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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Welcome to Jera Petrie, where amazing things happen. Cover art photo provided by Carolina Heza on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@carolinahdzz
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Join Wendy Petrie as she interviews elite athletes from New Zealand, finding out what makes them tick, how they overcome failures and go on to achieve amazing things on the world stage. We learn from the stories, struggles and successes of these great guests and how we can apply their lessons to our own lives.
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What happens when robots, AI, and big data enter the hospital? Glenn Cohen (a professor and deputy dean at Harvard Law School) is unpacking that question in this exploration of biotechnology, ethics, medical law, and health care policy. Each week, he’ll interrogate a single technology – such as digital pills, AI-powered decision support algorithms, or digital health apps – through the lens of ethical concerns like informed consent, liability, and privacy.
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Brief, and in some cases incomplete, stories of magic from ancient Egypt.
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Host Bonnie Petrie speaks with Cherise Rohr-Allegrini, CEO of the San Antonio AIDS Foundation.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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A new technique for delivering radiation to glioblastoma brain tumors may allow doctors to use much higher doses while preserving healthy brain tissue. UT Health San Antonio's Andrew Brenner, MD, PhD, says this may give patients more time.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization. Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina and TPR's Bonnie Petrie talk about whether Trump's concerns are valid and what the U.S. could lose if it leaves.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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Pelvic health disorders can disrupt women's quality of life. The conditions might be considered common and inevitable, but they should not be ignored.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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A San Antonio sleep disorder and PTSD researcher uses cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce the frequency and intensity of nightmares.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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Plants-2-Plate is a six-month program that helps people adopt a whole food, plant-based diet.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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UT Health San Antonio neuroscientist Yu Shin Kim, PhD, has discovered how stress causes migraines, which could lead to treatments that prevent them.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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Texas vaccine scientist Dr. Peter Hotez spoke with Bonnie Petrie about what it's like to be the target of anti-science activists, his continued commitment to fighting medical misinformation, and his thoughts on the nomination of anti-vaccine crusader Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services.…
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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.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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Science & Medicine: Why are neurodevelopmental disorders common in Duchenne muscular dystrophy?
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Around 30% of boys diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy also experience cognitive dysfunction and neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD. A UT Health San Antonio neuroscientist is doing research he hopes will uncover what is causing these deficits and how they might be treated.
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For the last five years, first responders all over the world have been watching San Antonio.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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Around 20% of teens who have experienced emotional trauma don't respond to talk therapy. UT Health San Antonio is using neuroimaging to track brain changes in traumatized teens during a course of therapy to see if they can figure out why, which could lead to the development of more personalized treatments that will help more teens heal.…
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As climate change-driven weather disasters become more frequent and intense, it's becoming clear that they are leaving a mark on children's mental health. Clinical psychologist Julie Kaplow explores the risks of this type of trauma to a child's long-term mental health and ways to mitigate the damage.…
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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 seizure disorder who don't respond to existing medications.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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CTE can rob a person of their memories and ability to make decisions and plans. It can also cause a person to become a threat to themselves and, sometimes, others. But the disease, caused by repeated head trauma, can't be definitively diagnosed before death. A San Antonio researcher hopes to help change that.…
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UT Health San Antonio oncologist Josephine Taverna envisions a revolution in lung cancer treatment.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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Exercise can improve function and slow disease progression in people with Parkinson's disease, but why? A UT Health San Antonio researcher is studying patients who exercise and play virtual reality games to see if she can figure out the answer.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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Caregivers for members of the military and veterans experience depression at a higher rate than any other group in the nation and that can be lethal.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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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.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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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.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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Cancer care is about to experience a silver tsunami.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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Science & Medicine: UT Health researcher creates mice with fully functioning human immune systems
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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, t…
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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.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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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 sign…
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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 t…
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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.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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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 to more effective treatments for schizophrenia
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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.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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The World Health Organization is again warning the world about mpox, declaring an outbreak in central Africa.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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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 Sci…
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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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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.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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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.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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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.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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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.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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UT Health San Antonio Professor and Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine Dr. Monica Verduzco-Guttierrez, has helped craft a universal definition for long COVID, a cluster of sometimes disabling symptoms that occur after someone has recovered from COVID-19.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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New COVID variants have emerged as dominant strains as summer begins. They're called FLiRT variants because of their unique mutations.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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The Rural Cohort Study is bringing the lab right to the often isolated communities they want to research.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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How do we do that with a virus that can change as rapidly as the flu?توسط Bonnie Petrie
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For months, we’ve been sharing with you all the ways that scientific discoveries at UT Health San Antonio have and will change lives. Now the university has added a team member it hopes will increase that impact.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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“Being ok with what my body is, accepting this is me.” Cameron Leslie's journey to his 4th Paralympics.
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“Being ok with what my body is, accepting this is me.” Para swimming champion & Wheel Black, Cameron Leslie’s journey from Whangārei’s local pools getting some filthy looks, to triumph on the world stage is an inspiration. The quadruple amputee, is heading to his 4th Paralympics or the ‘big dance’ as he calls it. From being soundly beaten and on th…
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People with concussions get checked out pretty thoroughly by their doctors, but for some, there are cognitive changes and deficits that doctors don’t pick up.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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'Most people think carcinomatosis is a death sentence, but there are different treatment modalities that I offer to patients. And that's something that is pretty unique to UT Health San Antonio,' said Dr. Mio Kitano, a surgical oncologist.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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Be Well Texas is revolutionizing how substance use disorder is treated in Texas.توسط Bonnie Petrie
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