STIs and STDs are increasing substantially over the last few years, but that’s not the only concern. The greater concern is why, especially since people having sex has not substantially increased. At the beginning of the Covid lockdown, people who were on the dating scene or sexually active were halted and forced into a dry spell, and the world of finding pa ... Show More
Oct 3
118 Everyone's Healing Timeline Is Different
When it comes to healing, everyone’s timeline is going to be different. There are hundreds of different factors involved—what kind of toxins someone was exposed to in their lifetime, what kind of viruses and bacteria someone was exposed to, how many different toxic metals are in ... Show More
40m 19s
Apr 2025
Treating Bacterial Vaginosis as an STI Could Improve Outcomes
Bacterial vaginosis (BV), an overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria in the vagina, affects nearly one in three people with a vagina. While you can get BV without ever having sex, a new study has found that, in some cases, it could be functioning more like a sexually transmitted infect ... Show More
19m 29s
Jun 2024
CDC 2022 STI Surveillance Report: Key Findings
This episode highlights important trends and data about syphilis, congenital syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and disparities in STIs. View episode transcript at www.std.uw.edu.
This podcast is dedicated to an STD [sexually transmitted disease] review for health care professionals ... Show More
7m 6s
Dec 2024
How can I avoid the side effects of antibiotics?
Antibiotics are critical to modern medicine, and have saved millions of lives since first being introduced in the mid-20th century. However, there are drawbacks to prescribing antibiotics when they’re not actually required.
Of course there’s the issue of antibiotic resistance, w ... Show More
4m 41s
Apr 2018
Ladies & Germs, Meet The Supervillain Superbugs!
Almost 100 years ago Alexander Fleming discovered what would go on to become the world's first antibiotic. Nearly a century later, the bacterial infections and diseases these antibiotics once treated are making a comeback. Join Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas as they delve into the Who, ... Show More
31m 15s
Apr 2015
Surviving the AIDS epidemic (SOP23)
Despite recent medical advances and drug treatments, HIV remains a burdensome condition for millions of people around the world. In this episode, psychologist Perry Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH, talks about how the lessons from the survivors of the AIDS generation can inform the lives ... Show More
14m 45s