Best Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Podcasts (2025)

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Hip Arthroscopy: Small Incisions, Big Impact 13:06

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Send us a text For some people, their bones might grow too much and not fit together perfectly, including the bones around the hip joint, leading to pain. That’s when patients usually learn about hip arthroscopy. Matthew Kraeutler, M.D., is back, this time to talk to us about hip arthroscopy—What is it? Who is a candidate? What is recovery like? Dr…

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Meds after afib ablation, fish oil, therapy for stents 12:16

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Program notes: 0:50 Fish oil supplements and hemodialysis 1:50 1200 individuals to fish oil or not 2:50 Needs another study 3:11 PCSK9 inhibitor in people without MI or stroke 4:13 3- or 4-point MACE 5:11 Getting LDL down helps 6:11 Addition of more than one oral agent 6:50 Right therapy for afib and a stent 7:50 Noninferiority trial 8:50 After 12 …

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Medicine on the Frontier: Why Rural Health Care Is Essential 22:58

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Send us a text There are challenges to practicing medicine and receiving medical treatment in rural areas, but there are benefits as well. According to National Rural Health Day, rural America is a great place for mission-minded health professionals to provide individualized care. According to this episode's guest, rural patients will approach thei…

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Oral med for obesity, stem cells after heart failure, blood markers and MS, and predicting atherosclerosis 13:00

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Program notes: 0:37 An oral med for obesity 1:37 Five to 10% stopped medication 2:35 Need head-to-head trials with injectable 3:00 Stem cell infusion after MI and heart failure 4:01 Reduced heart failure in recipients 5:01 Twice as many in the control arm 6:01 Moving past BMI in predicting atherosclerosis 7:01 Especially in overweight but not obese…

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The Other Side of Cancer Recovery: Mental Health Tools for Cancer Patients and Families 24:03

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Send us a text A cancer diagnosis often affects patients' mental health leading to anxiety, depression and social isolation. In this episode, guest Gabriela Lelakowska, Ph.D., assistant professor and psychologist in the department of psychiatry in the TTUHSC School of Medicine, emphasizes the importance of open communication, maintaining routines a…

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AI and diabetes, knee OA exercises, Mediterranean diet, IBS, and steps for health 13:09

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Program notes: 0:45 Steps, more and longer? 1:45 8,000 steps or less 2:45 Nothing on intensity 3:30 Mediterranean diet for IBS 4:30 Reduction in IBS symptom severity scale 5:30 Easy to accommodate with high compliance 6:30 Exercise for knee osteoarthritis 7:30 All types of exercise examined 8:30 Initiated exercise to try to address 9:00 AI interven…

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Villains Reimagined: What Modern Medicine Says About Monsters 27:54

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Send us a text What is your favorite fictional villain or monster? Do they have a medical condition that led them on the path of evil? How medically accurate is that? Perhaps that character wouldn’t have a been a bad guy were it not for neglect or other people’s hubris? Our experts for this episode are Ron Cook, D.O., Chief Health Officer for Texas…

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Nicotine, Heart Surgery, Maternal PFAS exposure and Blood Pressure 12:51

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Program notes: 0:40 Nicotine reduction for various subgroups 1:40 Native American and Alaskan populations benefit most 2:42 Black, rural populations 10 million lives saved 3:40 19-39 million life years saved 4:00 Food insecurity and blood pressure 5:00 Food vouchers most successful 6:00 May be more involved and motivated 6:35 PFAS and infant brain …

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Keeping Your Lungs Strong and Healthy 21:46

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Send us a text Respiratory illness season is practically here. What can you do to protect your lung health right now? Tushi Singh, M.D., and Ricardo Franco, M.D., both pulmonologists with Texas Tech Physicians, are back for another episode, this one on lung cancer and what we can do to keep our lungs healthy, especially during this time of the year…

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Social media and adolescents, gene therapy for ADA deficiency, SLE treatment, AI in health care 12:31

