If you've caught toxoplasmosis from your cat, you may be more likely to take risks. So why not take the plunge and listen to this podcast? As Halloween approaches, Bill Sullivan, PhD , joins the Healthcare Triage podcast to share his research about genetics and infectious disease, including ways certain infectious agents have spawned monster legends, like vampires, werewolves and zombies. These medical myths offer an opportunity to think about aspects of science people may not always consider, s...
Oct 20, 2021•34 min
In this episode, we learn about how is the Undiagnosed and Rare Disease Clinic (URDC). Erin Conboy, MD, established the URDC with a multidisciplinary team because of her keen interest in the diagnosis of rare genetic disease. Francesco Vetrini, PhD, who joins the conversation, leads clinical genomic services of the URDC. Healthcare Triage podcasts are hosted by Aaron Carroll, MD. The podcast is sponsored by IU School of Medicine and the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI...
Sep 16, 2021•43 min
Alzheimer's disease is the topic of this episode, featuring several experts from Indiana University School of Medicine: Tatiana Foroud, PhD, who leads the National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Liana Apostolova, MD, who leads the Longitudinal Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Study, and Jeff Dage, PhD, who adds his expertise in Alzheimer's disease-related biomarkers. Healthcare Triage podcasts are hosted by Aaron Carroll, MD, health correspondent to the Indi...
Aug 18, 2021•42 min
In this episode, Dr. Natalie Lambert talks with Dr. Aaron Carroll about her research on COVID-19 long haulers, who experience symptoms for weeks or months after their initial diagnosis. They discuss COVID topics that are being overlooked in the media, and why online forums can inform valuable data for health care researchers to consider. This Healthcare Triage podcast episode is co-sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine, whose mission is to advance health in the state of Indiana and ...
Jul 15, 2021•36 min
In this episode, Dr. Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds and Dr. Sylk Sotto talk with Dr. Aaron Carroll about the importance of diversity and equity in research, higher education, and medicine. They share insights about underlying issues they’ve seen and talk about ways to encourage success for underrepresented minorities. This episode of 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 inn...
Apr 15, 2021•52 min
Dr. Aaron Carroll talks with Dr. Rafat Abonour and Dr. Fabiana Perna about multiple myeloma research and ongoing studies, such as the Indiana Myeloma Registry . We’ll also hear about how losing weight may help lower your risk for getting cancer and why immunotherapy could be a promising treatment option for multiple myeloma patients. This episode of the Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine whose mission is to advance health in the state of Indiana and b...
Mar 17, 2021•28 min
Dr. Bryan Schneider and Dr. Milan Radovich return to the podcast to break down the latest developments in personalized genomic medicine, share findings from their triple negative breast cancer research, and talk about their current and upcoming breast cancer studies, including EAZ171 and PERSEVERE. This episode of 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 ex...
Feb 15, 2021•32 min
In this episode, Aaron Carroll talks with Dr. Peter Embi about the All IN for Health program, which promotes health resources and opportunities to participate in research and clinical studies. You can join the All IN volunteer registry by filling out a profile on www.allinforhealth.info . This episode of 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 i...
Dec 02, 2020•24 min
Aaron Carroll talks with Dr. Bruce Lamb and Dr. Alan Palkowitz about Alzheimer's disease. They discuss how they’re combining their different backgrounds and strengths – basic science in university research for Lamb and drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry for Palkowitz – as they work to develop potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. This episode of the Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine whose mission is to advance health in the state o...
Nov 05, 2020•28 min
Dr. Aaron Carroll talks with Dr. Sharon Moe and Dr. Sarah Wiehe, the new co-directors of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI). The Indiana CTSI brings together the state’s brightest minds to solve Indiana’s most pressing health challenges through research, as a statewide partnership among Indiana University, Purdue University, the University of Notre Dame and numerous life sciences businesses, government entities, and community organizations. Sharon and Sarah also dis...
Oct 01, 2020•26 min
Your DNA can influence how drugs work on you as an individual. In the same way some people are tall and some are short, some people metabolize drugs differently. On this episode of the Healthcare Triage podcast, Aaron talks to Dr. Todd Skaar, who leads the IU Precision Health Initiative Pharmacogenomics program. You’ll learn about his research into how genes we inherit from our parents can impact the way we respond to drugs. This episode of the Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana U...
