Travel Medicine Podcast

This Week Eleanor, Emily, and Tom discuss their background and qualifications to cover space 3D as our first season draws to a close. Space 3D is a biweekly production of Travel MDia and the Travel Medicine Podcast. Stay tuned for more fascinating looks into space-faring humanity, technology and culture. For more on topics covered here, please visit Space Hipsters Facebook Page at https://www.face...

In this episode, Dr's J and Ward round up the latest medical news from around the world to see what may be in our future. Along the way, they cover the 4th of July, Heart failure, injectable heart cells, ejection fraction, Hocus Pocus, medical nanobots, detoxification, soundwave fusion, surgery in a pill, gastric bypass, oral insulin, enteric coatings, Platypus, diabetic venom, genomics and a just...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh discuss coal miners pneumoconiosis, or black lung. Along the way, they cover Zoolander, hard and soft coal, surface mining, black lung resurgence, air pollution bronchitis, mining safety and OSHA, silent killers, lung pathology and scarring, diagnosis, treatment, the longest word in the english language, and other little known lung exposure diseases, along with...

This Week, Eleanor and Tom conclude their conversation with Susan Ip-Jewell about the future of space exploration medical capabilities including inspirations in the field, the race to Mars, astronauts for hire, the effects of simulating gravity, and more. Space 3D is a biweekly production of Travel MDia and the Travel Medicine Podcast. Stay tuned for more fascinating looks into space-faring humani...

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and Ward discuss representation of medicine in movies. Along the way, they cover the show ER, newborns in film, SAG birth memberships, birth goop and placenta juice, Pulp Fiction and chest needles, defibrillators and shockable rhythms, crisis grooming, CPR survival rates, the worst film cpr ever performed, cardiac thumps, Million Dollar Baby and ventilators, intr...

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh and Ward talk about the big three causes of health problems during vacations, the good old ATF. Along the way, they discuss the percentage effects of on your body, drink tolerance by weight, drunk bacteria, snake wine standardization processes, a unique way to dispose of your mousetraps, russian scorpion vodka, the dangers of methanol and antifreeze, medical beer...

This Week, Eleanor and Emily continues their conversation with Susan Ip-Jewell about the future of space exploration medical capabilities including radiation protection, demonstrating surgical techniques, and the benefits of keeping medical health professionals on space missions. Space 3D is a biweekly production of Travel MDia and the Travel Medicine Podcast. Stay tuned for more fascinating looks...

In This Episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, Ward and ER Josh cover summertime woes that arise on many vacations. Along the way they discuss, court summons on facebook, sun-blindness, multiple xmen, how to solve sunburns with teabagging, groin protection, skin factor spf as described by ebony.com, Dr J's batman villain name, heat stroke v exhaustion, allergies/asthma, family feud, how not to drown, the acco...

In This Episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, Ward and ER Josh cover summertime woes that arise on many vacations. Along the way they discuss, court summons on facebook, sun-blindness, multiple xmen, how to solve sunburns with teabagging, groin protection, skin factor spf as described by ebony.com, Dr J's batman villain name, heat stroke v exhaustion, allergies/asthma, family feud, how not to drown, the acco...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh discuss chemical weapons in the news. Along the way, they cover the poisoning of the Skripals, the 4 generations of chemical weapons, binary agents, nerve agents and how they work, mustard gas, condiment wars, Fritz Haber, Buzz, organophosphates, SLUDGEM, the Sarin gas attack, VX and The Rock, North Korea, nerve agent symptoms and emergency treatments and more!...

In honor of Solo, A star wars story, this weekend we will be rereleasing our star wars medicine episodes while we work on the remainder of the season...Enjoy! In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and special guest Crystal cover medicine in a galaxy far far away! Along the way, they discuss bothans, medical droids, Da vinci surgeons, ROB/gynes, the luke hand, terminators, thought controlled prostheti...

This Week, Eleanor speaks with Susan Ip-Jewel about the future of space exploration medical capabilities including analog training enironments, crew skill sets, and the use of 3D printing in space. Space 3D is a biweekly production of Travel MDia and the Travel Medicine Podcast. Stay tuned for more fascinating looks into space-faring humanity, technology and culture. For more on topics covered her...

