SECRETS OF SURVIVAL (S.O.S.): Recent Episodes
DR. SUSAN RASHID
The Secrets Of Survival (S.O.S.) Podcast is a dynamic initiative that is intended to enrich the awareness of medically underserved, vulnerable populations nationally and internationally. This podcast will utilize storytelling from physicians, healthcare professionals, medical students, and public health practitioners nationally and internationally in order to gain a deeper perspective. The fields of medicine, public health, medical education, society, and culture will be explored and how all these aspects can and do impact the quality of life for medically underserved, vulnerable populations.
🎙️ Podcast Title: Loneliness: The Silent Public Health Crisis - Part 3
Podcast Series: Secrets of Survival (S.O.S.)
Host: Dr. Susan Rashid
Episode DescriptionLoneliness has become one of the most pressing—and least visible—public health crises of our time. In this sweeping, scholarly episode of Secrets of Survival (S.O.S.), Dr. Susan Rashid traces the biological, psychological, and social consequences of loneliness across the human lifespan—from the anxious silence of childhood classrooms to the quiet isolation of nursing homes.
Drawing on decades of research from the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, The Lancet, and the World Health Organization, this episode examines how loneliness rewires the brain, weakens the immune system, and shortens life expectancy. Yet it also illuminates the growing movement to reverse this epidemic—from physicians prescribing connection instead of pills, to cities redesigning their neighborhoods for belonging, to the WHO’s historic 2024 Commission on Social Connection.
With elegance and depth, Dr. Rashid reveals that loneliness is not simply a feeling—it is a measurable force that shapes our biology, our communities, and our collective survival.
Episode SummarySegment by segment, this episode explores:
Consequences Across the Lifespan – How loneliness manifests in childhood, adulthood, and old age, influencing everything from academic success to cardiovascular disease and dementia.
Medical and Clinical Interventions – How clinicians are now treating loneliness as a vital sign, integrating screening tools, cognitive behavioral therapy, and group interventions into primary care.
Social Prescribing – The revolutionary practice emerging from the U.K. that empowers physicians to prescribe community activities instead of medications—gardening clubs, walking groups, choirs, and volunteer programs.
Urban Design and Digital Innovation – How architecture, public spaces, and technology can either deepen disconnection or rebuild the social fabric of modern life.
Policy and Global Leadership – A call to action for nations to follow the U.K. and Japan by creating ministries of loneliness, developing national surveillance systems, and embedding social connection in public health strategy.
The episode closes with a moral and scientific reminder: human beings do not heal in isolation. Loneliness is not inevitable—it is treatable. The cure lies not in pharmacology, but in our shared humanity.
🎧 Listen to “Loneliness: The Silent Public Health Crisis - Part 3” — a deeply human journey through science, society, and the quiet medicine of connection.
Dive beneath the waves into a world where innovation meets sustainability in this episode of Secrets of Survival (S.O.S.). Dr. Susan Rashid explores the groundbreaking realm of underwater farming—a transformative practice reshaping our planet’s approach to food security, environmental sustainability, and global nutrition.
From aquaculture’s role in meeting rising protein demands to the promise of kelp as a climate-change ally, and from submerged greenhouses like Nemo’s Garden to the ancient art of seaweed farming, this episode offers a captivating journey through the blue frontier. Discover how underwater farming blends ancient wisdom with cutting-edge technology, offering solutions to humanity’s most pressing challenges.
Explore the motivations driving this movement, including its potential to combat climate change, empower coastal communities, and provide sustainable, nutrient-rich foods for a growing population. Learn how this innovative approach creates harmony between humanity and nature, fostering a future where both thrive together.
Join Dr. Rashid for an inspiring and thought-provoking journey through the depths of the ocean, where tradition and modernity converge to build a sustainable and hopeful tomorrow.
Listen now to uncover the untold story of underwater farming and its profound impact on our world.
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🎧 Loneliness: The Silent Public Health Crisis - Part 2
Podcast: Secrets of Survival (S.O.S.)
Hosted by Dr. Susan Rashid
Episode Summary:
In this episode ofSecrets of Survival (S.O.S.), Dr. Susan Rashid widens the lens on one of the most pervasive public health crises of our time—loneliness. Moving beyond individual experience, she traces how disconnection unfolds across continents and cultures, revealing loneliness as both a personal condition and a structural reality of modern life.
