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Podcast: heartstorming healthcare
Episode: John Patton on Taking a Straightforward and "Brainless" Approach to Health
Description: John Patton has spent the last decade in public health, working alongside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the Director of Communications for a national nonprofit called, the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. That group addresses the largest chronic diseases in the world, from heart disease to diabetes to cancer. He is also the Executive Director of the ProVention Health Foundation which focuses innovative approaches to disease prevention. Throughout his public health career, he observed the mountain of health advice that was difficult to follow and often controversial. He knows that people are not dumb—th...