Health Discovered

About Health Discovered

WebMD Chief Physician Editor Neha Pathak, MD, and Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, MPH, explore fascinating stories to find the unexpected things that help us understand our health.

Publisher

WebMD

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Apr 2018

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

128 of 316 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Making the Most of Your Doctor Visit: Be Heard, Decide Together, Know What’s Next

   Host Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM interviews Neil J. Farber, MD, author of Treating a Broken System, on empowering patients to actively participate in their healthcare decisions for better outcomes.

2. 

   1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Screen Time and Kids: Setting Healthy Digital Boundaries

   Host Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM interviews Jane Tavyev Asher, MD, director of Child Neurology, about setting healthy digital boundaries for children to improve attention, sleep, and relationships.

3. 

   24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Neurodivergence, Social Media, and Self-Diagnosis: What to Know

   Host Neha Pathak, MD, FACP, DipABLM interviews clinical psychologist Megan Anna Neff, PsyD, exploring neurodivergence, social media's role in self-discovery, and the importance of professional diagnosis.

Inside a recent episode

Making the Most of Your Doctor Visit: Be Heard, Decide Together, Know What’s Next

Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Are there certain questions that you would expect or you would encourage people to sort of have as part of their routine? These are some of the basic questions that I'm going to ask when I go into my doctor's appointments. Sure. Patients need to find out what their specific diagnoses are, what treatments the physician is recommending for those particular diagnoses. And we now teach physicians to engage in shared decision-making so that the physician gives a number of options to the patient, gives the patient their recommendation, but if they do that, the patient needs to ask, okay, you're recommending this, what else is there? […]

Who has been a guest on Health Discovered

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Neil J Farber
• Jane Tavyev Asher
• Megan Anna Neff
• Tracy I George
• Jonathan A Bernstein

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

120 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

29 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

79

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

67

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