Travel Medicine Podcast

Happy Thanksgiving Listeners! This week, Dr’s J and Santhosh round up some articles with a holiday theme. Along the way, they cover the importance of thanksgiving, the antibacterial activity of cranberries, the pronunciation of the word pumpkin, beneficial effects of pumpkin seeds, nursery rhymes, all kinds of worms, and various thanksgiving myths get busted. So sit back and help yourself to secon...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again round up the medical news of the week, this time with an emphasis on classic medical problems with new twists. Along the way they discuss flu season, MIB, immune system memory loss, vaccinations, vape lung, the dangers of vitamin E, how much red meat is enough, the other other other white meat, grading scientific studies, and more! So sit back and re...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss Gout. Along the way, they cover the fable of the spider and the gout, class warfare in lifestyle infections, the divine ancient greek love child causing gout, ancient foot fetishes, raising your social standing, the revolutionary war, hyperuricemia, pathology of gout and pseudogout, treatments, and more! So sit back as we teach you about gout from head...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news this time with an emphasis on the gut. Along the way they cover microbiomes, the discovery of phagocytes, probiotics, the secret origins of dannon, how swimming affects the microbiome, super poopers, the bristol stool scale, how to be a donor, organ transplant screening and more! So Sit back and relax a...

In our annual halloween episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh cover the many odd and creative things people have done with the deceased. Along the way they cover the hearse song, human book bindings, the 18th century origins of body-worlds, plastination, human petrified furniture, mumia corpse medicine, and more! So Sit back as we dig up some surprising medical stories on a body of knowledge often left bur...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news, this time with an emphasis on frankenscience. Along the way, they cover the man with two brains, organoids, 3d printing blood vessels, replaceable organs, the lost wax technique, regrowing tooth enamel, the occult truth of the tooth fairy, epigenetics, reversing the aging process, a just the tip from D...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh continue their discussion of kidney disease and the development of hemodialysis. Along the way, they cover the kidney Macgyver, the first successful hemodialysis, the return of Helmut, grounds for divorce, M.A.S.H. HD, surprising uses for Teflon, rationing who Shall Live, dialysis coverage, the utility of HD, and a just the tip from Azerbaijian! So Sit back as...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh round up medical news from around the world in everybody’s favorite segment, journal club! This week the theme is spooky studies and horror stories. Along the way, they cover a test that determines when you will die, gene editing, a possible cure for hemophilia, a surprising new cooking ingredient and some macabre recipes, full metal alchemist, human animal chi...

Welcome Back Fellow Travelers! We’re launching season 6 by getting back to basics of medicine. In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss end stage renal disease and the creation of dialysis. Along the way, they cover the water of consumptives, Scottish professors, Bright’s disease, dropsy, insurance company villainy, ancient egypt and grecian anatomy class, UB40 dialysis, peritoneal dialysis, r...

In our season finale, Dr’s J, Santhosh, Ward and Praz get ready for San Diego Comicon and the annual discussion of comic book medicine! ALong they way, they cover The Fantastic 4 and Ehlers Danlos, malnutrition in middle-earth, dragon gold poisoning, scurvy goblins, orcish anemia, superhero fashion choices, bane’s facemask, the legacy virus and HIV, the techno-organic virus and adaptive evolution,...

In this episode, Dr J and his super-friends return to once again cover medicine in comic books, just in time for the San Diego Comic Convention. Along the way, they discuss a CPR song from the dark side, the curious case of Benjamin Button, Progeria, Terminal Leukodystrophy and reverse mental aging, parallels between Dirk Gently's Pararibulitis and fibromyalgia, pain gating syndromes, soul sucking...

It’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...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news, this time with an emphasis on studies that require a closer look. ALong the way, they cover bone spurs, debunk cell phone horns, demonstrate how to analyze a study, stress vaccines, mouse bro culture, protective farm bacteria, cystic fibrosis drugs and pharma loopholes, and more! So sit back and relax...

