Travel Medicine Podcast
392 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 18 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsA Medical show for non-medical people, about history, comedy, travel and all the ways we find medicine wonderful, hosted by Doctors J and Santhosh
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Episodes
817 Valentine Special-Amor Impossible
February 12, 2022 18:09 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the many methods used to address erectile dysfunction. Along the way, they cover citrus viagra, genital rings, erectile pills, the Mcormick cliffhanger conclusion, penis pumps, sperm harvesting, animal boner alternatives, surgical prosthetics, transplant medical ethics and more! So sit back and relax as we discuss solutions to amor impossible! Further Reading https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5715175/ https://www.chicagomag.com/Chica...
816 Gland Larceny
February 05, 2022 18:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss an unusual crime spree and the origins behind it. ALong the way, they cover organ theft, odd transplant locations, criminal endocrinology, testicle surgery leaders, demand for glands and willing and unwilling testicle donors and more! So sit back and relax as we go balls to the wall in the lead up to our valentine episode! Further Reading https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/230171?appId=scweb https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/...
815 Pop-Up Medicine- Friday I'm in Love
January 29, 2022 18:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh begin a new series diving into medical connections to pop culture, starting by examing the accuracy of a claim made by the cure. Along the way they cover several songs referencing the heart, the organ of love, the most common month for heart attacks, the sudden unexpected death study, heart attack v sudden cardiac arrest and more! So sit back and relax as we figure out whether Tues and Wednesday heart attacks will prevent your Friday love! Further Readin...
814 Journal Club Pandemic Update
January 22, 2022 13:17 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again round up all the medical news of the last 2 weeks, with an emphasis on the pandemic and surprisingly, an old 1990s movie. Along the way, they cover omicron site of infection, flurona musical break, vaccine combinations, national shortages, covid pills, butt breathing pigs and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medical news Further Reading https://www.zmescience.com/science/mixing-vaccines-covid-19-07122021/ ...
813 Venom: Let there be Bandage
January 15, 2022 18:16 - 1 hour - 29.7 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the surprising ways venoms have been used in medicine. Along the way they cover spiderman no way home, Mithridates, theriac, early toxicology, venomous versus poisonous, venomous humans, treating envenomation and more! So sit back and relax as we spew a whole bunch of toxicology info at you! Further Reading https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2019.00218/full https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274514612_Applications_of_snake_ve...
812-Journal Club-Enter the Matrix
January 01, 2022 21:04 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again round up all the medical news of the last 2 weeks and filter it for your enjoyment. Along the way, they cover, peloton and Mr Big, chewing gum covid treatments, bio banks, cowboy bebop live action, improving eyesight with laser staring, mitchondrial work shifts, dream reading, viagra for alzheimers and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you all about whats new in medicine! Further Reading https://www.sciencealert.com/declining-eyesight-c...
811- Christmas Special- Milk and Cookies
December 26, 2021 16:29 - 55 minutes - 102 MBMerry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Jouyous Kwanzaa and cheery holidays! In this annual holiday special Dr’s J and Santhosh tackle the medical history of milk and cookies! Along the way, they cover swill milk scandals, drunken cows, dairy vengeance, the invention of milk bottles, milk transfusions, chyle, milk allergies and lactose intolerance, the strong bones lie, thoughts on raw cookie dough and more! So sit back and celebrate your holiday of choice as we snack on some medical facts! Furthe...
810 EMG, omg, Analgia, Physiatry
December 18, 2021 16:14 - 49 minutes - 90.2 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh begin a short series on aspects of rehab medicine with the help of Physiatrist Dr Avinash Ramchandani, this week focusing on the many applications of emg. Along the way they cover superhero sports, brain and pain, pain management as a specialty, michael jackson, galvanism, the sound of muscles, fasciulation versus fibrillation, squid nerves, botox, prosthetics, nerve injury and more! So sit back and prepare to be mildly shocked as we give you the buzz on ...
TMP CLassics: Stocking Stuffers- What the Dickens?
December 11, 2021 17:41 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBIn this stocking stuffer, Dr's J and Santhosh discuss a diagnosis for Tiny Tim. Along the way, they cover CHarles Dickens orphans, polio, the great white plague, potts disease, rickets, victorian-era pediatrics, and more! So sit back as we load up the sleigh and Cratchit up the intensity to teach you about differentials! Contact Us! Twitter: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/travelmedicinepodcast Squarespace: https://www.travelmedicinepodcast.squarespace.com Patreo...
