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Petrie Dish

Why does a new study on depression have people asking their doctors about their SSRI medications? Will sequencing the human genome soon be affordable for almost everyone? On Petrie Dish, join host and veteran reporter Bonnie Petrie for deep dives into a wide range of bioscience and medicine stories.

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Science & Medicine: Using technology to improve...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/11/03

Remote technology can bring health interventions to patients who may struggle to get themselves to care because of where they live or how much money they have. Tae Joon Moon, Ph.D., has found that transdermal alcohol monitors are a remote tech that might help treat people with alcohol use disorder.

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36:45

Petrie Dish: Climate change — a crime against children

Petrie Dish ·

2024/11/01

Pediatrician Debra Hendrickson says climate change is the greatest crime ever committed against children. She's written a book detailing the impact of climate change on children's health and offers a call-to-action for parents and other adults to do something before it really is too late.

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Science & Medicine: Cancer's silver tsunami

Petrie Dish ·

2024/10/27

Cancer care is about to experience a silver tsunami.

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Science & Medicine: UT Health researcher creates mice...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/10/20

THX mice can be used to study anything that requires a vigorous human immune response, from cancer medications to vaccines and organ transplantation. The mice were created at UT Health San Antonio using human stem cells, but what makes them unique is they also received a dose of estrogen. This is the critical point, according to Dr. Paolo Casali, that leads to the development of a robust human immune system in THX mice.

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Science & Medicine: Developing new medications to...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/10/13

Shivani Ruparel, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Endodontics at UT Health San Antonio, and her team are working on potential analgesics to help mitigate cancer pain.

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Science & Medicine: Studying the chemical...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/10/06

The chemical cross-communication between the guts and other organs that occurs when a person metabolizes nutrients begins before we open our mouths, when we see or smell food. The answer to why some people develop obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders, and why some people respond so well to medicines like Ozempic, might lie in those signals. UT Health San Antonio endocrinologist Dr. Marzieh Salehi is studying that communication in patients with spinal cord injury.

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28:49

Petrie Dish: When COVID targets the heart, danger can...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/10/04

For at least a year after being infected with the COVID virus, people may be at increased risk of developing a new heart-related problem. Those problems can range from blood clots to arrythmias to a sudden, catastrophic heart attack. In this episode of Petrie Dish, Bonnie Petrie talks with a Harvard cardiologist about why this can happen, and how to protect your heart.

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Science & Medicine: The link between sleep apnea and...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/09/22

New research from UT Health San Antonio finds a link between obstructive sleep apnea and persistent pain, suggesting that the intermittant lack of oxygen caused by apnea decreases a person's ability to recover from painful stimuli.

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29:22

Petrie Dish: Using artificial intelligence to solve...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/09/16

Millions of Americans are suffering from undiagnosed illnesses. Many are told their symptoms are imagined. Could artificial intelligence change the game, figuring out how to diagnose rare and difficult to diagnose diseases, leading to better understanding of their causes and better treatments? One San Antonio researcher thinks so.

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Science & Medicine: Relaxing excited neurons may lead...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/09/08

A new medication to treat schizophrenia has been developed by scientists who discovered that a neuron that inhibits the activity of other cells may be in short supply in those with the disorder.

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22:32

Petrie Dish: Another mpox emergency

Petrie Dish ·

2024/08/30

The World Health Organization is again warning the world about mpox, declaring an outbreak in central Africa.

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Science & Medicine: LAUNCHing kids into literacy

Petrie Dish ·

2024/08/25

UT Health San Antonio Speech-Language Pathology program graduate students are helping local kids at risk for developing a language disorder through a program called LAUNCH. Angela Kennedy, SLP-D, CCC-SLP, is the director of clinical education and an assistant professor for the Speech-Language Pathology program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

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Science & Medicine: An app for detecting dementia...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/08/18

A digital tool that uses artificial intelligence to analyze speech patterns could help doctors detect dementia in patients when other signs and symptoms are not perceptible.

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Science & Medicine: A hopeful time for people with...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/08/11

Up to two percent of Texans have epilepsy. Dr. Charles Szabo at UT Health San Antonio has developed an epilepsy surgery program and is leading groundbreaking research and clinical trials that offer hope to those with the siezure disorder who don't respond to existing medications.

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Science & Medicine: Beneficial effects of a keto diet...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/08/04

People who eat a strict keto diet are at risk for an accumulation of aged cells in their organs, but taking intermittent breaks from the diet can prevent these detrimental effects.

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Science & Medicine: Anti-aging drug shows promise in...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/07/28

Adam Salmon, PhD, studies aging in marmosets. He and his team recently concluded that an immunosuppressant called rapamycin extends the lifespan of marmosets. This has significant implications for the study of aging in humans.

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24:57

Petrie Dish: UTSA developing AI tool to expedite...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/07/26

At the scene of an emergency, a flurry of decisions must be made. A new AI tool called the iRemedyAct could expedite processes of care during health emergencies.

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Science & Medicine: Studying stressed out rats to...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/07/21

David Morilak, PhD, a professor of pharmacology and director of the Center for Biomedical Neuroscience at UT Health San Antonio, studies rats in an effort to understand the characteristics of stressful events that can lead to PTSD in humans.

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Science & Medicine: Developing new medications to...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/07/14

Shivani Ruparel, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Endodontics at UT Health San Antonio, and her team are working on potential analgesics to help mitigate cancer pain.

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2:10

Science & Medicine: Exercise affects men and women...

Petrie Dish ·

2024/07/07

Physical exercise impacts every type of tissue in the body and affects males and females differently. Data gathered at UT Health San Antonio. It’s part of a nationwide, multi-site study on exercise and the human body.

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