Travel Medicine Podcast

In this episode, Dr's J ans Santhosh cover the interaction between video games and medicine. Along the way they cover surgical training, categories of medical games, the power pad, a meta analysis of video game benefits, chronic pain relief, prescription video games, digital therapeutics, virtual medicine, a selection of medical treatment and diagnostic video games about asthma dolphins, diabetes and more! So sit back and relax as we level up your knowledge on video game medicine!Further Readinghttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391574/#:~:text=Video%20games%20improved%2069%25%20of,of%20disease%20self%2Dmanagement%20outcomes.https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/gpr-14-2-113.pdfHippert, T.A. (2021). The Applicability of Virtual Reality in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Chronic Pain Complaints: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study (Doctoral dissertation).https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC558687/https://med.fsu.edu/geriatrics/apelderquesthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6751044/https://www.chaostheorygames.com/blog/15-groundbreaking-video-games-modernising-healthcarehttps://www.mmm-online.com/home/channel/how-video-games-can-improve-physicians-decision-making-and-learning/#:~:text=But%20a%20new%20study%20offers,decision%2Dmaking%20among%20practicing%20dermatologistshttps://www.thegamer.com/best-medical-video-games-ranked/#plague-inc-mobilehttps://opmed.doximity.com/articles/the-expanding-role-of-video-games-in-medicinehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7818823/Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IN this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh explore the medical traditions of the Big Easy, including voodoo and cajun medicine. Along the way they cover the history of how voodoo is perceived versus how it is practiced, the oldest us medical board, disease gating classicism, yellow fever treatments in the 1850s, voodoo queen marie laveau, Dr Santhosh voodoo lesson, cajun traiteurs, faith healers and herbal lore, and more! SO sit back as we dig into the medical traditions of the crescent city!Further Readinghttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=southernanthro_proceedings#:~:text=Those%20who%20follow%20Vodou%20believe,by%20a%20Western%20medical%20practitioner.https://roguearthistorian.substack.com/p/marie-laveau-a-life-of-healing-andHaitian vodou as a health care system: between magic, religion, and medicine - PubMed https://share.google/YN5IQaDOesyjWiHWW chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:749d8bac-63a7-4afe-9696-5cfa40dfc854/files/mce6ae3fd6cdbef1dd2b31c521deda7a2Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh once again perform a roundup of what's new in the world of medicine with an emphasis on gut research! Along the way they cover a decrease in national obesity, snake ozempic, reptile racism, bad jokes, athlete microbiomes, bacterial doping, microplastic absorbing diets, milk frogs and more! SO sit back and relax as we gobble up some articles on gut medicine and research!Further Readinghttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2827712?utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_term=121324https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-026-01485-0https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-019-0485-4https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960852426003159Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IN this episode Dr's J and Santhosh dive into studies on the effects of AI on the medical world. Along the way they cover AI and its need to be liked, AI psychosis, advantages and disadvantages of ai in mental health treatment, health disinformation safeguards, manipulating AI, nutritional miscalculations, speedy fluid cultures, drug development and more. So sit back and relax as we learn how AI language models are having an effect on your health!Further Readinghttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2026.1765598/fullhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41273266/https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03015https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.17.633620v1Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh tackle the complicated history of the immune system and its deficiencies. Along the way they cover corn pride, medical etymology, the roman empire, immune deficient guinea pigs, the discovery of complement, immune currency, serum immune globulin proteins and electrophoresis, the roles of different globulins, lab error discoveries, scientist blood borrowing practices, immune system components, scid and the bubble boy, creating ivig, project hail mary and more! SoFurther Readinghttps://sci-hub.ru/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1034/j.1600-065X.2000.17881.xhttps://sci-hub.ru/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23095909/#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20primary%20immunodeficiency%20diseases%20(PIDs),of%20cutting%20edge%20therapies%20and%20diagnostic%20conceptshttps://sci-hub.ru/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-003-1153-7Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IN this episode Dr's J and Santhosh explore the history of common medical tools. ALong the way they cover common contents of the white coat, the oldest medical tool, doctor's bag, ancient egypt, medical totems, the origin story of the stethoscope, chest percussion and wine barrels, reflex hammers and targeted design, the reflector disc and it's true purpose, the laryngoscope, the greatest showman's songbird, tongue depressors and more! So sit back and relax as we investigate what we actually use to do our jobs!Further Readinghttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1570491/#:~:text=Auscultation%3A%20Immediate%20versus%20Mediate,ear%20to%20the%20chest%20wall.