When a stroke hits one person, the whole family absorbs the impact, and in this episode, for the first time, the whole family tells that story together.

Kathy Cunningham spent her career in healthcare, caring for others with skill and dedication. When stroke entered her life and her household, she was forced to become the patient. Her sons, Sean and Paul Monahan, join her in this episode to share what that transition looked like from the other side.

Most stroke survivors are told to exercise, but almost no one explains how adding oxygen can multiply what that exercise does for your brain.

In this episode, Bill speaks with Brad Pitzele, a recovering engineer who battled significant health challenges before discovering Exercise With Oxygen Therapy (EWOT). After conventional medicine ran out of answers, EWOT became the turning point in his recovery, and he went on to make affordable EWOT systems accessible so others would not have to spend $60,000 on hyperbaric oxygen to chase the same benefit. Together, they unpack the science of oxygenating blood plasma, reopening inflamed capillaries, and re-energising the mitochondria that stroke leaves running on empty.

Plastics found inside carotid artery plaque. A 4.53x higher risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. Here's what the landmark 2024 NEJM study means for your brain and what you can do about it.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

• What the 2024 Marfella et al. NEJM study actually found inside human carotid artery plaque

• Why 58% of surgical patients had detectable polyethylene, PVC, or polystyrene in their arteries

• How microplastics trigger vascular inflammation and what IL-18 and TNF-alpha have to do with it

• Why there is currently no clinical screening for this, and what that means for stroke survivors

• 3 evidence-informed steps you can take today to reduce your exposure