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Program notes: 0:40 New drug for SLE 1:41 Monitored for a year 2:43 Only one pathway limited 3:00 AI and health care 4:00 How to assure compliance? 5:00 Policy changes needed 6:01 Pessimistic about oversight 6:50 Genetic treatment for ADA deficiency 7:50 Using a viral vector 8:50 A curative treatment 9:30 Social media and cognitive performance in a…

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Knee Health Matters: Preservation Before Replacement 11:52

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Send us a text Our introduction reminds our listeners that they are getting evidence-based advice and here's an example of how our experts are doing just that. Texas Tech Physicians Orthopedic Surgeon Matthew Kraeutler, M.D., wants to preserve our knee joints and delay or avoid the need for a total knee replacement. He describes the three primary f…

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Obesity medicines, aldosterone and CVD, inhalers, and antibiotic importation 12:40

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Program notes: 0:40 Aldosterone as a risk factor for heart disease 1:40 Spectrum of renin-aldosterone levels 2:40 As many as 25-30% may have 3:11 All pharmacologic interventions for obesity tx 4:14 All effective compared with placebo 5:12 Meta-analysis 6:13 Very little data in overweight or massively obese 6:35 Where do U.S. antibiotics come from? …

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How Public Health Protects Us During Disasters 23:44

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RSV, Cancer Risk, Pulmonary Hypertension, Bronchiectasis 13:08

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Program notes: 1:21 Bronchiectasis treatment 2:22 Twenty sites in UK 3:20 Medical imaging and cancer risk in kids 4:20 3000 hematologic cancers 5:20 Consider other types of imaging 6:23 Head CT increases risk by 35% 7:24 Treating pulmonary arterial hypertension 8:24 Improved mortality in another trial 9:25 Antibody prevention of RSV in healthy infa…

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Let's Get Real About Sexual Health 34:00

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Send us a text Our health and well-being can affect our sexual health. Illness and disease affect men and women when it comes to physical relationships. Oftentimes, those issues take a toll on our mental health. Don't suffer in silence. Talk to a medical professional. Our guest experts for this episode are two advance practice nurse practitioners f…

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Dementia, Type 1 Diabetes, and Private Equity 12:47

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Program notes: 0:40 Private equity takeover of hospitals 1:40 Reduced salaries or staffing 2:40 Patients likely to cost system 3:30 Use of anti thymocyte globulin to slow down T1D in youth 4:30 Diagnosed within 9 weeks prior 5:30 Serum sickness in 82% of highest dose group 6:30 Incidence increasing by 2% per year over 20 years 7:00 Aspirin in CRC 8…

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Not Us Versus Them: Building a Culture of Care in Mental Health Design | Stephen Parker 30:44

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Join architect and mental & behavioral health planner Stephen Parker as we explore trauma-informed design, crisis center planning, and policy that supports mental health across generations. Stephen offers insights on peer support integration, reimbursement strategies, and the cultural influences shaping responsive spaces. Whether you're a planner, …

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Childhood Cancer: A Family's Journey 19:20

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Send us a text In part two of this special series, we take our listeners on the journey of childhood cancer, from diagnosis to survivorship. This is the story of Emmie Rangel, a four-year-old who was diagnosed with cancer. Because she and her family live in a rural area, they had to travel for hours in order to receive a diagnosis and then for trea…

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From Open Heart to Open Doors: Building the Next Era of Texas Healthcare | Jessica Gutierrez-Rodriguez 41:51

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Two-step into the heart of Texas with Jessica Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Senior Executive Director of Clinical Facilities at University of Texas Health San Antonio, as she shares how her journey as a mother to a child with congenital heart disease shapes her bold vision for healthcare spaces. In this episode of Designing Care On-Air, Jessica opens up abo…

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Breast cancer, stalking and CVD, dementia, and lipoprotein(a) 13:31

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Program notes: 0:45 Intimate partner violence and CVD 1:45 12% reported stalking 2:46 Screening in primary care 3:47 Fifty to 200% increased risk 4:00 Number of psychiatric disorders and dementia risk 5:00 Important to be aware when mental health disorders exist 6:03 Anxiety and depression associated 6:33 Lipoprotein(a) and widespread vascular dise…

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Hope in Every Step: Raising Awareness for Childhood Cancer 12:31

