TMP Classics: The Med Commandments- Medicine and the Bible

April 11, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

Kalo Pascha and Happy Pesach travelers! In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh tackle biblical medicine. Along the way, they discuss Holi, the Easter Bunny, Universal Precautions, possible medical rationals of biblical passages, Halal choices, hyssop oil and antiseptics, the scientific method, the timing of circumcision, bleeding statues, cursed polenta, bacterial farts, operation SeaSpray, cannabalism and transubstantion, goliath's medical history, the Quran, prayer as physical therapy, and a just the tip about Paris and its syndrome! So Sit back and enjoy as we get to know medicine in a biblical sense!

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626: Children of the Quarn- CoVID19 update 2

April 4, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr J accompanied by Dr’s Praz, Ward, Jean, and pharmacist Eleanor discuss the latest news and updates about the international covid pandemic. Along the way, they cover the first doctor to promote hand washing in hospitals, how long covid survives on different items, droplets versus aerosols, the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment, the molecular biology of COVID19, when to expect a vaccine, strains of covid, blood type protection, the front line experience, observed disease course and statistics, survivor blood as treatment and more! So sit back, relax and learn whats new, true, and talked about on the developing pandemic!

Sources
1) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973?query=main_nav_lg
2) https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.05.20030502v1.full.pdf
3)https://www.wsj.com/articles/lacking-ventilators-hospitals-seek-out-alternative-device-11585154579?tesla=y&mod=article_inline&fbclid=IwAR09UGNkhW1R6x2q2CvSuYulZQaqr30K0ym9ZfZpeGcTX3JztL3Qy6yIAWQ

TMP Classics: The Hot Zone- Biocontainment with Dr Hewlett

March 28, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

Hey listeners! Dr’s J and Santhosh are dealing with COVID this week, so please enjoy this classic episode on biocontainment from during the ebola outbreak. (awww, remember when that was the big concern? memories) We’ll be back next week with a new episode!

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh learn about the treatment and handling of highly infectious agents with special guest Dr Hewlett, medical director of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Along the way, they cover what is biocontainment, designing a containment room, Level 4 laboratories, worst case scenarios, surprise toilet dangers, patient bonding and combatting boredom in isolation, unique challenges of the unit, managing disease with no good treatment, and more! So sit back as we try to contain our excitement over this interview!

Sources
1) National Ebola Traing and Education Center NETEC.org
2) https://www.nebraskamed.com/biocontainment

625: Pandemic- CoVID19 update

March 20, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh provide some updates about the current pandemic sensation sweeping the nation, with the assistance of cohosts Dr Ward and Dr Jeanne to give you a multifaceted approach to understanding COVID19. Along the way they cover life on the ground in South Korea, the rationale behind proper mask use, historical response rates, Frasier, RNA viruses, how flattening the curve works, the utility of coronavirus testing, some positive statistics,flu vacations, modes of transmission, vaccines and novel treatments, and more! So Sit back, relax, and learn the basic info behind COVID19 and pandemics.

Sources-lots of visual updates this time for those who are concerned!
1) https://imgur.com/goN6nJw- one pager of everything we currently know and do in hospitals
2) map of disease genome- https://nextstrain.org/ncov?animate=2019-11-22,2020-03-13,0,0,30000
3) map of new cases and deaths https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
4) http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9a9b-fea8db1a8f51 epidemiology of chinese outbreak
5) WHO mythbusters page https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters
6) The coronavirus vietnamese psa song-it’s catchy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Roqka9Qbf1Q

624: Immigration Medicine

March 14, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss healthcare unique to immigrants, then and now. Along the way, they cover coronavirus, shipboard screenings, early staffing issues, the Ellis island stress test, six second physicals, chalk mark diagnosis, the buttonhook men, executive ordered hand-washing, chlamydia trachoma, loathsome disease, jazz age deportations, health census maps, panel physicians, modern day health requirements, and more! So sit back, relax, and let us join you in a new land of knowledge!

Sources
1) http://www.ellisisland.se/english/ellisisland_immigration2.asp
2) https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/october-15-1965-remembering-ellis-island
3) https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medical-examination-immigrants-ellis-island/2008-04
4) https://www.nps.gov/elis/learn/historyculture/people_doctor.htm
5) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1805119/pdf/bullnyacadmed00114-0060.pdf

623: Journal Club- Post Antibiotic World

March 7, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news, this time with an emphasis on treating infections without antibiotics. ALong the way, they cover infection fighting soup, supermarket science, phone use in bathrooms, the werewolf resident, copper beds, machine learning antibiotic creation, the acme corporation, distracting your immune system with nanites, an update on covid 2019 and more! So sit back, relax, and learn what’s new in the world of medicine!