From Tokyo’s silent rooms of hikikomori to the urban isolation of Seoul and Beijing, from the crowded yet solitary cities of South Asia to Europe’s aging and secular societies, Dr. Rashid examines how globalization, migration, and urbanization have reshaped belonging. Across Africa’s rapidly changing cities, Latin America’s megacities, the war-torn Middle East, digitally saturated North America, and the geographic vastness of Oceania, she explores how culture, economy, and history converge to create a shared epidemic of disconnection.
Drawing on international research and public health data, Dr. Rashid reveals a sobering truth: loneliness is a global determinant of health, as dangerous to the body as it is to the soul. Yet in recognizing its universality, she also points toward collective solutions—rebuilding kinship, redesigning communities, and restoring connection as a cornerstone of survival.
From Tokyo to London, from Delhi to Damascus to Sydney—this episode maps a world united not by proximity, but by longing for belonging.
Coming Next:
Stay tuned for Part 3, where Dr. Rashid explores The Consequences of Loneliness Across the Lifespanand theTreatments and Solutionsnow emerging to address it.
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🎧 Loneliness: The Silent Public Health Crisis - Part 1
Podcast: Secrets of Survival (S.O.S.)
Hosted by Dr. Susan Rashid
Episode Summary:
In this opening episode of Secrets of Survival (S.O.S.), Dr. Susan Rashid examines one of the most urgent and overlooked public health challenges of our time: loneliness. Far more than an emotion, loneliness is now understood as a biological condition that disrupts nearly every system of the human body.
Dr. Rashid explores the science of loneliness—how chronic isolation raises cortisol levels, weakens the immune system, accelerates inflammation, shortens telomeres, and increases the risk of heart disease, dementia, stroke, and early death. Through clear and compassionate narration, she explains why loneliness is not simply sadness, but a full-body stress response that leaves measurable traces in our physiology.
In the second half of Part 1, Dr. Rashid turns to the evolutionary roots of connection, asking why human beings are wired to belong. Drawing from neuroscience, anthropology, and psychology, she traces how early survival depended on cooperation and social bonds, and why separation still registers in the brain as danger. Loneliness, she explains, evolved as a survival alarm—a signal to restore belonging—but in the modern world, that alarm often goes unanswered.
Part 1 of this three-part series sets the scientific and evolutionary foundation for understanding loneliness as a public health epidemic—one that is as lethal as smoking or obesity, and as universal as the need for air, food, and shelter.
Coming Next:
Stay tuned for Part 2, where Dr. Rashid explores The Global Faces of Loneliness—from children to elders across the globe.
The Long Shadow: Traumatic Brain Injury in America’s VeteransSecrets of Survival (S.O.S.)Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often called the signature injury of America’s post-9/11 wars—but its imprint stretches far beyond the battlefield. In this episode of Secrets of Survival, Dr. Susan Rashid examines the enduring consequences of TBI in veterans, weaving together insights from neuroscience, clinical medicine, and public health.
From the blast overpressure of improvised explosive devices to the subtle shearing of axons invisible on routine scans, the episode traces how TBI alters the brain in ways that reverberate for decades. Listeners will hear how chronic pain, psychiatric comorbidities like PTSD, and long-term risks of dementia, epilepsy, and suicide shape the lives of those who served. The discussion expands beyond the clinic to confront social realities, including the heightened risk of homelessness among veterans with TBI—underscoring the injury’s profound impact on both individual and societal health.
Grounded in leading scientific research and policy guidelines, this episode outlines the clinical imperatives: screen with rigor, treat pain and psychiatric illness comprehensively, guard against opioid misuse, and plan for the long horizon of neurological and social outcomes. Just as importantly, it highlights the structural responsibilities—ensuring that veterans have access to housing, rehabilitation, and mental health services as essential components of recovery.
The Long Shadow: Traumatic Brain Injury in America’s Veterans is not simply about injury—it is about responsibility. With science that is precise, medicine that is integrated, and care that honors dignity and resilience, the shadow of TBI of our veterans can be transformed into a pathway of survival and strength.
Episode Summary:
In this transformative episode of Secrets of Survival, Dr. Susan Rashid unpacks the intersection of clinical care and the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) through the lens of the CMS Accountable Health Communities Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) Screening Tool. Amid the pressures of time-limited visits and documentation burdens, this episode argues for a paradigm shift—one where asking the right questions becomes a form of clinical justice.
Segment by segment, Dr. Rashid walks listeners through the five core domains—housing instability, food insecurity, transportation barriers, utility needs, and interpersonal safety—and introduces supplemental domains including financial strain, employment, community support, education, physical activity, substance use, mental health, and disability. With clarity and compassion, she demonstrates how these structured questions serve as clinical windows into hidden vulnerabilities—revealing the context behind medication non-adherence, chronic illness exacerbation, and missed appointments.
