Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

Episode 59 - Vitamins

What are the different vitamins? Is there any evidence that vitamin supplements benefit our health?

Episode 57 - NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)

What are NSAIDs and how do they work? In this episode we discuss aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac, celecoxib, and paracetamol.

Episode 55 - Macronutrient Digestion (Proteins, Fats, and Carbs)

How and where in our body do we digest proteins, fats, and carbohydrates?

Episode 53 - Glycolysis

How do we turn glucose into pyruvate or lactate? What controls this process?

Episode 52 - Acute Inflammation

What is inflammation? What are the vascular and cellular phases of inflammation? How do we treat inflammation?

Episode 50 - Alcohol *UPDATED*

How is alcohol metabolised? How bad/good is alcohol for you? What happens to an alcoholics brain? Why can alcoholics have seizures and hallucinations when they withdraw? Is there such a thing as "breaking the seal?" What is a hangover? Is ...

Episode 49 - Cholinergic Pharmacology

In this episode, Dr Matt & Dr Mike explore drugs that mimic or inhibit the neurotransmitter acetylcholine!

Episode 47 - Nausea & Vomiting

We are joined by Order of Australian and Emergency Doctor, Dinesh Palipana, to discuss Nausea and Vomiting and how it is recognised and treated.

Bonus Episode! ABC Radio: Epilepsy!

What is epilepsy? How many different types of seizures are there? And how is it treated?

Episode 44 - Hunger & Appetite

Today we are joined by nutrition expert Dr. Emma Beckett. Dr Beckett has a PhD in Nutrition Science and lectures at the University of Newcastle. She is an expert on all things food related! In this episode we talk about ...

Bonus Episode! ABC Radio: Congenital Heart Disease

Episode 42 - Abdominal Pain

Abdominal pain is complex. Luckily for us we have Order of Australia medal recipient and Junior Doctor of the Year, Dinesh Palipana, to help us discuss the complexities of abdominal pain.

Episode 40 - Integumentary System

In this episode, Dr Matt and Dr Mike discuss the epidermis, dermis, fingerprints, melanocytes, hair, and nails and more!

Episode 38 - Spleen

Bonus Episode! ABC Radio Edition! - Spinal Cord Injury

Episode 36 - Myocardial Infarction (Heart attack) and Angina

Emergency Department Resident, Dr Dinesh Palipana, join Dr Matt & Dr Mike to discuss the 300,000 Australians that visit ED every year with chest pain.

Episode 34 - Pain!

What is pain? How is it transmitted to the brain? How is it different to touch? What medications can we use to treat pain? Do other animals feel pain?

Episode 32 - The Auditory System (Hearing & The Ear)

How do we hear? What is the difference between the outer, middle, and inner ear? What does the cochlear do? How does our hearing compare to other animals? What is Tinnitus? And so much more!!

Episode 30 - Bones

Dr. Matt & Dr. Mike outline bone structure and function. Why do we have a skeleton? Why is calcium homeostasis important? What is Osteoporosis?

Episode 28 - Cancer

In this episode Dr Matt & Dr Mike discuss cancer! What is it? How does it occur?

Episode 26 - Muscular System (Part 1)

There are approximately 660 skeletal muscles that make up the human body, how do they work and how are they different to the smooth muscle in our digestive system and the cardiac muscle of our heart??

Episode 24 - Chemistry of Life (Atoms to Organisms)

How do individual atoms create entire organisms?? This podcast outlines how elements within the periodic table are produced and come together, through varying levels of complexity, to form US!!

Episode 22 - Thyroid and Parathyroid

Does Donald Trump have Hypothyroidism? Find out here!!

Episode 20 - Cranial nerves and how to test them!

In Episode 20, Dr. Matt & Dr. Mike go through the 12 pairs of cranial nerves! They explain how to remember their names! How to remember whether they are sensory, motor, or both! AND how to test them clinically!!

Episode 18 - The Brain! Including lobes, corpus callosum, and cerebellum!

- Brain metabolism (sugar, lactate, and ketones) - Frontal lobe (Phineas Gage getting a rod through his head, motor cortex, dementia, and Broca's aphasia - inability to create words) - Parietal lobe (Sensory cortex, phantom limb, neuroplasticity, disowning your own ...