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On Vital Discourse, two surgeons and friends—Dr. Ben Cilento, M.D. and Dr. Lee Mandel, M.D., J.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.R.S.—help you stop guessing and start making sense of your health. Tune in every week for the inside scoop on health, policy, and law, for advice, interviews, debates, and straight talk you won’t find anywhere else. With backgrounds in military and law, Dr. Ben and Dr. Lee cut through the noise and bring you the guidance you need. In each episode, they help listeners navigate the healthcare system, find answers to their most pressing questions, and take steps to start feeling great, with lots of laughs along the way. No appointment necessary—the doctors are in.
Unknown Host hosts Vital Discourse, a health show with 34 episodes published.
Here's a sentence that was medically accurate in 1865: "The operation was a success. The patient is expected to die." In episode two of Legends of Medicine, Dr. Ben Cilento and Dr. Lee Mandel tackle Joseph Lister, the su
There's still a disease on Earth that's essentially 100% fatal once symptoms begin—and the only reason it isn't a certain death sentence today is because of a French chemist who bet a nine-year-old boy's life on an untes
AI doctors may be perceived as more empathetic than humans—they have unlimited time and eloquent words—but does empathy without lived experience even count? In this episode of Vital Discourse, Dr. Ben Cilento and Dr. Lee
Dr. Ben kicks this one off with a confession: he owns a red light mask, and so does his wife. That admission sets up an episode built entirely around one question. Is red light therapy real medicine or is it just glowing
Dr. Ben and Dr. Lee take on the wellness industry's favorite promise: more data means more insight. They open with a number that reframes the whole episode. Test twenty markers on a perfectly healthy person and there's r
Dr. Ben and Dr. Lee go all in on sleep apnea, the condition they say is one of the most misunderstood diagnoses in medicine. They start with the basics: what obstructive sleep apnea actually is, how it's measured on a sl
Millions of people wake up every morning and check their sleep score before they check how they actually feel. In this episode of Vital Discourse, Dr. Ben Cilento and Dr. Lee Mandel break down exactly what consumer sleep
Jaw trainers. Mewing. Bone smashing. Testosterone boosters. Looksmaxxing has taken over the internet, and Dr. Ben Cilento and Dr. Lee Mandel are uniquely positioned to separate what's evidence-based from what's pure myth
Part 1 laid out the problem. Part 2 is about what can actually be done — and the doctors are straight about the difference between what works and what the detox industry is selling. The hard truth on PFAS: once they're i
Forever chemicals and GMOs get lumped together as "chemicals in your food" — but they are not the same category of problem, and the confidence being sold on both is bigger than the data behind it. In Part 1 of this two-p
The longevity conversation has never been louder — GLP1s, peptides, continuous glucose monitors, full body MRIs, cold plunges. And yet obesity rates keep climbing and most people are more confused than ever about what ac
What if the future of facial rejuvenation isn't a facelift — it's reversing aging itself? In Part 2 of their modern facelift series, Dr. Ben Cilento and Dr. Lee Mandel go deeper than surgery and fillers into the biology
Why does Lindsay Lohan look younger at 37 than she did at 27? Why can't anyone put their finger on what these celebrities have done? In this episode of Vital Discourse, Dr. Ben Cilento and Dr. Lee Mandel break down the s
Fatigue. Brain fog. Muscle pain. Mood swings. Tinnitus. Numbness. Migraines. Hives. Most doctors chase these symptoms one by one — sending patients to cardiologist, neurologist, rheumatologist, dermatologist — never step
What happens when two ENT surgeons and an AI founder stop talking about billing software and start talking about the end of humanity? You get Episode 20. In this follow-up conversation on Vital Discourse, Dr. Ben Cilento
The average private medical practice has six figures sitting in unpaid claims over 120 days — and 90% of it was avoidable. In this episode of Vital Discourse, Dr. Ben Cilento and Dr. Lee Mandel sit down with Chris Chomen
Rhinoplasty is one of the most requested cosmetic procedures in the world — and one of the most misunderstood. In this episode of Vital Discourse, Dr. Ben Cilento and Dr. Lee Mandel break down everything patients need to
About 40% of Americans have a deviated septum — and most of them have no idea it's behind their snoring, sleep apnea, chronic sinusitis, or mouth breathing. In this episode of Vital Discourse, Dr. Ben Cilento and Dr. Lee
Most people either insist they have allergies without ever being tested, or dismiss the possibility entirely — and both camps are usually wrong. In this episode of Vital Discourse, Dr. Ben Cilento and Dr. Lee Mandel brea
When you walk into a hospital, you're thinking about your symptoms. Behind the scenes, that hospital is fighting a financial war that directly affects your care. In this follow-up episode of Vital Discourse, Dr. Ben Cile
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