Episodes 10
Avg. Duration 14m
Activity Moderate
Since Apr 2022
Latest Episode Aug 2025

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Schedule
Every 2 Months
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

Lysa Leong is a Pharmacist, Medical Cannabis Educator, Diabetes Educator, Clinical Instructor with the University of British Columbia, and Primary Care Pharmacist at BioPro Biologics Pharmacy. She's created a podcast intended to discuss chronic diseases and the latest in evidence-based medicine.

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Recent Episodes

S1E10 Some People Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Might Actually Have a Different Type of Diabetes

Aug 11, 2025 31m

Most people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, so in fact, have type 2 diabetes. But about 5-10% of them may actually have a different form of diabetes — Latent Autoimmune Diabetes Adults (LADA). LADA…

S1E9 The Lipid Paradox and The Importance of Remission or Low Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis for Cardiovascular Health

Jul 20, 2025 17m

What is the connection between lipids, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)? They have a lot more similarities than you think. RA is associated with significant systemic…

S1E8 The Cardiovascular Risk of Cannabis

May 09, 2023 11m

A number of publications and reviews have documented the increased cardiovascular risk (like heart attacks, strokes, arrhythmias, etc.) associated with the use of cannabis. In this podcast, I explain…

S1E7 Using Cannabis to Manage Cancer Related Pain

Mar 30, 2023 14m

Cancer pain is one of the most debilitating symptoms experienced by those with cancer and those who have survived cancer. This podcast reviews the evidence on using cannabis to manage cancer related…

Medical Cannabis Part 2 - What is the difference between THCA and THC?

Sep 03, 2022 5m

THCA (tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) is less well studied than CBD and THC and is supposed to be non-intoxicating. In this podcast, I discuss how THCA is different from THC and how a bottle of THCA…

S1E5 An Introduction to Medical Cannabis - Part 1

May 16, 2022 21m

This podcast is an introduction to medical cannabis. This is the first episode out of a series of episodes I will be doing on the topic of medical cannabis. In this podcast, I discuss my role as a…

S1E4 SPECIAL EPISODE - What it was like to have a midwife team and an unplanned home birth

May 05, 2022 18m Bonus

In honour of the International Day of the Midwife, this episode is about my experience with having a midwife team and an unplanned home birth. Whether you choose to have an OB, a maternity doctor or…

S1E3 About the recent cases of acute severe hepatitis of unknown origin affecting children around the world and what we can do to minimize the risk

May 04, 2022 9m

This podcast is about the recent cases of acute severe hepatitis of unknown origin (idiopathic hepatitis) affecting children around the world. As of May 4th, 2022, there are at least 200 cases…

S1E2 How to get better sleep, what is sleep architecture and why sleep aids shouldn't be used on a long-term basis

Apr 29, 2022 18m

This episode is about how to get better sleep and some of the strategies as part of having good sleep hygiene to promote better quality sleep. I explain why daylight is so important to regulating our…

S1E1 Paxlovid - what you need to know about this new oral COVID 19 treatment

Apr 21, 2022 12m

This episode is about Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir) - the recently approved at-home oral COVID 19 treatment for those with mild to moderate symptoms and at risk of progression to severe COVID…

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