{"id":7165,"date":"2017-11-29T10:50:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T15:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/?p=7165"},"modified":"2017-11-29T10:50:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T15:50:51","slug":"podcast-how-space-travel-affects-human-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/2017\/11\/29\/podcast-how-space-travel-affects-human-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: How space travel affects human health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/zwn6s-7dc205?from=site&amp;vjs=1&amp;skin=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;auto=0&amp;download=0\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever wondered what it would be like to leave Earth?<\/p>\n<p>Floating around the International Space Station and exploring new worlds may sound exciting, but space travel also poses a unique set of pretty intense health effects. Changes in gravitational force and radiation can cause physical harm to the body, while being in a small, isolated environment can take a toll on mental wellbeing. And that\u2019s just the start of it!<\/p>\n<p>Since the inception of our national and international space programs, researchers have been studying the myriad effects of spaceflight on health in hopes of developing better countermeasures as we venture farther into space.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of our podcast, we talked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/aerospace\/allie-anderson\">Dr. Allie Anderson<\/a> at the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Anderson describes \u201cpuffy face bird leg\u201d syndrome (yes, that\u2019s a thing) among other health impacts of space travel and what hot topics are keeping folks in space medicine busy.<\/p>\n<p>Want more? 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