Travel Medicine Podcast

In tis episode Dr's J and Santhosh continue their exploration of disease histories, this time with a focus on Lassa fever. Along the way, they cover bollywood lyrics, yogurt drinks, preserved human brains, arena viruses, the roman empire, eponymous disease and their consequences, edible disease vectors, hemorrhagic flu season, disease symptoms and pathology, swollen baby syndrome, natural immunity...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh, with help from friend of the show Dr Ward, look into the medical history and accomplishments of Dr Livingstone. Along the way, they cover the nuances of lackey, minion and henchmen, problems with the way back machine, a return to our newest segment, who charted, Livingstone's inspirations and mentors, medical missions, the scientific method, malaria treatment...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh return to their roots and discuss travel and medicine by covering medical missions, with special guest Dr Hamilton! Along the way they cover Peter Parker, Canton Pok Tsai institute, Dr Livingstone, Dr Hamilton's first medical mission, popular destinations, the rise and fall of medical missions golden age, ninja turtles, Nicaragua mission work, what to pack for a...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh round up whats new in the world of medicine in everybody's favorite segment, journal club this time themed around blood sweat and tears! ALong the way, they cover the taste of teeth, the protective abilities of sweat, lyme disease, secret globin, gene banks, diagnostic menstruations, proof of concept studies, endometriosis, uti vaccine, wasabi for food preservat...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh explore the medicinal practices of the ancient Aztecs! Along the way they cover the codex responsible for our knowledge and how they were obtained, disease as divine punishment being god specific, the flayed god, the water god, anatomical knowledge from human sacrifice, mysterious indigenous diseases of the pre-colombian era, medical specialties in the aztec wo...

In this episode dr's J and santhosh once again perform a roundup of whats new in the world of medicine, this time with an emphasis on things that are sweet or should be lowered! Along the way, they cover the history of artificial sweeteners, sweet and low, microplastics, polymers and cardiac disease, chocolate oral insulin,nanobots, baboons and hypoglycemia, insulin cows, scaled production, govern...

In this episode, Drs J and Santhosh discuss the aftereffects of the recent solar eclipse on eye health! Along the way, they cover the last airbender, ancient historical eye medicine, solar retinopathy and the sextant, how looking at the sun injures your eye, risk factors, laser pointer injuries, kohl, eclipse glasses and more! So sit back and relax as we discuss blinding you with science! Support...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh discuss some unique medical history and conditions about your face! Along the way they cover problematic song lyrics, childhood nostalgia insults, the gold standard smile, smile types, the facial feedback hypothesis, exercise forms, denture history, waterloo teeth, american presidents, transactional records, porcelain teeth, jaw erosion, mewing, neti pots and mo...

IN this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again peruse the periodic table for its influence on medicine, this time with a focus on Helium! Along the way, they discuss Victor Hugo, the 1870 siege of Paris, the electromagnetic spectrum, balloon fuel sources prior to helium, the invention of heliox, medical uses of gaseous helium, how helium changes your voice, stroke recovery, the supercooling effec...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh round up their favorite research of the week in one of our most popular segments, journal club! Along the way they discuss ultrasound, animaniacs, influencing the brain with soundwaves, ultrasonic sperm, viagra for alzheimers, cancer raves, dance dance revolution in the elderly and more! SO sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medical res...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh tackle culinary and fast food medicine! Along the way they cover 90's commercial jingles, Upton Sinclair, the founding of fast food, the whitecastle project, portion control, the scientific method, antibiotics in meat, the healthiest fast food, antibiotics and loss of fermentation effects, ultrasound culinary applications, medical meat tenderizing and more! SO s...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh do a deep dive into an element common to dental care and how it came to be! Along the way they cover Colorado brown stain, pediatric dentistry, epidemiology studies, elemental water, industrial aluminum, health crises in the 1920s, the fluoridation of water, industrial waste recycling, modern day dental health, skeletal fluorosis and more! So sit back and relax...