In this episode, Dr’s J, Santhosh, and Praz discuss the art of medicine-or more accurately, diagnosing painters and paintings! Along the way, they cover audio/visual episode problems, medical cultural education, colorblindness in art, olympic painting medals, Monet and cataracts, uv vision, breast cancer in sculpture, renaissance surgical advancements, acular degeneration, Paget’s and more! So Sit...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh perform everybody’s favorite roundup of medical news, this time with an emphasis on studies that would fit in As Seen on TV ads. Along the way, they cover a return to patreon updates, mosquito week, gene drives and doublesex mosquitos, insect passport control, mosquito fungicides, malaria free countries, WHO swagger, sugar storage of vaccines, listermints, medi...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Praz, with special guest Emily Hook discuss the attributes and health of circus sideshow performers. Along the way, they cover the history of circus sideshows, the Coney Island NICU, the classes of sideshow acts, Geeks, the secrets of human pincushions, glass chewing, sword swallowing, circus endoscopy and intubation, fire eaters lung ,off season care, Ehlers Danlos syn...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh learn about Neurogastronomy, cutting edge food science, with the expertise of author, researcher, psychologist and Oxford Professor Charles Spence. Along the way, they cover the definition of Neuro-gastronomy, multisensory dinner experiences, sensory dominance, human smelling evolution, synesthesia, visual illusions, hacking your sense of taste, the importance...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform a roundup of what’s new in the medical world, this time with an emphasis on vaccines. Along the way, they cover Dr J’s recent birthday, a well placed title prank, malaria vaccine testing, phase trials, the ebola vaccine and importance of data release, ring vaccination, the godfather strategy, dengue vaccine caveats, two factor authentication...

In This episode, Dr's J and Praz, with the help of Opera Singer and Vocal Coach Jessica Schneiderman talk about the vocal health. Along the way, they discuss the dangers of sneezing, laryngeal high fives, talking chimpanzees, vocal embryology, the four voice registers, whistling Mariah Carey, heavy metal glottal scraping, Dr J's heavy metal career, falsettos, resonance quacking, speaking on breath...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh round up medical news of the last two weeks, with an emphasis on the strange and surprising. Along the way, they cover spoiler free Endgame discussions, creative recreational exercising, surgical abs, liposuction and the pinch test, pothole cardioversion, tachycardia, Lamarkian evolution, telomeres, gummy bear gnathometers, smart bacteria and more! So sit back...

In this episode, Dr’s J, Santhosh and Praz perform a biweekly roundup of whats new in medicine, focusing on science that is manufactured. Along the way, they cover viagra soda, resurrecting pig brains, definitions of brain death, neuro-architecture, human regeneration, black panther worms, human trials of CRISPR, how gene editing works, blood candy, 3d printed hearts, scrotox, and a just the tip f...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh take you through a history of the early days of urology. Along the way, they cover the periodic table, alchemy, ayurvedic urine classification, maple syrup urine disease, uromancy, diagnostic flowcharts, matulas, important characteristics of pee, Mad King George, the naming of diabetes, odd pregnancy tests, paracelsus and chemical urinalysis, the first uroscope...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again round up the last 2 weeks in medical news, with a focus on infection resistance. Along the way they cover last week’s lack of an episode, new methods for determining sensitivities to antibiotics, a cure for the common flu, social media and influenza, treating mosquitos for malaria, engineering bacteria to treat liver disease, Sources 1) https://www.z...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh cover the many ways animals have helped in medicine over the years. Along the way they cover a brief behind the scenes look at our recording process, animal pregnancy tests, wet nurses, goat wards in the hospital, puppydog breast pumps, types and training of service dogs, helper monkey college, therapy horses and more! So sit back and relax as we take this epis...

In this episode, Dr’s J, Ward, and Praz discuss the opioid crisis and how it is being combatted. Along the way they cover getting high off antidiarrheal meds, the antidote to opioids, how narcan works, the origins and growth of the drug crisis, the cost and locations of naloxone, new opioids that target only the injury instead of the whole body, opioids that provide relief without pleasure, the pr...