1003 Wrestling Med: Lets Get Ready to Rumble

October 21, 2023 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh head to the mat to talk about the unique challenges of medicine in the amateur and professional worlds of wrestling! Along the way they cover different wrestling styles, bleeding time per wrestling league, herpes gladiatorum, ringworms, medical etymology, return to play guidelines, molluscum contagiosum, referee responsibilities, ringside medical kits, musculoskeletal injuries, banned wrestling moves and more! So sit back and relax as we get ready to rumble with some sports medicine!

Further Reading

https://journals.lww.com/acsm-csmr/fulltext/2005/06000/wrestling_and_sports_medicine.6.aspx

https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2019-11/25._risk_of_bloodborne_infection_transmission_in_wrestling_reza_naghavi.pdf

https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/specialties/sports-medicine/sports-medicine-articles/wrestling-and-skin-conditions---what-is-that

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1002- Journal CLub: INcremental Gains

October 14, 2023 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh round up whats new in medical news with everybody's favorite journal club, this time with an emphasis on incremental gains. Along the way, they cover sickle cell and fetal hemoglobin, leqembi, alzheimers pathology and early treatments, diabetic weight loss drugs, ozempic face and more! SO sit back and relax as we dive into the newest research in the medical world!

Further Reading

https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2215643

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-converts-novel-alzheimers-disease-treatment-traditional-approval

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1001-Dont Get Salty Under Pressure

October 7, 2023 Joshua Dworetzky

Welcome Back to season 10 home audience! To Celebrate a decade of exploring medicine in every way possible, Dr's J and Santhosh will be going back to being basic, but extra in this episode on high blood pressure, aka hypertension! Along the way, they cover soft and hard pulses, ancient egypt, diagnostic poetry, Brights disease, french dietary studies, salt nephritis, the ultimate micromanager, FDR and giraffe blood pressure similarities, normal blood pressure ranges, stages of hypertension, nightly dipping, lie detectors and emotional response, dart gun medication and more! So sit back, stay calm and relax as we get salty about hypertension!

Further Reading

MacGregor GA, de Wardener HE. Salt, Diet and Health: Neptune's Poisoned Chalice: The Origins of High Blood Pressure. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 1998. [Google Scholar]

https://academic.oup.com/ajh/article/10/S1/2S/194309

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31641769/

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904 Pediatric Oncology- Hold me Closer, Tiny Cancer

August 19, 2023 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh talk about pediatric cancers with the help of pediatric oncologist Dr Nicole Bakke. Along the way, they cover the earliest described form of cancer, medical etymology, carcinization, metastasis, chimmney sweep soot warts, positive news about treatment rates, the jackalope, solid and liquid tumors, acute leukemias, the father of pediatric oncology, remission definitions, sanctuary testicles, mustard gas and chemotherapy, cancer causing treatments, charitable organizations and more! So sit back and erelax as we cut into the topic of cancer!

Further reading

Soot wart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimney_sweeps%27_carcinoma#/media/File:Chimney_sweep's_cancer_Wellcome_L0062113.jpg

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903 Sports Medicine: Are your Ready for Some Foosball?

June 27, 2023 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh collide with the medical evaluation and treatment of contact sports players as they discuss Football sports medicine. Along the way, they cover Teddy Roosevelt, the invention of the forward pass, team name puns, football combine etymology, wunderlich tests, permanent records, squishy and crunchy bits, what the life of a pro team doctor looks like, the busiest football day ethical dilemmas,the role of athletic trainers, common football injuries and more! so sit back and relax as we teach you all about medical football!

Further Reading

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-early-history-of-footballs-forward-pass-78015237/

https://theathletic.com/3160358/2022/03/03/nfl-scouting-combine-medical-exams-mean-hurry-up-and-wait-and-wait-and-wait/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1947533/

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902 Journal Club-Body Horrors

June 27, 2023 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh kick off their 9nth season with everybodys favorite segment, journal club, a roundup of the latest in medical research, this time with an emphasis on body modification. Along the way, they cover dropping life expectancy, pandemics, cobweb bandages, dental nanobots, luxury bones, artificial intelligence, posture based pills, the best way to lean for medication, sleepytime chicken, the dangers of tiktok medicine, NyQuil and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medicine

Further Reading

https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/u-s-life-expectancy-drops-sharply-for-the-second-year-in-a-row-its-the-worst-decline-in-a-century/

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.2c01950

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/body-posture-affects-pill-19082022/

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Spider-web-ointment%3A-A-traditional-based-approach-Kumari-Chahar/b25a1a46e8aa2a3623c7fe55986ef8ac01f80950?p2df

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211005124708.htm

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901 Around the World in 80 Plagues: Schistosomiasis

June 27, 2023 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh return for their ninth season of medical mischief, kicking things off with info about another plague! Along the way, they cover Schistosome life cycles, the African great lakes, the a_a_A_ disease, safe places to urinate, Italian botanist Prospero Alpini, the menstruating men of Egypt, medical etymology, worm sex and life cycles, katayama fever, bilharziosis, diagnosis, symptoms, long term effect, flavors of infection, the secret source of infection, treatment and more! So Sit back and relax as we begin our 9th season on a fluke!

