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Hosted by Sara Kavanaugh · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 41 episodes
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Welcome to The Positive Gene Podcast, where we help to light the path for those navigating hereditary cancer risks with empowerment and optimism. Hosted by Sara Kavanaugh, a cancer previvor and your guide through the world of genetics and proactive well-being from the patient perspective. Join us as we simplify the complexities, providing insights that empower you to confidently face challenges. Through engaging discussions, we’ll bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and everyday life of a cancer previvor or survivor. Tune in to discover the transformative potential of genetic awareness and join a community that embraces positivity through knowledge. Subscribe now for a dose of empowerment in every episode.
Sara Kavanaugh hosts The Positive Gene Podcast, a health show with 41 episodes published.
Your Voice Matters: How Patient Advocates Shape Healthcare Policy As patient advocates, we have the opportunity to help shape healthcare policy by sharing our lived experiences with the people making decisions that affec
Episode Summary In this episode of The Positive Gene Podcast, Sara Kavanaugh sits down with therapist, BRCA1 previvor, and podcast host Sara Champie for a deeply honest conversation about the emotional realities of hered
As we close out Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, this episode marks the final installment in our series on Lynch syndrome and hereditary cancer risk. If you haven’t yet, I encourage you to go back and listen to the ear
Lynch Syndrome Series This episode is part of a five-part series on living with Lynch syndrome, focused on raising awareness and sharing perspectives from patients, advocates, and organizations working to improve outcome
Lynch Syndrome Series - This episode is part of a five-part series on living with Lynch syndrome, released in recognition of Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day on March 22. Episode Overview In this episode, Sara Kavanaugh spea
Lynch Syndrome Series In recognition of Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day on March 22 each year, The Positive Gene Podcast is featuring a five-part series exploring what it means to live with Lynch syndrome; from diagnosis an
This episode kicks off a five-part series on living with Lynch syndrome, released in recognition of Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day on March 22. When host Sara Kavanaugh was first diagnosed with hereditary cancer mutations,
Episode Summary In this episode of The Positive Gene Podcast, Sara sits down with Aliza Friedlander, a BRCA1-positive previvor and advocate with the Cancer Vaccine Coalition. Aliza shares her unusual path to genetic test
Episode Summary This special, urgent episode of The Positive Gene Podcast steps outside our normal publishing schedule because the stakes could not be higher. Congress is considering the Patent Eligibility Restoration Ac
Episode Summary In today’s conversation, we dig into the part of cancer conversations that rarely makes headlines - hereditary cancer risk, prevention, and the systemic barriers that keep people from getting the care the
Episode Summary In this episode of The Positive Gene Podcast, Maddie Williamson, a genetic counselor and BRCA1 carrier, joins host Sara Kavanaugh to discuss what it means to navigate hereditary cancer risk as a member of
In this moving episode of The Positive Gene Podcast, host Sara Kavanaugh sits down with author Tiffany Graham Charkosky, whose forthcoming memoir Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy shares her deeply personal jo
Earlier this year, musician Peter Cornell — brother of the late Chris Cornell — received a diagnosis no man expects: breast cancer. Testing revealed he carries a CHEK2 mutation, which increases the risk for breast, prost
Episode Overview Season changes can stir up a lot - especially if you’re living with hereditary cancer risk. In this conversation, Lisa Jacobs shares her framework of “graceful grit” - meeting hard moments with both cour
Summary In this episode of The Positive Gene Podcast, host Sara Kavanaugh takes the mic on the road in London with Dr. Stefania Vicari and Dr. Hannah Ditchfield of the University of Sheffield. Together, they explore how
Episode Summary: In this Season 3 premiere of The Positive Gene Podcast, host Sara Kavanaugh sits down with Kristina Coccoluto — a BRCA1 previvor, Abbott World Marathon Majors Six Star Finisher, and passionate advocate —
In this insightful episode of The Positive Gene Podcast, host Sara Kavanaugh sits down with Dr. Brian Shirts, Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology at Vanderbilt University and founder of Connect
Colorectal Cancer Awareness, Genetic Risk, and Breaking Barriers to Screening with Dr. Frederick Gandolfo, Board-Certified Gastroenterologist & Host of The Real GI Doctor Show Episode Overview: In this episode, we’re tac
Let’s take a moment to protect your peace. I know it is difficult to continue showing up with resilience and purpose when facing uncertainty. Advocacy and action require strength, but strength comes from within. Yet we a
In this special in-person episode, Host Sara Kavanaugh visits the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee, to speak with Dr. Tuya Pal, Principal Investigator of the ICARE Initiative. ICARE is a groundbrea
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The Positive Gene Podcast is hosted by Sara Kavanaugh. The show is categorised under health (fitness) and has published 41 episodes.
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