk, weight-loss treatments, liver health, gout, or study participation.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its direct contact with patients and clinical research settings. Rather than only summarize medical headlines, it connects mechanisms, trial design, and lived experience in the same conversation.
Welcome to the MedEvidence! podcast, hosted by Dr. Michael Koren. MedEvidence, where we help you navigate the real truth behind medical research with both a clinical and research perspective. In this podcast, we will discuss with physicians with extensive experience in patient care and research. How do you know that something works? In medicine, we conduct clinical trials to see if things work! Now, let's get to the Truth Behind the Data. Contact us at www.MedEvidence.com
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Clinical researchers, physicians, and patients make the workings and human stakes of medical evidence easier to see.
MedEvidence! Truth Behind the Data turns clinical research into candid interviews about how medical evidence is produced, interpreted, and applied. Dr. Michael Koren and guest host Dr.
Clinical trials leave the abstract and meet your real questions about trust, cost, and what actually works.
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A weight loss study told through one patient's life and hopes.
Dr. Eric Schramm talks with Daryl Thomas about how a weight loss study became part of his life, starting with a wife who found Jacksonville clinical research on her phone and helped turn interest into a decision to look closer.
A thoughtful health-policy conversation that makes patient costs and insurance design feel immediate.
MedEvidence handles health policy with physician-to-physician clarity, which keeps a serious subject easy to follow without sanding off its weight. Dr.
A steady, evidence-minded psychiatric conversation about trauma treatment and psychedelic medicine.
Dr. Michael Koren's conversation with psychiatrist Paul William Miller follows Miller's path from surgery to psychiatry, then into EMDR and psychedelic research. The strongest stretch is the one that turns a dense clinical subject into plain language.
A practical look at representation, trust, and how clinical research can reach more communities.
MedEvidence turns a familiar question into a grounded, human story: who gets pulled into medical research, who is often left out, and what it takes to narrow that gap.
Peter Attia evaluates longevity science, from CETP inhibitors to protein debates, through evidence.
Morning medical evidence, compressed for practice.
Midlife hormones, explained with momentum.
A cardiologist discusses a patient's high blood pressure medications and treatment concerns in an evidence-based medical consultation.
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A discussion on expectations of sexual functioning as we age, misconceptions, and pornography-associated dysfunction with a clinical sexologist.
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Two physicians discuss the origin of their podcast collaboration focused on evidence-based medical topics, specifically mentioning atopic dermatitis (eczema) as a key subject.
A cardiologist discusses a real patient's cholesterol test results and family history to address common misconceptions and provide evidence-based insights on heart health.
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