In this classic episode from season 7 Dr’s J and Santhosh cover the cloak and dagger world of espionage medicine. Along the way they cover Cold War Era soviet medicine, Project Artichoke, Dengue fever, brainwashing, truth serums, anticholinergic syndrome, cyanide pills, hydra agents and henchmen preparedness, and a surprising place to keep an escape kit. So sit back and relax as we debrief you on the secrets of the medical spy world!

Sources

1) http://factsanddetails.com/russia/Education_Health_Transportation_Energy/sub9_6b/entry-5145.html

2)truth serum  https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol5no2/html/v05i2a09p_0001.htm

3) http://www.bioethics.net/2016/03/military-suicide-capsules-and-medical-ethics/

4)https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cia-issued-rectal-tool-kit

5)https://www.historyonthenet.com/8-amazing-spy-gadgets-used-during-the-cold-war

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In this classic episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh cover the bacteria actinomyces and its associated diseases. Along the way, they cover infected Egyptian murals, carmen sandiego, lumpy bumpy jaw, anaerobic bacteria, medical etymology, disrespectful bacteria, unique properties of bully bacteria, antibiotic contributions, bacterial colonization, actinomycosis, insidious infections, sulfur granules, diagnosis, treatment and the possible return of just the tip! So sit back and relax as as we dive into a lesser known bacteria and dish the dirt on actinomyces!

Sources

1) https://cmr.asm.org/content/28/2/419

2) https://www.dermatologyadvisor.com/home/decision-support-in-medicine/dermatology/actinomycosis-3/#:~:text=Actinomycosis%20is%20often%20called%20the%20%E2%80%9Cgreat%20masquerader%E2%80%9D%20of,fever%2C%20anorexia%2C%20malaise%2C%20weight%20loss%2C%20and%20night%20sweats.

3) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0944501318308267

4) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-bacteria-make-underground-cave-shine-gold-and-why-nasa-wants-study-them-180955670/

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In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh dive into the recent spate of religious holidays and news to sift for medical tidbits. Along the way, they cover the history of public health in the church, Pope Francis, the collection of scientific knowledge, variolation, moral objections to vaccination and counterarguments, board certification in the vatican, the pope hospital and personal trainer, passover restrictions on healthcare, kosher medications, healthcare restrictions on shabbat and more! so sit back and relax as we cover holiday healthcare!

Further Reading

https://consumer.crckosher.org/otcmeds/ 

https://outorah.org/p/72047/

https://www.halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Medicine_on_Shabbat#:~:text=If%20someone%20has%20a%20minor,judging%20the%20degree%20of%20illness.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9121677/

https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3908&context=lnq

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In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh examine the medical conditions and contributions of some famous historical figures. Along the way they discuss Dr J's upcoming nuptials, Dr Santhosh first foray into episode production, Alexander of Macedon, the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, ancient differential diagnoses, pseudothanatos, guillan barre, timeless treatments, catherine the great and public health initiatives, russian roller coasters, smallpox, escape yachts, vaccination ballets, Peter the Great and bladder dysfunction and more! So sit back and relax as we show you a GREAT time in medicine!

Further Reading

-       https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470418/

-       JOHN T. ALEXANDER, Catherine the Great and Public Health, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2, April 1981, Pages 185–204, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/XXXVI.2.185

-       https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/iulibraries/s/smallpox-vaccine-exhibit/page/russian-empire

-       https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/that-time-catherine-the-great-championed-smallpox-vaccinations/

-       https://www.passporthealthusa.com/2023/09/catherine-the-greats-advocacy-for-inoculation/

-       Griffiths J. Doctor Thomas Dimsdale, and smallpox in Russia. The variolation of the Empress Catherine the Great. Bristol Med Chir J. 1984 Jan;99(369):14-6. PMID: 6367898; PMCID: PMC5077001. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5077001/

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In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh once again perform everybody's favorite segment journal club, this time with an emphasis on new organs! Along the way, they cover the travails of aging, the dangers of selling your dna, regenerative medicine, charles lindbergh, stem cells, dolly the sheep, organizer cell construction, bioreactor lymph nodes, itty bitty livers, undiscovered bodily organs, good science book titles, hawk tuah glands and more! So sit back and relax as we discover new ways to get organs!

