Malpractice Podcast

This week's episode is brought to you by Sydnee and SCIENCE (thanks, Science!) and although ALS or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a hard topic to discuss, we're here to tell you everything you need to know - and hopefully NOT bum you out. We're talking Stephen Hawking, drug discovery, clinical trials, and everything in between. You won't want to miss this episode! Listen until the very end to get inducted into the #AnxietySquad! 

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.als.org/understanding-als/lou-gehrig
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/75-years-later-lou-gehrig_b_5565605
https://scitemed.com/article/2792/scitemed-cmt-2019-00105
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stephen-hawking-als/
http://web.alsa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ALSA_WhoGets
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Amyotrophic-Lateral-Sclerosis-ALS-Fact-Sheet#causes
https://augiesquest.org
https://www.als.org/navigating-als/living-with-als/fda-approved-drugs
https://iamals.org/i-am-als-co-founder-urges-congress-to-increase-research-funding-for-als/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-life-covid-brian-wallach-sandra-abrevaya-als-cure-tt-20210130-5ro4heypsbgfff7o6bk6zdliiu-story.html
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/penn-physician-blog/2021/june/new-targeted-als-therapies-giving-researchers-reason-to-hope

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In this week's episode, Jess covers the truly shocking story of the Dupont Chemical Company, teflon, and the West Virginia community that was being slowly poisoned. Find out what 98% of Americans have in their systems that will never go away, and how all of this was brought to light by a farmer, a corporate defense lawyer, and - you guessed it - science. 

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.lowtoxlife.com/teflon/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8026587/New-movie-reveals-lawyer-giant-Teflon-pumping-deadly-molecule.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene

https://thegoodhuman.com/what-teflon-is-and-why-you-should-avoid-it/

https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/dark-waters-accuracy-fact-vs-fiction-teflon-dupont.html

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-du-pont-lawsuit-west-virginia/dupont-settles-lawsuits-over-leak-of-chemical-used-to-make-teflon-idUSKBN15S18U

https://www.marketplace.org/2019/10/16/the-20-year-legal-battle-with-dupont-that-started-with-one-west-virginia-farmer/

https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/environmentalhealth/84009

https://www.organicconsumers.org/blog/devil-we-know-how-dupont-poisoned-world-teflon

https://theconversation.com/dark-waters-what-dupont-scandal-can-teach-companies-about-doing-the-right-thing-132480

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10981177/dark-waters-true-story-film-mark-ruffalo-anne-hathaway/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-du-pont-lawsuit-west-virginia-idUSKBN15S18U

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/the-lawyer-who-became-duponts-worst-nightmare.html

https://www.ecowatch.com/teflons-toxic-legacy-dupont-knew-for-decades-it-was-contaminating-wate-1882142514.html

Cookware: https://thegoodlifedesigns.com/healthy-non-toxic-cookware/

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In this episode, Jess kicks things off by telling us about the fascinating history of wound care - starting with Ancient Greece, she'll cover how people have taken care of wounds throughout the ages! Then Syd will introduce us to Joshua Budman, biomedical engineer and co-founder of Tissue Analytics, the company that may already be changing the way that your doctor handles injuries. Join us for an interesting look into how software and medicine mesh to change patient lives! 

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Sources for this episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wound_care

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601883/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16799371/

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Another Sydnee classic: True crime meets medical science. Join us to learn all about how this modern technique - genetic genealogy - was used to catch the notorious Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo. We'd like to dedicate this episode to the 74 victims whose lives were taken or forever altered by this monster, and to the scientists and detectives who gave a great deal of themselves to catch him. 

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Sources for this episode:
http://www.goldenstatekiller.com/ 

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/we-will-find-you-dna-search-used-nab-golden-state-killer-can-home-about-60-white

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/04/27/golden-state-killer-dna-website-gedmatch-was-used-to-identify-joseph-deangelo-as-suspect-police-say/ 

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/golden-state-killer-east-area-rapist-dna-genealogy/559070/

https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/paul-holes-capture-golden-state-killer-true-crime 

https://cen.acs.org/analytical-chemistry/Thirty-years-DNA-forensics-DNA/95/i37

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-08/man-in-the-window 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEDmatch#Usage_by_law_enforcement

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In this episode we interview Dr. Nate Link,  CMO of NYC's Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the U.S. and a place where everyone can seek medical care - no matter what. Join us as we talk about everything from leading the hospital's COVID-19 charge, to the AIDS epidemic, to changing the way we think about implicit bias. Dr. Link is an advocate, an ally, an author, and all-around amazing individual!

