# Under the Skin: Stress, Inflammation, and the Mortality Gap - Frankly Speaking Ep 482 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/frankly-speaking-about-family-medicine-434006/under-the-skin-stress-inflammation-and-the-mortality-gap-frankly-speaking-ep-482 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/frankly-speaking-about-family-medicine-434006/under-the-skin-stress-inflammation-and-the-mortality-gap-frankly-speaking-ep-482.md Podcast: [Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/frankly-speaking-about-family-medicine-434006) Published: 2026-04-27T05:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://primedfranklyspeaking.podbean.com/e/under-the-skin-stress-inflammation-and-the-mortality-gap-frankly-speaking-ep-482/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9tmiuu7vtxehem8f/frankly-speaking-482-racial-disparities.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/frankly-speaking-about-family-medicine-434006/episodes/under-the-skin-stress-inflammation-and-the-mortality-gap-frankly-speaking-ep-482 Duration seconds: 820 ## Resource Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-482 Overview: In this episode, we discuss how stress—specifically cumulative stress—exposure throughout a lifetime can contribute to negative health concerns and outcomes. While stress impacts everyone, its effects highlight racial disparities in mortality between Black and White adults. Listen in as we discuss evidence on how structural factors shape health outcomes and how we can address stress-related disease burdens in clinical practice. Guest: Mariyan L. Montaque, DNP, FNP-BC Music Credit: Matthew Bugos Thoughts? Suggestions? Email us at FranklySpeaking@pri-med.com The views expressed in this podcast are those of Dr. Domino and his guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of Pri-Med. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/frankly-speaking-about-family-medicine-434006/episodes/under-the-skin-stress-inflammation-and-the-mortality-gap-frankly-speaking-ep-482/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/frankly-speaking-about-family-medicine-434006/under-the-skin-stress-inflammation-and-the-mortality-gap-frankly-speaking-ep-482.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.