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Health Science Radio

by University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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.

Latest episodes

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The Ghostly Tales of a Former Army Hospital

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 V

Oct 23 2025
7 min

Better Together: A Doctor-Created Antidote to the Burnout Crisis

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 beca

Jun 6 2025
42 min

When Is Pornography a Problem?

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 b

May 27 2025
24 min

Physical Therapist: Research Is Advancing Care, Recovery for Patients Facing Knee Replacement

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,

May 8 2025
36 min

How Do We ‘Trust the Science’ in an Age of Misinformation?

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.

Apr 3 2025
45 min

How Does Cannabis Use Affect Brain Function?

As a teenager, Joshua Gowin, PhD, remembers sitting through DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) classes and watching those frying pan-focused public service announceme

Mar 24 2025
28 min

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 5

Mar 7 2025
34 min

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

Feb 19 2025
39 min

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 und

Jan 24 2025
30 min

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

Jan 9 2025
31 min

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. Ag

Nov 25 2024
38 min

Scientists Say Menopause’s ‘Moment’ Is Long Overdue

On this episode, two leading women’s health researchers provide a wide-ranging discussion on menopause – from basic science concepts and historical perspectives to hormon

Nov 13 2024
24 min

Learning the Past To Make Better Healthcare Providers

On this episode of Health Science Radio, Daniel Goldberg, associate professor and director of education in the Center for Bioethics and Humanities,  breaks down the impor

Oct 22 2024
28 min

As Colorado’s High Ozone and Air Pollution Days Climb, So Do Health Dangers

On this episode, Fernando Holguin, MD, professor of medicine and  pediatrics in the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine  at the University of Colora

Oct 14 2024
29 min

Céline Dion’s Doctor Advances Medicine for Patients of Rare Neurological Disorders

This episode features a discussion about autoimmune neurological diseases,  including the rare stiff person syndrome (SPS) that affects Canadian  superstar Céline Dion. O

Sep 12 2024
25 min

How Should We Be Talking About Grief?

In the wake of a loss, how do we reconcile the Five Stages of Grief with feelings that shift day to day? In this episode of Health Science Radio, licensed professional co

Sep 4 2024
29 min

Better. Stronger. Faster. Scientists Rebuild Cancer-Killing Cells

This episode features a discussion about treating cancer through immunotherapy, including tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL, therapy. Our guest is Eduardo Davila, pro

Aug 6 2024
33 min

The Sci-Fi World of Brain Chip Implants Is Here. What Does it Mean?

This episode of Health Science Radio features a discussion about the fast-growing field of neurotechnology and what it means for patients with paralysis or neurodegenerat

Jun 25 2024
34 min

Fulfilling a Dream: Ophthalmology Researcher Works to Restore People’s Vision

 This episode features a discussion about a groundbreaking effort to restore vision in patients with age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. Our guest is Valeria Canto-

Apr 22 2024
28 min

Painful Joints That Heal Themselves? It Could Happen – Sooner Than You Think

This episode features a discussion about osteoarthritis, a painful degenerative disease that affects 32.5 million Americans. With no existing effective regenerative thera

Apr 19 2024
27 min

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