Travel Medicine Podcast

In This extended rebroadcast of a classic episode, Dr's J and Ward talk about Influenza, Bronchitis, Colds, and Pneumonia. Along the way, they discuss oddball restaurants in New York, history of the Spanish flu epidemic, The Swine Resident, how the flu vaccine works, the length of flu season, Flu etymology, and a brief discussion about advance directives. Dr's J and Santhosh then give you updated...

In This episode, Dr's J, Ward, and Praz can be "Count"ed upon to give you a scare with the annual halloween episode. Along the way, they discuss classic halloween monsters, seasonal puns, French vampire scientists, the sonic science behind spooky spectres, the toxic woman of riverside, medical mysteries, anesthesia related terrors, coffin births and a medical journal approved ghost story, along wi...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh continue the terrible tale of perilous poisons begun in part 1 in the modern day. Along the way they discuss marital plots, harmful household cleaners, deadly alcohol substitutes, anatomy lab hunger stimulants, disclaimers galore, Breaking bad, ricin poisoning, poison immunity and political assassinations, the danger of christmas plants, getting the red out wit...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news from around the world, with an emphasis on things that slither, crawl, bite, and creep. Along the way, they discuss cyborg meat brains, Dr J's muppet arms, Sinatra, Traveling Bedbugs, dirty laundry danger, bedbug smells, sea lice and sea fleas, insect pirahana, drug resistant malaria, literal nightmare...

In this 2 part episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, Ward, and Praz slip you some facts about old timey poisons. Along the way they discuss the delighfully long true name of Paracelsus, why the dose makes the poison, famous poison cases, inheritance powder, the etymology and effects of arsenic, cyanide and the plant conspiracy, internal asphyxia, antidote poppers, expensive vitamins, the tragic trio of poiso...

Hello and Welcome to our 4th Season of TMP!  In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh cover radiation sickness and nuclear fallout. Along the way, they discuss Rocket Man, Mad Max, Wilhelm Rontgen and the Radium Girls, 1950's radioactive products, types of radiation and how to shield it, measurements of radiation, Banana Equivalent dosing, Harry Belafonte, Hibakusha, the Manhattan project, cancer and...

In the finale to our third season, Dr's J and Santhosh discuss Disney Medicine. Along the way, they cover wishing upon a star, Cinderella Dermatosis, how not to clean a fireplace, color coordinating fairy spells with pumpkins, poison apples, the first cartoon anesthesiologist, the medical degree of Doc, Japanese pufferfish tetrodotoxin, Sleeping Beauty Syndrome, Dwarfism, Medical Etymology, Skelet...

In this penultimate episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again round up the medical news of the week in everyone's favorite, journal club. Along the way, they cover cancer gene therapy, Alzheimer mini seizures, memory preserving treatments and feasibility studies, Demolition Man, cryopreservation, practical tissue thawing, apocalypse scenarios, recreating extinct viruses, research ethics, the protect...

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...

In this special travelogue, Dr Santhosh journeys to the prostitute information center in Amsterdam to get a working knowledge of working girls. Along the way, they discuss the history of prostitution, the proper way to address a prostitute, where they receive their health care, social stigma, age of consent, specialist care, laws and protections, city council housing associations, emergency button...

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, Ward, and Praz perform a roundup of the latest medical news and advancements affecting men's health. Along the way, they discuss Wonder Woman, Austin Texas, smart condoms, genital fitbits, sex award badges, sexual hacking, male birth control, vasectomies, deceptive spa weekends, vasagel jello walls, scrotal sedation, male fertility apps, smartphone semen analysis...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news from around the glob, this time with an emphasis on self improvement. Along the way, they discuss autism, vintage drugs, suramin and sleeping sickness, responsible researchers, Flowers for Algernon, autism altering medications, pollen allergies, peanut butter sandwiches, cellular amnesia, Mr T cells, desensitizati...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh give an update on new vaccines and international steps to reduce disease. Along the way, they cover offensive European accents, compulsory vaccinations in Italy, vaccine tax and fines in Germany, vaccine bounties, cancer fighting vaccines, Neoantigens and the Matrix, does everyone have cancer, targeted memory, malaria vaccines, waning strength and dubious effic...