In this episode, Dr's J and Ward take to the high seas to discuss the finer points of cruise ship medicine, with help from Three Stripe Ship Doctor Joel Chiu. Along the way they cover the history of pleasure cruising, hipster travel, the Titanic, calling for consults, what specialties should apply, common shipboard conditions, dealing with quarantine, the real risk of norovirus, blood transfusions...

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh and Praz talk about whatever comes into their heads. Along the way they cover ancient anasthesiology, LL cool J, hypnosurgery, reconstructive penis transplantations, surgical considerations, amazonian tribes, anesthetist responsibilities, multitasking, how long you can be under anesthesia, and more! So Sit back and prepare to see what it's like to go under from th...

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and newest co-host Jeanne Billioux perform their biweekly roundup of whats new in medicine, with an emphasis on bio-hacking. Along the way they discuss the Avengers, human cell computers, hormonal logic gating, flesh eating bacteria, skin regenerating spray, cancer detecting freckles, the vestibular system and balance, galvanisation, and prosthetic limb advances,...

This Week, Eleanor and Emily takes a break from the regular episodes to present outtakes from an interview with one of the skylab mission experts, Dwight Steven-Boniecki, including a variety of anectdotes that didnt make it into the pilot episode Space 3D is a biweekly production of Travel MDia and the Travel Medicine Podcast. Stay tuned for more fascinating looks into space-faring humanity, techn...

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 ch...

In this Episode, Dr's J and Santhosh talk about flight medicine, with special guests ER Josh and friendly flight attendant Sarah. Along the way, they discuss doctors answering the call of duty on the plane,  airplane medical protocols and the bat-phone, the contents of the plane emergency kit, flight attendant training, cpr pop songs, the surprisingly good odds of having medical per...

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh and Ward once again perform their biweekly roundup of what's new in the medical world, this time with a focus on Cancer updates. Along the way, they discuss Australias incredible drop in cervical cancer, HPV school lunch programs, A new body organ that might serve as a cancer highway, the dangers of direct to consumer genetic testing, zika as anticancer agent,canc...

This Week, Eleanor speaks with NASA Medical Advising Professor Charles Doarn on Space Health and Medicine. Topics covered include  design and history of space station Freedom, inpatient versus outpatient medicine in the Crew Healthcare system, mission duration planning in US versus Russia, the problem with antigravity surgical theaters,  physician astronauts, emergency medical evacu...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh, with special cameo cohost Dr Bilioux discuss the age of patent medicines. Along the way, they cover the Back to the Future trilogy, alliteration, the surprising origins of snake oil, omega-3's, turpentine as patent medicine, Vick's vapo rub, Anemia, scientist versus charlatan naming skills, depression era alcohol prescriptions, prohibition versus the opioid cr...

In this episode, Dr's J and Praz take a break from medicine to give you some handy travel tips! Along the way, they discuss VPN's, choosing destinations, jet lag, the significance of airline flight numbers and US highway routes, where to sit on a plane to avoid getting sick, advice for haggling abroad, left digit bias, price anchoring, navigation tips and more! So Sit back, pack your bags, and enj...

This Week, Eleanor and Emily speak conclude their interview with NASA cardiovascular physiologist John Charles of Johnson Space Center. Topics covered include medical expeditions to Mars, conflicts between Operations, engineering, medical research and budget, and cryogenic fluids as far back as Skylab and Gemini . Stay tuned for our next episode in 2 weeks! Space 3D is a biweekly production of Tra...

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh and Ward once again perform their biweekly roundup of what's new in the medical world. Along the way, they cover barbershops and blood pressure, sea snail pain killers, a blood test for alzheimers, male birth control, DeVo and vasectomies, the princess bride, space genes, and a just the tip from Oklahoma. So sit back and prepare to learn about what's new in the wo...

In this episode, Dr's J, Ward and Praz perform their biweekly roundup of what's new in the world of medicine, this time with a focus on new discoveries in well established conditions. Along the way, they discuss bite massage, low back pain and hip hinging, the third thumb project and alternative limbs, new types of diabetes, artisan chemotherapy, new asthma treatments slow walkers and a just the T...