809 Horror Autotoxicus- A history of autoimmunity and rheumatology
December 04, 2021 21:03 - 51 minutes - 95.1 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the long road to the discovery and acknowledgement of autoimmune disease in an episode prepped by Dr Santhosh. Along the way they cover paul erlich, doctor tantrums, the discovery of antigens, inseminated goats, lupus, several of the better known autoimmune diseases, schlepper proteins, immune tolerance, blackwater fever, compund e and the hench men, and more! So sit back and relax as we learn about auto-immunity! Support Us spiritually, emotiona...
808- What's in YOUR medicine cabinet?
November 27, 2021 21:17 - 43 minutes - 79 MBIn This Episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh examine a piece of medical furniture you probably haven’t thought about in a while. Along the way they cover mecicine chests, household locations of drugs, the essential items for your cabinet, health architecture, expired medications, popular science contests and more! So sit back and relax as we go snooping through your medicine cabinet! Further Reading 1) https://www.matteringpress.org/books/boxes/read/boxes-figs-31.xhtml 2) https://www.cabinetmagazi...
807 Journal Club-Will that work?
November 20, 2021 18:00 - 45 minutes - 82.7 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news, this time with an emphasis on odd solutions. Along the way they cover daylight savings, traditional chinese medicine, cupping and covid, skin patch vaccines, meat allergies a new antibiotic, the importance of bedtime and more! So sit back and relax as we bring you whats new in the world of medical news! Further Reading https://www.newscientist.com/article/2296526-covid-19-vaccine-tested-with-suc...
806 Around the World in 80 Plagues-Smallpox
November 13, 2021 18:00 - 56 minutes - 103 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the eradicated disease, smallpox. Along the way, they cover oneismus and the boston outbreak, ancient chinese variolation, medical etymology, edward jenners milkmaids, supply chain orphans, The Royal Philanthropic vaccine expedition, Sledgehammer smallpox, the final fatality and more! So Sit back and relax as we delve into the details of this destroyed disease Further Reading https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-vaccine-onesimus-slave-cotton-mat...
805 Journal Club- Santhosh Science Corner
November 06, 2021 15:37 - 44 minutes - 80.8 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again round up all the medical news of the last two weeks, this time based on Dr Santhosh’ interests. Along the way, they cover the monster mash, sexually transmitted alzheimers, spinal herpes, medical etymology, death erections, therapeutic hallucinogens, xenotransplantation, organ donation in the age of covid and more! So sit back and relax as we tell you what’s new in the world of medical news! Further Reading 1) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/...
804: Halloween Special-Decapitation-a terrible place to beheaded
October 30, 2021 17:00 - 57 minutes - 106 MBIn the annual Halloween special, Dr’s J and Santhosh lose their heads over decapitation! Along the way, they cover the pronunciation of gibbet, the halifax slidey axe, the guillotine inventor, attending a public execution, souvenir guillotines, newgate novels, wave of death, post beheading consciousness, headless chickens, the story of professor Mcdowell, ecmo, and more! So sit back and relax as we fill your head with all the science about losing it! Further Reading https://www.history.com/...
803 Journal Club-Pandemic Updates , what a pill!
October 23, 2021 17:00 - 56 minutes - 103 MBIn the first journal club of this season, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss pandemic updates. Along the way, they cover this years Nobel Prize winners, CRISPR vision altering genetics, songs going viral, taylor swift puns, flu vaccines as covid backups, anti-covid pills, antibody injections and more! So sit back, relax and find out whats new in the world of medicine! Further Reading https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/10/18/molnupiravir-anti-covid-pill-merck/ https://www.science.org/conten...
802 Vaccine Mandates? I take exemption to that!
October 16, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh continue their vaccine hesitancy series by discussing the completely noncontroversial topic of religious exemptions. Along the way they cover constitutional amendments, christian scientists, the first vaccine mandates and exemptions, why fetal cells, hospital medications, the hayflick limit, kidney centered urban legends, the secret origins of the infamous fetal cell lines and more! So sit back and relax as we take exception to exemptions and their histor...