In this episode, Dr's J, Ward, and Praz discuss the founding of the Food and Drug Administration. Along the way, they cover Suicide Squad, Bernie Sanders, Toxicology, Strychnine and bitter beer face, recruiting students for scientific trials, Dr Praz Poetry Corner, med school blood draws, Victorian-era food additives, EULAs,  The Borax Trials, Chopped ingredients, toxic food preservatives, heavy m...

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and Praz, with help from Pediatric Dentist Wendy discuss dentistry. Along the way they cover tooth puns, ancient Egypt, Sumerian Tooth Worms, Dr J's phobias, dental skin, shark teeth, the great rebuff, how pediatric dentistry differs from adult, oral anesthesia, the tooth/sanity ratio, dental homes, the social six, the tooth fairy, what happens to extracted teeth...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news with an emphasis on recycling. Along the way they cover using viral infected organs for transplants, captain planet, john oliver, transplant wait lists, transplanting pancreatic cells, possible cures for diabetes, artificial blood, dad jokes, terrible British accents, flushing fallopian tubes, fertility, tag teams...

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and Praz, with the help of special guest Dr Dan Bronstein cover Chiropractic Medicine. Along the way, they discuss Animaniacs, Daniel David Palmer and the origins of chiropractic philosophy, pediatric manipulation, the Simpsons, sensory defensive children, the iron fist, high velocity adjustments and how they work, working with the WHO, creating national guidelin...

Ahoy Me Hearties! This week, Dr's J, Santhosh, and Ward discuss pirate medicine! Along the way, they cover why pirates say ARR, pirate obamacare, protecting doctors with plausible deniability, Blackbeard, Austin Powers,the East India Company, medicine chests, medical versus cooking supplies, specialized equipment, costs of 17th century medical supplies, famous pirate surgeons, pirate medical schoo...

In this abbreviated episode, Dr's J and Praz perform their roundup of medical news and reviews in a journal club dedicated to seemingly questionable pseudoscience. Along the way, they discuss some light politics, Pap Smear Obsolescensce, Cervical Cancer, Appalachia, The Vitamin C protocol, goal directed therapy, anectodotal experience versus scientific studies, the obligatory pirate joke, gluten i...

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and Praz once again round up the latest in medical news and breakthroughs in a journal club based on Hollywood Medicine. Along the way, they cover star trek, the creation of tricorders, cell phones, roll up windows, CSI:TravelMed, Detective Cinnamon, Living Sensor gloves, space booping, cyborgans, stem cell classification, nonsexual robot vaginas, sonic screwdriv...

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, cannabal...

In this episode, Dr's J and Ward, with special guest Dr James Ham discuss humanitarian medical work. Along the way they cover the surprising challenges of working in Hawaii, military medical scholarships, the combat engineer brigade, infrastructure work in the Phillipines, humanitarian medical work, the founding of WaterHandsHope, Papau New Guinea, tribal war injuries, crowdfunding and bluff calli...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news and reviews, this time with an emphasis on the blood. Along the way, they discuss japanese blood types, street fighter 2, rapid blood type identification, pizza delivery blood, blood pools, vampire noises, new lung functions, power rangers and blood teenagers, spinach hearts, making human groot hybrids,...

In this episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, Ward and Praz, along with special guest Jasmin Tomlins discuss end of life care. Along the way they cover Victorian death photos, how people die in the western world, what a death doula is, death superheroes, common end of life questions, certification and training, death sub specialties, preferred methods of death, vigils, home burials, grief butlers and after-m...

In this minisode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and Praz dive deeper into the history of chloroform as mentioned in our Anesthesia episode. Along the way they cover chemist hobbies, the search for new pesticides, drunken locusts, civil war medicine, teaching surgeons civility, huffing parties, pregnancy as character building, the Simpsons, Jon Snow and criminal anesthetics,  chloroform creating jobs, child an...