Sources
1)https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/20/antibiotic-that-kills-drug-resistant-bacteria-discovered-through-ai
2)https://www.healio.com/infectious-disease/nosocomial-infections/news/online/%7B60d46cf5-a21c-4dab-a3fe-2c2a7800ddfe%7D/researchers-test-silver-coated-screens-to-protect-cell-phones-from-contamination
3) https://www.asm.org/Press-Releases/2019/November-1/Copper-Hospital-Beds-Kill-Bacteria,-Save-Lives
4) https://adc.bmj.com/content/104/12/1138
5) https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-spike-protein-structure.html
6)https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nanoparticles-blood-brain-swelling-mice

622: Doctor House- History of Residency 2

February 29, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh continue their tale of the cast of characters who created modern residencies. Along the way, they cover drug addiction, William Osler, facial hair, medical pranks, penis captivus, alliterative teaching, harry potter houses, house officers, the creation of chief residents, ICD9 codes, the diagnostic elevator pitch, the hidden role of women in medical school and more! So Sit back, relax, and learn the history of how doctors get trained

621: Journal Club- Who'da Thunk It

February 22, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news, this time with a focus on surprising discoveries. Along the way they cover a glimpse backstage, an update on Zika babies, mimivirus and viral crispr, gallstone dna webs, spiderman, herman the german, new uses for CAR-T therapy, heart disease, and more! So sit back, relax and learn whats new in the world of medical news!

Sources
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-019-0496-1
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/697250v1
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1074761319303188
https://www.technologynetworks.com/biopharma/news/first-of-its-kind-study-shows-car-t-cell-therapy-may-be-viable-for-heart-disease-treatment-323845

620: Working the Kinks out- The sexytime episode

February 15, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh, joined by Sex Therapist Dr Holly Richmond talk about human sexual health, technology and kinks. Along the way, they cover tele-dildonics, hysteria, Victorian era vibrators, CES Femtech, Terminators and artificial intelligence, sex positivity, sex therapy, educational pornography, surrogate partners, trending fetishes, bdsm and power exchange, kink resources and more! So sit back and relax as we explore the world of sex!

Sources
1) https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a28480231/6-sextech-inventions-at-ces/
2) https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mvpy4b/fucking-hysterical-a-timeline-of-vintage-vibrators
3) http://next-sex.com/
4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria_(2011_film)
5) https://www.ropeconnections.com/the-safety-series-part-1-physical-risk-with-rope-bondage/

619: Journal Club-The World of Tomorrow

February 8, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news to give you a taste of the latest health discoveries on the horizon. Along the way they cover Dr J’s penchant for old timey things, disease fighting magnets, neoclassical lab techniques, magneto and malaria, Demolition Man and scifi franchises, suspended animation in trauma surgery, ultrasound for alzheimers, magneto and cerebro, buffalo bill phone cases, and a just the tip from Zambia! So sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medicine!

Sources
1) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618354/
2) https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/a-human-patient-has-been-put-into-suspended-animation-for-the-first-time/?fbclid=IwAR3tJo29yB-gBg4Ad1gxHnihQ7WM_VongDZyCiv72FhG_Q339tY6Dthob9g
3) https://www.fusfoundation.org/diseases-and-conditions/neurological/alzheimers-disease
4) https://www.newscientist.com/article/2220453-creepy-human-like-skin-makes-your-phone-ticklish-and-pinchable/

618: Around the World in 80 Plagues- Fighting the Cold war against Coronavirus

February 1, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the Coronavirus, cause of the Wuhan Virus currently being discussed in the news. Along the way they cover precautionary measures, the ultimate sick leave, the common cold unit, Dr Tyrell, collecting boogers, the discovery and etymology of the coronavirus, game of thrones, SARS and MERS, sassy journals, and everything we currently know about the Wuhan coronavirus. So sit back and relax as we hand you a coronaful of virus info!

Sources
1) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2001126?query=featured_home
2) http://salisburyhealthcarehistory.uk/harvard-hospital-common-cold-unit/
3)https://journals.lww.com/pidj/fulltext/2005/11001/history_and_recent_advances_in_coronavirus.12.aspx
4)https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/coronavirus
5) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/016635429290032Z

617: Journal Club- Get Up, Get Down with the Fitness

January 25, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh round up whats new this week in the world of medicine, with emphasis on articles about fitness. Along the way they cover how to achieve resolutions, movie watching workouts, outrunning death, transfusing exercise blood, proteins clustrin and sestrin, de-aging mice, bodybuilding fruit flies, exercise in a pill, space vitamins, vasectomy season, fatty liver disease, your momma jokes and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medicine!

