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The Savvy Patient breaks down women’s hormonal health, so you can better understand your body and advocate for your care.

Founded by Dr. Gillian Goddard, endocrinologist, NYU faculty member, and author of The Hormone Loop, releasing June 2026.

10/28/2026

It’s almost Election Day! This week, co-hosts Erin Stein and Dr. Gillian Goddard are talking about voting, which might sound like a strange topic for a health podcast, but it affects your health care at every level in ways you haven’t even realized. Rejected insurance claims, cancer treatments a...

10/21/2026

When choosing a treatment option, it helps to know how it was developed. Today co-hosts Dr. Gillian Goddard and Erin Stein walk through the backbone of our healthcare: clinical trials. We walk through how a drug gets from an idea to the pharmacy shelf through preclinical lab and animal studies, pilo...

10/14/2026

Side effects. Adverse reactions. That folded-up piece of paper in your medication box with the tiny type nobody can read. That laundry list of horrible things in every drug commercial. This week, co-hosts Erin Stein and Dr. Gillian Goddard break down what all of it really means. We start with the de...

10/07/2026

It's pumpkin spice season, which means it's sugar season, so co-hosts Erin Stein and Dr. Gillian Goddard are talking about why we love sweet things so much and what's really going on in the body when we eat them. We start with why humans evolved to crave sugar, then break down what "sugar" means: gl...

09/30/2026

This week we tell you what the Women's Health Initiative actually studied, why the hormone therapy trial was stopped, and how the headlines shaped menopause care for decades. The Women's Health Initiative was the study that made a generation of women toss their hormone therapy in the trash. Co-hosts...

09/23/2026

Co-hosts Erin Stein and Dr. Gillian Goddard tackle one of the wilder phenomena in science: The Placebo Effect. It’s real, but why and how? What’s happening in our brains and bodies when we take a medication (or a fake one)? How does it relate to things like positive thinking or mindfulness? Join...

09/16/2026

In this episode of The Savvy Patient, cohosts Erin Stein and Dr. Gillian Goddard welcome their very first guest: Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) Stephanie Mueller. With nearly 20 years of experience in the field, Stephanie helps break down autism spectrum disorder (ASD), clearing up common m...

09/09/2026

Your period is over. Congratulations! But cohosts Erin Stein and Dr. Gillian Goddard have news for you: hormonal health care isn’t over! Let us introduce health during your second act, and life after menopause. We cover what happens to your hormones, why vaginal estrogen may still matter, when to ...

09/02/2026

In this episode of The Savvy Patient, cohosts Dr. Gillian Goddard and Erin Stein debunk fad diets and explore what the science actually says about healthy eating. We discuss the problems with extreme diets, the limitations of diet studies, and why short-term weight loss doesn't necessarily lead to l...

08/26/2026

Caring for both aging parents and growing children can feel like being stuck in a sandwich — squeezed from both sides. In this episode of The Savvy Patient, cohosts Dr. Gillian Goddard and Erin Stein discuss the reality of navigating midlife while stuck in the “sandwich” phase—simultaneously...

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