Meg Dalton

On this episode of Audacious, find out what it was like to win a Nobel Prize, and all the twists and turns after! Featuring Andrea Ghez and Martin Chalfie.

Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is considered one of the most effective and successful tools to protect public health: Screening has been found to significantly reduce the incidence of CRC through the removal of precancerous polyps during colonoscopies and to decrease mortality through early identification and early treatment. Yet uptake of CRC screening remains low across the United States.

In the United States, the incarcerated population is aging. About 15% of incarcerated adults, or approximately 175,000 people, are now 55 years or older.

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol help the brain build emotional memories?

Last year, one of Rebecca DiBiase Blumenreich's patients had a hemorrhagic stroke. A life-threatening emergency, this type of stroke happens when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures and bleeds. For the patient, the course of treatment following the stroke was complicated; Blumenreich was with her every step of the way.

For decades, obesity medications produced only modest weight loss. But in recent years, Ozempic and related GLP-1 therapies have transformed the field, enabling sustained weight loss of 10% to 15% or more.