Grab your copy of Dr. Link's book here: https://outskirtspress.com/theailingnation

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.today.com/video/how-new-york-s-bellevue-hospital-is-handling-coronavirus-crisis-81584709793
https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/03/racism-and-health-the-life-expectancy-gap.html

https://www.clinicalcorrelations.org/2017/11/10/tales-of-the-bellevue-hospital-internal-medicine-house-staff-from-the-60s-to-now-2/

https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/bellevue/leadership/nate-link/ 

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In this week's  episode, Jess will tell us all about **drumroll please** ACTUAL medical malpractice - you know, like the name of the show? Join us as we venture through the history of malpractice (which we cannot believe we haven't covered yet), from Ancient Romans to Michael Jackson, and everything in between!

We're talking Julie Andrews, Andy Warhol, and the King himself - Elvis, on this week's SPECIAL episode, and trust us - you won't want to miss it.

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.bluegrassjustice.com/famous-medical-malpractice-cases/

https://www.gilmanbedigian.com/a-history-of-medical-malpractice-in-the-united-states/ 

https://www.abclawcenters.com/resources/medical-malpractice-overview/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628513/

https://www.friedmantriallawyers.com/practices/medical-malpractice/the-history-of-medical-malpractice/#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20medical%20malpractice%20extends%20back%20several%20centuries.,patient's%20hand%20still%20remained%20deformed.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628513/

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medical-malpractice-reform-historical-approaches-alternative-models-and-communication-and-resolution/2016-03

https://www.gilmanbedigian.com/a-history-of-medical-malpractice-in-the-united-states/

https://www.abclawcenters.com/resources/medical-malpractice-overview/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9247851/

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In this episode we interview Lane Rasberry. He is the coolest Wikimedian-in-Residence you will ever meet. Passionate about access to health data, health communication, and collaborative practices in institutional outreach. We're so excited to share the conversation we had with this kindred spirit!

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Sources for this episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_information_on_Wikipedia
https://datascience.virginia.edu/people/lane-rasberry/profile
https://twitter.com/lanerasberry 

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In this episode, Sydnee talks us through the infamous Bubonic Plague, aka. the Black Death, also known as the bacterial infection that wiped out half of the population of Europe in the Middle Ages. We're talking infectious diseases, the origins of quarantine, biological warfare, rodents in crevices and all the nitty gritty details! Sounds great right? Join us!

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-plague
https://www.cdc.gov/plague/transmission/index.html#:~:text=These%20infected%20animals%20and%20their,shortly%20after%2C%20a%20plague%20epizootic
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3109405/
https://jmvh.org/article/the-history-of-plague-part-1-the-three-great-pandemics/
https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/black-death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
https://jmvh.org/article/the-history-of-plague-part-1-the-three-great-pandemics/
Mystery Lab on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81020977
This Podcast Will Kill You: https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/ 

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In this heavy episode Jess teaches us all about the  medical torture preformed by the medical personnel of Nazi Germany. During this genocide, victims were subjected to the worst possible treatment, and some of those who conducted those experiments were never held accountable. 

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-long-twisted-shadow-cast-by-nazi-medical-experiments/

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-medical-experiments

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nuremberg-code

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/background-and-overview-of-nazi-medical-experiments

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/holocaust/experiside.html

https://www.history.com/news/nazi-twin-experiments-mengele-eugenics

https://remember.org/educate/medexp

https://www.livescience.com/13002-7-absolutely-evil-medical-experiments-tuskegee-syphilis.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822534/

http://auschwitz.org/en/history/medical-experiments/emil-kaschub

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-ethics-of-using-medical-data-from-nazi-experiments

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A classic Sydnee story - true crime, medical malpractice, fighting a corrupt corporation and so much more. Listen in as we discuss the Radium Girls, learn their names, and honor their legacy. This episode is hard to hear, but incredibly important to talk about.

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.npr.org/2014/12/28/373510029/saved-by-a-bad-taste-one-of-the-last-radium-girls-dies-at-107
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/radium-girls-kate-moore/515685/
https://njwomenshistory.org/discover/biographies/katherine-schaub/
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/radium-girls-illinois-tragedy#stream/0
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/radium-girls-pt-1-women-who-glowed-in-the-dark/id1473655873?i=1000478144723 

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