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Send us a text September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer is one of the leading causes of disease-related deaths in children. Thanks to advances in treatment, early detection and specialized pediatric oncology, survival rates for many childhood cancers have improved. This is part one of a two-episode series on childhood cancer. Mohamad A…

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LSD and Anxiety, Cardiac Rehab, CT and Pregnancy, and Resistant Hypertension 13:16

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Program notes: 0:45 LSD and treatment of generalized anxiety disorders 1:45 Change in anxiety score to 12 weeks post administration 2:45 100 micrograms appear most efficacious 3:45 Require inpatient 12 hours 4:44 Cardiac rehab in older patients after MI 5:44 Frail individuals can improve outcome 6:45 Oftentimes think it won't make a difference 7:10…

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Your Student Health Clinic: A Hidden Gem on Campus 7:37

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Send us a text By now, college students have had time to settle into their new routines. That's why now is the time for them to get to know their student health center. Our guest for this episode is Erika Radford, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians family medicine doctor and assistant medical director at Student Health Services. She talks to us about the …

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Post-MI Care, NSTEMI Revascularization, Afib Anticoagulation, and RSV Outcomes 13:16

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Program notes: 0:53 Who needs a beta blocker after MI 1:53 Those with mild reduction of ejection fraction 2:53 Confined to those with 40-50% ejection fraction 3:15 Revascularization in NSTEMI 4:20 Composite outcome 5:20 Closes gap, do FFR 6:20 May not be physiologically significant 6:40 Is lifelong anticoagulation needed after ablation 7:41 Occurre…

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New Season Coming Soon 1:28

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Send us a text Preview of the new season.By Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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Brain networks, AI, ADHD and medication affordability 13:30

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Program notes: 0:44 Drug prices around the world 1:41 German prices as standard 2:40 Wide variation in price and affordability 3:40 Generic pricing 4:20 ADHD meds and behavior choices 5:20 Largely treated with methylphenidate 6:20 Significantly impacted suicidality and other behaviors 6:49 AI assistance and colonoscopy skills 7:49 When you stop AI …

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The Art of the Move: Staff-Centric Strategies for Healthcare Construction 37:23

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Christina Olivarria and Jhiah Chang unpack the high-pressure work of orchestrating over 100 projects in just 18 months on a busy academic medical center campus. They’ll reveal the pitfalls that nearly derailed progress, how staff-centric strategies turned resistance into collaboration, and the creative space modifications (yes, even furniture hacks…

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Staph Treatment, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cancer Care 12:11

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Program Notes: 0:44 Spuds are what we call potatoes 1:47 Followed for over 5million person years 2:45 No mechanism for why french fries are problematic 3:25 DASH4D diet for glycemic control 4:25 4 diets compared 5:25 Extends benefits outside hypertension 6:20 A new antibiotic for staph infections 7:20 IV therapy until cultures are negative 8:20 Cos…

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Health care after dementia diagnosis, alteplase after stroke, obesity and IVF, and ultraprocessed foods 11:42

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Program notes: 0:40 Alteplase after stroke 1:40 Expand time window 2:40 Imaging crucial in use 3:20 Use of health care and mortality in those with dementia 4:20 Women used much less healthcare 5:20 Focus on prevention in women 5:50 IVF outcomes and weight loss 6:50 Did not appear to increase success with IVF 7:45 Ultraprocessed foods versus minimal…

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Covid Variants, Antithrombotics, Contraception, and CRC Screening 13:24

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Program notes: 0:40 Screening young adults for CRC 1:40 Four different screening options 2:41 Awareness issue 3:40 "Yuck" factor associated 4:34 Persistent Covid infections and variants 5:35 Who ends up with variants? 6:35 Did not render more infectious 7:35 Humans as mixing vessels 7:50 How do men and women respond to antithrombotics 8:50 15% redu…

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Flu in kids, obesity risk score, cognition lifestyle intervention, and HPV, immune dysfunction and carcinoma 12:08

