- 295
- Episodes
- 92
- Transcribed
- 260
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About The Dose
A weekly look at the health news that matters to you. Dr. Brian Goldman brings you the best science from top experts in plain language. He cuts through the BS and confusion to give you a dose of smart advice that you won’t find anywhere else. New episodes every Thursday.
- Publisher
- CBC
- Category
- health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Feb 2020
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
92 of 295 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Would you take a drug that could prevent Alzheimer's?
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Psychiatric labels — why some people want one!
13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Dose Summer Special 2026: Beyond the Hype
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Would you take a drug that could prevent Alzheimer's?
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] What do you recommend that they do to try to reduce their risk or at least delay the onset? I usually start saying that anything that is bad for heart is bad for brain. Therefore, anything you do to help your heart will help your brains. There are a few publications, the Lancet publication, about prevention, the way that we look at the risk factors. So make sure you control your blood pressure. And the controlling of blood pressure, it means your blood pressure around 135. We insist that bring the blood pressure down, make sure that bring your cholesterol down, sleep is really important because during the sleep time the amyloid gets cleared from brain so i think if people don't get a good night's sleep and if it's become chronic we ask them to go and see their clinician start using sleep hygiene exercise is really important so we advise people to have regular exercise go for a walk two or three times a week even if it's for 20 minutes That's important. […]
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- Dr Ramin Nilforooshan
- Gail Beck
- Shimi Kang
- Michelle Murti
- Joanne Liu
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 63 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 197 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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