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X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare

Alex Jani: interviewing visionaries of healthcare innovation

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9 months ago

Currently: patients with breast cancer are adjusted to fit a table for radiotherapy.Soon: the table will be fitted to them.A personalized shell, 3D-printed for one specific patient, will be used for all radiation sessions.Less pain.More comfort.Shorter radiation sessions.In this episode, you will hear aboutthe benefits of radiotherapy in breast cancerradiotherapy for breast cancer side effectsand how clinical practice and a personal story motivate the founders EVERY DAYMy guest, Giovanna Dipa...

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Currently: patients with breast cancer are adjusted to fit a table for radiotherapy.Soon: the table will be fitted to them.A personalized shell, 3D-printed for one specific patient, will be used for all radiation sessions.Less pain.More comfort.Shorter radiation sessions.In this episode, you will hear aboutthe benefits of radiotherapy in breast cancerradiotherapy for breast cancer side effectsand how clinical practice and a personal story motivate the founders EVERY DAYMy guest, Giovanna Dipa...

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X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare

Breast Shell for Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer: Giovanna Dipasquale, HeroSupport

Currently: patients with breast cancer are adjusted to fit a table for radiotherapy.Soon: the table will be fitted to them.A personalized shell, 3D-printed for one specific patient, will be used for all radiation sessions.Less pain.More comfort.Shorter radiation sessions.In this episode, you will hear aboutthe benefits of radiotherapy in breast cancerradiotherapy for breast cancer side effectsand how clinical practice and a personal story motivate the founders EVERY DAYMy guest, Giovanna Dipa...

11 months ago

52 minutes

X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare

Exoskeleton for Walking After Spinal Cord Injury: Dr. Tristan Vouga, TWIICE

People with spinal cord injury will be able to stand up and walk againwith this exoskeletonafter some trainingIn this episode, you will hearwhy TWIICE followed a strict rule of not allowing able-bodied people to test the exoskeletonhow they accelerated the development of the exoskeletonhow people after spinal cord injuries can move using itand moreMy guest, Dr. Tristan Vouga is a co-founder and CEO of TWIICE. He’s a robotic design engineer with a Ph.D. in wearable robotics from EPFL. TWI...

11 months ago

54 minutes

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Developing a Blood Test for Breast Cancer: Dr. Ivana Domljanovic, Xemperia

The goal is to have a breast cancer test at a point of care, say—at your family doctor’s office.And regularly.In this episode, you will hear aboutDNA origami and DNA as a building materialthe role of microRNAsand how a love for basketball led to becoming a DNA scientistMy guest, Dr. Ivana Domljanovic, is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Fribourg and a scientist at Xemperia. She was awarded the Swiss Nanotechnology PhD Award for the invention of novel patented DNA origami biosens...

11 months ago

39 minutes

X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare

Free Medication Reminders App: Dr. Redona Hafizi, TOM Medications

No email, no name, not even a login is required when signing up. You just start using the app so you don’t forget to take your meds.Wait, what?In this episode, you’ll hear about:a free medication reminders appwhy people don’t adhere to therapieshow patients control what they share and even earn moneyand how pharmaceutical and insurance companies can listen better to patients and support them with real-world data in cardiovascular, alimentary tract, metabolic diseases such as diabetes, ne...

11 months ago

54 minutes

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New Antioxidant Supplement for Brain Longevity: Prof. Roland Martin, Noubrain

It is absolutely fascinating what impact such a simple, naturally occurring compound can have.An antioxidant that is 20-30 times more potent than vitamins C and E.And has the potential to protect brain longevity, including in cases of Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s disease, after stroke, depression, spinal cord injury.In this episode you’ll hear abouthow the brain ages and when this process beginswhat are free radicalshow hydroxytyrosol, a natural neuroprotectant, worksp...

12 months ago

54 minutes

X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare

Off-the-Shelf “Human” Tissue for Reconstructing Urethra Narrowing: Dr. Eva-Maria Balet, Regenosca

It is not human tissue, i.e., it doesn’t come from a humanbut it is recognized by the body and well-tolerated.In effect, patients undergoing urethral stricture reconstruction have better recovery and less pain.In this episode, you will hear aboutregenerative medicineurethral stricture symptomsa scaffold that attracts the patients’ own cells surrounding the removed tissue and stimulates regenerationhow it dissolves itself, when the job is doneMy guest, Dr. Eva-Maria Balet, is a co-founder and ...

