The Curious Clinicians

On this episode, The Curious Clinicians investigate exactly why we can often diagnose respiratory infections with urinary antigen tests…  Check out the show notes here . Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of  nodderly.com .

The Curious Clinicians will give you something to cry about this week… specifically why onions make you tear up when cut. Check out the show notes here . Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of nodderly.com .

As we approach our 50th episode, The Curious Clinicians reboot episode 24, asking why fever can actually be beneficial during infection? Get ready to go back hundreds of millions of years to answer this question. Read the show notes here . Claim CME credits here . Audio edited by Clair Morgan of  nodderly.com . We also have a special ad spot for season 3 of the Pushkin Industries podcast Against t...

In this episode, The Curious Clinicians tell the unbelievable tale of Dr. Scott Smith, an anesthesiologist who in 1946 purposefully paralyzed himself.  Read the show notes here . Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of  nodderly.com .

The Curious Clinicians examine why cirrhosis predisposes to SBP, and why bacterial translocation across the bowel wall into ascites doesn't actually occur! Read the show notes here . Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of nodderly.com .

The Curious Clinicians examine why propofol can cause propofol-related infusion syndrome (PRIS). Read the show notes here . Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com.

In their latest episode, The Curious Clinicians investigate why antiphospholipid antibodies can be falsely positive during acute illness or thrombosis. Read the show notes here .  Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. 

On this episode, The Curious Clinicians are joined by their first guest host, dermatologist extraordinaire Dr. Steven Chen ! They inspect together why certain rashes have an acral distribution. Check out the show notes here . Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodd...

This week The Curious Clinicians discuss antibiotics and soap - why don't we use daptomycin to treat pneumonia? Check out the show notes here . Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of nodderly.com .

The Curious Clinicians examine why we use a bacterial vaccine (BCG, an attenuated form of mycobacterium bovis) to treat an unrelated malignancy (bladder cancer). Check out the show notes here . Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com .  

Tony joined Dr. Adam Rodman as a guest on the Bedside Rounds podcast. We are thrilled to share that episode here.  How can we medically tell whether or not someone is alive or dead? The answer is more complicated than you'd think. This episode was a live podcast Adam and Tony gave at the Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Physicians annual meeting on October 16, 2021. They track the...

The Curious Clinicians examine why the nervous system is cross-wired, with each side of the brain controlling the opposite side of the body. Does that crossing serve a purpose? Check out the show notes here . Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com .

In this episode, The Curious Clinicians examine whether tryptophan from turkey actually causes the infamous Thanksgiving food coma. Check out the episode's show notes here . Click here  to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of nodderly.com.

On this episode of the podcast, The Curious Clinicians examine why drinking alcohol can lead to significant polyuria, what some refer to as "breaking the seal". Check out the episode's show notes here . Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of nodderly.com . 

The Curious Clinicians explore why chronic laxative use can cause melanosis coli. Check out the episode's show notes here . Click here  to obtain  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™  (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (1.00 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of nodderly.com  

This week, The Curious Clinicians investigate the curious laterality of catamenial pneumothoraces. Why do they almost always arise on the right side of the chest? Check out the episode's show notes here . Don't forget to claim your CME/MOC credits , courtesy of VCU Health! Audio editing by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com . 

The Curious Clinicians head all the way back to June, 2020 and reboot episode 3, exploring why trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole can cause an isolated rise in creatinine.  Check out the show notes here .  Claim your CE/MOC credits here . 

The Curious Clinicians examine why advanced systolic heart failure can induce the Cheyne-Stokes respiratory pattern. Check out the episode's show notes here . Don't forget to claim your CME/MOC credits , courtesy of VCU Health! Audio editing by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com . 

In this episode, The Curious Clinicians examine why the drug Carbidopa-Levodopa has the brand name Sinemet. They also discuss the origin stories of the names of several other commonly prescribed medications. Check out the episode's show notes here . Audio edited by Clair Morgan of nodderly.com *CME/MOC credits are not available for this episode.  

On this episode the Curious Clinicians investigate why corticosteroids often cause blood eosinophil counts to drop so quickly and dramatically.  Check out the show notes on our website.  Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits , courtesy of VCU Health! Sound editing by Nodderly . 

The Curious Clinicians, led by Tony,  investigate why nephrotic syndrome causes edema. Check out the show notes on our website. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits , courtesy of VCU Health! Sound editing by Nodderly .  

In this episode The Curious Clinicians investigate why some people absolutely love cilantro while others taste soap if they try to eat it. Check out the show notes on our website. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits , courtesy of VCU Health! Sound editing by Nodderly .

In this episode The Curious Clinicians investigate why too much oxygen (aka hyperoxia) can be harmful. Check out the show notes on our website. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits , courtesy of VCU Health! Sound editing by Nodderly .

For the final episode in our Intern Questions series, The Curious Clinicians examine why urinary tract infections cause burning with urination. Check out the show notes on our website. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits , courtesy of VCU Health! Sound editing by Nodderly . 

This week The Curious Clinicians examine why albuterol (and other beta agonists) can cause lactic acidosis. Check out the show notes on our website. Don't forget to pick up your CME/MOC credits , courtesy of VCUHealth! Sound editing by Nodderly .