801: Pass the Ivermectin, I'm a little hoarse
October 09, 2021 17:00 - 51 minutes - 94.6 MBWelcome Back fellow travelers! In our season 8 premiere, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss why ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine for the vaccine hesitant. Along the way, they cover Eminem, fibbing fashion accesories, the discovery of avermectin, nobel prizes, parasite types, river blindness, treatment models, animal and human physiology, pharmacodynamics, how ivermectin got linked to covid, the actual research studies performed on the virus, and more! So sit back and relax as we explore wha...
736 Comic Book Medicine 7: A multiverse of medicine
July 24, 2021 21:15 - 1 hour - 125 MBThis week, Strange doctors J and Santhosh finish out the season with our annual comicon episode. Along the way they cover avengers skin conditions, loki, comic blood transfusions, witcher potion toxicity, the trial of the grasses, crispr gene edited babies, the real two face medical condition, and more! So sit back and relax as we journey through the world of comic book medicine! Sources https://getanimated.uk.com/meet-lulu-and-nana-the-worlds-first-crispr-genome-edited-babies/ https://www...
735 Muppet Medicine
July 17, 2021 23:55 - 52 minutes - 96.9 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the many ways the muppets have covered medical issues over the years. Along the way, they discuss snuffalupagus, international big bird equivalents, signs of autism, AIDS muppets, african malaria muppets, an indian diarrhea muppet, homeless muppets, doctor muppets and more! So sit back as we teach you the many ways the muppets have affected our health through the years, brought to you by the letter Q and the number 4 Support Us spiritually, emoti...
TMP Classics: Comic Book Medicine 1
July 11, 2021 20:22 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBIt’s July, which means Dr J is off for San Diego while everyone enjoys the holiday weekend. Please enjoy this classic comic book medicine episode and see you all next week! In This episode, Dr's J, Santhosh and Ward celebrate San Diego Comic Con with a discussion of comic book medicine. Along the way, they cover safety tips for comic conventions, differential diagnosis in a superhero world, EMTALA and the marvel universe, spiderman versus the measles, radioactive semen, morbius the living v...
734 Journal Club-Snips, Snails and Soy Testicles
July 04, 2021 15:43 - 39 minutes - 72.5 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform everybody’s favorite segment, journal club! Along the way, they cover snail relationships, memory erasure, superbugs, crispr, myocarditis, pediatric vaccine side effects, covid variants, a new tik tok trend and more! So Sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medicine! SOurces https://www.vice.com/en/article/bj8ek4/scientists-can-erase-specific-memories-from-a-snails-brain https://singularityhub.com/2021/06/08/scie...
733 Scenes from a hat-Medical Mad libs part 2
June 26, 2021 19:16 - 52 minutes - 95.6 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh continue their challenge of tying random words to medical history, this week with Dr J’s words. Along the way they cover the queen of drugs, deadly bread additives, the victorian and edwardian kitchens, the lymphatic system and blood brain barrier, the secret purpose of sleep, alzheimers drug controversy, phage therapy, antibiotic resistance, the photic reflex and surprising origins of the james bond theme. So sit back and relax as we fill in the medical ...
TMP Classics: The Oregon Trail- Go Rest, young man!
June 19, 2021 21:34 - 45 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this multi-part episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and Praz set off on the Oregon trail to learn about frontier medicine. Along the way they discuss starting classes, supplies and outfitting, the secret benefit of coffee, germ theory, Oregon trail facts, deadly statistics, disease of the trail, love and traveling in the time of cholera, Haiti and Puerto Rico, dysentery, typhoid fever, diptheria, rocky mountain spotted fever, and more, plus a just the tip from Arizona! So Sit back and enjoy as we ...
TMP Classics: The Oregon Trail- Go Rest, young man!
June 19, 2021 21:34 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBIn this multi-part episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and Praz set off on the Oregon trail to learn about frontier medicine. Along the way they discuss starting classes, supplies and outfitting, the secret benefit of coffee, germ theory, Oregon trail facts, deadly statistics, disease of the trail, love and traveling in the time of cholera, Haiti and Puerto Rico, dysentery, typhoid fever, diptheria, rocky mountain spotted fever, and more, plus a just the tip from Arizona! So Sit back and enjoy as we ...
