E576 - 576 - Exploring Healthcare in Space: How Extreme Environments Shape Healthcare Innovation

In this episode of Talking HealthTech, Peter Birch sits down with Dr Vienna Tran, Professor Gordon Cable, and Dr Lisa Brown to explore the fascinating intersection of healthcare and space.

The discussion focuses on space medicine and how clinicians care for astronauts living in microgravity, exposed to radiation, and operating far from Earth’s hospitals.

Learn about the unique challenges of human physiology in space, from fluid shifts and bone loss to immune changes and heightened cancer risks.

The panel also examines how technologies developed for astronauts, including wearable health monitors, AI-driven diagnostics, te...