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Program notes: 0:44 Flu consequences for young children 1:44 Fulminant course 2:44 16 kids of total unvaccinated 3:10 HPV, T-cell receptor signaling and SCC 4:10 Unresectable disease 5:10 Thought virus facilitated 6:10 Target in recurrent or metastatic disease 6:26 Nonpharmacologic intervention in older adults to improve cognition 7:26 More intensi…

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Your Pelvic Floor, Your Health: What Every Woman Should Know 15:30

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Send us a text A few weeks ago we covered pelvic floor dysfunction in men. So for this episode, we’re focusing on pelvic floor dysfunction in women. Our expert is physical therapist Ashlee Crawford, DPT, Texas Tech Physicians Physical Therapy Specialty Clinic in Amarillo. She answers our questions about causes, symptoms —treatments and how to go ab…

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Characterizing Cancers, Human Phenotype project, and CBT by telehealth 11:58

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Program notes: 0:40 Human Phenotype project 1:43 Metabolomics 2:42 25 year follow up 3:43 Two control groups 4:00 CBT via telehealth or online 5:00 2000 people with chronic pain 6:00 Completion rate for videos lower 6:50 RNA analysis in cancer molecular diagnostics 7:50 4.8% failure rate 8:50 CNS or blood cancers primarily 9:25 Middle age exposure …

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Your Summer Safety Checklist for Kids 57:34

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Send us a text Children need constant supervision, but what can parents or caregivers do when trouble finds the kiddos? Spencer Pruitt, M.D., Texas Tech Physicians pediatrician, answers our questions about potentially emergency situations such as animal bites or stings, drownings, handling a wild animal or being bitten by one. Dr. Pruitt also answe…

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Reanimating Hearts, Suicide Among Older Adults, Opiate Use Disorder, and Breast Cancer 12:43

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Program notes: 0:44 Reanimating hearts for transplant 1:44 Allow heart to sit for two to four minutes 2:34 Outcomes in DCIS without surgery 3:34 Free of breast cancer six months after diagnosis 4:34 Numbers who went on to develop invasive disease low 5:34 May change how we approach DCIS 6:09 Suicidality around the world in older adults 7:09 Guns, p…

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Guys, Let's Talk About Your Pelvic Floor 21:20

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Send us a text If you’re in a certain age range, your feeds or timelines might include ads about pelvic floor dysfunction. Some people might think it's a problem just for women, but our guests for this episode did a wonderful job of educating us about how pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) affects men. A previous guest who spoke to us about testosteron…

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Kids’ Health, Life Expectancy and Heart Risk Calculators 13:17

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Program notes: 0:40 AHA risk calculator in various ethnicities 1:40 Works well in all of them 2:40 Women and ethnicities 3:00 Hepatitis C screening in EDs 4:01 Many ethnicities represented 5:01 Identified as having the virus 6:01 Once they tested only 24% were referred 7:01 It was free testing 7:40 Failing US children 8:41 78% more likely to die in…

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Clinical Trials Explained: Bridging Discovery and Treatment Through Research 16:30

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Send us a text Clinical trials are the future of medicine, to borrow a phrase. Every medication on the market right now was at one point in time subject to a clinical trial. Our guest for this episode, Jennifer Kesey, Ph.D., associate managing director for the Clinical Research Institute at TTUHSC, explains to us what a clinical trial is, the diffe…

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Aphasia After Stroke, Chemotherapy Drugs, and New Hypertension Medicine 12:49

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Program notes: 0:40 A novel way to help aphasia after a stroke 1:40 C7 nerve ligation 2:42 Somatosensory function versus speech processing 3:36 Substandard anticancer medications 4:40 Tested many using HPLC 5:40 Alarming that one in six is impacted 6:40 Paying out of pocket 7:38 New type of medicine for treatment resistant hypertension 8:38 Need to…

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Oral GLP-1 agonist, Satiety Pathways, and Stem Cell tx for T1D 12:57

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Program notes: 0:40 Stem cells for type 1 diabetes 1:40 None had hypoglycemia afterwards 2:40 Autologous stem cells? 3:20 Oral GLP-1 agonist 4:20 Primary endpoint HbA1c reduction 5:20 Weight loss modest 6:20 Injectable GLP-1 plus an amylin analogue 7:20 Both those with diabetes and those without 8:20 No increased safety events 8:40 Mental health ho…

