Travel Medicine Podcast

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the long road to the discovery and acknowledgement of autoimmune disease in an episode prepped by Dr Santhosh. Along the way they cover paul erlich, doctor tantrums, the discovery of antigens, inseminated goats, lupus, several of the better known autoimmune diseases, schlepper proteins, immune tolerance, blackwater fever, compund e and the hench men, an...

In This Episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh examine a piece of medical furniture you probably haven’t thought about in a while. Along the way they cover mecicine chests, household locations of drugs, the essential items for your cabinet, health architecture, expired medications, popular science contests and more! So sit back and relax as we go snooping through your medicine cabinet! Further Reading 1) ht...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news, this time with an emphasis on odd solutions. Along the way they cover daylight savings, traditional chinese medicine, cupping and covid, skin patch vaccines, meat allergies a new antibiotic, the importance of bedtime and more! So sit back and relax as we bring you whats new in the world of medical news...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again round up all the medical news of the last two weeks, this time based on Dr Santhosh’ interests. Along the way, they cover the monster mash, sexually transmitted alzheimers, spinal herpes, medical etymology, death erections, therapeutic hallucinogens, xenotransplantation, organ donation in the age of covid and more! So sit back and relax as we tell yo...

In the annual Halloween special, Dr’s J and Santhosh lose their heads over decapitation! Along the way, they cover the pronunciation of gibbet, the halifax slidey axe, the guillotine inventor, attending a public execution, souvenir guillotines, newgate novels, wave of death, post beheading consciousness, headless chickens, the story of professor Mcdowell, ecmo, and more! So sit back and relax as w...

In the first journal club of this season, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss pandemic updates. Along the way, they cover this years Nobel Prize winners, CRISPR vision altering genetics, songs going viral, taylor swift puns, flu vaccines as covid backups, anti-covid pills, antibody injections and more! So sit back, relax and find out whats new in the world of medicine! Further Reading https://www.washingt...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh continue their vaccine hesitancy series by discussing the completely noncontroversial topic of religious exemptions. Along the way they cover constitutional amendments, christian scientists, the first vaccine mandates and exemptions, why fetal cells, hospital medications, the hayflick limit, kidney centered urban legends, the secret origins of the infamous feta...

Welcome Back fellow travelers! In our season 8 premiere, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss why ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine for the vaccine hesitant. Along the way, they cover Eminem, fibbing fashion accesories, the discovery of avermectin, nobel prizes, parasite types, river blindness, treatment models, animal and human physiology, pharmacodynamics, how ivermectin got linked to covid, the a...

This week, Strange doctors J and Santhosh finish out the season with our annual comicon episode. Along the way they cover avengers skin conditions, loki, comic blood transfusions, witcher potion toxicity, the trial of the grasses, crispr gene edited babies, the real two face medical condition, and more! So sit back and relax as we journey through the world of comic book medicine! Sources https://g...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the many ways the muppets have covered medical issues over the years. Along the way, they discuss snuffalupagus, international big bird equivalents, signs of autism, AIDS muppets, african malaria muppets, an indian diarrhea muppet, homeless muppets, doctor muppets and more! So sit back as we teach you the many ways the muppets have affected our health t...

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 everybody’s favorite segment, journal club! Along the way, they cover snail relationships, memory erasure, superbugs, crispr, myocarditis, pediatric vaccine side effects, covid variants, a new tik tok trend and more! So Sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medicine! SOurces https://www.vice.com/en/article/bj8ek4/scient...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh continue their challenge of tying random words to medical history, this week with Dr J’s words. Along the way they cover the queen of drugs, deadly bread additives, the victorian and edwardian kitchens, the lymphatic system and blood brain barrier, the secret purpose of sleep, alzheimers drug controversy, phage therapy, antibiotic resistance, the photic reflex...

In this multi-part episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and Praz set off on the Oregon trail to learn about frontier medicine. Along the way they discuss starting classes, supplies and outfitting, the secret benefit of coffee, germ theory, Oregon trail facts, deadly statistics, disease of the trail, love and traveling in the time of cholera, Haiti and Puerto Rico, dysentery, typhoid fever, diptheria, rocky...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh play medical mad libs challenging each other to tie random words to medical discoveries, with Dr Santhosh up first. Along the way, they cover vomitoriums, ww2 carrot propaganda, balds leachbook, viking recipes, apitherapy, medieval antivenom recipes, the secret origin of chainsaws and more! So Sit back and relax as we challenge each other to uncover the many wa...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their biweekly roundup of medical news, this time with an emphasis on bodily fluids. Along the way they cover blood group infection protection, salivary wound healing, spit wiki’s, covid crying diagnosis, a new mobile app based diagnostic for gonorrhea and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the world of medical news! SOu...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly roundup of medical news, this time with an emphasis on the strange. Along the way, they cover the new cdc mask guidelines, or lack thereof, vaccination incentives, settling an in show argument on vasculitis, covid penis, japanese baked goods and cancer detection, artificial intelligence, breathing through your butt, rectal ven...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh begin a series about the importance of vital signs, this time with a focus on temperature. Along the way they cover accidental surname reveals, gum commercials, the first doctor to take tempuratures, Dr Wunderlich, the origin of the 98.6 measurement and the definition of fever, boy bands, the new normal body temp, a history of thermometers and more! So sit back...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their bimonthly medical news roundup, this time with a focus on cancer treatments. Along the way, they cover cancer popularity, new bladder treatments, cell cannibalization, killing cancer with electricity, clostridium novy, austin powers, and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you what’s new in the world of medical news! Sources https:/...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the history of some more common issues in wound care. Along the way they cover whittling, plasters, ancient wound care techniques, Egyptian mummies, bacitracin, maggot therapy, wound healing, medical grade sugar, recreational maggots, dr joseph lister, the history of johnson and johnson, band aid creation and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again perform their biweekly roundup of medical news, this time with a focus on unexpected discoveries! Along the way, they cover hugh grants middle name, flu season predictions, epitopes universal vaccines, nerf genes, cuddly macrophage, stem cell lines, zebrafish muscle, spider silk nerves and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in the...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss two of the better known disease storage facilities. ALong the way, they cover reference strains, bacterial artists in residence, infection amazon, prononunciation woes, disease puns, storage conditions , hybridomas, rules and regulations, procedure for checkout, bacterial donations and more! SO sit back and relax as we check-out the disease reference sy...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh round up whats new in the world of pandemic medicine in everyone’s favorite biweekly segment. Along the way, they cover cancel culture, astrazeneca, johnson and johnson, v-mail, vaccine efficacy statistics, tommy tutone, asymptomatic transmission, vaccines in pregnancy, a anti covid pill and more! So Sit back and relax as we tell you what’s new in the world of...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh discuss the surprising medical contributions from our caveman cousins. Along the way they cover the flintstones, medical etymology, viral history, caveman genes, ancient infections being unearthed, intro genetics, adaptive evolution, neanderthal skin types, HLA and TLR, denisovans, human sexual skill, herv-K and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you about...

In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh talk about famous female physicians and scientists. Along the way, they cover ancient Egyptian surgery, Metrodora, hidden textsbooks, STEM awards, Dr Helen Taussig, tetralogy of Fallot, pediatric puns, patent ductus arteriosus, thalidomide, Dr Gertrude Elion, rational drug design and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you about some medical women who chang...