Sep 02, 2020•33 min
In this episode, Aaron Carroll talks with Tatiana Foroud, PhD, and Brooke Patz about the Indiana Biobank. Foroud is the biobank director and Patz is the biobank’s program manager. They discuss what a biobank is and how they are using it to help researchers study different diseases, such as COVID-19. This episode of 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 e...
Jul 30, 2020•28 min
In this episode, Aaron Carroll talks with Dr. Chandy John about his experiences as an infectious disease researcher and pediatrician. Dr. John's research focuses on global health, and he's involved in programs in both Kenya and Uganda. 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 leadi...
Jul 02, 2020•45 min
Aaron Carroll talks with Dr. Jim Wood about his research as a physician scientist at Indiana University School of Medicine and pediatric infectious disease doctor at Riley Hospital for Children. You'll learn more about COVID-19 and some of the immune syndromes we've seen in children who seem to have had COVID-19. We'll also hear about lessons learned so far through the pandemic, as well as what we may be able to expect for the next few weeks, months and even years, as treatments and vaccines for...
Jun 04, 2020•29 min
On this episode of the Healthcare Triage podcast, Aaron is talking to Dr. Anantha Shekhar, founding director of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) and leader of the IU Precision Health Initiative. You’ll learn about the importance of translational research and why personalized medicine is putting researchers on the forefront of future developments in healthcare. The Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine whose mission is to a...
Apr 24, 2020•26 min
Aaron Carroll is answering listener questions about the coronavirus pandemic, social distancing, and how to stay safe. You can ask questions for future Q&As at http://www.healthcaretriage.info . This episode was originally released as a YouTube video on 3/18/2020. Related HCT episodes: Flattening the Curve of Coronavirus: https://youtu.be/S3aT6hlGFw0 Coronavirus Update 3-7-2020: https://youtu.be/aHXNVN7vQbg Other Healthcare Triage Links: 1. Support the channel on Patreon: http://vid.io/xqXr ...
Mar 19, 2020•35 min
On this episode of the Healthcare Triage podcast, Aaron is talking to Dr. Karen Pollok and Dr. Jamie Renbarger about their research into the treatment of osteosarcoma and other pediatric cancers using personalized medicine. You'll learn about the development of cell lines and creation of models that can be used to battle cancers. We'll also hear about the experiences of one patient, Tyler Trent, who wondered about how the tissues he contributed to the research were used, and whose curiosity and ...
Mar 05, 2020•41 min
Aaron Carroll talks to Dr. Sherif Farag of Indiana University about his work harnessing the power of patients' own immune systems to treat blood cancers like multiple myeloma. 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...
Jan 18, 2020•37 min
Aaron Carroll talks to Dr. David Haas about gestational diabetes. You may know that women can develop diabetes during pregnancy, and may know that their blood sugar and insulin return to normal shortly after giving birth. What you may not know is that this condition is associated with a host of negative outcomes. Insulin treatment during pregnancy can impact the growth of the baby in utero. Experiencing gestational diabetes is also associated with a huge increase in risk for developing type II d...
Nov 27, 2019•29 min
We talk a lot about different areas of health research, and how that research may lead to treatments. Today we're talking about research into healthcare itself, and how systems can be improved to deliver better outcomes and better healthcare. Our guest today is Dr. Peter Embi, MD, who is president and CEO of the Regenstrief Institute at the IU School of Medicine. He'll tell us about the Institute's work, and how making positive changes to how care is delivered on an institutional level can chang...
Nov 01, 2019•34 min
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...
Oct 02, 2019•32 min
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. The Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine whose mission is to advance health in the state of Indiana and be...
Jun 19, 2019•38 min
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. The Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine whose mission is to ...
May 03, 2019•42 min
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. 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, r...
Apr 02, 2019•34 min
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...
Feb 14, 2019•36 min
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. The Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine whose mission is t...
Dec 07, 2018•39 min
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. The Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine whose mission is to advance health in the state of Indiana and beyo...
Nov 01, 2018•57 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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. The Susan G. Komen Tissue Bank: komentissuebank.iu.edu/ Participate in Indiana health research at All IN for Health: www.allin4health.info/breastcancer The Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine whose mission is to advance health in th...
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