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Travel Medicine Podcast

A Medical show for non-medical people, about history, comedy, travel and all the ways we find medicine wonderful, hosted by Doctors J and Santhosh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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59:29

1104 Medical Maladies Of Movie Monsters

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2024/10/19

In this spooky episode, Dr's J and Santhosh debate some common problems for movie monsters and their medical origins. along the way, they cover werewolves, were fleas, werewolf herpes, latent viruses, the physiology of transformation, tumorigenic viruses, Tasmanian devils, lycanthropy vaccines, toxoplasma and wolf behavior, vampire blood diets, deceased kidney disorders, vampire diarrhea, vitamin deficiencies, insect irritation, frankenstein arrythmias and graft diseases and more! So sit back and

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47:20

1103 Around the world in 80 Plagues: Necrotizing...

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2024/10/12

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh begin their spooktober episodes with an 80 plagues devoted to flesh eating bacteria! Along the way they cover holiday creep, ancient Greek medical records, hospital gangrene in the civil war, Fournier's gangrene, syphilology, what the fascia is, common bacteria and targets, diagnosis, risk factors, the fallacy of calling something flesh eating, treatment and risks, HBO and more! So sit back as we devour and excise all the info we can on necrotizing

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1:01:44

1102 Quit Playing Games with my Heart...Device

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2024/10/05

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh formally Launch season 11 with a discussion dedicated to heart devices! Along the way they cover a reintroduction to your hosts, electric danish chickens, hand cranked pacemakers, galvanism, the longest resuscitation, the bow tie team, heart conduction, portable defibrillators, cpr paradoxes, nuclear heart devices, back to the future, aed technology improvements, artifical intelligence cpr and more! So sit back and relax as we dive into the heart and its many

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58:32

1101- Summer Special-Olympic Medicine

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2024/09/02

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh return early for a special episode dedicated to the Olympics and their upcoming live show! Along the way they cover their upcoming show oct 5 , live performances, ancient Greek training regimens and athlete selection, famous Greek trainers, the addition of physicians to the modern competition, a history of gender testing, relative energy deficiency syndrome, the many dangers of the marathon, triathlon troubles, bacteria permitted per milliliter of water, the most

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1:05:52

1039 Comic Book Medicine: To Me, My Med Men

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2024/07/20

In our final episode of season 10, Dr's J and Santhosh return to San Diego to discuss all things comic book medicine! Along the way they cover plausible development and function of the x gene, mutants versus mutates, mutant physiology, the best medical career for professor X, cerebro, Sinister neurosurgery, Gambit and biokinesis, super soldier serum and more! So sit back and relax as we mythbust the medicine of mutants and mutates!Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on

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40:41

1038 Respiratory Rap Up

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2024/07/13

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh perform a rap up of what's new in respiratory viruses. Along the way they cover the return of our rap alter egos Poppa Pill and PeniChillin, dropping bars and knowledge, chimpanzee coryza virus, pediatric respiratory risks, pathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus, monoclonal antibodies, bird flu aka fowl plague, h1n1, government chickens, zoonotic diseases, GISRS, candidate vaccines, FLiRT and FLiP variants of Covid, and more! SO sit back and relax as we

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46:05

1037 Fake Diseases, Real Consequences

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2024/07/06

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh cover diseases and epidemics that were never real, but still impacted their communities in both positive and negative ways! Along the way, they cover cello scrotum, chinese restaurant syndrome, good examples of terrible science, the questionable effects of msg, world war 2 resistance biowarfare, diagnostic exams, typhoid and typhus, Italian syndrome K, a fake polish typhus epidemic, professional guides to malingering and more! So sit back and relax as we discuss

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39:02

1036 The Dirt Man

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2024/06/29

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh discuss why they keep a little dirt under their pillow for the dirt man! Along the way, they cover millennial earworms, the dirt man song, the four classes of soil borne disease, new jersey and the history of streptomycin, Bob dole, citizen science, malicidins, metagenomics, drug resistance in soil, selfish bacteria, geophagy, open verse challenges, nautical dirt and more! SO sit back and relax as we build an entire episode out of a tiktok song!Further

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53:07

1035 Fun in the Sun

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2024/06/22

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh continue their summer planning sessions by discussing sun and vacation based health! Along the way they cover hemispheric seasonal differences, beach diagnosis, Frank's sign, bilirubin levels, saddle noses, surviving a rip current, sunburns, skin cancer, odd uses for olive oil, secret army sun projects, Asian v western sunscreens, uva and uvb and more! So sit back and relax as we learn how to survive the summer sun!Further

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33:54

1034 Summer Reading List

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2024/06/15

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh take a break from their usual history and science to discuss their summer reading list of medical themed books! Along the way they cover reading rainbow, alternative names for viruses, pizza hut, Hans Zinsa,, Humpty Dumpty and neurosurgery, murine typhus, the transatlantic accent, plagues and generals, doctor to the supernatural, gothic medical horror mystery, genetically engineered tapeworms, futurama and more! So sit back and relax as we discuss our book

