About this episode

Dr. Tina Kaczor and Dr. Leah Sherman discuss new diagnostic tools, concerns over microplastics, and the link between ultra-processed foods and early colorectal cancer, along with innovative inventions by teenagers.

Dr. Tina Kaczor and Dr. Leah Sherman discuss new diagnostic tools that can tell benign tumors from cancer in the pancreas, highlight the growing concerns over microplastics, and explore the link between ultra-processed foods and early colorectal cancer. They also highlight some amazing inventions by teenagers, like a melanoma-detection app and a skin-cancer-reducing soap. Last, they cover the benefits of hypnosis before breast cancer surgery and the health impact of commonly used chemicals in...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Tina Kaczor, Dr. Leah Sherman

Topics covered

• diagnostic tools
• microplastics
• ultra-processed foods
• colorectal cancer
• teen inventions
• hypnosis
• breast cancer

Keywords

• diagnostic tools
• benign tumors
• cancer
• microplastics
• ultra-processed foods
• colorectal cancer
• melanoma
• hypnosis
• breast cancer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: melanoma-detection app, skin-cancer-reducing soap

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