The episode emphasizes that screening is not merely data collection—it is clinical witnessing. The ability to ask, listen, and respond with actionable referrals is presented not as a luxury, but as a clinical imperative. Citing national guidelines and landmark evidence from CMS, the National Academies, and leading scholars, Dr. Rashid reframes SDOH as the modern foundation of primary care.
From medical education to healthcare system design, listeners are called to envision a future where healing is not confined to prescriptions, but extended through structurally aware care, community partnerships, and institutional accountability. This episode is both a masterclass in clinical application and a compelling call to action for medical educators, health system leaders, and frontline clinicians.
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🎧 Episode Title: The Blueprint of Wellbeing: Public Health and the Social Determinants of Health – Part I
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🎓 Tone: Scholarly | Informed | Direct | Authoritative
Episode Summary:
What determines health—genes or geography, biology or infrastructure?
In this powerful and data-driven opening to The Blueprint of Wellbeing, Dr. Susan Rashid unpacks the foundational framework of public health and the social determinants of health (SDOH)—those upstream, non-medical forces that shape how long and how well we live.
Drawing from decades of public health research and field data, this episode moves beyond clinical models to examine how income, housing, education, transportation, and community conditions create measurable health outcomes. From under-resourced neighborhoods in New York City to isolated rural counties in Appalachia and long-neglected Indigenous communities across the United States, Dr. Rashid explores the systemic roots of health disparities with clarity, compassion, and scholarly precision.
Listeners will gain an in-depth understanding of the five key domains of the SDOH, learn how inequity is patterned across geography and generations, and be invited to rethink what medicine can truly achieve when it moves beyond the exam room.
This is Part I of a two-part series. Part II will focus on the clinical implications of SDOH—highlighting validated screening tools, best practices in patient-centered care, and what must change in healthcare systems and medical education to close the gap between knowledge and action.
Topics Covered:
The definition and purpose of public health
The five domains of the social determinants of health
Case studies: Urban inequality in NYC, rural isolation in Appalachia, structural neglect in Indigenous communities
Intergenerational impact of systemic disparities
The importance of reframing health through a structural and environmental lens
Quotable Insight:
"Where you live tells us more about how long you’ll live than any genetic test ever could." — Dr. Susan Rashid
Listen now to begin reshaping how we define, teach, and deliver health in the 21st century.
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Episode Title: Whispers in the Bone: The Ancient History of Tuberculosis - Part 1
Narrated by: Dr. Susan Rashid
Podcast Episode Summary:
In this immersive and sweeping episode of Secrets of Survival, Dr. Susan Rashid guides listeners through the haunting and enduring legacy of one of humanity’s oldest afflictions: tuberculosis. Long before microscopes and antibiotics, TB was a sacred mystery—a wasting disease that touched kings and monks, mummies and mystics, shaping the medical, spiritual, and cultural consciousness of civilizations across time.
Whispers in the Bonetravels across continents and centuries - unearthing TB from the hieroglyphic echoes and spectral spinal remains of ancient Egypt, tracing its presence through the Ayurvedic doctrines of India, and listening for its silence in Buddhist monastic codes.
With the precision of a physician and the soul of a storyteller, Dr. Rashid weaves together forensic anthropology, historical medicine, spiritual cosmologies, and the haunting poetics of breath. What emerges is a portrait of tuberculosis not merely as a microbial invader, but as a mirror of human fragility—a shadow that has followed us through time, illuminating our deepest fears, our faith, and our longing to heal.
Join us as we exhume the sacred and scientific archives of ancient civilizations: Egypt, India, Europe, Middle East, the Americas, and Asia—discovering how breath, body, and belief have always been entwined in the ancient art of survival.
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🎙️ The Heart’s Code: Can Memories and Emotions Be Transplanted?
The human heart is more than a vessel of life; it is a symbol of love, resilience, and the unseen forces that shape our very existence. But could it also hold something far more mysterious—memories of a life it once belonged to?
In this thought-provoking episode of Secrets of Survival (S.O.S.), Dr. Susan Rashid delves into the astonishing phenomenon of transplanted memories, where heart transplant recipients report inexplicable personality changes, vivid recollections of places they have never been, and cravings for foods they never liked before. Are these coincidences, or could the heart truly carry the echoes of its past?
