Head Cold

It's been too long since I last dropped an episode. My bad!Here is a short update on what's going on with me and why I've been neglecting this show. More content will come but not likely until next year (2023).

January 9th, 1947 was the last day 22 year old Elizabeth Short was seen alive. Days later she was found dead in Leimert Park in Los Angeles. The media labelled her the Black Dahlia, and to this day her case remains unsolved. Her corpse, however, left clues. Whoever killed Elizabeth had extensive surgical knowledge. One of the top suspects for this murder was a physician named Dr. George Hodel, a renowned surgeon in LA with dark secrets.IG: @headcoldpodcast

Nestle employs over 328,000 people, owns 2000 brands, operates in most of the countries on Earth, and collects revenues to the tune of $89 billion dollars. They have humble beginnings when their founder, Henri Nestle, first invested baby formula as a substitute for breastmilk to curve infant mortality due to malnutrition in the late 19th Century.Today, the infant formula industry itself is estimated to be worth over $5 billion dollars. Probably more people have consumed a Nestle product than received a COVID shot within the past year and a half at least in the United States.Nestle has been the subject of controversy over water but they aren't new to receiving hate. In 1977, an organization called the International Baby Food Action Network launched a boycott against Nestle products, in numerous countries around the world, for unethical and aggressive product advertisements and sales tactics in developing nations directly leading to increased infant mortality.Major Sources:War on WantThe New Internationalist - Babies Mean BusinessNational Institutes of HealthNestle CompanyFood & Drug AdministrationNatureBusiness InsiderInvestopediaNew York Health DepartmentUniversity of MichiganCompany Man - Nestle Waters - Big and Controversialwww.youtube.com/watch?v=MRWWK-iW_zU&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hzrOB-nl7C9F38v3Q5D0vM2&index=1&t=535s Access to water ain't for er'bodywww.youtube.com/watch?v=mTnJTyeAUA8 Nestle adwww.youtube.com/watch?v=11IG14Sy_7s IG @headcoldpodcastwww.headcoldpodcast.comMusic & Sound Effects from YouTube (royalty free channels) & Storyblocks.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)

In times when disease was thought to be caused by an angry deity, Imhotep and Hippocrates both looked to science, reason, and the observable world around them. Both physicians took their respective practices away from magical thinking to actually observing the human body, writing down observations, and taking measurements. Despite not having access to modern science, Imhotep of Saqqara and Hippocrates of Kos were way ahead of their time. IG: @headcoldpodVisit   https://headcoldpodcast.com/Music by StoryblocksSources:Patchucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/soft-skin-patch-could-provide-early-warning-for-strokes-heart-attacks our de France crashwww.google.com/amp/s/www.firstpost.com/sports/tour-de-france-2021-tony-martin-who-was-hit-by-roadside-fan-with-sign-out-after-second-crash-9786631.html/ampHippocrates biowww.britannica.com/biography/Hippocrates Hippocrates and Ancient Greek Medicinewww.youtube.com/watch?v=5V3UaKsy7cAHippocratic Oathwww.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_oath.html https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Urb.gr.64 Ancient Egypthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvcJXoyhm0U&t=746sAmerican Research Center in Egypthttps://www.arce.org/resource/search-imhotep-tomb-architect-turned-god-remains-mysteryJourney to the West The world of the Old Kingdom tombs in Ancient Egypthttps://www.academia.edu/23316703/Journey_to_the_West_The_world_of_the_Old_Kingdom_tombs_in_Ancient_Egypt._Prague_2012Pgs 59, 63, 109-112, 117, 302Past Medical Historyhttps://www.pastmedicalhistory.co.uk/imhotep-the-first-physician/ Ancient Greecehttps://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/resource-library-ancient-greece/?q=&page=1&per_page=25 Thomas Sakoulas is a Professor and Chair of the Art Department at the State University of New York, at Oneonta. https://ancient-greece.org/auxiliary/about.html Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)

On December 3rd, 1967 at the Groote Schuur Hospital in South Africa, a team led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard pioneered the first human-to-human heart transplantation surgery. The patient, Mr. Louis Washkansky, only lived 18 days post-procedure but the cause of death was not the donor heart. We explore the layers of scientific foundation laid down that made this achievement possible, learn a bit about South Africa, and see what motivated Dr. Barnard.headcoldpodcast.comFacebook & IG @headcoldpodMajor sources:National Institutes of HealthThe EconomistMayo ClinicThe Dick Cavett ShowCongress.govSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)

2020, what the hell was that? Syona and I talk about our life in these tense times.Email:  [email protected] & IG @headcoldpodPatreon: www.patreon.com/headcoldpod  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)

