Episodios

  • The Pandemic’s Effect on Our Mental Well-Being
    Apr 29 2021

    In today’s podcast, we examine mental well-being during COVID-19, how society is coping, and the long-term ramifications of the pandemic. Full year of the pandemic and the rolling lockdowns was hard on all of us. And it brought the subject of mental wellness to center stage. The pandemic led to isolation. For others, it was joblessness and more.

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    16 m
  • Digital Therapeutics: How Gaming is Becoming Prescriptive Therapy
    Mar 29 2021

    Digital technology companies are looking to solve some of the world’s largest healthcare issues such as diabetes, congestive heart failure, obesity and Alzheimer’s. In this episode we speak with experts on the front line of blending technology with healthcare and social change.

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    25 m
  • How AI is Revolutionizing Drug Discovery and Development
    Feb 24 2021

    This episode explores how artificial intelligence and machine learning allow biopharmaceutical companies to quickly and cost-effectively bring new products to market.  This exciting new technology unlocks the door for discovering therapies in rare diseases and other unmet medical conditions that were once too costly and time consuming to develop.

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    19 m
  • Chronic COVID-19: The Effects of Long-Hauler Syndrome
    Feb 3 2021

    The RP HealthCast is back! In our season two premiere, we speak with a scientist, researcher, and medical journalist about the devastating effects experienced by “long-haulers” — a growing group of people who still suffer from COVID-19 symptoms months after being infected.

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    18 m
  • Introducing Season 2: Science, innovation, and life. One story at a time.
    Jan 28 2021

    The RP HealthCast returns in 2021 with a fresh format, featuring captivating stories from innovators, journalists, medical professionals, and more!

    In each episode our host, Jeffrey Freedman, goes beyond the headlines to explore different perspectives and discuss varying viewpoints on the latest advancements in technology and health.

    Please stay tuned for our first episode premiering next week.

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    1 m
  • Racing for a COVID Cure: Is the Finish Line in Sight?
    Dec 23 2020

    In this week’s episode, we speak with Zachary Brennan of Politico about the newly approved coronavirus vaccines, their distribution plans, and how these advances are poised to change the course of the pandemic.

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    19 m
  • The Impact of Misinformation Surrounding COVID-19
    Dec 16 2020

    In this week’s episode, we speak with Dr. Cathy Faye, the Executive Director of the Cummings Center for the History of Psychology at the University of Akron, about how dangerous unsubstantiated rumors and misinformation can be to society — especially in the context of a global pandemic.

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    21 m
  • The Pandemic Through the Eyes of Nurses
    Dec 9 2020

    In this week's episode, we speak with medical journalist, Charlotte Huff, about the mental and physical hardships that nurses are facing as the coronavirus pandemic appears to be entering its deadliest phase. 

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    23 m