Exploring compelling real-life cases—including the young girl whose transplant revealed the identity of a murderer—this episode unpacks the scientific theories behind cellular memory and the profound connection between the heart and the brain. We examine groundbreaking research in neurocardiology, the role of the heart’s own neural network, and the possibility that emotions and memories are encoded within the very cells of our organs.
With each revelation, we are confronted with deeper questions about consciousness, identity, and the ethics of transplantation. If the heart retains traces of its former owner’s life, what does this mean for the concept of self? And how might this knowledge shape the future of medicine and human understanding?
Join Dr. Rashid as she unravels The Heart’s Code—a journey into the unknown, where science, mystery, and the essence of human existence intertwine.
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In this groundbreaking episode of Secrets of Survival (S.O.S.), we travel back to December 3, 1967, to explore the historic moment when Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Discover the inspiring story of Barnard's determination, the challenges of operating in apartheid-era South Africa, and the revolutionary impact this achievement had on modern medicine.
We delve into the life and legacy of Dr. Barnard, the ethical and medical dilemmas surrounding early transplants, and the technological advancements that made this surgery possible. From the donor's tragic story to the recipient's courageous decision, this episode examines the risks, triumphs, and controversies that forever changed the landscape of cardiology.
Join us as we uncover the extraordinary journey of innovation, courage, and perseverance that transformed the impossible into reality and paved the way for countless lives to be saved through heart transplantation.
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Interview about the beginning stages of testing for the novel Coronavirus 2019 with Dr. Jack Michel, Founder of Larkin Health System and Larkin University WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020Originally recorded on March 21, 2020. Remastered and published on November 7, 2023 as part of the Historical Medicine Series
The first podcast interview experience - the birth of Secrets of Survival (S.O.S.) - Where It All Began Interview about the beginning stages of the novel Coronavirus 2019 with Infectious Disease specialist - Dr. Moorjani Discussion about the Ebola virus outbreak in 2014, Tuberculosis and HIV in the prison setting Originally recorded on February 23, 2020. Originally published on February 25, 2020 Remastered and published on October 22, 2023 as part of the Historical Medicine Series
-Historical Medicine Podcast Episode Sneak Peek with Dr. Jack Michel - Founder of Larkin Health System and Larkin University sharing his plan of action and insight about the novel COVID-19 pandemic in South Florida during the year of 2020.
-Sneak Peek to Dr. Moorjani - Infectious Disease specialist from Westchester County discussing about the novel COVID-19 virus outbreak.
Welcome to the Secrets of Survival (S.O.S.) podcast. Secrets Of Survival (S.O.S.) Podcast is a gripping and informative series that takes listeners on a journey into the heart of some of the most pressing medical issues faced in the field of medicine throughout the globe during the modern 21st century.I'm your host, Dr. Susan Rashid. I will be sharing with you a set of podcast episodes from the past as well as podcast episodes from the present with the hope of weaving the threads of history and the present together. The past podcast episodes will take you back in time to the fateful years of 2020 and 2021 exploring the global pandemic and social unrest. The present podcast episodes will be delving into topics shaping our world today. Through personal interviews with our healthcare providers who face challenging moments with unwavering courage, we will gain insight into their bravery and fortitude in the face of uncharted territory.
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COVID 19 Is A Coronavirus That Originated From Wuhan, China And Is Quickly Creating A Global Spread. A Further Glance Is Taken On What This Means For The Vulnerable Population, Such As The Incarcerated Population At High Risk Of Becoming Infected. Global News With China's Prison Population Affected By COVID 19, The Latest On Anti-Viral And Vaccine Research, And Protecting Your Immune System. The original recording and debut of this episode was on February 25, 2020.
0:247 - Dr. Moorjani shares his "war zone" experience in treating patients with COVID 19 in New Rochelle, New York with Dr. Rashid. New York is the Epicenter for COVID 19 in the USA.
1:26 - Dr. Rashid introduces the episode, "A Delicate Balance" that doctors and healthcare providers are facing the controversial issue of treating COVID 19 with Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin without solid clinical evidence through randomized clinical trials.
4:24 - New Governor Andrew Cuomo expresses solemnly the high death rate New York is facing especially those that are more vulnerable to the novel Coronavirus 2019. Dr. Rashid explains the public health crisis that the healthcare system New York is facing due to COVID 19.
5:59 - Dr. Moorjani shares exclusive clinical pearls with his experience in treating COVID 19. In his anecdotal evidence, he shares that early treatment of COVID 19 with Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin was found to be successful. Dr. Moorjani goes into further detail about the physiology and pharmacology of why the combination may work in decreasing the viral load of COVID 19.