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9482790/#:~:text=There%20are%20two%20versions%20of,Th%C3%A9ophile%20Hycanith%20Laennec.https://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/phonendoscope/https://www.entandaudiologynews.com/features/ent-features/post/manuel-patricio-rodriguez-garcia-1805-1906-the-inventor-of-the-laryngoscope-and-world-renowned-singing-teacherhttps://www.neurology.org/doi/pdf/10.1212/WNL.39.11.1542Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh perform their bimonthly roundup of whats new in the medical world, with an emphasis on the upper respiratory system! Along the way they cover pediatrician immunity conferring blood, innate v acquired immunity, universal vaccinations, mouse healthcare, the sneeze reducing effects of matcha, photic sneezes, strep throat detection methods, scientific lollipops, svt nasal spray and more! so sit back and relax as we once again explore whats new in the world of medicine!Further Readinghttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adz4170https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea1260https://www.nature.com/articles/s41538-026-00777-9https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05175196Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh review some oddly specific outdated medical products and scams of the past. Along the way they cover direct to consumer marketing, victorian queer plungers, tobacco smoke enemas, the humane society and a brief history of cpr, pre-emptive dentures and the dangers of being toothless, patent medicines, synonyms, the original snake oil, victorian coca cola, deadly makeup and more! so sit back, relax and learn about how to avoid old timey medical dangers!Further Readinghttps://www.nia.nih.gov/news/tooth-loss-older-adults-linked-higher-risk-dementiahttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Ugly-Girl_Papershttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18960908.2.45Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IN this episode Dr's J and Santhosh take a pause to play a medical trivia game of which came first! Along the way, they cover cpr, the heimlich maneuver, cafe coronary syndrome, wartime chemotherapy, botulinum toxin, ct scans and conspiracy theories, the human genome project, jurassic park, immunotherapy, bubble boy syndrome, chainsaws, lobotomies and more! So sit back, relax and enjoy some lighthearted medical historical triva!Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh once again review what's new in the world of medicine this time with an emphasis on love. Along the way they cover the latest olympic scandals, the believability of medical show plotlines, romantic microbiomes, how your gut influences your relationship, the effects of love on genetics and immune system, a research based rom com, the best time to induce birth,how valentine's affects heart attacks and more! So sit back and relax as we pour out our hearts over the research we adore!Further Readinghttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6333523/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-37298-9#Sec2https://www.ajogmfm.org/article/S2589-9333(26)00009-1/fulltexthttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6458105/#S1https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8413234/#:~:text=This%20case%2Dcrossover%20analysis%20of,Year's%2C%20and%20the%20Midsummer%20holiday.Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In This episode, Dr's J and Santhosh explore the surprising medical origin stories of common everyday objects. Along the way they cover the Grammys, Disney knees, Presidential injuries, medical metal detectors, chainsaws and obstetrics, patio furniture and tuberculosis and more! So sit back and relax as we show you some medical devices before they were famous! Further Readinghttps://sci-hub.se/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16033617/#:~:text=Metal%20detectors%20have%20been%20used%20in%20medicine,objects%20can%20help%20with%20diagnosis%20or%20treatmen  https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fun-fact-unfortunately-chainsaws-were-invented-for-childbirth#:~:text=likely%20to%20occur.-,2,OB/GYNs%20on%20expectant%20mothers.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-adirondack-chair-became-feel-good-recliner-cures-what-ails-you-180978322/https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/14/4/356Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh once again perform everybody's favorite segment journal club, this time with an emphasis on pancreatic stories. Along the way they cover medical etymology of the pancreas, the microbiome, changing cancer sensitivity with fecal transplants, giving a poop for science, lizard spit cancer scans, gila monsters and ozempic, PAC-MANN cancer detection, KRAS the undruggable gene, new targets for metastatic cells and more! So sit back and relax as we devour studies about the pancreas!Further Readinghttps://www.sjhc.london.on.ca/news-and-media/news/world-first-clinical-trial-will-study-specialized-poop-pills-to-improvehttps://www.popsci.com/science/gila-monster-spit-tumor/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39937880/Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh explore the periodic table of medicine, with a close look at iron supplements! Along the way, they