Further Reading

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/schistosomiasis/biology.html#:~:text=Pathology%20of%20S.,in%20brain%20or%20spinal%20cord.

Adamson PB. Schistosomiasis in antiquity. Med Hist. 1976;20:176–188

Bergguist R, Kloos H, Adugna A. Schistosomiasis: paleopathological perspectives and historical notes. In: Jamison B, ed. Schistosoma: biology, pathology and control. Baton Rouge: CRC Press; 2017. p. 8–33.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30016215/

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837 Comic Book Medicine: Morbius and Mortality

June 27, 2023 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again dive into the pages of pop culture and comics to review fantastical and fictional comic book medicine! Along the way, they cover Cobra Kai villains, bruce campbell and alien hands, dr strange and multiverse medicine, ma-rvell and the cancerverse, bruce banners blood draws, whovian cardiology, long term risks of laservision, muscular accomodation , morbius medicine and more! So sit back and relax as we come to save the day with superhero medicine!

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836 Journal Club-No Cure? No Problem!

June 27, 2023 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again round up the latest in medical news this time with a focus on unsolvable problems. Along the way they cover punny taxonomy, the science of hangry, cosmic kidney stones, shock and burst wave lithotripsy, regenerating lung tissue in copd, smoking terminators, pancreatic cancer vaccines, tumor hunting viruses, molecular gastronomy colonoscopies, the effects of carbon monoxide, chilled nerves for pain and more! SO sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medical news!

Further Reading

https://www.newscientist.com/video/2313691-nasa-plans-to-use-sound-waves-to-help-astronauts-pass-kidney-stones/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2313386-drugs-seem-to-help-regenerate-mouse-lungs-damaged-by-cigarette-smoke/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2313208-pancreatic-cancer-treated-in-mice-by-loading-tumour-cells-with-tetanus/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2326580-implantable-device-blocks-pain-by-chilling-nerves-inside-the-body/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2326740-carbon-monoxide-foam-in-the-rectum-eases-bowel-disease-in-mice/

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835 We Bought A Zoo 2: Big Animal Boogaloo

June 3, 2023 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh continue their zoological journey into contributions made to medicine by animals. Along the way, they cover the secrets of giraffe medical problems, long neck hypertension, chimeric crispr hybrids, tall cancer links, elephant cancer fighting genes, p53 tumor suppression, whale dna repair, dinosaur cancers, the la brea tarpits and more! So sit back and relax as we explore the animal kingdoms next big thing for medicine!

Further Reading

https://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msz099/5485251

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268865-whales-and-dolphins-can-resist-cancer-and-their-dna-reveals-why

https://www.nature.com/articles/news031020-2

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28306-elephants-almost-never-get-cancer-thanks-to-multiple-gene-copies/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190510091342.htm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181026153312.htm

https://www.science.org/content/article/giraffe-genome-holds-keys-its-peculiar-body-and-clues-hypertension-treatments

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834 Roe V Everybody

June 3, 2023 Joshua Dworetzky

In This episode, Dr's J and Santhosh discuss abortion and the end of Roe V Wade. Along the way, they cover Soranus of Ephesus, ancient greek gynecology, contraceptive currency, silphium, herbal abortifacients, the gestation of souls, benjamin franklin, abortifacient textbooks, quickenings, the beginning of the us antiabortion movement, vacumn aspirators, ectopic pregnancies, medical indications for abortion, length of time to use current methods, surgical verus medical abortions, ru486, unexpected affected populations, healtchare access deserts,and a bevy of resources for those who need them! So sit back and relax as we teach you all about the most controversial medical procedure of the century!

Further Reading
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21899-medical-abortion
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256664010_The_effect_of_Soranus_of_Ephesus_98-138_on_the_work_of_midwives

https://www.plancpills.org/

https://aidaccess.org/en/

https://www.abortionfinder.org/

https://www.abortionfinder.org/provider/2832

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833 We Bought A Zoo-Animal Derived Medicine

June 25, 2022 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss zootherapy, and several of the many useful treatments derived with the help of our animal friends! Along the way, they cover Cubas exotic animal pandemic boom, snake based blood pressure meds, gila monster insulin, venomous animals, hibernation, amphibious and lagomorph pregnancy tests, I love Lucy, salmon hormones, beaver anal glands and more!

832 Journal Club- May December Science-The young and the ageless

June 18, 2022 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their biweekly roundup of medical news this time with an emphasis on science at extremes of age. Along the way they cover csf functions in memory, transferring young fluids to older creatures, the next generation of terminators, growing skin in vats, robot dermatologists, mental health hotlines, crisis effectiveness, protective edible underwear, new organ storing methods and another medical museum! So sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medicine!

