There's an old saying that "if you have your health, then you have everything".

Modern healthcare and society's approach to diseaseare covered in some new podcasts that are worth taking a deep diveinto.

Popculture podcast Endless Threadfinds weekly subject matter by diving into the enormousonline communities which congregate on Reddit. Presenters Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertsonhave released a special five-part series called Infectious, which focuses on recent measles epidemics and the rise of the anti-vaccination movement.

At the centre of this story is the internet and the ways in which misinformation about vaccines and mistrust of medicines has been spread. This is a well-researched documentary series featuring medical experts, public health officials and parents and seeks to untangle fact from fiction.

Ben Brock Johnson, left, and Amory Sivertson, right, host the Endless Thread podcast, which dives into the world of vaccines and anti-vaxxers.

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The Endless Thread podcast delves into Reddit's vast communities to explore some of the most compelling stories the Internet has to offer.

Last Dayalso tackles an epidemic but in this case it is the United States' opioid crisis as seen through the lenses of family members who have lost a relative to an opioid overdose. The first episode charts the last day of life of presenterStephanie Wittels Wachs' brother, Harris Wittels, who died of an overdose at the age of 30 in 2015.

He was a comedian and TV writer who wrote for The Sarah SilvermanShow and Aziz Ansari's Master of None. This series provides a deeply personal look at the disease of addiction and how we as a society treat those suffering from it.

Stem cell treatment has been touted as a miracle option for pain and healing in patients and the latest Wondery podcast examines what happens when patients in Texas get a bad batch of stem cells.

Presented by medical journalist, Laura Biel, who also presented the hugely popular Dr Death podcast, Bad Batch exposes greed and desperation in this highly unregulated multi-million dollar industry.

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