University of California Audio Podcasts (Audio)

Dr. Victoria Seewaldt is a professor and leader at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Young women are exposed to carcinogens during puberty; here we will create awareness, help young women avoid exposure, and create advocacy.

Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34863]

Gertrude Buehring’s research has focused on breast cancer throughout her 46 years as a professor in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Since about 60% of US breast cancers are caused by bovine leukemia virus (BLV), eradicating BLV from cattle could dramatically reduce future breast cancer incidence.

Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34866]

Vincent Bessonneau is a research scientist with expertise in environmental health and metabolomics. He presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Exposome-wide association studies that measure a rich set of molecular information in biospecimens can discover unknown causes of breast cancer.

Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34868]

Barbara Adler Cohn is the research director of Child Health and Development Studies at the Public Health Institute. Her goal is prevention of breast cancer by eliminating environmental causes. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- CBCRP can put to use valuable but overlooked California resources to find and reduce environmental determinants of breast density to prevent breast cancer

Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34869]

Laura Markuly works McConnell Air Force Base, owns Bodyology Sports Performance, LLC and is a breast cancer survivor. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Using Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) as a low cost, broad range, new method to prevent breast cancer and cell mutations.

Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34870]

Andrea Hindman is a postdoctoral fellow at Silent Spring Institute and Northeastern University. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Make knowledge linking breast cancer risk and chemical exposures accessible and measurable, using the rodent mammary gland, to prioritize prevention in safety testing.

Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34871]

Dr. Susan Love has dedicated her professional life to the eradication of breast cancer. Here she describes the amazing human breast and why we need to understand it in order to prevent breast cancer. She talks about the anatomy of the human breast and the milk ducts. Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34873]

UCSF Spine Surgeon Dr. Alekos Theologis describes the causes of back and neck pain and explores the treatment options for degenerative disc disease, kyphosis and scoliosis, and osteoporosis. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34793]

Michele Atlan has been a breast cancer survivor since 2013 and serves as the vice-president of the Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund (BCCRF) in Los Angeles. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Imagine being able to repurpose an inexpensive and abundant natural ingredient to prevent breast cancer, while also enhancing skin health.

Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34864]

Thea Tlsty, PhD, is a molecular pathologist and Professor of Pathology at UCSF. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Just as blood pressure is used to monitor risks of cardiovascular disease, monitoring key facilitators of cancer, chronic inflammation, can be used to monitor risk of breast cancer.

Series: "Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34865]