X-Health.show - meet the future of healthcare
The X-Health.show brings to you brilliant minds behind programming living cells, tech that detects pre-term delivery in seconds, brain-computer interface or apps that employ AI to match you, your disease with the best treatment.
For the eXtra Health of the future.
You’ll meet visionaries from Switzerland who push the boundaries of healthcare.
Engineers who teamed up with doctors, scientists turned CEOs, doctors programming AI-powered apps, researchers who abandoned university labs to improve your health.
You’ll hear stories of promising startups founders and successful serial entrepreneurs.
Patients who imagine a better way.
You’ll
learn about new disease treatments
understand how AI-driven health tech can improve your life
grasp the way founders innovate
or even, get inspired to jumpstart innovation at your company.
Luckily, the X-Health.show is based in Switzerland, the most innovative country in the world according to World Intellectual Property Organization. For the 12th consecutive year. No wonder when the abundance of funds for innovation meets the ability to commercialize the discoveries.
With notable research institutions situated nearby top pharmaceutical companies, there’s more to expect. More medical innovations, break-through femtech, life changing biotech, developments in digital health, genetic engineering, and wearables, such as smart ring, blood pressure measurement on your wrist or ECG in your pyjama.
Follow the show to meet these amazing innovators.
Episodes
82 episodes
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.
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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...
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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 microRN...
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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 reminde...
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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 ca...
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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 episod...
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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 sm...
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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 nanomedicine
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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 about
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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 c...
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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 th...
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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 ...
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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 un...
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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 ...
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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, w...
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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 hou...
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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....
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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 ...
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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 treatme...
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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.Y...
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No More Dosage Mistakes with Solid Drugs: Thierry Jomini, AbbatiaLabs
Think: an insulin pen but for solid drugs. Like, you are sure how much you administer EACH time.Like, you do not split the tablet in 3 worrying if this is 1/3 or closer to 1/4. And if that matters.One study showed t...
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Faster Psychotherapy with Digital Phenotyping: Joy Bordini, Go Healthy
How long are you willing to stay in psychotherapy?Or do you want to just get better?This is what Joy wanted.To get better – faster.As a bioinformatician, she worked with big data setsand could not accept that in her ...
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App for People with Diabetes to Do Sports Safely: Dr. Sam Scott, Enhance-d
Managing diabetes is complex enough, adding sports on top of it seems too much for many. But what if you had an app that would help?You’ll hear aboutthe physiology of exercising with type 1 and type 2 diabeteswhat ca...
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Getting Rid of Injections for Diabetes and Other Drugs? Dr. David Klein Cerrejon, OBaris
If you are a person with diabetes, you already know that some drugs cannot be administered other than via injections. Today’s guest works on a solution for these medications to be taken from the inside of the cheek.You’ll hear:<...
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Detecting Brown Fat for Better Diabetes, Obesity and Cancer Treatment: Dr. Andrej Babic, Adiposs
The small amount of brown fat can make you slim. Too much may kill you. We just don't know who has it and how much. But this may change with this test.You’ll hear aboutbrown fat but also white fat a...
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