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Welcome to a special Halloween episode of Health Science Radio. It opened in 1941 as “the last word in Army hospitals,” serving military families from World War II to Vietnam. Today, the Fitzsimons Building houses the administrative offices of CU Anschutz. It’s not uncommon for the community to ask, “Is the Fitzsimons building haunted?” Those who work in the bowels of the 480,000 square foot art…
Doctors Tyra Fainstad and Adrienne Mann had heard stories about physician burnout before launching their careers in 2011. It wasn’t long before the national crisis became personal, however, as the young doctors and new mothers both struggled with work-life balance, self-criticism and other challenges. In 2019, an idea sparked that would offer healthcare professionals a path toward better life…
Pornography has never been easier to access and consume. While experts don’t agree on labeling its problematic use as “addiction,” its use targets the same areas of the brain as substances. And its use can be detrimental to health and well-being. We’re joined by licensed marriage and family therapist Danielle Sukenik, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical…
More than 1 in 10 adults over age 50 experience knee pain caused by osteoarthritis, and about 1 in 25 will go on to have knee replacement surgery. As our population ages, cases of osteoarthritis are expected to climb, meaning even more patients facing the prospect of knee replacement and rehabilitation. This episode of Health Science Radio features Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, PhD, FAPTA,…
Fueled by emotion-driven and easily shared social media, the current waves of online misinformation casting doubt on science have grown in size, frequency and intensity. This episode of Health Science Radio features two guests from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus who are passionate about preventing and reversing the trend: Aimee Bernard , PhD, associate professor of immunology…
As a teenager, Joshua Gowin , PhD, remembers sitting through DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) classes and watching those frying pan-focused public service announcements: “This is your brain on drugs.” Gowin, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is the lead author on a recent study published in JAMA Network Open that explored the effects of both…
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 disease is predicted to jump to the leading cause of cancer death in 20- to 49-year-olds. On this episode, we talk about epidemiological factors behind the rise…
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 Health Science Radio , which features two University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus professors discussing the latest studies on alcohol and health. The two doctors also talk about the…
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, PhD, chief of neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, talks about how space travel, including long-duration spaceflight, affects the eyes and how…
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 the early 1990s has left studies into women’s health largely in “catch-up” mode. Our guest is Judy Regensteiner, PhD, director and co-founder of the Ludeman Family Center for Women’s…