Episodes

  • Does the cruise ship hantavirus pose a threat to the United States?

    Does the cruise ship hantavirus pose a threat to the United States?
    May 14 2026
    The southwest has lived with hantavirus for decades, but always the kind you catch from a rodent, never from another person. Now, a human-transmissible strain has potentially reached U.S. soil. Bonnie Petrie and infectious diseases expert Dr. Maximo Brito break down what that means.
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    12 mins
  • Science & Medicine: For veterans with traumatic brain injuries, AI offers a new weapon against post-traumatic headaches

    Science & Medicine: For veterans with traumatic brain injuries, AI offers a new weapon against post-traumatic headaches
    May 10 2026
    Hundreds of thousands of veterans live with traumatic brain injuries that can trigger chronic headaches, often made worse by PTSD. A researcher at UT Health San Antonio is using AI to help predict and prevent the pain before it starts.
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    2 mins
  • When schizophrenia is a treatable autoimmune disease

    When schizophrenia is a treatable autoimmune disease
    May 5 2026
    For 26 years, April Burrell was lost to a psychosis that defeated every treatment. Then a doctor asked a different question: what if her immune system was the problem? Dr. Anthony Zoghbi worked on the team that discovered Burrell's immune system was attacking her brain. Now he's searching for a blood test that could identify millions of others who may have been misdiagnosed and could be treated.
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    27 mins
  • Science & Medicine: Using technology to improve health equity

    Science & Medicine: Using technology to improve health equity
    May 3 2026
    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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    2 mins
  • Science & Medicine: Weight loss surgery without the scalpel

    Science & Medicine: Weight loss surgery without the scalpel
    Apr 26 2026
    Obesity rates in South Texas exceed the national average, but many patients hesitate to pursue bariatric surgery due to the risks involved. UT Health San Antonio now offers endoscopic alternatives that achieve comparable weight loss results with no incisions, shorter recovery times, and lower risk.
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    2 mins
  • Science & Medicine: San Antonio scientist discovers how stress triggers migraines

    Science & Medicine: San Antonio scientist discovers how stress triggers migraines
    Apr 19 2026
    UT Health San Antonio neuroscientist Yu Shin Kim, PhD, has discovered how stress causes migraines, which could lead to treatments that prevent them.
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    2 mins
  • Petrie Dish: New national guidelines target often-missed TBI cases

    Petrie Dish: New national guidelines target often-missed TBI cases
    Apr 18 2026
    You don’t have to be a football player or a bull rider to have a traumatic brain injury. You don’t even have to hit your head. More than half go undetected. New national guidelines aim to help primary care doctors catch them sooner.
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    29 mins
  • Science & Medicine: Pain researchers have their eyes on ending chronic pain

    Science & Medicine: Pain researchers have their eyes on ending chronic pain
    Apr 12 2026
    A UT Health San Antonio researcher is working to map the nerves involved in jaw pain as part of a federally funded consortium aimed at developing the first targeted, non-opioid treatment for chronic pain, research he hopes will give millions of suffering Americans their lives back and ultimately reverse or even prevent pain in the first place.
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    2 mins