1 year ago

47 minutes

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Turn Your Traditional Watch into a Health Tracker – Smart Strap for Longevity: Olga Nijpels-Tishurova, Watchibia

How does your health tracker fit into your style?Well, my guest today wasn’t happy with how her plastic-looking health tracker did not match her Rolex. But longevity was important to her. Connecting the dots, she started developing a smart strap. To her Rolex. Or Omega, Gucci, Patek Philippe – any traditional watch you fancy.In this episode, you will hear abouta health tracker that matches your stylehigh-end vulcanized rubber used for this smart strapwhat you can track with a smart strap heal...

1 year ago

40 minutes

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Isolating Extracellular Vesicles and the Future of Nanomedicine: Dr. Adva Krivitsky, Acytronix

Will we, in the future, be detecting diseases using extracellular vesicles?Will these diagnostics replace MRI or CT?In this episode, you’ll hear aboutthe personalized medicine of the futurewhat is nanomedicinehow to isolate pure extracellular vesicleswhat are extracellular vesicles and how they compare to stem cell treatmentsMy guest today, Dr. Adva Krivitsky, is a co-founder and the CEO of Acytronix. She’s both a biologist and a chemist by training and completed her PhD in nanomedicine:...

1 year ago

40 minutes

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How to Break a Phone Addiction with This Screen Time App: Ondrej Zak, Zario

Take a wild guess: how many years will you get back when you limit your screen time?Yes, I said: YEARS.Spoiler: more than you think. But my guest gives an exact number.Because in this episode, you’ll hear abouta phone addiction – or “problematic phone use” if you preferhow to tell if you’re addicted to your phonehow to break a phone addictionand how a screen time app can helpMy guest, Ondrej Zak is the CEO of Zario. He’s got a solid background in advising on digital transformation, new busine...

1 year ago

48 minutes

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Science-Backed Weight Loss With No Yo-Yo Effect: Dr. Julia Vogel Wenzin, LEALY

80% of people who lost weight, kept that weight off after two years.But quite a few did not even start.Those who did, did not follow any particular diet.People are too individual to follow one diet.They did not count calories.People hate counting calories.They love healthspan.They love longevity.What science-backed solutions work?In this episode you will hear about4 simple rules you will want to follow to lose weightwhy most people would NOT follow on themhow one of the co-founders lost 40 ki...

1 year ago

46 minutes

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What Is Cultivated Meat and How Do You Grow Meat From Cells: Dr. Nicole Kleger, sallea

Cultured meat or cultivated meat, made from cells, is not science-fiction any more.It is pure science.Though I could not help but thinking about Nancy Kress science-fiction book Beggars and Choosers when preparing to this episode. She writes about a world in 2106 where the society is split into a ruling class of Donkeys, who have access to real food, and Livers, who rely on government-provided cheap synthetic and soy-based food. It's just, the current reality of cell-grown meat already looks ...

1 year ago

43 minutes

X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare

Genetic Testing for Athletes, Health, Longevity: Thomas Roos, AISTS

If you've ever given up on something because you thought you didn’t have the predisposition, you should listen to this episode.From sports genomics to genetic-based training.Can genes predict sports performance? And injuries in athletes?What is the contribution of genes to sports performance? We're speaking percentages.Can some athletes be too gifted?Can you predict a child’s talent by analyzing their genes?We’ll also be speaking about multiomics: genomics, genetics, proteomics, metabolo...

1 year ago

1 hour 16 minutes

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Better Recovery After Ventricular Assist Devices Implantation at End-Stage Heart Failure: Dr. Andreas Kourouklis, COSKIN

By helping pumping blood, Ventricular Assist Devices during end-stage heart failure can prolong life. They can be implanted instead of a heart transplant or while waiting for a heart transplant. They may, however, come with some unwanted side effects, such as infections of a wound that doesn’t heal. The reason is that a cable connecting the Ventricular Assist Device to its power source must pass through the skin on the abdomen and remain there.This wound, a small hole in the abdomen, whe...

