Health Science Radio
What is quantum computing and how will it improve healthcare? What are the latest innovations in cell and gene therapy? How are human eating habits affected by our evolution? Health Science Radio is a podcast that answers these questions and more, exploring tomorrow’s medicine today. We talk with University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus researchers who are devoted to solving the most persistent challenges in health science.
Podcasting since 2019 • 48 episodes
Health Science Radio
Latest Episodes
Why Are Colorectal Cancer Patients Getting Younger?
Colorectal cancer has been upending the lives of younger people at disturbing rates in recent years, becoming the second most common type of cancer in people under age 50 in the U.S. today. By 2030, deaths are expected to double, and the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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34:35
What Are the Impacts of Alcohol on Health?
With mounting evidence about the dangers of alcohol to our health, just what is the impact of alcohol on cancer risk? On cardiovascular risk? On overall mortality? Those questions are answered on this episode of
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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39:52
How Does Space Travel Affect the Eyes?
How the human body reacts to the transition to deep-space travel – and then adapts, or doesn’t, to lengthy periods in a microgravity environment – remains a largely understudied area. Our guest, Prem Subramanian, MD, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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30:42
Research Center Takes Lead in Bringing Women Under the Microscope
The fact that men and women are not the same is no longer completely overlooked in the medical world. Diseases, such as heart attacks, can present differently. Yet, an absence of research that includes women prior to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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31:04
Bird Flu Outbreak ‘Very Concerning’ as Influenza Season Ramps Up
Influenza season is ramping up, SARS-CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) continue to evolve, and the bird flu outbreak is gaining steam in the United States. Against this ever-changing landscape of infectious disease,&...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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