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Sources
1)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kIAF93ObXra97lQdsx5wKwCv1CmB8I__/view
2) https://www.balls.ie/fuel/new-study-proves-value-running-419844
3) https://www.newscientist.com/article/2220992-blood-transfer-from-active-mice-gives-lazy-ones-benefits-of-exercise/
4) https://www.studyfinds.org/sestrin-could-pill-replace-exercise-protein-mimics-effects-of-working-out/
5) https://www.livescience.com/65116-march-madness-vasectomy-season.html

616: Around the World in 80 Plagues- Encephalitis Lethargica

January 18, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

In This Episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh dive deep into a medical mystery from 100 years ago. Along the way, they cover the flu pandemic of 1918, sleepy sickness vs sleeping sickness, Von economo disease and hot air ballooning, viral lobotomies, age differences in disease expression, surprising info about parkinsons disease, throat dinosaurs,a new clue to the disease origin, Awakenings, and more! So Sit back, relax, and help us unravel one of history’s mysteries!

1)https://theconversation.com/a-viral-infection-of-the-mind-the-curious-case-of-encephalitis-lethargica-660
2)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9159730
3) https://tinyurl.com/y3prk9op
4)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3930727.stm
5) https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/encephalitis-lethargica
6)https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4939-0384-9

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TMP Classics: Frostbite the Snowman

January 11, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

While Dr J is both literally and figuratively under the weather this week, please enjoy this winter season classic episode. We’ll be back next week!

In this seasonally appropriate episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and Ward talk about the dangers of frostbite. Along the way, they discuss Game of Thrones memes, French military campaigns, lumberjacking, #firstcoldproblems, treating wounds like fish sticks, siberian massages, Alaskan innovation, temperature conversion, why you shiver, who's at risk for frostbite, stages of injury, cryogenics, mummies, frost nips and ice puppies, jacuzzi health and more! So sit back, warm up, and prepare to learn how to avoid Jack Frost nipping at any of your body

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615- Stocking Stuffers- Hans Christian Gram Stain (or Auld Lab synes)

January 4, 2020 Joshua Dworetzky

Happy New Year listeners! This week, Dr’s J and Santhosh offer up another mini stocking stuffer, this time on one of the oldest modern diagnostic texts, the gram stain. Along the way, they cover baby yoda, frozen ii. the invention of the gram stain, the steps involved, the importance of timing, job stealing robots, when doctors wore lab coats, phasing out of lab tests and more! So sit back, enjoy your new year and learn about old lab signs

614-Stocking Stuffers: Serum Run to Nome

December 28, 2019 Joshua Dworetzky

In this mini holiday special, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the famous sled dog run to Nome. ALong the way they cover 1920’s Alaska, old timey planes, real world effects of diptheria, public health interest stories and the best dogs ever. Happy Holidays!

Stocking Stuffers- The Spider and the Gout Poem

December 25, 2019 Joshua Dworetzky

Happy Holidays! As a stocking stuffer treat for you this xmas, we are releasing a dramatic reading of the poem from our episode, the spider and the gout. New episode this weekend, enjoy whichever holiday you celebrate with your loved ones!

613: Around the World in 80 Plagues- Diptheria

December 21, 2019 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform a deep dive into a world disease, this time with a focus on diphtheria. Along the way they cover Francisco de Goya, the angel of strangulation, medical etymology, the first nobel prize in medicine, toxin and antitoxin, pseudomembranes, signs, symptoms, and treatment of diptheria and more! So sit back and relax as we once again take you around the world in 80 Plagues!

612: Journal Club- Innovations

December 14, 2019 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bi monthly roundup of medical news from around the world, this time with an emphasis on recent medical innovations. Along the way they cover silly names for important journals, deconstructing diseases, molecular pathology, cucumber strong terminator limbs, memory metals, ghost x rays, a new tuberculosis vaccine and more! So Sit back and relax as we tell you whats new in the world of medicine!

Sources:

1)https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/11/flesh-eating-infection-caused-two-microbe-strains-discovered-by-doctors
2)https://www.newscientist.com/article/2221405-experimental-tuberculosis-vaccine-could-save-millions-of-lives/
3)https://news.mit.edu/2019/artificial-fiber-muscles-0711
4)ps://www.newscientist.com/article/2189595-a-ghostly-trick-produces-x-ray-images-with-a-lower-dose-of-radiation/

611: Doctor House- the beginning of residency

December 7, 2019 Joshua Dworetzky

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the founding of residency programs and the cast of characters behind it. Along the way, they cover early victorian medical training, the original hippocratic oath, medical division of labor, barber demotions, medical hogwarts houses, the inventor of the hospital chart, operating on family, cocaine and surgery, the first resident, work hour restrictions, the invention of surgical gloves and a just the tip from bruges! So Sit back, relax, and learn the history of the doctor house

Sources
1) http://halstedthedocumentary.org/halsted.php
2) https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/about/history/history5.html