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Sleep, Sex, and Senility

Sleep, Sex, and Senility

By: Dr Campbell Dr Carson
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What if the key to your heart health, your brain, your hormones, and your sleep was hiding in your mouth?


That's the question at the heart of this podcast and the answer might surprise you.


Sleep, Sex & Senility brings together two unlikely allies: Dr. Ellie Campbell, a board-certified family physician with over 30 years of experience and a decade of zero heart attacks or strokes in patients who follow her program, and Dr. Kathleen Carson, a dentist and educator whose entire career has been devoted to the intersection of oral health, airway, and whole-body wellness.


Together, they're on a mission to expose what conventional medicine has been missing: the profound connection between the health of your mouth and the health of everything else. We're talking heart disease, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's, sleep apnea, chronic fatigue, cognitive decline, and yes, even your sex life.


This isn't a dentistry podcast. It's not a medical podcast. It's the conversation that happens when an DO and a DDS pull up a chair, drop the jargon, and start connecting dots that most clinicians never connect.


Each episode dives into a topic that's reshaping how forward-thinking doctors and dentists think about health from sleep apnea and airway development, to the microbiome in your mouth, to the inflammation silently driving disease throughout your body. You'll walk away with practical insights, a few things that'll make you rethink your last checkup, and maybe a question or two for your doctor that they've never been asked before.


If you've ever felt like something was being missed by your doctors, your dentists, or the healthcare system at large, you're probably right. And this podcast is a good place to start finding out what it is.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1 | Your Mouth & Your Health: The Connection No One Is Talking About

    Ep. 1 | Your Mouth & Your Health: The Connection No One Is Talking About
    Apr 21 2026

    Welcome to Sleep, Sex & Senility — the podcast where a physician and a dentist team up to explore the powerful (and often overlooked) connection between oral health and whole-body health.


    In this debut episode, Dr. Ellie Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Carson introduce themselves and the mission behind the show. Dr. Campbell shares how eliminating poor oral health from her patients' lives led to zero heart attacks or strokes in her clinic over a decade. Dr. Carson shares the story of her daughter's failure-to-thrive diagnosis — and how it launched her career in airway-centered dentistry.


    From there, they dig into sleep-disordered breathing: why so many cases go undiagnosed, the real reasons patients avoid sleep testing, and the many ways to treat sleep apnea that have nothing to do with a CPAP machine. They cover nasal breathing, myofunctional therapy, oral appliances, sublingual immunotherapy, and the hidden role your airway structure plays in your overall health — starting from infancy.


    If you've ever been told your snoring is "not a big deal," or if you've struggled with fatigue, brain fog, or high blood pressure without a clear answer, this episode is your starting point.



    Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/7jEdsGPvmxg

    Disclaimer

    Sleep, Sex & Senility is produced for informational and educational purposes only. The content shared by Dr. Ellie Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Carson is not intended to constitute medical or dental advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Listening to this podcast does not create a physician-patient or dentist-patient relationship. Always seek the guidance of your physician, dentist, or other qualified healthcare professional with any questions you may have regarding a medical or dental condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you heard on this podcast. The views expressed are those of the hosts and do not represent any institution or organization.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    26 mins
  • Trailer | What Happens in Your Mouth Doesn't Stay There

    Trailer | What Happens in Your Mouth Doesn't Stay There
    Apr 18 2026

    What happens in your mouth doesn't stay there. Sleep, Sex & Senility is the podcast where integrative physician Dr. Ellie Campbell and airway-focused dentist Dr. Kathleen Carson explore the powerful connection between oral health, sleep, inflammation, and chronic disease. If your health has ever felt like it's being treated in pieces, this show is for you.


    Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vCOMmkThB9c

    Disclaimer

    Sleep, Sex & Senility is produced for informational and educational purposes only. The content shared by Dr. Ellie Campbell and Dr. Kathleen Carson is not intended to constitute medical or dental advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Listening to this podcast does not create a physician-patient or dentist-patient relationship. Always seek the guidance of your physician, dentist, or other qualified healthcare professional with any questions you may have regarding a medical or dental condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you heard on this podcast. The views expressed are those of the hosts and do not represent any institution or organization.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 min
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