Rochesterian talks house journey, a future past Earth, and weightlessness

12:00: Rochesterian talks house journey, a future past Earth, and weightlessness

1:00: Understanding breast most cancers: threat, screening, and proposed laws

“We all know we need to take care of this earth, but we also need to be prepared to reach beyond it.” That’s what Rochester-based entrepreneur Aaron Newman stated to reporters after returning to strong floor, following his Blue Origin flight final week. Newman grew to become the 717th human to move the Karman Line. He says his journey was about greater than unique house tourism, and he needs this expertise open to everybody. We talk about tips on how to do it with our visitor:

• Aaron Newman, Blue Origin astronaut and founding father of Exploring Our Deep World

Then in our second hour, each October, the colour pink will be seen on merchandise and web sites with the acknowledged purpose of elevating consciousness for breast most cancers. Some advocates argue that this “pinkwashing,” because it’s referred to as, has commercialized the illness and put screening on the backburner. This hour, an area radiologist shares every part that you must find out about screening tips: who ought to get mammograms, when, and what insurance coverage will cowl. We additionally discover two totally different items of proposed laws — one that would cut back boundaries to screening, and a second that would assist folks with metastatic breast most cancers entry advantages. Our visitors:

• Avice O’Connell, M.D., FACR, FSBI, radiologist with Rochester Regional Health
• Christina Thompson, government director of the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester
• Erin Bowman Park, survivor advocate

“Connections with Evan Dawson” is livestreamed every day on the WXXI News YouTube channel. Watch here.