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August 4, 2023
Podcast: Newly approved drug may slow progression of Alzheimer’s
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on approval of a drug that attacks a key protein that contributes to dementia from Alzheimer’s disease.
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June 30, 2023
Podcast: Can psychedelic drugs help treat mental illness?
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on research into how psychedelic drugs affect the brain and how such effects might help treat anxiety, depression and addiction.
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June 2, 2023
Podcast: Advocating for science and truth
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' visits the School of Medicine’s 2023 Commencement ceremony, featuring an address by Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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May 15, 2023
Podcast: Making connections through storytelling
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' visits an event connecting trainees and faculty through their stories.
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April 17, 2023
Podcast: Maternal mortality rates are spiking. How can the trend be reversed?
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on Washington University’s work to counter rising maternal death rates, now 10 times higher than in comparable, wealthy countries.
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March 13, 2023
Podcast: International effort aims to help those at risk for serious psychiatric illness
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on efforts in St. Louis and Kenya to ID and treat young people at risk for schizophrenia and other serious conditions.
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January 31, 2023
Podcast: Recognizing, caring for dementia patients in the emergency department
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' looks at steps being taken to make it easier for people with dementia to navigate emergency room visits.
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December 21, 2022
Podcast: Brain-related issues can linger after patients recover from COVID-19
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' discusses one of the most common problems associated with long COVID-19.
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November 22, 2022
Podcast: Treating the whole patient all at once
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' visits the Living Well Center, a site for orthopedic issues that focuses on health care rather than sick care.
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October 19, 2022
Podcast: Updated boosters and progress toward a nasal vaccine
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' details the nasal vaccine developed by WashU Medicine scientists; plus, new mRNA vaccine boosters as cold weather approaches.
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August 30, 2022
Podcast: What if it’s not COVID-19?
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' details the case of a patient with a mysterious illness first thought to be COVID-19.
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August 3, 2022
Podcast: New COVID-19 variants causing re-infections
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on easily transmissible variants causing another wave of COVID-19 infections.
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July 18, 2022
Podcast: Giving stroke patients a hand
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' is about the IpsiHand, a device to help stroke patients use their brains to regain use of their hands.
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June 22, 2022
Podcast: Long COVID-19 a lasting battle for many
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on the many people who deal with health struggles for months after COVID-19 infections.
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May 17, 2022
Podcast: Pandemic fuels use of alcohol, opioids
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on how the pandemic has exacerbated problems related to drugs, alcohol.
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April 26, 2022
Podcast: As ‘Show Me the Science’ turns 2, we look back at 2 years of a pandemic
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on what was learned and what science got right and wrong about COVID-19.
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April 1, 2022
Podcast: Long COVID-19 can affect every organ system in the body
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on serious problems those infected with COVID-19 can develop in the months following infection.
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March 9, 2022
Podcast: Success stories and challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' highlights a visit to Washington University by CDC director Rochelle Walensky, who discussed lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 1, 2022
Podcast: Can we communicate more effectively about vaccines?
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on how health-care professionals might spend more quality time addressing the concerns of patients unsure whether they want to be vaccinated.
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February 17, 2022
Podcast: Fighting burnout in health care
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on the pandemic’s role in anxiety, depression and other issues for health-care workers, as well as how to train future workers to get help before burnout begins.
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February 3, 2022
Podcast: Highly contagious omicron is a roller coaster
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on how omicron makes many less sick than earlier variants, but is deadly to some and has negated some previously effective therapies.
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January 26, 2022
Podcast: Why the omicron wave is different
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' looks at how vaccines and prior infections provide some immunity as omicron continues to spread.
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January 13, 2022
Podcast: Hospitalized patients with COVID reach record levels
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' looks at how our health-care system is attempting to keep up with the exploding number of sick patients during the virus’s latest wave.
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December 20, 2021
Podcast: Facing another pandemic holiday season
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' features doctors who face exhaustion as they work in emergency rooms and ICUs again crowded with COVID-19 patients.
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