Hi, In today's podcast, we address recent stories in the news during the COVID-19 pandemic. One story relates to people using or selling products containing silver. Some people sell this or call this Colloidal Silver. I am here to tell you u

Special Coronavirus Announcement

Mar 12th, 2020 3m 23s

Hi Everyone, Dr. Paul Kilgore here. I wanted to announce today that we will be launching a new mini-course focused on getting you up to speed on the coronavirus epidemic and how you can protect yourself and your loved ones. I will be emailing o

Aortic Dissection and Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm

Mar 7th, 2020 24m 54s

I am Dr. Paul Kilgore, Host of the Quantitative Health Podcast. Please find me at [email protected] or my website: www.quantitative-health.com. Today, I discuss the very serious condition called Aortic Dissection and the companion

Stress in the Big Picture: What Does it Mean?

Feb 29th, 2020 22m

In this episode, we take a close look at what stress leads to and specifically some of the effects on our key organs such as the liver. We also discuss the importance of stress, how it appears and note that sometimes, individuals may feel and l

Measuring Stress

Feb 26th, 2020 33m 51s

In this episode, we dive back into our focus in the month of February: Stress. I discuss how we can measure stress, what biomarkers we use to understand stress and how stress relates to inflammation in our bodies. This year, my hope is that we

How Does Stress Manifest?

Feb 16th, 2020 28m 30s

Stress is one of the most important factors affecting our health. Stress affects millions of Americans and many more across the World. In today's episode, we discuss how the brain interacts with our endocrine system and we look at what happens

What is Stress Anyway? A Worldwide Problem

Feb 8th, 2020 30m 32s

In the month of February, we will address the problem of stress. Of all the health issues that we can think of, I think stress is at the very top of our list. It affects everyone and it is a worldwide problem. In this episode, we discuss some

Special Podcast Episode: QH Health Magazine, February, Issue Number 1

Feb 2nd, 2020 34m 55s

Huge content today and a must listen. WARNING: some content here on heart disease and flu is graphic and scary. In this episode, we discuss the hard facts about two diseases that kill thousands of Americans every year: Heart Disease and Flu (In

Putting Our Past Together

Jan 31st, 2020 11m 6s

Welcome to the Quantitative Health Podcast. I am Dr. Paul Kilgore your host and I am super glad you are here. Here’s some great news: You can connect with me any time on social media including twitter and Instagram. You can also visit me at

Our Health During the Young Adult Years

Jan 24th, 2020 16m 5s

Our young adult years from about age 18 to 35 years are very important. These years typically are very dynamic and we experience a great deal of change. Change in living situations, work environments, co-workers, friends, family and more. At

Our Family Health History

Jan 17th, 2020 14m 49s

In today's episode, we discuss the importance of understanding our own family history, what we can learn from it, how we can use it and how we can go about starting to collect this information. This week, you can start to review your family hea

Special Episode Podcast for Hot Topics: Justin Bieber and Lyme Disease

Jan 12th, 2020 17m 10s

In this Special Episode Podcast, we think about the recent announcement by Justin Bieber where he told us that he has been diagnosed with and suffering from Lyme Disease. Lyme Disease is an increasing problem in the United States and can have

Your Early Years

Jan 11th, 2020 12m 3s

In this episode, you will get a chance to consider key health questions that help gather information about your health from birth to 19 years of age. A great way to continue laying our foundation supporting great health.

An Introduction to Quantitative Health

Jan 2nd, 2020 5m 47s

In this episode, we start out the new year 2020 with a call to action. This year, we want to start your journey to the best health ever. To do this, our podcast will be available to you along with resources at our upcoming website soon to be la

How much water do I need each day?

Aug 4th, 2019 19m 6s

In this episode, we discuss a topic important to all of us: water. Our bodies lose water every day through our skin and respiratory tract (lungs, mouth). But, how much water do we need to replace? Because water is essential to live, our bodie

Special Episode: Where do I Begin?

Jul 16th, 2019 17m 45s

In this special episode, we discuss the steps you can take to begin your health journey. We start by recalling back to our earlier years and creating a list (an inventory) of our previous health challenges. We then think of the present time and

Introduction to High Blood Pressure

Jul 13th, 2019 21m 20s

In this episode, we begin to define what is normal blood pressure, elevated blood pressure, high blood pressure Stage 1, high blood pressure Stage 2 and "hypertensive crisis". Understanding your own blood pressure measured by your doctor, nurse

Creating a list of medications, supplements and vitamins

Jul 11th, 2019 18m 37s

When getting our "health house" in order, we can take small steps. But these can be very important steps to help ensure our own health and even the health of our loved ones, friends and neighbors. One of these steps is listing all of the medici

Chance favors the prepared mind

Jul 9th, 2019 7m 26s

In this episode, we use this important quote from Louis Pasteur, the famous French microbiologist to help guide us in learning how to use the information we have about our own health to stay healthy and potentially prevent future illness.

Getting our health house in order

Jul 9th, 2019 9m 5s

In this episode, we begin to consider what action steps we can take to get our "health" house in order. We will revisit this topic of quantitative health often in our journey together so that we can help you help yourself.

A system for organizing our health

Jul 9th, 2019 8m 14s

In this episode, we begin the journey of understanding a systematic approach to organizing our health. Because finding our best health is a journey, consider this a first small step.

Intro to lab tests we can use to objectively measure stress

Jul 9th, 2019 9m 21s

In this episode, we begin the discussion around objective measurement and quantification of stress using available laboratory tests. We will revisit this topic often to provide deeper dives into how we quantify stress that we humans experience.

PSA and Prostate Cancer

Jul 9th, 2019 24m 16s

In this episode, we begin to discuss the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test and prostate cancer. This is a continuing area of research so this will be a topic we revisit often.

Introduction to Denham Harman, Aging and Free Radical Theory

Jul 9th, 2019 10m 2s

In this episode, we begin to discuss the ground breaking work of Dr. Denham Harman and how the free radical theory emerged to become key to our understanding of the aging process.