The Psychology of Health

Each episode is a clear, accessible synthesis of research studies on timely and controversial health topics; no hot takes, no hype, just what actual science says.Hosted by Milan Toma, Ph.D., this podcast cuts through the noise. Instead of speculation and hearsay, you’ll get evidence-based insights on everything from sleep and weight gain to the anatomy of misinformation and the psychology behind public health debates. If you’re frustrated by the flood of opinions online and want to know what the research really shows, this is the show for you.

The Psychology of Health is a health podcast hosted by Milan Toma, with 17 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Milan Toma hosts The Psychology of Health, a health show with 17 episodes published.

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  Episode #8

  AI Can't Replace Your Doctor: Why the Headlines Are Lying to You

  May 23, 202610 minS2

  <p>Those viral headlines claiming AI diagnoses better than doctors? They're based on fundamentally flawed research—and believing them could be dangerous to your health.</p><p>In this episode, I break down the alarming trend of studies from prestigious journals like Science and JAMA Network Open claiming large language models outperform physicians in diagnostic reasoning. The problem? These studies exist entirely outside the realm of actual clinical medicine.</p><p>Here's what they actually tested: They gave ChatGPT-style AI and physicians the same written notes about patients neither ever met—then compared who could guess the diagnosis better from text alone...

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  Episode #7

  The Limits of Chatbots in Clinical Decision‑Making

  May 7, 20268 minS2

  <p>Chatbots and large language models are becoming increasingly common in everyday life, but their growing presence in healthcare has raised an important question: Should probabilistic AI systems be used to help make medical decisions? This episode takes a clear, grounded look at why the answer is far more complicated—and potentially far more dangerous—than many people realize.</p><p>Modern chatbots work by predicting the most statistically likely response based on patterns found in massive amounts of text. That makes them great for conversation, brainstorming, and general information, but not for something as complex and high‑stakes as medical...

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  Episode #6

  Viral AI-Beats-Doctors Study

  May 4, 20268 minS2

  <p>Another week, another headline declaring AI has officially surpassed physicians. This time, it's a study published in Science on April 30, 2026, claiming that OpenAI's o1 model "outperformed physician baselines" across multiple diagnostic reasoning tasks. The research comes from Harvard, Stanford, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It's rigorous. It's peer-reviewed. And it's already being cited as proof that doctors are obsolete.</p><p>But here's what those viral headlines won't tell you: the study tested AI on text alone.</p><p>No images. No audio. No physical exams. No watching a patient walk through the door in distress before they ut...

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  Episode #5

  Medical Education Must Teach AI Differently

  Apr 14, 202637 minS2

  <p>Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving into classrooms, clinics, and daily healthcare decision making, but much of the public conversation is built on a dangerous misunderstanding. Too often, people now treat artificial intelligence as if it simply means chatbots. In this episode, Dr. Milan Toma explains why that confusion matters and why healthcare professionals must learn to distinguish between conversational tools and task specific medical systems.</p><p>This episode explores the long history of artificial intelligence in medicine, why chatbots are optimized for fluent language rather than true clinical understanding, and why strong performance on text based clinical vignettes...

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  Episode #4

  The Overfitting Trap

  Apr 2, 202623 minS2

  <p>Introduction: A Tale of Two Rounds</p><p>Every attending physician has seen the "Star Student" who can quote the New England Journal of Medicine verbatim but freezes when a patient doesn't follow the script. In this episode, we introduce Student A and Student B.</p><p>Student A (The Memorizer): They have a mental database of every practice vignette. They are fast, confident, and statistically "perfect" on paper.</p><p>Student B (The Thinker): They are slower. They visualize the blood flow, the cellular response, and the "why" behind the symptoms.</p><p>We discuss why the current "...

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