1 year ago

56 minutes

X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare

Boosting Sports Performance with Pupil Control: Dr. Marc Bächinger, myflow

This might be a tool that sports psychologists have dreamed of:a way to measure athletes’ mental training efficacyfor boosting sports performance.You know, like when a runner runs slower today than the day beforetheir coach has the data to compare.If that same runner puts less effort into their mental training,their sports psychologist would not know.This is what my guest is working on,giving mental coaches a VR headset and metrics to rely onto help athletes find flow and improve sports perfo...

1 year ago

49 minutes

X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare

Repairing Spinal Cord for a Wheelchair Free Future: Prof. Giuseppe Perale, Regenera

We are speaking about the world where wheelchairs will not be needed after a spinal cord injury.There are 250 000-500 000 spinal cord injuries globally each year.“A bunch of crazy guys,” in the words of my guest, him included, wants the spinal cord to self-regenerate.He is sure that in the future, we won’t be even speaking about regenerating the spinal cord after an accidentbut about healing.In this episode, you will hearhow much time it takes from a spinal cord injury event, an accident, to ...

1 year ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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Psychedelics to Treat Addiction: Dr. Dario Dornbierer, Reconnect Labs

How do you design a psychedelic trip that is predictable and effective?That frees people from cocaine addictionWithout the common current side effects of psychedelicsJust imagine being free from an addiction in a few hoursThis is what researchers and my guest today are trying to accomplishYou’ll hearhow did psychedelic studies continue in Switzerland while banned elsewherethe differences between various psychedelicswhat is ayahuasca and its DMT ingredienthow do magic mushrooms and psilocybin ...

1 year ago

1 hour 3 minutes

X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare

Longevity, Reversing and Slowing Down Aging: Sophie Chabloz, Avea

There are people who believe that stopping aging will be possible.For now,we can already speak aboutslowing down agingor evenreversing aging – as Bryan Johnson set off to accomplish waving his "Don't Die" slogan.In this episode, you’ll hear aboutis collagen good for you?vegan collagen precursorat what age the production of some coenzymes slows down – meaning how early your body begins to age – you will be surprised how early!NMNcoenzyme Q10, resveratrol, probiotics, melatoninas...

1 year ago

57 minutes

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Supporting Surgeons in Fetal Surgeries: Dr. Yannick Devaud, KOVE medical

Fetal surgeons save the life of a fetus with a birth defect– or improve the outcomes after birth –operating while still in utero.In a woman’s womb.Unsolvable so far – a hole in an amniotic sac after the surgerywhich causes preterm births.But here is where bioengineers have stepped into support the surgeons.In this episode, you’ll hear about fetal abnormalities that can be addressed by surgeries before a child is bornspina bifidatwin-to-twin transfusion syndromecongenital diaphragmatic he...

1 year ago

48 minutes

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New Treatment for Oral Mucositis in Cancer: Dr. Pierre Morgon, Ibex Therapeutics

The pain in your mouth is so bad that you cannot even drink, let alone eat.What is horrifying is that 50-80% of cancer patients undergoing chemo or radiotherapy can experience it – oral mucositis.And there is no approved treatment.This is what you’ll hear in this episodehow a cute-looking willowherb grown in the Swiss Alps is making its way from traditional medicine to prescription medicine – to treat oral mucositis, especially in cancer patientsand in the long term, more broadly – fungal inf...

1 year ago

50 minutes

X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare

Goal – Deliver Cancer Drugs Faster: Dr. Marie-Agnès Doucey, Calico Biosystems

Do you know what is the % of cancer drug candidates that fail in human trials?Guess, and I bet you underestimated it.This is what we speak at the beginning of this episode and what my guest wants to change dramatically.You will also hear about:the % of patients that actually benefit from approved cancer drug therapies (spoiler: so so low)cancer monotherapies vs. cancer combination therapieshow to reproduce the human cancer ecosystem from a tumorprecision oncologymultiomics analysisand how to ...

1 year ago

55 minutes