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living healthy longer
Season 1 Second Half: Episodes 13-22
Cellular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration
Featuring: Dr. Julie Moreno
Dr. Julie Moreno, an assistant professor in CSU’s Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, examines the mechanisms that prompt neurons and other brain cells to become inflamed, leading to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Here we discuss the processes that happen in the brain throughout neurodegeneration and what Moreno’s lab is doing to test potential therapies to slow down neurodegeneration. We also discuss a new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s, called Aduhelm (Aducanumab), that was approved by the FDA in early June: what it is and why there’s a debate surrounding it.
Season 1: Episode 13
The Importance of Social Connection
Featuring: Dr. Gloria Luong
When we think about healthy aging, we often think of our diets, fitness routines, getting enough sleep — but how often do we think about the energy we put into our social networks? In this episode, Associate Professor Gloria Luong talks to us about the difference between social isolation and loneliness, why being alone isn’t exactly bad for you, and why the quality of your friendships matters more than the quantity. We also talk about how daily routines and stressors change with age.
Season 1: Episode 14
How a Hug Transformed Pandemic Isolation
Featuring: Peggy Budai
Peggy Budai, a nurse practitioner with the Older Adult and Palliative Care programs at UCHealth, tells us how she imagined the idea for a “hug tunnel” to combat social isolation when residents in long-term care facilities were unable to visit with family members during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Season 1: Episode 15
The Benefits of Yoga
Featuring: Dr. Arlene Schmid
Professor Arlene Schmid is a researcher who blends occupational therapy with yoga interventions to help people with chronic disabilities and diseases. In this episode, we discuss the basics of yoga, how to engage in a practice if you’ve never done yoga before, and we discuss Schmid’s research on how yoga affects chronic pain, how it helps caregivers, and a new study that will examine what happens in the brains of people with brain injuries when they take part in a yoga intervention.
Season 1: Episode 16
Arthritis from Dogs to People
Featuring: Dr. Felix Duerr
Felix Duerr, an associate professor of Orthopedic Medicine and Mobility at CSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, is interested in solving musculoskeletal problems to improve quality of life. In this episode, we focus on arthritis and the treatments and therapies that Duerr is researching to benefit both humans and dogs. We discuss why the placebo effect makes it easier to study disorders in dogs and what we can do to prevent, rather than react to, mobility issues.
Season 1: Episode 17
Nutrition Tips for Healthy Aging
Featuring: Shelby Cox
Shelby Cox, RDN, director of the Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center at CSU, joins us to share general nutrition advice for healthy aging. We discuss how nutritional needs change as we get older and what a balanced diet includes for a healthy lifestyle. Cox shares strategies to make healthy eating easier and more convenient, and we cover a hot topic in aging research: using calorie restriction to boost healthspan.
Season 1: Episode 18
Anti-Aging Diets
Featuring: Dr. Devin Wahl
As dietary interventions, caloric restriction and intermittent fasting have been shown in animal studies to extend healthspan and reduce age-related diseases. Devin Wahl, a postdoctoral research associate in CSU’s Healthspan Biology Lab, takes us through what caloric restriction and intermittent fasting are and why scientists believe they’re effective strategies to live longer and healthier.
Season 2: Episode 19
Hospital-at-Home Healthcare
Featuring: Dr. Christine Lum Lung
Dr. Christine Lum Lung, CEO and founder of Origin Healthcare, introduces us to the hospital-at-home model of healthcare, which is bringing high-level, multidisciplinary care to patients in the comfort of their own homes. We discuss how hospital-at-home is different than a typical inpatient hospital stay, and how the current healthcare landscape is pushing providers toward new ways of delivering healthcare.
Season 2: Episode 20
The Colorado Longitudinal Study
Featuring: Meredith Guerrero
The Colorado Longitudinal Study intends to build the world’s most comprehensive collection of biological samples from humans — longitudinally and paired with participants’ medical histories and social determinants of health. Hear from Meredith Guerrero, COO of COLS, on what biobanking is and how COLS hopes to transform aging science and studies of human health.
Season 2: Episode 21
Best Advice for Healthy Aging
Season 1 Finale
Today’s episode revisits every guest from Season 1 of living healthy longer and their best advice for healthy aging.
Season 1: Episode 22