The Tuskegee Experiment was a study on untreated syphilis in black men in rural Macon county, Alabama. Running from 1932 to 1972, the doctors who ran this study wanted to know how syphilis, an infectious disease, progressed differently in black people than in white people. The United States Public Health Service employed Nurse Eunice Rivers knew Macon county and its black communities well. We will see how the Tuskegee study was more racially complicated than it’s often portrayed and how it rattled the public trust in healthcare institutions to this day.Email:  [email protected] & IG @headcoldpodPatreon: www.patreon.com/headcoldpodSources: Tuskegee Population - US Censuswww.census.gov/quickfacts/tuskegeecityalabamaDaniel James Jr. Astor, Gerald The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in The Military, 1998, De Capo Press, pp. 440–443 Macon Countyce.naco.org/?county_info=01087www.census.gov/quickfacts/maconcountyalabamadatausa.io/profile/geo/macon-county-al#economyBlack Beltmississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/black-belt-prairie/Etowah County Detention Centerwww.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20191124/60-days-in-films-at-etowah-county-detention-centerSyphiliswww.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/syphilis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351756#:~:text=The%20cause%20of%20syphilis%20is,your%20skin%20or%20mucous%20membranes.Macnab RM (2003). "How bacteria assemble flagella". Annu Rev Microbiol. 57: 77–100. Some Syphilis Epidemiologywww.cdc.gov/std/stats17/syphilis.htm#:~:text=P%26S%20Syphilis%20%E2%80%94%20United%20States,Figure%2035%2C%20Table%201).Professor Dave Explains Syphiliswww.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1T4_Dj6n8&ab_channel=ProfessorDaveExplainsOrigin of the word Syphiliswww.npr.orgA Brief History of Syphiliswww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3956094/Lessons from History: A Look at the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, October 2015James H. Jones PhDwww.youtube.com/watch?v=GtscyGFhAfM&t=1s&ab_channel=StonyBrookUniversityFaces of Tuskegee, Dr. James Jones, Fred Gray, Susan M. Reverby. University of MichiganSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)

The Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health, known as the Heckler Report, published in 1985, the United States has made remarkable strides in public health since 1900 with Americans living longer due to advances in medical technology; yet, Black and African American life expectancy lagged that of Whites and Caucasians by nearly 6 years. In 2020, minority patients continue to face barriers to healthcare. Even more egregious is the higher infant mortality rate for black babies as a group compared to white infants. My wife and I explore what black people specifically tend to face when they visit a doctor.Email:  [email protected] & IG @headcoldpodPatreon: www.patreon.com/headcoldpodSources:For black mothers and babies, prejudice is a stubborn health risk by Catharine Richertwww.mprnews.org/story/2019/08/19/for-black-mothers-and-babies-prejudice-is-a-stubborn-health-riskImplicit Bias and Racial Disparities in Health Care by Khiara M. Bridgeswww.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-state-of-healthcare-in-the-united-states/racial-disparities-in-health-care/Racism and discrimination in health care: Providers and patients POSTED JANUARY 16, 2017, 9:30 AM Monique Tello, MD, MPHMonique Tello, MD, MPH Contributorwww.health.harvard.edu/blog/racism-discrimination-health-care-providers-patients-2017011611015The Dilemma of the Black Patient Dec 5, 2019 By YOLONDA Y. WILSON, PhDthehealthcareblog.com/blog/2019/12/05/the-dilemma-of-the-black-patient/Medical Examiner: Woman Died of Blood Clot to Lungs  - Updated By: Kevin Clarkwww.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Woman-Dies-Shortly-after-Being-Arrested-in-Blountstown-363282091.htmlI’m a black physician. I understand when patients say they don’t trust medicine | Opinion Updated: July 14, 2019 - 8:00 AM Armen Henderson, for the Inquirerwww.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/racism-medicine-health-disparities-patient-trust-20190714.htmlPuerto Rico and the United States, 1917-1933 By Truman R. Clark · 1975www.google.com/books/edition/_/tDZtGZoFSGYC?hl=en&gbpv=0Black patients, black physicians and the need to improve health outcomes for African Americans - By Erika Stallingswww.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-patients-black-physicians-need-improve-health-outcomes-african-americans-n1000696American Journal of Public Health. The Myth of Innate Racial Differences Between White and Black People’s Bodies: Lessons From the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Rana Asali Hogarth, PhD. The American Journal of Public HeSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)

What a wild year, huh? Pandemic, civil unrest, what's next? CT The Head is taking a break to process everything that is happening. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)

Coronavirus gripped our world and is shaping our future. It's certainly changed our lives right now as we hunker down in our homes and stay away from strangers, friends, and loved ones. We explore some things you didn't know about this virus and a doctor who first encountered it, Li Wenliang.Email:  [email protected] & IG @headcoldpodPatreon: www.patreon.com/headcoldpodSources:Molecular Cell Biology - Lodish, Berk, Kaiser, Krieger, Bretscher, Ploegh, Amon & Scott. 2013. 4th EditionHuman Genome Projectwww.genome.gov/human-genome-project/Completion-FAQViral Taxonomy of Viruses that cause disease in Humans - Margerie J. Miller. UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Biology a Global Approach. Campbell, Urry, Cain, Minorsky, Reece. 2018. 11th Edition. Coronaviruswww.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.htmlCoronavirus protein structurewww.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/novel-coronavirus-structure-reveals-targets-vaccines-treatmentsCommon coronaviruswww.cdc.gov/coronavirus/general-information.htmlMERSwww.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/about/index.htmlSARSwww.who.int/ith/diseases/sars/en/www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/11/12/sars.china/What is meant by COVID-19www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/us/coronavirus-definitions-terms-glossary-trnd/index.htmlBrief Chinese Historywww.chipublib.org/timeline-of-chinas-modern-history/Xi Jingpingwww.youtube.com/watch?v=YPxmBxON1l8Chinese censorshipwww.ft.com/content/cda1efbc-ee5a-11e9-ad1e-4367d8281195www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/chinas-global-reach-surveillance-and-censorship-beyond-gr`eat-firewallOutbreak timeline - Guardianwww.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/first-covid-19-case-happened-in-november-china-government-records-show-reportOutbreak timeline - Aljazeerawww.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/timeline-china-coronavirus-spread-200126061554884.htmlBecoming a doctor in Chinawww.hebeinu.org.cn/news-events/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-medical-degree-in-chi.htmlDifference between an Ophthalmologist, Optometrist and Opticianaapos.org/glossary/difference-bet