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42:31

1033 Docs in Toyland

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2024/06/08

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh round up whats new in the world of medicine, this time with an emphasis on the use of toys! Along the way they cover nostalgic children's shows, toys repurposed to medical equipment, gyroscopes, whirligigs, malaria and paper centrifuges, Lego for anesthesia and medical training, Roahld Dahl and hydrocephalus, model trains, neurosurgery and more! So sit back and relax as we explore the surprising ways toys have contributed to medicine!Further

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43:40

1032 What the Dickens

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2024/06/01

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh do a literary dive into the works of Charles Dickens!. Along the way they cover his medical documentation, public health works, epidemiology, contribution to the invention of pediatric hospitals, his health and death, the pickwick papers, tuberculosis, Tourette's, torticollis, stroke and aphasia, the nutritional value of gruel and more! So sit back and relax as yes you can have some more medical Dickens!Further

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50:33

1031 Around the World in 80 Plagues- Lassa Trouble

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2024/05/25

In tis episode Dr's J and Santhosh continue their exploration of disease histories, this time with a focus on Lassa fever. Along the way, they cover bollywood lyrics, yogurt drinks, preserved human brains, arena viruses, the roman empire, eponymous disease and their consequences, edible disease vectors, hemorrhagic flu season, disease symptoms and pathology, swollen baby syndrome, natural immunity, global warming and more! So sit back and relax as we gush about hemorrhagic fever!Further

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53:20

1030 Who Charted? Dr Livingstone, I presume

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2024/05/18

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh, with help from friend of the show Dr Ward, look into the medical history and accomplishments of Dr Livingstone. Along the way, they cover the nuances of lackey, minion and henchmen, problems with the way back machine, a return to our newest segment, who charted, Livingstone's inspirations and mentors, medical missions, the scientific method, malaria treatment and problems, morning glories, the dangers of being an influencer, diagnosing the doctors cause of death

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55:08

1029 Medical Missions with Dr Hamilton

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2024/05/11

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh return to their roots and discuss travel and medicine by covering medical missions, with special guest Dr Hamilton! Along the way they cover Peter Parker, Canton Pok Tsai institute, Dr Livingstone, Dr Hamilton's first medical mission, popular destinations, the rise and fall of medical missions golden age, ninja turtles, Nicaragua mission work, what to pack for a medical mission, useful specialties, types of medical missions, ethical quandaries and solutions,

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51:59

1028 Journal Club- Blood, Sweat, and Wasabi

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2024/05/04

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh round up whats new in the world of medicine in everybody's favorite segment, journal club this time themed around blood sweat and tears! ALong the way, they cover the taste of teeth, the protective abilities of sweat, lyme disease, secret globin, gene banks, diagnostic menstruations, proof of concept studies, endometriosis, uti vaccine, wasabi for food preservation and more! SO sit back and relax as we spill the tea on your bodily fluids!Support Us spiritually,

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1:00:19

1027 Aztec Medicine

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2024/04/27

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh explore the medicinal practices of the ancient Aztecs! Along the way they cover the codex responsible for our knowledge and how they were obtained, disease as divine punishment being god specific, the flayed god, the water god, anatomical knowledge from human sacrifice, mysterious indigenous diseases of the pre-colombian era, medical specialties in the aztec world, orthopedics, dentistry, cacti and wound care, pterygium, and more! SO sit back and relax as we

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46:17

1026 Journal Club- Sweet and Low

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2024/04/20

In this episode dr's J and santhosh once again perform a roundup of whats new in the world of medicine, this time with an emphasis on things that are sweet or should be lowered! Along the way, they cover the history of artificial sweeteners, sweet and low, microplastics, polymers and cardiac disease, chocolate oral insulin,nanobots, baboons and hypoglycemia, insulin cows, scaled production, government protected farms, removing microplastics, hard v soft water and more! so sit back and relax as we

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54:07

1025 Eclipse Medicine-Solar Retinopathy

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2024/04/13

In this episode, Drs J and Santhosh discuss the aftereffects of the recent solar eclipse on eye health! Along the way, they cover the last airbender, ancient historical eye medicine, solar retinopathy and the sextant, how looking at the sun injures your eye, risk factors, laser pointer injuries, kohl, eclipse glasses and more! So sit back and relax as we discuss blinding you with science!Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comX/Twitter:

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1:03:42

1024 So's Your Face

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2024/04/06

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh discuss some unique medical history and conditions about your face! Along the way they cover problematic song lyrics, childhood nostalgia insults, the gold standard smile, smile types, the facial feedback hypothesis, exercise forms, denture history, waterloo teeth, american presidents, transactional records, porcelain teeth, jaw erosion, mewing, neti pots and more! so sit back and relax as we get all up in your face!Further

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