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From NFL Cheerleader to the ER: Vaccines, Informed Consent & FDA | Broken Healthcare Podcast #80
Season 1, Ep. 80
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Tiffany Ryder walked into the studio like she walks through life — calm, confident, and not here for anybody’s nonsense. A former NFL cheerleader turned physician assistant, Tiffany has seen the best and worst of America’s healthcare system, and this episode hits on everything people wish they could ask their doctors but never do.
Tiffany grew up in rural Louisiana with almost no access to care. Later she found herself working with wounded veterans at Walter Reed, studying medicine in Germany, and eventually serving on the front lines of emergency medicine — right through COVID.
In this conversation, we get into:
• why so many patients get bad advice
• the stuff you’re not told about vaccines, Tylenol, metabolic health & chronic disease
• what really happens behind the scenes in emergency rooms
• how she reversed prediabetes and PCOS with lifestyle changes her doctor never mentioned
• why she believes you are the only true advocate for your health
• how politics has hijacked medicine — and the cost of staying silent
• what she learned treating wounded service members
• the culture of “diagnose & prescribe” that keeps people sick
• her transition from NFL cheerleader to PA
• and what she’s working on through her Substack, Signal and Noise
Tiffany keeps it real. She doesn’t sugar-coat and she’s doing something incredibly rare in this space:
She’s using her press access to cover FDA and HHS to actually ask the questions most people are afraid to touch.
This episode is packed with perspective, data, lived experience, and a level of honesty that’s rare in healthcare conversations. If you care about your health, your kids, or the future of medical transparency, this one’s worth every minute.
Subscribe to Signal and Noise on Substack: https://signalandnoise.online/p/welcome-to-signal-and-noise-c79
Connect with Tiffany on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanyryder/
If you want Tiffany to cover a topic, she’s an open book — just send her a message.
Drop a comment with your thoughts, your story, or your biggest takeaway from Tiffany’s journey.
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