IN this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh return to their series on the history of disease as we investigate the plague of salmonella! Along the way, they cover white castle, paleopathology, the rise of farmed infections, confusing etymology, microbiomes, food poisoning, ninja turtles, typhoid mary and early 1900s epidemiology, disease and data detection, expensive outbreaks, the difference between eur...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh continue their exploration of lesser know African American physicians with 3 more names you should know! Along the way, they cover the dearth of source materials about black physicians, Dr Daniel Hale Williams, provident hospital, the first open heart surgery, Solomon carter fuller, the discovery and dissemination of Alzheimer's information, 80's movie villains...

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh have a bit of fun post superbowl by playing a game of athlete or infection! Along the way, they are joined by contestant and former cohost Dr Ward to discuss superbowl rule changes, rare pathogens, unique football names, medical etymology, tricky plays to fool our contestant, bonkers bacteria, fascinating fungi and very interesting viruses in another one of our...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh celebrate black history month by exploring some notable physicians of the past! Along the way, they cover climate change in Chicago and Los Angeles, James McCune Smith, patient ethics, early applications of silver nitrate, the new field of biostatistics, research slams, debunking census claims, Viviene Thomas and the Blayloch shunt, Good Will Hunting, Crush synd...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news this time with an emphasis on love and lust themed science! ALong the way they cover erection spiders, treatments for priapism, blind date heartbeat synchrony, the aggression lowering power of tears, delightfully odd scientific methods, love and the immune system and more! So sit back, relax, gather your...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh discuss biblical plagues and the ark of the covenant! Along the way, they cover Indiana Jones and the unnecessary protagonist, behind the scenes infection trivia, biblical era plagues, golden hemorrhoids, bubonic plague, historical evidence, the london medical papyrus, tularemia and more! SO sit back and relax as we explore this historical mystery! Further Readi...

 In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh continue discussing the secret history of the cdc begun in the previous episode! Along the way they cover the office of malaria control in war areas, atabrine, bloodthirsty anne, how Atlanta was chosen as headquarters, endemic eradication, CDC name changes, interdepartmental rivalry, the memo that changed everything, biological warfare, bug warfare, unit 7...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh once again round up whats new in medicine, this time revisiting some older stories from the past! Along the way they cover snatiation, the mad science of sergio canavero, an update on head transplant history, ethical implications, cancer targeting salmonella bacteria, vibrating gut capsules and more! So sit back and relax as we explore whats new in the world of...

Happy New Year Listeners! In this episode Drs J and Santhosh explore the secret intelligence branch fighting to keep us safe from diseases before they start! Along the way they cover Alexander Langmuir, military and science working together, the infectious avengers, the bill nye of bioterrorism, case files from epidemics, the oswego county exercise, the fellowship curriculum, disease investigation...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh once again perform a roundup of medical news, with the assistance of space pharmacist Eleanor O'Rangers! Along the way they cover clinical trial design in space, space manufacturing, rent an astronaut, microgravity pharmaceutical effects, space farming, drug enhanced lettuce, the missing space tomato, bioreactors, the mother machine, astral shelf life, common co...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh fly in to give you the annual influenza special! Along the way they cover the book of epidemics, seasonal infections, medical etymology, flu strains and pathology, how the vaccine is developed, organic artisanal vaccines, scaling production with eggs, secret government chickens and more! So sit back and bundle up as we bring you this years info on fighting the f...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss infectious leptospirosis. Along the way, they cover pilgrim squatters, the first Thanksgiving, Squanto’s death, bleeding from the eyeballs, interrogative bacteria, fun names for diseases, cats and rats, incubation period, seasonal plagues, symptoms, treatments and more! So Sit back and give thanks you’re celebrating the holiday and not stuffed with this...

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh continue their back to basics series by investigating the gallbladder! Along the way they cover biliary colic, predictions about episode contact, German scientists, gallstones and the five F's, the origin of bile, risk factors and ethnic differences for stones, gall sludge, Guinness records, PBC, Primary sclerosing cholangitis, Viking susceptibility, Free drippi...