Healthcare Triage Podcast

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From DNA to Diagnosis Oct 02, 2019

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Aaron talks to Dr. Tatiana Foroud about her career and her current work in genetics and genomics. Her work spans from the early days of searching for DNA markers for rare disorders to today's search for genetic causes and potential treatments around Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Foroud's career relates a story about how the technology and techniques have developed over decades, and how these breakthroughs could lead to new treatments. We'll also get into the explosion in home genetic testing, and how this trend has changed public perception of genetic testing and treatments.

The Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine whose mission is to advance health in the state of Indiana and beyond by promoting innovation and excellence in education, research and patient care.

IU School of Medicine is leading Indiana University's first grand challenge, the Precision Health Initiative, with bold goals to cure multiple myeloma, triple negative breast cancer and childhood sarcoma and prevent type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.

Brain Injuries & CTE: Detection, Treatment, and Prevention Jun 19, 2019

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This month Aaron is talking to Dr. Tom McAllister, the Albert Eugene Sterne Professor and Chairman, Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. He specializes in studying brain injuries and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and he'll tell about brain injuries, their treatment, and some of the advances in detecting such injuries.

How New Drugs Are Developed May 03, 2019

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This month we're talking with Dan Skovronsky, President of Lilly Research Laboratories and Chief Scientific Officer for Eli Lilly and Company. He walks us through his career that has taken him from the pharmaceutical startup world to his current position at Eli Lilly. He gives us a peek into the drug discovery and development process specifically focused on Alzheimer's detection and research.

Multiple Myeloma, Bicycles, and Working Toward a Cure Apr 02, 2019

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This month, Aaron is talking to Dr. Rafat Abonour about multiple myleoma. Multiple myeloma is a cancer that forms in white blood cells, and Dr. Abonour tells Aaron about how the disease affects patients, and the cutting edge of research into treatments. And we get a nice story about biking.

Suicide Rates and Insights from Medical Sociology - Healthcare Triage Feb 14, 2019

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Aaron's guest this month is Dr. Bernice Pescosolido, who is a medical sociologist at Indiana University. Dr. Pescosolido studies the environments, neighborhoods, and connections that contribute to patients' identities, and looks how this social fabric works or doesn't work for some people. Particularly, Dr. Pescosolido studies the rising suicide rates in the United States, and tries to track the pathways that have led victims to suicide. She also studies what kind of social factors contribute to how patients come into contact with (or don't manage to engage with) the medical system.

Quit Smoking! Scientific Evidence to Stop Smoking with Dr. Sarah Wiehe Dec 07, 2018

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It may not come as news to you that smoking is very bad for your health. And in the last 50 years, smoking has become a lot less common in the United States. But, in a lot of places, lots of people still smoke. In Indiana, for example, around 20% of adults are smokers.

We're talking to Dr. Sarah Wiehe this month about smoking, the health impacts tobacco can have, and what works to curb smoking.

Of Zebrafish and Diabetes - Healthcare Triage Podcast Nov 01, 2018

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November is National Diabetes Month, and this month Dr. Aaron Carroll, is talking to Dr. Raghu Mirmira. Dr. Mirmira is the Eli Lilly Professor in Pediatric Diabetes and Director of the Diabetes Research Center at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, IN. You'll learn about Type I and Type II diabetes, and the ways people develop the disease.

Breast Cancer, Genomics, and the Future of Treatment Oct 03, 2018

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Dr. Bryan Schneider and Dr. Milan Radovich from the Indiana University Health Precision Genomics Program are talking to Aaron about breast cancer, and some of the cutting edge treatments that are in use, and on the horizon.

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