Category: 5. Health

How can greener anesthesia help both patients and the environment? This is what a recent study published in The Lancer Planetary Health hopes to address as a team of researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) Medical School investigated a multitude of…

The third episode of The Deep End finds Jon in the operating room as he gets electrodes implanted in his brain. You’ll hear how Jon and other volunteers feel in the hours, days and weeks after their surgery, including an itch to go to the library, an urge to walk around the block and…

Immunotherapy is the form of treatment that redirects the immune system toward a pathogen or disease. In many cases, immunotherapy is referred to treating cancer. As tumors progress, they secrete proteins and molecules that suppresses the immune system and…

Roughly 28 million individuals in the United States are diagnosed with asthma. Despite the disease’s prevalence being higher in children, the overall prevalence is steady. While many individuals are affected by this condition, there is a limited…

This is episode 2 of The Deep End. Listen to more episodes here.

Depression can affect not just the mind, but the body, too. Inner experiences of mental struggles are private. But in this episode, Jon Nelson and another volunteer, Amanda, let listeners in. Woven into their stories…