732 Scenes from a hat-Medical Mad libs part 1
June 12, 2021 21:17 - 52 minutes - 96.4 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh play medical mad libs challenging each other to tie random words to medical discoveries, with Dr Santhosh up first. Along the way, they cover vomitoriums, ww2 carrot propaganda, balds leachbook, viking recipes, apitherapy, medieval antivenom recipes, the secret origin of chainsaws and more! So Sit back and relax as we challenge each other to uncover the many ways our world connects to medicine! Sources https://allthatsinteresting.com/symphysiotomy https...
731 Journal Club- Blood, Spit, and Tears
June 05, 2021 19:57 - 46 minutes - 84.3 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their biweekly roundup of medical news, this time with an emphasis on bodily fluids. Along the way they cover blood group infection protection, salivary wound healing, spit wiki’s, covid crying diagnosis, a new mobile app based diagnostic for gonorrhea and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medical news! SOurces https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/type-o-blood-may-have-a-protective-effect-against-covi...
730 Around the World in 80 Plagues- Shigella
May 29, 2021 20:39 - 1 hour - 110 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again do a deep dive into disease, this time with an emphasis on shigella, one of the most common causes of dysentery. Along the way, they cover the choice between disease or treatment names, growth mediums, the four families of shigella, common pediatric bowel infections, medical mnemonics, moose soup, transmission, symptoms, treatments and more! So sit back and relax as we give you the runs…of commentary on this infectious disease! Sources https:...
729 Journal Club- Wait, what?
May 22, 2021 15:18 - 52 minutes - 96.8 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news, this time with an emphasis on the strange. Along the way, they cover the new cdc mask guidelines, or lack thereof, vaccination incentives, settling an in show argument on vasculitis, covid penis, japanese baked goods and cancer detection, artificial intelligence, breathing through your butt, rectal ventilators, IRBs, Sources 1) https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-pastry-ai-t...
728-Vitals Information- I dream of fever
May 16, 2021 00:39 - 47 minutes - 87.5 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh begin a series about the importance of vital signs, this time with a focus on temperature. Along the way they cover accidental surname reveals, gum commercials, the first doctor to take tempuratures, Dr Wunderlich, the origin of the 98.6 measurement and the definition of fever, boy bands, the new normal body temp, a history of thermometers and more! So sit back and relax cause it’s about to get hot as we teach you about fevers! Sources https://elifescien...
727- Journal CLub- Those who can, do. Those who cancer...
May 08, 2021 15:20 - 34 minutes - 63.2 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly medical news roundup, this time with a focus on cancer treatments. Along the way, they cover cancer popularity, new bladder treatments, cell cannibalization, killing cancer with electricity, clostridium novy, austin powers, and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you what’s new in the world of medical news! Sources https://sci-hub.do/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407919312102?via%3Dihub...
726 Wound Care- Bandaging your Johnson and Johnson
April 24, 2021 15:32 - 46 minutes - 85.3 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the history of some more common issues in wound care. Along the way they cover whittling, plasters, ancient wound care techniques, Egyptian mummies, bacitracin, maggot therapy, wound healing, medical grade sugar, recreational maggots, dr joseph lister, the history of johnson and johnson, band aid creation and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you all about what you put on your ouchies! Sources 1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...
725 Journal Club- Unexpected Discoveries
April 17, 2021 22:38 - 37 minutes - 69 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their biweekly roundup of medical news, this time with a focus on unexpected discoveries! Along the way, they cover hugh grants middle name, flu season predictions, epitopes universal vaccines, nerf genes, cuddly macrophage, stem cell lines, zebrafish muscle, spider silk nerves and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medical news! Sources 1) https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/vaccine-shows-si...
724-Culture Club- Bacterial Libraries
April 10, 2021 17:47 - 46 minutes - 84.4 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss two of the better known disease storage facilities. ALong the way, they cover reference strains, bacterial artists in residence, infection amazon, prononunciation woes, disease puns, storage conditions , hybridomas, rules and regulations, procedure for checkout, bacterial donations and more! SO sit back and relax as we check-out the disease reference system! Sources 1)https://www.phe-culturecollections.org.uk/collections/nctc.aspx 2)https://aem....
