Travel Medicine Podcast

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again round up all their favorite research from the medical world to share with you! Along the way, they cover new methods of hospital disaster relief, electronic monitoring tattoos, biosensors, skynet and cyborgs, medical uses of AI, voice diagnosis, correct pronunciation of luxembourg, jitter and shimmer, dementia ai treatments, smart glasses, world cup...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh cover your largest organ in an episode dedicated to dermatology! Along the way they cover ancient Egypt and the ebers and smith papyri, tumor children, vitiligo and phototherapy, itchy bottoms, greek priest dogs and the asclepiad, the staying power of wound care recommendations, categories of skin disease in the ancient and modern world, peculiar teaching method...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh return from their California wildfire induced hiatus with everybody's favorite segment and a roundup of new medical research stories focused on food and drink! Along the way they cover the healing power of candy, spinal injury mechanisms, smart insulin, the health benefits of coffee, how and why coffee makes you poop, healing bacteria in feces and more! SO sit...

Dr's J and Santhosh are almost back from their holiday break, and in the meantime we invite you to continue a tour through some of our classic and most requested episodes with guest hosts of days gone by! 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 Con...

Hello folks! We are still on winter break but will be back in a week, so please enjoy this classic episode In this episode Dr's J, Ward, and Praz cover the history and applications of Anesthesia. Along the way they discuss medical etymology, the Assyrian Vulcan neck pinch, Victorian England, who control the OR music, the founders of anesthesia, humbugs and doctor validation, who administers anesth...

In this holiday episode Dr's J and Santhosh discuss everything diabetes! ALong the way they cover the earliest descriptions and discovery of diabetes in the ancient world, medical etymology, the tasting of urine, horseback riding for urine control, function and purpose of the pancreas, Edward ALbert Sharpy Schafer, the real housewives of insulin, effects on micro and macro circulation, types of di...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh continue diagnosing the holidays by exploring the health of some holiday characters! Along the way, they cover grinchy skin conditions, snake herpes, greasy banana skin, jerky as a jocky, the encroaching holiday season, grinchy hearts, growth spurts and POTS, tilt tables, takotsubo, and the many medical risks of Santa Claus. So Sit back, relax, and learn why mr...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh perform a roundup of whats new in medical news, this time with a focus on dietary studies! Along the way they cover ancel keys and the seven countries study, italian centenarians , the mediterranean diet, class differences, saturated fats, extra virgin olive oils, food fraud, fermented foods, the benefits of snacking and more! So sit back and chow down as we bit...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh discuss the pathology of brain worms made famous most recently by the incoming President's HHS nominee, RFK Jr. Along the way they cover measly pork in ancient Greece, surprising communities infected with the pork tapeworm, the life cycle of the parasite, formation of brain cysts, medical etymology, neglected diseases, parasitic lion king, cooking pork for fun a...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again round up whats new in the world of medicine, this time with an emphasis on robots and nanites! Along the way, they cover nanomedicine, specialized blood bots, robot fingers, the luke arm, titanium hearts, blood trauma, techno-endocarditis, the dangers of artifical hearts, currently used healthcare robots and more! SO sit back and relax as we see what...

In this episode following the American election, Dr;s J and Santhosh explore the early days of American medicine. Along the way they cover the multifaceted roles of healthcare professionals, medical etymology, medicine on the Mayflower, indigenous medicines of the Americas, medical handbooks and the role of women in colonial healthcare, smallpox epidemics, variolation and it's controversies, the f...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh dig into their halloween leftovers and discuss hospital diets! Along the way they cover salisbury steak, civil war fad diets, frostbite sous vide, parisian soup houses, hospistal stewardships, who is responsible for feeding patients, airline delivery systems, the introduction of jello and more! So sit back and relax as we dig into hospital food! Further Reading...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh continue their spooktober special with a guest from times gone by, Dr Ward emergency physician extraordinaire. Along the way they cover invisible mice and men, only murders in the building, cyanide laced tylenol, changes in drug packaging, xenomorph life cycles and the surprising creature inspiration, horror movie survival skills, innovative medical solutions,...

