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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. Jessica Steier and Dr. Sarah Scheinman examine several pressing scientific and public health topics. The scientists explore recent findings on dementia prevention, the emerging technology of cultivated meat, and concerns surrounding nicotine products, particularly their impact on youth. They also discuss critical public health issues including the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas and emerging avian flu threats. The conversation provides context for recent headlines while offering listeners insights into these diverse health challenges and their broader implications for public health. All our sources from this episode are available at: https://www.unbiasedscipod.com/episodes/ (00:00) Intro (02:15) Dementia Risk and Prevention (11:14) Cultivated Meat: The Future of Food (16:17) Nicotine Pouches: Risks and Benefits (23:31) The Impact of Nicotine on the Developing Brain (24:47) The Controversy of Menthol Cigarettes (29:27) Understanding the Kansas Tuberculosis Outbreak (35:59) Final Thoughts: Bird Flu and Public Health Concerns Interested in advertising with us? Please reach out to advertising@airwavemedia.com, with “Unbiased Science” in the subject line. PLEASE NOTE: The discussion and information provided in this podcast are for general educational, scientific, and informational purposes only and are not intended as, and should not be treated as, medical or other professional advice for any particular individual or individuals. Every person and medical issue is different, and diagnosis and treatment requires consideration of specific facts often unique to the individual. As such, the information contained in this podcast should not be used as a substitute for consultation with and/or treatment by a doctor or other medical professional. If you are experiencing any medical issue or have any medical concern, you should consult with a doctor or other medical professional. Further, due to the inherent limitations of a podcast such as this as well as ongoing scientific developments, we do not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information or analysis provided in this podcast, although, of course we always endeavor to provide comprehensive information and analysis. In no event may Unbiased Science or any of the participants in this podcast be held liable to the listener or anyone else for any decision allegedly made or action allegedly taken or not taken allegedly in reliance on the discussion or information in this podcast or for any damages allegedly resulting from such reliance. The information provided herein do not represent the views of our employers.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:19.7	Welcome to Unbiased Science, where we bring scientific method to the madness.
0:25.8	We're your hosts Dr. Jess Steyer and Dr. Sarah Scheinman.
0:29.5	And today we're back for another news roundup, science and health news.
0:35.3	Y'all love this so much when we did it last time. We've really, really enjoyed it. So we're bringing it back for a part two. Part two. Part two. Full disclosure, we're recording on January 30th. I don't know about you, Sarah. I feel like this is the never-ending month of January. It's always the never-ending, but January has too many days in it, I think.
0:55.5	It feels like January 80th at this point. But when this airs, it'll be, I can't do the calculation
1:02.8	I have, but it'll be the first week in February, just for some context. And some other context,
1:08.0	I have the plague in my household.
1:13.1	My daughter tested positive for Strat.
1:15.7	My son tested positive for flu A.
1:19.5	I'm telling Sarah, I was up all night with a really bad sore throat.
1:22.0	Thank goodness for modern medicine.
1:44.2	I am a bit drugged up right now because the show must go on. So if I'm a little loop of fun one, yes, if I'm a little loopy, that's why. All right. Well, Sarah, without any further ado, do you want to jump into your first story? Yeah, I would love to. So we, we each took three. I think, right, we each did three this time. Oh, I did five again Again, just like that. Oh, shoot. Did we do three?
1:44.8	Oh, wow. No, I'll narrow it to three.
2:04.0	I was prepared for five, but I will narrow to three. Go, yep. Wow. Overachiever over here. Or maybe I'm an underachiever. You know what it was, Sarah? Remember how we, I think we talked about this? I used to do the like Monday coffee talk with
2:02.0	Jess where I ran through news stories. And for that, that was, those were five stories. So I got, my,
2:09.3	my wires got crossed. So I'll, while you're talking, I'm going to narrow it down to my top three.
2:14.3	So, so go on. Okay. All right. Sounds good.
2:18.7	Kicking things off with a cheery topic. This article is from the Associated Press, one of my
2:23.4	favorites. And it's entitled, it was written on the 13th of January of this month. And it's
2:30.3	entitled, up to four in 10 people could develop dementia after 55, what you can do to lower your risk.
2:37.8	So my research topic I have mentioned on the podcast before, I work in an Alzheimer's disease lab.
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