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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: Go to the dentist

Petrie Dish ·

2025/05/25

When people think about things they can do to stay healthy, they don’t think about their teeth nearly enough.

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10:50

CDC alerts U.S. doctors and travelers to Mexico:...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/05/24

Mosquito season has begun in earnest, and until November, there is an increased risk for mosquito-borne illnesses, including dengue fever. CDC has urged U.S. doctors to watch for dengue, particularly in people who've traveled to countries where the virus is endemic. But several states, including Texas, have reported locally acquired cases of dengue over the last fifteen years.

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2:10

Science & Medicine: The Center for Brain Health could...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/05/18

A newly constructed center for studying and treating diseases of the brain will open in San Antonio at the end of the year. The Center for Brain Health could revolutionize how we understand disorders like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS.

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46:15

Psychedelics and the Texas Trip Part 3: The Road Ahead

Petrie Dish ·

2025/05/12

In the final installment of this three-part series, Bonnie Petrie and reporter Robin Berghaus go from an isolated stretch of desert along the Rio Grande, where wild peyote grows, to the exuberant rooms at SXSW, where they consider the future of psychedelics-as-medicine, and back to the hallowed halls of the Texas Legislature, where the future of the so-called Ibogaine Bill is uncertain.

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2:10

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

Petrie Dish ·

2025/05/11

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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2:10

Science & Medicine: Fighting antibiotic-resistant...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/05/04

A San Antonio collaborative is developing treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections using viruses known as phages. The effort is urgent as infections that don't respond to antibiotics are projected to kill 39 million people by 2050.

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7:54

Disease registries, 'individual tragedies,' and more...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/04/30

Petrie Dish host Bonnie Petrie has a wide-ranging conversation with the executive director of the Autism Society of Texas as Robert Kennedy's HHS focuses on the rise in autism diagnoses.

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Science & Medicine: Improving knee replacement outcomes

Petrie Dish ·

2025/04/27

Blood flow restriction ahead of surgery could be key.

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Science & Medicine: Studying eating disorders in...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/04/20

A San Antonio researcher hopes to dispel myths about who is at risk for eating disorders while studying the interaction between binge eating disorder and food insecurity in older Hispanic women.

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8:17

Why did the CDC shelve a warning about measles and...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/04/15

The Centers for Disease Control recently buried a warning about the potential for more measles outbreaks and the need for people to get vaccinated, according to a new report from ProPublica.

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2:10

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

Petrie Dish ·

2025/04/13

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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2:10

Science & Medicine: Pursuing precision medicine for...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/04/06

A cutting-edge technology and an exciting recent hire hint at exciting developments in the future of precision medicine in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

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2:10

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

Petrie Dish ·

2025/03/30

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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2:10

Science & Medicine: Star cells may be the key to...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/03/23

A medication that appears to preserve brain function after a stroke will soon go into human trials. The San Antonio researcher who discovered the medication's potential more than two decades ago is still leading the team.

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33:10

Psychedelics and the Texas Trip Part 2: The Science...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/03/13

Patients have been leaving the United States to try psychedelic therapies to treat their depression, PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, and substance use disorders. With so many patients finding relief, why do psychedelic therapies mostly remain illegal in the U.S., and how do psychedelics actually work?

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2:10

Science & Medicine: A potential game-changer in the...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/03/09

Oral squamous cell carcinoma kills about half of the people who get it, and there have been no new treatments developed for half a century. A UT Health San Antonio dentist has developed a novel drug that may offer these patients a better chance at survival.

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6:46

Petrie Dish: Q&A on mumps & rubella

Petrie Dish ·

2025/03/04

Host Bonnie Petrie talks with Dr. Jason Bowling about the other two diseases in the MMR vaccine, mumps and rubella.

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2:10

Science & Medicine: Help for women's pelvic health...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/03/02

Pelvic health disorders can disrupt women's quality of life. The conditions might be considered common and inevitable, but they should not be ignored.

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32:50

Psychedelics and the Texas Trip Part 1: Unlikely Allies

Petrie Dish ·

2025/03/01

Host Bonnie Petrie and reporter Robin Berghaus explore the potential of psychedelic medication as a treatment for mental health diagnoses like depression and PTSD, particularly for use in the veteran population.

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2:10

Science & Medicine: Sabotaging the molecular engines...

Petrie Dish ·

2025/02/23

A San Antonio researcher is working on a drug that could treat Ewing sarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma without lifelong side effects. It would be the first new treatment option for these childhood cancers in 30 years.

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