Further Reading
Young brain fluid improves memory in old mice (nature.com)
Young blood reverses age-related impairments in cognitive function and synaptic plasticity in mice | Nature Medicine
Living skin on a robot: Matter (cell.com)
988 Mental Health Hotline: What It Is and What It Means for You - CNET
The Effectiveness of Crisis Line Services: A Systematic Review - PMC (nih.gov)
New Underwear That Guards Against STIs During Oral Sex Gets FDA Approv (healthline.com)

831 Plastic Surgery- Venus Envy

June 11, 2022 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode Dr’s J and Santhosh explore the history and some lesser known aspects of plastic surgery! Along the way they cover reconstructive versus cosmetic changes, real housewives, ancient ayurvedic nose jobs, renaissance skin grafts, cones of shame, syphilis, the founding fathers of the field, rhodendroplasty, eyeteeth, ancient egypt, breast implants, toebesity and more! So sit back and relax as we look under the surface of plastic surgery!

Further Reading
https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/services/services-a-z/plastic-surgery/facial-reconstruction-and-face-transplants/history-of-plastic-surgery/
https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-history-of-plastic-surgery-2710193
https://theweek.com/articles/473922/toebesity-stupidest-reason-plastic-surgery

830: Journal Club-Listener Questions

June 4, 2022 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again look at whats new in medical news in everybody’s favorite segment, journal club! Along the way, they cover sister cities, the hispanic paradox, the importance of language in healing, the tiktok hanger challenge, viral trends, cervical dystonia, the purpose of and difference between sweat and tears, the pharyngeal/gag reflex, how to suppress and more tik tok tips, along with the return of travel tips and Dr J struggles with outros and segues! So sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medical news!

Further Reading
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18832272/
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/why-does-sweat-sting-your-eyes-but-tears-do-not/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628192/
https://kaji-lab.jp/ja/index.php?plugin=attach&pcmd=open&file=SICE2008-hanger.pdf&refer=rsearch%2Fhanger
https://bigthink.com/health/hispanic-paradox/

829 Around the World in 80 Plagues- Monkeypox!

May 28, 2022 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh cover the new viral sensation that’s scaring the nation, the infection under detection Monkeypox! Along the way they cover toxoplasma conferences, tik tok songs, medical etymology, previous outbreaks, the two main strains, the resevoirs, belly button rashes, body horror, treatments, vaccine stockpiles and more! so sit back and relax as we gorilla all out to teach you about monkeypox

Further Reading
Clinical Recognition | Monkeypox | Poxvirus | CDC
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/smallpox-vaccines-protect-against-monkeypox-stockpiled-rcna29919

828 Around the World in 80 Plagues: Pellagra

May 21, 2022 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh cover the nutritional disease pellagra. ALong the way, they cover the deadliest vegetable, the thomas mcfadden report, nutritional versus infectious, Dr Joseph Goldberg, blues music, filth parties, burden of doubt,altruistic vindictive science, conspiracy theories, symptoms, treatment and more! So sit back and relax as we feed you the information about this disease of nutritional deficiency!

Further Reading
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods-high-in-niacin#TOC_TITLE_HDR_13
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/niacin-benefits#TOC_TITLE_HDR_7
https://youtu.be/aOIS1xPsfAg
Brim CJ. Job’s Illness: Pellagra. Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology. 1942;45:371-6
Goldberger J. The transmissibility of pellagra: Experimental attempts at transmission to human subjects. Public Health Rep. 1916;31:3159–73
Goldberger J. Public Health Reports, June 26, 1914. The etiology of pellagra. The significance of certain epidemiological observations with respect thereto. Public Health Rep. 1914;29(26):1683–1686.
Goldberger & the War on Pellagra - history - Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum

827 Paleopathology-Can you Dig it?

May 14, 2022 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh interview Dr Anne Grauer, Paleopathologist. Along the way they cover what paleopathology is, the importance of archaelogy in disease, bone gathering techniques, favorite bones, indiana jones and constance brennan, dinosaur infections, disease evolution and more! So sit back and relax as we unearth a brand new way to explore medicine and human history!

826 Journal CLub-Pandemic Update

May 14, 2022 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform another roundup of what’s new in the medical world, this time with an emphasis on Pandemic research. Along the way they cover new approaching for blocking covid, biologic substances, covid breath tests, senstivity and specificity, antidepressants for covid, minority enrollment in studies, vaccines for the immunocompromised, Indian lung irradiation, banana equivalent dosing and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you what’s new in the world of covid research!

825: Ancient Mesopotamia-Gilgamed and RNkidu

May 14, 2022 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh jump in the way back machine to learn about medicine in ancient mesopotamia! Along the way they cover sumerian gods, ashu and asipu, priestly training rounds, barbershop quartets, how to leave lasting documentation, pharmaceutical recipes and medical chants, the high cost of ancient malpractice and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you about ancient traditions in healing!