723: Around the World in 80 Plagues- Cysticercosis
April 03, 2021 22:40 - 53 minutes - 97.2 MBIn this episode Dr’s J and Santhosh explore the history, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of diseases caused by everybody’s favorite pork tapeworm. Along the way they cover reading rainbow, julius caesar, narnia, worm taxonomy, ancient egypt, jewish housewives disease, medical etymology, oncospheres, symptoms, treatments, genetics, strange medical devices, and more! So Sit back and relax as we teach you about the most prevalent yet secret endemic disease! Sources 1) https://www.paleopatolo...
TMP CLassics: Around the world in 80 Plagues: The Elephantiasis in the room
March 27, 2021 15:04 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBIn this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh cover the tropical infection of filarial elephantiasis. Along the way, they discuss Jules Verne, the Ebers Papyrus, Greek Mythology and Skiapodes, how not to order Greek Coffee, St Thomas' curse, Nematodes and Lovecraft, worm transmission and mating, hydrocele, lymphatic expansion, chyluria, parascientists, Mosquit watches, night blood diagnosis, Loa and voodoo, symptoms of filarial infection, treatment of infection, Nick at Night, worm neural paralyzers, ...
TMP CLassics: Around the world in 80 Plagues: The Elephantiasis in the room
March 27, 2021 15:04 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBIn this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh cover the tropical infection of filarial elephantiasis. Along the way, they discuss Jules Verne, the Ebers Papyrus, Greek Mythology and Skiapodes, how not to order Greek Coffee, St Thomas' curse, Nematodes and Lovecraft, worm transmission and mating, hydrocele, lymphatic expansion, chyluria, parascientists, Mosquit watches, night blood diagnosis, Loa and voodoo, symptoms of filarial infection, treatment of infection, Nick at Night, worm neural paralyzers, ...
722: Pandemic Journal Club- All Good Things
March 20, 2021 21:18 - 42 minutes - 77.4 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh round up whats new in the world of pandemic medicine in everyone’s favorite biweekly segment. Along the way, they cover cancel culture, astrazeneca, johnson and johnson, v-mail, vaccine efficacy statistics, tommy tutone, asymptomatic transmission, vaccines in pregnancy, a anti covid pill and more! So Sit back and relax as we tell you what’s new in the world of medicine! Sources 1) https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777172 2) https://www.m...
721: Prehistoric Medicine: Neanderthal that and a bag of genes
March 13, 2021 15:47 - 57 minutes - 105 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the surprising medical contributions from our caveman cousins. Along the way they cover the flintstones, medical etymology, viral history, caveman genes, ancient infections being unearthed, intro genetics, adaptive evolution, neanderthal skin types, HLA and TLR, denisovans, human sexual skill, herv-K and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you about genetic protections Sources 1) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06004-0 2) https://w...
720 Women's Medical History Month
March 06, 2021 22:48 - 42 minutes - 77.2 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh talk about famous female physicians and scientists. Along the way, they cover ancient Egyptian surgery, Metrodora, hidden textsbooks, STEM awards, Dr Helen Taussig, tetralogy of Fallot, pediatric puns, patent ductus arteriosus, thalidomide, Dr Gertrude Elion, rational drug design and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you about some medical women who changed the world! Sources 1) ttps://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_316.html 2) https:/...
719 Black Medical History Month
February 27, 2021 17:43 - 44 minutes - 82.1 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh talk about notable black medical achievments in history. Along the way, they cover the black panthers, free clinics, national screening programs, scrooge mcduck, statistical rap battles, James Mcune Smith, ptyalism, henrietta lacks, informed consent, and a special aside about the mars perseverance landing! SO SIt back and relax as we share exciting infor about black medical achievements SOurces 1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5024359/ 2) ...
718 Journal CLub- The World of Tomorrow
February 20, 2021 23:01 - 53 minutes - 97 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again review the latest in medical news in everyone favorite segment, journal club, this time with an emphasis on future discoviers. Along the way they cover aroma diagnosing and deep nose, smellovision, human yarn, the luke hand, robokinesis, the lazarus phenomeon and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medicine Sources 1)https://nautil.us/issue/95/escape/the-doctor-will-sniff-you-now 2) https://www.newscientist.co...
