OffTheCharts Health: Nobody Taught Us About This
Claim This Podcastby Amy Papermaster
Podcast Overview
<p>There is so much information out there about our bodies and health. OffTheCharts filters it down to what you can use today and share with the people you care about.</p><p></p><p>Amy is a PhD-trained Family Nurse Practitioner who built her career across emergency medicine, complex women's health, academia, and health technology. She's also been the patient. That combination is why she started this.</p><p></p><p>Each episode is an unhurried conversations with clinicians, researchers, and founders working on what's next. No soundbites, supplements to sell, or medical advice.</p><p></p><p>Future projects explore the body below the belt and practical health for the decades ahead. Sign up on <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://OffTheCharts.Health" target="_blank">OffTheCharts.Health</a> for future updates!</p>
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June 18, 2026
Lichen Sclerosus, Lichen Planus, Vulvar Itching & Burning | Dr. Melissa Mauskar
<p>The average woman with vulvar lichen sclerosus waits 5 to 15 years for a correct diagnosis. Most see three or more providers along the way. One in three women lives with a vulvar condition at some point in her life, and uncommonly is told what is really happening to the skin of the most sensitive area of her body.</p><p></p><p>Dr. Melissa Mauskar is a board-certified dermatologist at UT Southwestern, a leading vulvar disease researcher, and the founder of one of the few specialty clinics in the country dedicated to vulvar dermatology. She has built her career around finding the answers women have been told do not exist, and her work is changing what these women can expect from medicine.</p><p></p><p>We cover:</p><p></p><ul><li>Why the vulva is its own organ and behaves differently than skin anywhere else on the body</li><li>Lichen sclerosus: who gets it, what it actually is, and the 1 to 3 percent prevalence that doesn't get spoken about enough</li><li>The autoimmune debate and what the research is showing now</li><li>Lichen planus, eczema, psoriasis, and Crohn's on the vulva</li><li>Why the diagnostic delay is so long, and what is being done to close it</li><li>Topical steroids: how to use them correctly, and the myth that they thin the skin when there is disease present</li><li>Compounded and emerging treatments, including JAK inhibitors and the international clinical trial Dr. Mauskar is leading</li><li>The vulvar microbiome and hormone research that may rewrite how we treat these conditions</li><li>Surgical considerations and when to optimize before any procedure</li><li>Vulvar irritants, allergens, and the over-the-counter products doing more harm than good</li><li>Diet, irritants and allergens connection</li><li>Vulvar cancer surveillance and what women need to know</li><li>The new clinical trials and research consortium reshaping the field<p></p></li></ul><p>Sign up for more at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://OffTheCharts.Health" target="_blank">OffTheCharts.Health</a> </p><p>Find Dr. Mauskar's work at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://melissamauskar.com" target="_blank">melissamauskar.com</a></p>
June 4, 2026
Autoimmunity & The "Good Girls": How Self-Compromise Compromises Immunity with Sara Hirsh Bordo
<p>Autoimmune diseases affect roughly 5 to 10 percent of the U.S. population, and women carry about 80 percent of the burden. The science is clear that chronic stress and adverse childhood experiences raise the risk in a dose-dependent way, with each additional ACE increasing autoimmune disease prevalence by about 10 percent. A large Swedish cohort found a 36 percent higher risk of autoimmune disease in adults with stress-related disorders, rising to 46 percent for those with PTSD.</p><p></p><p>That's what the science says. Sara Hirsh Bordo went further. Filmmaker, founder of Women Rising, and author of Autoimmunity & The Good Girls, she funded the first survey at the intersection of female empowerment and autoimmunity in 1,000 American women and found a striking pattern: more than 6 in 10 with autoimmune disease were the eldest or only daughter, and more than half were raised as the family caretaker.</p><p></p><p>Her thesis: a self compromised creates immunity compromised.</p><p></p><p>We cover:</p><ul><li>The eldest daughter, only daughter, lifelong caretaker pattern</li><li>How chronic self-betrayal correlated with Sara's own diagnoses and relapses</li><li>Reframing self-prioritization as foreign, not wrong</li><li>The little-T trauma of being raised to fear disappointing others</li><li>Practicing safe disappointment as a muscle to rebuild</li><li>The body speaks story, not just science</li><li>Raising daughters who can fall, get dirty, and get back up</li><li>Imperfection as the path forward</li><li>Readiness, healing, and what it takes to live differently</li></ul><p></p><p>Autoimmunity & The Good Girls is available now wherever books are sold. A portion of Sara's proceeds benefit the Society for Women's Health Research.</p><p></p><p>Sign up for more at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://OffTheCharts.Health" target="_blank">OffTheCharts.Health</a></p>
May 26, 2026
Sleep Training & House Call Pediatrics with Dr. Tim Porter, Co-Founder of Modern Pediatrics
<p>Dr. Tim Porter is a board-certified pediatrician and co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Modern Pediatrics, a concierge house call practice serving Central Texas and the Dallas metropolitan area. Same-day messaging, in-home visits, someone always on call, and a model built around removing the barriers between families and their pediatrician.</p><p></p><p>Tim is also one of the country's most thoughtful voices on infant sleep, having worked with thousands of families navigating the hardest stretch of parenting.</p><p></p><p>We cover:</p><ul><li>Why Tim left traditional pediatrics to build Modern</li><li>What concierge pediatrics looks like for a family</li><li>The peace-of-mind piece: knowing someone is always there</li><li>Why pediatrics is the perfect fit for the concierge model</li><li>The science of infant sleep from birth through age four</li><li>Why babies cluster feed at night (and why it happens with formula too)</li><li>Avoiding the overtired state</li><li>Sleep training: extinction, gradual extinction, what the attachment research shows</li><li>Capping naps, drowsy but awake, feeding to sleep, holding babies to sleep</li><li>The biggest infant sleep myths that need to go<br /></li></ul><p>Sign up for more at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://OffTheCharts.Health" target="_blank">OffTheCharts.Health</a></p>
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- What is OffTheCharts Health: Nobody Taught Us About This?
<p>There is so much information out there about our bodies and health. OffTheCharts filters it down to what you can use today and share with the people you care about.</p><p></p><p>Amy is a PhD-trained Family Nurse Practitioner who built her career across emergency medicine, complex women's health, academia, and health technology. She's also been the patient. That combination is why she started this.</p><p></p><p>Each episode is an unhurried conversations with clinicians, researchers, and founders working on what's next. No soundbites, supplements to sell, or medical advice.</p><p></p><p>Future projects explore the body below the belt and practical health for the decades ahead. Sign up on <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://OffTheCharts.Health" target="_blank">OffTheCharts.Health</a> for future updates!</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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