Oct 14 2024 29 mins
On this episode, Fernando Holguin, MD, professor of medicine and
pediatrics in the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine
at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, shares insights into the
health risks posed by increasing levels of air pollution. Dr. Holguin talks
about what happens when people are exposed to fine particulate matter,
how socioeconomic disparities contribute to greater exposure to air
pollution, coexisting conditions that put people at higher risk of being
affected by air pollution, the relationship between the gut microbiome and
lung health, and the ways climate change impacts cardiovascular and
respiratory diseases.