717: Surprising Origins
February 13, 2021 16:08 - 50 minutes - 92.8 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss common objects and ideas you may not realize were connected to disease. Along the way they cover old timey radiators, terrifying powerpoints, the fresh air movement, open air schools, influential John Hopkins female graduates and snuggies, Japanese school design, the evolution of bathrooms, chamberpots and bathroom attendants, linoleum, powder rooms, crash test dummies and more! So Sit back and relax as we reveal the surprising medical connections...
716: Journal Club- Mostly Simply Science
February 06, 2021 22:23 - 46 minutes - 85.6 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again round up the latest medical research in everyone’s favorite bimonthly segment. Along the way they cover Dr J’s bad segues, Covid and cholesterol, boy bands and syncytium, new covid treatments, spanish sea squirts, new applications for cancer drugs, covid variants, canabidiol as a new antibiotic class, drug resistant infections, zombie cells and more! So sit back and relax as we cover whats new in the world of medicine! Sources 1) SARS-CoV-2 ne...
715 The Scoop on Poop
January 30, 2021 18:00 - 47 minutes - 87.7 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh, with pharmacist Eleanor discuss all things fecal, scatalogical, and excremental from the earth to the moon. Along the way, they cover quaker pharmacists, Lewis and Clark’s medical supplies, scatalogical cartography, organic mercury, poop on the moon, bacteria in space, the bristol stool scale, different poo smells, diaper rash, how often you should normally poop, a japanese video game, and more! So Sit back and relax as we shoot the shit on poop facts! ...
714: Journal Club- Bad Segues, Good Science
January 16, 2021 16:27 - 48 minutes - 89.5 MBIn this episode Dr’s J and Santhosh return to everyones favorite alternate week segment, journal club, this time with a grab bag of stories from around the world. Along the way, they cover bear puns, salivary antibiotics, microbiomes, hibernating cells, tumor compositions, cancer vaccines, immunotherapy, phase 1 trials, aminoglycosides, a side effect prevented, bacterial hard drives, infectious texting and more! So sit back and relax as we tell you whats new in the world of medicine! Sourc...
713: Around the World in 80 Plagues- I eat, Ergot, I'm sick
January 10, 2021 13:48 - 54 minutes - 99 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss ergotism, covering it’s surprising journey from disease to drug. Along the way, they cover medieval art history, Saint Anthony, the antonites, uses for amputated limbs, medieval locums doctors, plant smut, gangrenous ergotism, european history influence, epidemiology, potatoes to the rescue, nanny goats, pulvis ad partem, migraine treatment and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you all about a fungus among us! Sources 1) https://asm.org/Art...
712- The Vacci-Nation: Moderna Love, I only have Pfizer you
January 02, 2021 19:59 - 1 hour - 130 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh, joined by friend of the show Pharmacist Eleanor cover the ins, out, and faq’s about the covid vaccines. Along the way, they cover the Offspring, the speed of development, messenger RNA, nanoparticles, women in science, vaccine delivery logistics, slow covid inflammation, RNA interactions with DNA, length of activity, facts and figures, pfizer v moderna comparison, side effect profiles, vaccine brand names, the immune system, vaccine ingredients, allergie...
711- What the Dickens? A Holiday Special
December 26, 2020 18:25 - 47 minutes - 86.6 MBMerry Xmas, Happy Hanukkah and Joyous Holidays dear listeners. In this years holiday episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh and Ward have a spirited debate on the differential diagnosis of Ebenezer Scrooge. Along the way, they cover covid groundhougs, creating a differential with acronyms, bob marley, food poisoning, ergotamines, apoplexy, phineas gage, seizures, concussions, parkinsons and more! So Sit back and relax as we give you a whole new view of a holiday antihero! Support Us spiritually, emo...
710 A history of Aspirin
December 19, 2020 18:00 - 45 minutes - 82.5 MBIn this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the history of one of our oldest drugs, with the help of friend of the show Pharmacist Eleanor. Along the way, they cover ancient greece, botany puns, ye olde english recipes, pharmacist scruples, german chemists, medical chewing gum, aspirin side effects, fun with measurement, and more! So sit back, take two cohostos, and call us in the morning! Sources 1) https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/news-and-analysis/infographics/a-history-of-aspirin...