In this spooky episode, Dr's J and Santhosh debate some common problems for movie monsters and their medical origins. along the way, they cover werewolves, were fleas, werewolf herpes, latent viruses, the physiology of transformation, tumorigenic viruses, Tasmanian devils, lycanthropy vaccines, toxoplasma and wolf behavior, vampire blood diets, deceased kidney disorders, vampire diarrhea, vitamin...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh begin their spooktober episodes with an 80 plagues devoted to flesh eating bacteria! Along the way they cover holiday creep, ancient Greek medical records, hospital gangrene in the civil war, Fournier's gangrene, syphilology, what the fascia is, common bacteria and targets, diagnosis, risk factors, the fallacy of calling something flesh eating, treatment and ri...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh formally Launch season 11 with a discussion dedicated to heart devices! Along the way they cover a reintroduction to your hosts, electric danish chickens, hand cranked pacemakers, galvanism, the longest resuscitation, the bow tie team, heart conduction, portable defibrillators, cpr paradoxes, nuclear heart devices, back to the future, aed technology improvements...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh return early for a special episode dedicated to the Olympics and their upcoming live show! Along the way they cover their upcoming show oct 5 , live performances, ancient Greek training regimens and athlete selection, famous Greek trainers, the addition of physicians to the modern competition, a history of gender testing, relative energy deficiency syndrome, th...

In our final episode of season 10, Dr's J and Santhosh return to San Diego to discuss all things comic book medicine! Along the way they cover plausible development and function of the x gene, mutants versus mutates, mutant physiology, the best medical career for professor X, cerebro, Sinister neurosurgery, Gambit and biokinesis, super soldier serum and more! So sit back and relax as we mythbust t...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh perform a rap up of what's new in respiratory viruses. Along the way they cover the return of our rap alter egos Poppa Pill and PeniChillin, dropping bars and knowledge, chimpanzee coryza virus, pediatric respiratory risks, pathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus, monoclonal antibodies, bird flu aka fowl plague, h1n1, government chickens, zoonotic diseases,...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh cover diseases and epidemics that were never real, but still impacted their communities in both positive and negative ways! Along the way, they cover cello scrotum, chinese restaurant syndrome, good examples of terrible science, the questionable effects of msg, world war 2 resistance biowarfare, diagnostic exams, typhoid and typhus, Italian syndrome K, a fake po...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh discuss why they keep a little dirt under their pillow for the dirt man! Along the way, they cover millennial earworms, the dirt man song, the four classes of soil borne disease, new jersey and the history of streptomycin, Bob dole, citizen science, malicidins, metagenomics, drug resistance in soil, selfish bacteria, geophagy, open verse challenges, nautical di...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh continue their summer planning sessions by discussing sun and vacation based health! Along the way they cover hemispheric seasonal differences, beach diagnosis, Frank's sign, bilirubin levels, saddle noses, surviving a rip current, sunburns, skin cancer, odd uses for olive oil, secret army sun projects, Asian v western sunscreens, uva and uvb and more! So sit b...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh take a break from their usual history and science to discuss their summer reading list of medical themed books! Along the way they cover reading rainbow, alternative names for viruses, pizza hut, Hans Zinsa,, Humpty Dumpty and neurosurgery, murine typhus, the transatlantic accent, plagues and generals, doctor to the supernatural, gothic medical horror mystery, g...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh round up whats new in the world of medicine, this time with an emphasis on the use of toys! Along the way they cover nostalgic children's shows, toys repurposed to medical equipment, gyroscopes, whirligigs, malaria and paper centrifuges, Lego for anesthesia and medical training, Roahld Dahl and hydrocephalus, model trains, neurosurgery and more! So sit back and...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh do a literary dive into the works of Charles Dickens!. Along the way they cover his medical documentation, public health works, epidemiology, contribution to the invention of pediatric hospitals, his health and death, the pickwick papers, tuberculosis, Tourette's, torticollis, stroke and aphasia, the nutritional value of gruel and more! So sit back and relax as...