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The return of New World screwworm threatens livestock, wildlife, pets, and people Aug 18, 2025

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Once eradicated in the United States, a maggot that feeds on living, warm-blooded animals is inching back toward Texas. It may cross the Southern border before the end of the year. Petrie Dish host Bonnie Petrie talks with Sonja L. Swiger, Ph.D., from the Texas A&M University Department of Entomology and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension about the screwworm, the threat it poses to animals and humans, and what can be done to minimize the damage.

Science & Medicine: Eat your pain away Aug 17, 2025

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If you’re experiencing chronic pain, adjusting your diet might help.

Science & Medicine: Increasing vaccine rates to eliminate cervical cancer Aug 10, 2025

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The UT Health San Antonio professor who is leading an effort to increase the number of South Texas teens who are vaccinated against the human papillomavirus hopes to see cervical cancer eliminated in the United States in her lifetime.

Science & Medicine: A Crisis of Loneliness Aug 03, 2025

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Loneliness and social isolation can make you as sick as obesity or 15 cigarettes a day.

Science & Medicine: Improving trauma care on the battlefield and at home Jul 20, 2025

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TRC4 is a collaborative at UT Health San Antonio in partnership with the Department of Defense and the entire UT System to address an urgent need for improved trauma care both on the battlefield and at home.

Science & Medicine: Occupational therapy may be the best-kept secret in behavioral health Jul 13, 2025

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Occupational therapy can help people with mental illness resume meaningful activities in their lives and create strategies that will improve their overall health. A San Antonio OT has developed a program she hopes will help people with a mental illness and type 2 diabetes achieve better control over their disease.

Trump's 'Big Bill' healthcare cuts may threaten the nation's entire health infrastructure: CBO Jul 07, 2025

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The Medicaid cuts add up to nearly a trillion dollars over ten years, and 12 million people could lose access to health care. Medicare also faces deep reductions in spending, even though it's not slashed in this legislation. It insures the elderly, and it may lose half a trillion dollars to sequestration. KFF Health News DC correspondent Julie Rovner told Bonnie Petrie that no one will be unaffected.

Science & Medicine: Be Well, Texas Jul 06, 2025

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Be Well Texas is revolutionizing how substance use disorder is treated in Texas.

Science & Medicine: Controlling how magnesium gets into immune system cells could create more cancer fighters Jun 29, 2025

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A UT Health San Antonio researcher confirms that how magnesium gets into immune system cells can determine whether they fight oral cancer or support tumor growth. The discovery offers hope for new ways to prevent and treat the disease.

Science & Medicine: The Brain Bank Jun 22, 2025

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At the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, the brain bank is accepting deposits.

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