804: Halloween Special-Decapitation-a terrible place to beheaded

October 30, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-guillotine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_ (guillotine)
https://www.livescience.com/15264-brain-death-decapitation.html
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26461911/

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803 Journal Club-Pandemic Updates , what a pill!

October 23, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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/content/blog-post/molnupiravir-thor-s-hammer-delivers
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/29/1040879179/vision-loss-crispr-treatment
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2021/press-release/

802 Vaccine Mandates? I take exemption to that!

October 16, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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 history!

801: Pass the Ivermectin, I'm a little hoarse

October 9, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

Welcome 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 what all the fuss is about!

Further Reading
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043740/
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/ivermectin-mectizan.html
https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/tables/table-2c/

736 Comic Book Medicine 7: A multiverse of medicine

July 24, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

This 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.technologyreview.com/2019/12/03/131752/chinas-crispr-babies-read-exclusive-excerpts-he-jiankui-paper/
https://gizmodo.com/young-justice-outsiders-is-raising-fascinating-questio-1837037098

735 Muppet Medicine

July 17, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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

TMP Classics: Comic Book Medicine 1

July 11, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

It’s July, which means Dr J is doing all the comic book things. As always, our season finale will be comic book medicine, but please enjoy these classic episodes

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 vampire and porphyria, daredevil and echolocation, medical conditions in the xmen, folie a deux, wolverine and mental health, and viral transmission in the walking dead. So Sit back true believers, and prepare to learn about real world parallels for comic book conditions!

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734 Journal Club-Snips, Snails and Soy Testicles

July 4, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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/scientists-used-crispr-to-engineer-a-new-superbug-thats-invincible-to-all-viruses/
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2021/06/21/should-rare-cases-of-heart-inflammation-put-your-covid-19-vaccine-plans-on-hold
https://www.insider.com/tiktok-users-dipping-testicles-in-soy-sauce-to-taste-it-2020-1#:~:text=People%20are%20dipping%20their%20testicles,male%20testes%20have%20taste%20receptors.

733 Scenes from a hat-Medical Mad libs part 2

June 26, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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 blanks!

TMP Classics: The Oregon Trail- Go Rest, young man!

June 19, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

Dr’s J and Santhosh are traveling this week, so enjoy some oregon trail medicine and we'll be back next week to finish our medical mad libs series!

In 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 take you to the old frontiers of medicine!

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732 Scenes from a hat-Medical Mad libs part 1

June 12, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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://www.mentalfloss.com/article/79338/20-anglo-saxon-remedies-balds-leechbook
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=royal_ms_12_d_xvii_fs001ar

731 Journal Club- Blood, Spit, and Tears

June 5, 2021 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 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-covid-19/
http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/10/451/eaap8798
https://www.labroots.com/trending/clinical-and-molecular-dx/20552/researchers-create-saliva-wiki
https://www.labroots.com/trending/clinical-and-molecular-dx/20437/gonorrhea-testing
https://med.umn.edu/news-events/medical-school-ophthalmologists-will-test-tears-covid-19

730 Around the World in 80 Plagues- Shigella

May 29, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29318984/
https://sci-hub.do/https://www.asmscience.org/content/journal/ecosalplus/10.1128/ecosalplus.ESP-0006-2017

729 Journal Club- Wait, what?

May 22, 2021 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 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-that-learned-to-fight-cancer
2) https://phys.org/news/2021-05-mammals-anus-emergencies.html
3) https://gizmodo.com/blowing-smoke-up-your-ass-used-to-be-literal-1578620709

728-Vitals Information- I dream of fever

May 15, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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://elifesciences.org/articles/49555
https://www.livescience.com/why-has-average-human-temperature-changed.html
https://sci-hub.do/https://www.jstor.org/stable/4457716?seq=1

727- Journal CLub- Those who can, do. Those who cancer...

May 8, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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
2) https://www.bestmedicaldegrees.com/experimental-cancer-treatments/
3) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262407919312102
4) https://rupress.org/jcb/article/218/11/3827/120917/Chemotherapy-induced-senescent-cancer-cells-engulf

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726 Wound Care- Bandaging your Johnson and Johnson

April 24, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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/articles/PMC2771513/
2) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17708384/
3) https://todaysveterinarypractice.com/unique-therapies-for-difficult-wounds/

725 Journal Club- Unexpected Discoveries

April 17, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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-signs-of-protection-against-dozen-plus-flu-strains/
2) https://www.osaka-cu.ac.jp/en/news/2020/sesaminol
3) https://www.drugtargetreview.com/news/83385/researchers-discover-factor-that-triggers-muscle-stem-cells-to-heal/
4) https://academictimes.com/spiders-spin-a-new-path-toward-tissue-regeneration/

724-Culture Club- Bacterial Libraries

April 10, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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.asm.org/content/81/17/5671/figures-only
3)https://www.atcc.org/
4)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92730/
5)https://sci-hub.do/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065216408705628

723: Around the World in 80 Plagues- Cysticercosis

April 3, 2021 Joshua Dworetzky

In 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.paleopatologia.it/first-paleoparasitological-studies-in-italy-helminthic-parasites-in-mummies-of-different-age/
2) http://www.thomas-morris.uk/the-tapeworm-trap/#:~:text=Indeed%2C%20the%20original%20patent%20for,country%20allowed%20to%20use%20it.
3) https://www.intechopen.com/books/novel-aspects-on-cysticercosis-and-neurocysticercosis/introduction-to-cysticercosis-and-its-historical-background