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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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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.

    Petrie Dish: UTSA developing AI tool to expedite patient care in trauma emergencies

    Petrie Dish: UTSA developing AI tool to expedite patient care in trauma emergencies

    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.

    • 24 min
    Science & Medicine: Studying stressed out rats to understand PTSD in humans

    Science & Medicine: Studying stressed out rats to understand PTSD in humans

    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.

    • 2 min
    Science & Medicine: Developing new medications to manage cancer pain

    Science & Medicine: Developing new medications to manage cancer pain

    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.

    • 2 min
    Science & Medicine: Exercise affects men and women differently

    Science & Medicine: Exercise affects men and women differently

    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.

    • 2 min
    Petrie Dish: Defining long COVID

    Petrie Dish: Defining long COVID

    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.

    • 22 min
    Science & Medicine: Help for women's pelvic health disorders

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

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

    • 2 min

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The Truth about SSRIs

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