Further Reading

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425068-therapy-that-turns-lymph-nodes-into-livers-gets-first-human-trial/

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/12/429211/scientists-take-first-steps-toward-growing-organs-scratch

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6014277/#:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%9Cregenerative%20medicine%E2%80%9D%20is,fly%20across%20the%20Atlantic%20alone.

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In this very special episode, Dr's J amd Santhosh discuss actual travel medicine and global health with students and faculty from their alma mater! Along the way, they cover carmen sandiego, choosing a medical travel destination , mobile clinics, navigating state department advisories, Mexican healthcare, class disparity, Indian Healthcare and pay as you go model, personal medical records, Belizean single payer healthcare with limited access, pharmaceutical differences, working professionally with somebodys uncle, Macgyver moments in medicine, cultural sensitivity when treating abroad, take home lessons from medical travel and more! So sit back and relax as we cover the globe to discuss international health!

Special Thanks to Maria Nuno, Daniela Maciel, Claire Stepan and Dr Ken Kessler

*due to technical difficulties, our bantering intro was lost, which while tragic just means you pick up the episode straight from the introduction of our guests

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In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh once again round up the latest in medical news this time with an emphasis on some surprising stories related to healthcare. Along the way they cover a peek behind the curtain of our production, cello scrotum, a new form of airline screening, Ro and contagion numbers,, the health benefits of scratching itches, the inflammatory response, permission to eat boogers, new methods to grow teeth, a rant about George Washingtons dentures, transgenic experiments tooth in eye surgery and more! So sit back and relax as we discuss things that will make you say, what the health??

Further Reading

Journal reference Nature Medicine DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03501-4

Science DOI: 10.1126/science.adn9390

https://academic.oup.com/stcltm/article/14/2/szae076/7933795?login=true

https://www.vice.com/en/article/surgeons-just-put-a-tooth-in-a-blind-patients-eye-to-restore-their-sight/

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In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh do a deep dive and chew the fat on the facts about ozempic, wegovy and the current crop of weight loss drugs. Along the way they cover gila monsters, synthetic insulins, lizard venom salesmen, ozempic and wegovy differences, cardioprotective and neuroprotective effects, ozempic pregnancies, addiction and reward treatment, kidney protection, prevention of brain shrinkage, alzheimers delay ozempic face and more! So sit back and relax as we cover the many faces of ozempic!

Further Reading

Journal reference: JAMA Psychiatry DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.4789

https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2208601

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/255214/weight-loss-drug-slow-alzheimers-decline/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35180937/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01564-w

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307563

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In this timely to current events episode Dr's J and Santhosh cover fifth disease, aka measles! Along the way they cover the first four disease, rubella, 90's commercial jingles, persian physician Razes, morbin time, the length of immunity, peter panum and the faroe islands epidemic, medical tongue twisters, koplik spots, the sword in the stone, immune amnesia, measles symptoms, presidential public health actions, us vaccination campaigns, modern day woes with the HHS secretary and more! so sit back and relax as we break out in a contagion of measles knowledge!

Further Reading

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6410476/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0755498222000422

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In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh discuss the discovery and history of multiple sclerosis. Along the way they cover victorian influencers, science fiction appearing disease, eclectic saints, disease journals, charcot and his triad,intention tremor, scanning speech patters, bad impressions of christopher walken, paleopathology, disease directional gradients, unethical experimentation in world war 2, pathology, the mystery of myelination, the etymology of interferons, and more! so sit back as we discuss all the sclerosis you can handle!

Further Reading

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1142241/

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/773581#:~:text=Although%20in%20retrospect%20MS%20may,to%20his%20death%20in%201848.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06618-z

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=The%20case%20of%20Auygustus%20d%27Este%20%281794-1848%29%3A%20the%20first%20account%20of%20disseminated%20sclerosis.&author=D%20Firth&publication_year=1941&journal=Proc%20R%20Soc%20Med.&volume=34&pages=381-384

https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-2594-1/part/part01/chapter/ch01

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