989 on: Health

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May 09, 2018Episode 65: Toxic Squash
These days, an unpleasant-tasting food usually doesn’t mean more than you’ve encountered a flavor outside your comfort zone. Wait a minute! This is neither a cheeseburger, nor a french fry! I declare!! But back in the hunting and gathering days, a sour or a bitter taste was often a warning flag that a food was spoiled or poisonous.
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Poisoned by Bitter Squash, Two Women Lose Their Hair
Cucurbitaceae - Wikipedia
Cucurbitacin - Wikipedia
Hair Loss Associated With Cucurbit Poisoning | Hair Disorders | JAMA Dermatology | JAMA Network
Salmonella and Food | Features | CDC
E. coli and Food Safety | Features | CDC
Man after zucchini casserole died of poisoning - Panorama - Süddeutsche.de
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7min
May 02, 2018Episode 64: A Fireside Chat with Brandon - Part 2
Today we explore Brandon's teaching efforts and his experience as a student.
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Origin Clinics – Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine
Biochemistry - Wikipedia
Medical school - Wikipedia
Dragon Rises College
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25min
April 25, 2018Episode 63: A Fireside Chat with Brandon - Part 1
Today we explore how Brandon got into medicine, how the clinic is going, and how he needs to sleep more. Don't forget to check the show notes for the good stuff Brandon mentioned.
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Origin Clinics – Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine
Google CS First
Goldman Sachs Says Curing Diseases May Not Be Economically Viable | IFLScience
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28min
April 18, 2018Episode 62: Defining 'Eggs'
The existing official human food definitions for ‘egg’ is over four decades old. There’s a great link in the Washington Post article to a scanned PDF of an old federal register of food regulations.
On page 175 of the PDF, the creaky, yellowed pages of the regulations state, quote,
“Dried whole eggs, frozen whole eggs, and liquid whole eggs may be declared as eggs.”
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Washington Post: Panera calling for federal crackdown on eggs
Panera Bread - Wikipedia
Poultry farming in the United States - Wikipedia
Eggs & Food Safety | Incredible Egg
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4min
April 11, 2018Episode 61: Swallowing
A couple of weeks ago, one of my family members had a stroke. Among the many things I didn’t know about strokes is that if you have one, you might lose the ability to swallow properly. It’s turns out, there is a very complex series of steps that have to occur in just the right way for a person to swallow without inhaling the food or liquid they’re trying to get down.
From Gould’s Pathophysiology for the Health Professions - 5th Edition - Page 432
“When food is ready to be swallowed, the tongue pushes the bolus of food
back to the pharyngeal wall, where receptors of the trigeminal and glossopharyngeal nerves relay the information to the swallowing center in the medulla.
Because the reflex is activated at this point, deglutition becomes an involuntary activity. The swallowing center coordinates the actions required to move food or fluid into the stomach, without aspiration into the lungs, by means of cranial nerves 5, 9, 10, and 12 in the following steps:
The soft palate is pulled upward
The vocal cords are approximated
The epiglottis covers the larynx
Respiration ceases
The bolus is seized by the constricted pharynx
As the bolus of food moves into the esophagus, distending the wall, peristalsis is initiated, pushing the food down the esophagus.
The distal part of the esophagus passes through the hiatus in the diaphragm to join the stomach in the abdominal cavity.
The lower esophageal sphincter relaxes in advance of the bolus, allowing it to drop into the stomach.
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Gould's Pathophysiology for the Health Professions, 5th Edition - 9781455754113
Swallowing problems after stroke fact sheet — Stroke Foundation - Australia
Difficulty Swallowing After Stroke (Dysphagia)
Saliva - Wikipedia
Feeding and Swallowing
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5min
April 04, 2018Episode 60: Tamiflu
There's Tamiflu and there's also Theraflu... How are these different, and do they really have an impact on the flu?
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The Flu is Killing Up to 4,000 Americans a Week | Fortune
Tamiflu - Wikipedia
Theraflu - Wikipedia
Flu Vaccine and Egg Allergies
Star Anise: The Secret Ingredient in Tamiflu
FACT CHECK: Is Tamiflu Causing Increased Deaths from Flu?
Flu Prevention Medicine | Tamiflu® (oseltamivir phosphate)
Fast-Relieving Severe Cold and Flu Medicine | Theraflu®
To Tamiflu or Not to Tamiflu? | National Center for Health Research
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18min
March 28, 2018Episode 59: Buttery Goodness!
So now, apparently, margarine will kill you. It’s right up there with arsenic, apparently.
Fun story - my Grandma used to call it Oleo, and no one knows why! I kid - it’s short for ‘oleomargarine’.
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Butter unlikely to harm health, but margarine could be deadly
Margarine - Wikipedia
Butter - Wikipedia
A Case for Butter | Good Eats | Food Network
The Surprisingly Interesting History of Margarine | Mental Floss
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19min
March 21, 2018Episode 58: Asthma Attacks
This week’s question is: "I have asthma and I’m always surprised by how little the average person knows what to do in an asthma emergency - can you spread the word on how to help out a person in need?"
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How to Help Someone Having an Asthma Attack: 14 Steps
Inhaler Photos
Asthma | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Asthma - Wikipedia
Asthma Emergency Treatment for Asthma Attack, Anaphylaxis, and More
Asthma medications and inhaler devices
Color blindness - Wikipedia
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11min
March 14, 2018Episode 57: PFA's and Body Weight Regulation
People tend to re-gain weight after they lose it - but this might not be entirely because we relax our vigilance - chemicals in our environment such as PFA's might be making things more difficult.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances and changes in body weight and resting metabolic rate in response to weight-loss diets: A prospective study
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Your Environment | US EPA
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid - Wikipedia
Perfluoroalkoxy alkane - Wikipedia
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14min
March 07, 2018Episode 56: Dang, Anemia - You Scary!
I could go on and on about electron clouds and atoms, but let’s talk about Oxygen and Iron as if they are people, with personality traits. So let’s describe Iron as a very outgoing person - it likes to give out lots of hugs and companionship - Iron is a giver. And Oxygen is desperate for attention. Oxygen is a needy friend.
When the iron in our blood meets the oxygen in our lungs, the two cling together, but very conveniently for all us red-blooded lifeforms, they cling together in a very fragile connection, just exactly strong enough to be carried to all our body tissues, but not so strong it becomes trapped in the blood. It all seems pretty unlikely if you ask me. But it works!
Iron and Oxygen - They're like packages from FedEx - you want your precious cargo safely stowed on the truck, but if it’s glued to the truck, it’s no longer useful - it needs to be just secure enough to arrive safely and be easily handed off.
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Why is iron in our blood important? - Forces of Nature with Brian Cox: Episode 3 - BBC One - YouTube
Anemia | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Anemia - Wikipedia
Hemoglobin - National Library of Medicine - PubMed Health
Red blood cell - Wikipedia
Heme - Wikipedia
Globin - Wikipedia
Bone marrow - Wikipedia
Megaloblastic anemia - Wikipedia
Sickle-cell disease - Wikipedia
Thalassemia - Wikipedia
Aplastic anemia - Wikipedia
Heart failure - Wikipedia
Hydroxycarbamide - Wikipedia
The Dark Side of Iron - Why Too Much is Harmful
Pathophysiology for the Health Professions - E- Book - Karin C. VanMeter, Robert J Hubert - Google Books
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10min

FAQs about 989 on: Health:

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The podcast currently has 85 episodes available.