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From Pregnancy to Postpartum: Medication Guidance That Matters, Support From the Infant Risk Center 21:54

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Send us a text Moms and moms-to-be need all the support they can get. One of those sources of support is housed in the TTUHSC School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics in Amarillo. The Infant Risk Center is a call center used by physicians, nurse, lactation consultants and mothers worldwide. Our guest for this episode is director of the Infant Ri…

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Screen Time, Cannabis Risks, and PET Scanning 12:43

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Program notes: 0:35 Screen time trajectories in adolescents 1:33 31% had increasing addictive use trajectories 2:31 Females more involved in social media 3:06 Cannabis and CV risk 4:06 Smoking or using other products 5:06 Mechanisms include oxidative stress 6:06 Haven't regulated 6:28 Tau PET imaging in Alzheimer's 7:28 90% of tau positivity concur…

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Family Affluence, Gut Bugs, Heat Illness, and Low Potassium Diets 12:39

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This week's topics include family affluence and telomeres in children, gut bugs and respiratory illness in children, heat illness and homelessness, and low potassium diets and hypertension and diabetes. Program notes: 1:05 Heat illness and homelessness 2:05 No access to water 3:05 More likely in southern states 3:20 Telomere length, family affluenc…

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The Hidden Half: Unmasking Male Infertility 13:50

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Send us a text June is Men’s Health Month, and we want to bring attention to male infertility. Why this is an important health topic is one of the questions we ask our expert for this episode, Samuel Prien, Ph.D., professor and director of clinical research laboratories in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the School of Medicine. Dr. P…

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Breast And Colorectal Cancer, And CAR-T Therapy 13:19

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This week's topics include treating hot flashes in breast cancer survivors, a blood test for detecting colorectal cancer, exercise to improve survival after colorectal cancer treatment and CAR-T therapy for solid tumors. Program notes: 0:40 CAR-Ts for solid tumors 1:40 Advanced gastric or gastroesophageal cancer 2:40 Cytokine release syndrome 3:22 …

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You Are Not Your Bank Balance: Reclaiming Mental Well-being 24:01

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Send us a text Financial insecurity can negatively affect our sleep and nutrition and cause social isolation. All of these take a toll on our mental health. Michele Mahr, Ph.D., assistant professor at the TTUHSC School of Health Professions Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling department of clinical counseling and mental health, is out guest expert f…

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Skin Cancers, Second Stroke Risks, Weight Loss 12:49

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This week's topics include the worldwide burden of skin cancers, risk of a second stroke when a person is taking anticoagulants, patients supporting each other for weight loss maintenance, and imaging for dense breasts. Program notes: 0:45 Dense breast tissue imaging 1:40 MRI and contrast enhanced mammography superior 2:40 Giving IV contrast with m…

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Mental Health, Fatty Liver, and Resistant Hypertension 12:33

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This week's topics include treating resistant hypertension, gabapentanoids and the risk of self harm, risk for depression after diagnosis of a medical condition, and fatty liver and pregnancy. Program notes: 0:35 Depression after medical condition diagnosis 1:36 Any of a number of medical conditions 2:37 A much lower risk in comparison group 3:37 M…

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Feeling Drained? How to Restore Your Emotional Energy 32:06

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Send us a text You don't need garlic or sunlight to protect yourself against vampires -- energy vampires -- that seem to leave some people exhausted and overwhelmed. David Pfaff, Ph.D., clinical mental health therapist with the School of Health Professions Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, is our expert for this episode. He shares with us …

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Syphilis, Medications, and PTSD 12:42

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This week's topics include USPSTF on screening for syphilis in pregnancy, when to take blood pressure medicines, comparing weight loss drugs, and a narrative intervention for PTSD after an ICU stay. Program notes: 0:40 NEJM publication of comparison of obesity medications 1:40 Tirzepatide versus semaglutide for 72 weeks 2:41 Also had reduction in b…