10:44 - Dr. Rashid explains the history of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine from World War 2 in treating malaria. Dr. Rashid shares the recent research results from Marseille, France. It was found when both Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin are used together, there is a significant decrease in the COVID 19 viral load.
11:38 - US President Trump praises the the use of Hydroxychloroquine calling it a "tremendous breakthrough".
12:07 - Dr. Rashid explains how doctors are facing "A Delicate Balance" between clear scientific evidence vs. anecdotal evidence.
13:21 - NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci shares the distinction between giving a patient a drug with clear scientific evidence vs. anecdotal evidence and that "These two things are really not incompatible."
14:05 - Dr. Moorjani shares the controversial aspects of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin. He shares his further information about the dosing and time of intervention in treating patients with COVID 19. He shares his thoughts on the French study as well as the studies performed in South Korea and Taiwan. Side effects of the combination are discussed into further detail.
25:08 - Dr. Rashid shares the second study the same group of French experts performed on the combination which also showed promising results.
25:38 - Dr. Rashid shares that "A Delicate Balance" is experienced from the medical and economical level that Americans and the world is currently experiencing with regards to social distancing and currently being in lockdown.
27:11 - Queen Elizabeth II shares her public speech giving hope during these trying times and that "We will meet again."
27:50 - Dr. Rashid concludes the episode and shares contact information for the show.
TWEETABLES"And I've never seen anything like it. I now characterize it as a war zone."
"It's frightening. It's disturbing that amount of loss."
"In honor of the first responders and health care workers, the iconic Empire State Building will glow red heart beat lights during this pandemic."
"Testing has become rapid, the turnaround time is less than 24 hours."
"Once the symptoms start, you have five to six days to intervene."
"They recover fast, they go home, they're afebrile, and they can go back to their normal life after they have tested negative...."
"The study had found a significant reduction of the COVID 19 viral load when a combination of Hydroxychloroquine is used with Azithromycin."
"This could be a tremendous breakthrough, tremendous breakthrough."
"The delicate balance is between giving a promising drug with the hope that it will be effective from anecdotal evidence versus clear scientific evidence from randomized clinical trials that assures drug effectiveness."
"There are those who lean to the point of giving hope and saying give that person the option of having access to that drug. And then you have the other group, which is my job as a scientist, to say my job is to ultimately prove without a doubt that a drug is not only safe, but that it actually works."
"The dosing of Hydroxychlooquine and Zithromax is something that's controversial. What we are doing is a dose of 800 to 1200 mg loading on day 1 of Hydroxychloroquine and then 400 day after that."
"If the QT interval is more than 500 we are either not initiating this or we are stopping the protocol if the patient is on it."
"So if Hydroxychloroquine works and it stops the virus from multiplying, it allows the immune system to gain the upper hand."
"Zithromax we finish the 5 day course."
"I think in our own opinion, right now in the early stages, very good success rates with this intervention protocol that we have."
"And they showed that this combination of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin cleared the PCR much more rapidly than with no treatment or with Hydroxychloroquine alone."
"It does stop the virus from multiplying, it stops the virus from getting into the ACE 2 receptor cell where it attaches to so it prevents that attachment."
"Azithromycin as I said before possibly acts synergistically or additively by down regulating the ACE 2 receptor, which the virus uses to get into the cell."
"Hydroxychloroquine does have cardiac toxicity."
"So a clinical trial to understand the nuances of this intervention is absolutely necessary. And so I applaud Governor Cuomo for launching the trial on a statewide basis for trying to address and answer some of these questions."
"Doctors and scientists rapidly racing around the globe are faced with giving treatment that has promise, but not enough scientific data. It is a delicate balance that they face. And at the same token, we all are facing this."
"In many ways, life and death has always been a delicate balance."
"We will succeed and that success will belong to every one of us."
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Dr. Harish Moorjani is currently at the frontline in New York’s medicalwarzone where the largest number of COVID 19 cases are present. Do they have enough hospital beds and ventilators? Will New York have to ration care?
Hotspots in New Rochelle, New York and drive-thru testing with Infectious Disease specialist Dr. Moorjani who is at the frontline since WHO declared COVID 19 a pandemic. Flattening the curve and why it is critical is discussed as we practice social distancing. Depopulation of inmates in jails and prisons is discussed. We know the science, we know what must be done, but the question is, will it make a difference?