cover how we are starstuff, daily iron requirements, the mysterious disease of chlorosis, marriage prescriptions, the discovery of iron in blood and designing science experiments, Blaud pills, hepcidin, ferroportin, iron deficiency anemia, the lowest hemoglobin ever, new methods for supplement dosing, the scandal of geritol and more! so sit back and steel yourself as we prepare to fortify you with iron knowledge!Further Readinghttps://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(17)30389-3/fulltexthttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12185-017-2373-3https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2025.1637316/fullhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04529.xhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/282394https://sci-hub.ru/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04529.xSupport Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santosh pick at the nose and its history in medicine. Along the way they cover evolutionary biology, The Thomson Nose Rule, mouth breathers and the physiological effects, pregnancy rhinitis, the earliest nose blowers, a which came first situation, samurai snotrags, the transition from handkerchiefs to tissues, the surprising origins of kleenex, antiviral tissue technology, the dangers of nose blowing, the doctor recommended way to clear mucus, the benefits of boogers and more! SO sit back and relax as we teach you all about what the nose knows!Further Readinghttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7172764/https://publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/52/4/1800599https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12012947/https://www.rhinologyjournal.com/Abstract.php?id=401https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8585869/#:~:text=The%20pressure%20generated%20during%20nose,by%20pinching%20versus%20no%20pinching.https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/nose-form-was-shaped-climatehttps://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpregu.00148.2023?utm_source=AJPRegu&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_campaign=1.17.2024chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://umbalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/17.PREGNANCY-RHINITIS.pdfSupport Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh take a closer look at miracles and how they are declared. Along the way, they cover the dangers of cruise ships, the first saint of 2026, canonization, gods influencer, the process of declaring miracles, the miracle comission, miracle max and hardly curable disease, fees and the miracle appeals process and how to become a miracle reviewer in france! So sit back and relax as we begin 2026 with a little faith in medicine!Further Readinghttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6906214/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2016/09/23/160923a.htmlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18084104/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3854941/Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh explore the medicine behind the music of some well known and lesser known songs. Along the way they cover the rolling stones, mother's little helper Miltown, the first psychiatric drug, the trouble trying to treat the heartbreak of Huey Lewis, the secret history of a spoonful of sugar and sabin sundays, imagine dragons chronic illness song, and a 1930s broadway song about an enthusiastic physician. So sit back and relax as we put a song in your heart of medical knowledge!Further Readinghttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK548721/https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ondrugs/miltown-a-game-changing-drug-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of-1.4237946Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IN this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh cover stories, studies, and general knowledge in their annual influenza special. Along the way they cover the poor decision making of the secretary for health and human services, the confluence of influenza and journal clubs, the original identification and discovery of the flu virus, a sneezy ferret, optimistic media, military vaccine testing, the discovery of seasonal flu changes, the art of flu surveillance, the damage done to surveillance by this administration, alternative vaccine production methods, dosing change recommendations and more! so sit back and catch some knowledge about whats coming to town!Further Readinghttps://utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/jammi-2025-0025https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/surveillance/2025-week-45.htmlhttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2416779?query=featured_homehttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01742-8/abstracthttps://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(25)00322-4/fulltextSupport Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh explore the history of off label prescribing of medications. Along the way they cover literature and the rise of food safety, the importance of legal phrasing, false statements versus false advertising, sulfanilamide tragedy of 1937, the creation of prescription and over the counter medications, the thalidomide scandal and the us physician who mostly prevented it, drug repurposing and some famous examples of off label uses for medication. So sit back and relax as we read the fine print on off label medications!Further Readinghttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8508135/#:~:text=Off%2Dlabel%20practice%20is%20a,scope%20of%20the%20marketing%20authorization.chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.fda.gov/files/about%20fda/published/The-Sulfanilamide-Disaster.pdfhttps://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/pharmacys-past-the-soothing-syrup-known-for-causing-death-in-thousands-of-babies-#:~:text=Mrs.,to%20kill%20the%20average%20child.https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.08.22279709v1.fullSupport Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh explore some of the creative ways medical issues have been addressed throughout the years. Along the way they cover surprising uses for nun urine, a heart stopping utilization of saran wrap, the rebellious lumberjack who changed cardiology forever and a reason to flood one's anus with hydrogen. SO sit back and relax as we cover some unusal solutions to modern problems!Further Readinghttps://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/01/archives/public-cautioned-on-fertility-drug-distributor-says-pergonal-is-for.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0096558820314227?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=99c231cd4cd534adhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1430651/Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr Santhosh takes the lead and educates Dr J on some great moments in public health. Along the way they cover medical tongue twisters, staphylococcus, toxic shock syndrome, menstruation, superantigens, deadly tampons, disease surveillance, product testing group b strep and more! So sit back and relax as Dr Santhosh takes us on a journey of public health!Further Readinghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673678922742https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/145/4/458/862059https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJM198012183032501https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/facts-tampons-and-how-use-them-safelyhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8540901/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5910a1.htmhttps://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2020/02/prevention-of-group-b-streptococcal-early-onset-disease-in-newbornsSupport Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcastSupport Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh dive into some studies and history of bodily fluids! Along the way they cover the crying classifications, tears on demand, the zone of inhibition, emotional leakage, limericks, the many suspected uses of saliva, recrements and excrements, congressional spittoons, fish sperm for wound healing, the science of sharts, harold and kumar go to whitecastle, and of course, the poop microbiome. So sit back and relax as we go all in on the things that come out of you!Further Readinghttps://www.inverse.com/innovation/fart-monitoring-aihttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7986284/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6201288/https://www.kjcls.org/journal/view.html?volume=50&number=2&spage=93#:~:text=Lysozyme%20is%20present%20in%20tears,ability%20to%20inhibit%20bacterial%20growth.https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(24)00360-4Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh peer deep into the windows of the soul to talk about ophthalmology. Along the way they cover the bangles and forced parodies, the oldest ophthalmology doctor and monument, eye anatomy in the time of ancient Greece, cataract couching in ancient India, the invention of eyeglasses and their european influence, fathering a scientific field, oculists and secret societies in Germany, early textbooks, the history of prosthetic eyes, the creation of an entire new field of surgery and the surprising medical studies behind sunglasses. SO sit back and relax as we attempt not to blind you with science of eyesight!Further Readinghttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17637502/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10939838/#:~:text=Tinted%20lenses%20are%20one%20approach,but%20was%20not%20subjectively%20preferred.https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1772912/https://www.warbyparker.com/learn/when-were-contacts-invented#:~:text=Plastic%20Contacts:%20A%20Revolution%20(1936,Contact%20Lenses%20Are%20Refined%20(1970s)Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X/Instagram: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again perform their biweekly roundup of whats new in the medical world, this time with an emphasis on feel good research. Along the way they cover the intersection of Les Mis and the muppets, fat bear week, ozempic effects on imaging studies, xenotransplantation of the first pig liver, gene manipulation, full metal alchemist, innies v outies, the belly button biodiversity project, greek mythology, peripheral immunity and the nobel prize, the 2025 Ignoble award winners, and more! so sit back and relax as we teach you whats new in medical research!Further Readinghttps://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7514267/v1https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0329983https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1100522https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0168827825024973Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh take on the talk about Tylenol! Along the way they cover some thoughts about the current health and human services secretary, the accidental discovery of a new fever reducer due to a pharmaceutical mix up, methemoglobinemia, brilliant marketing strategies, brand trivia, the Tylenol murders, the dinosaur link, the actual studies on Tylenol and autism, the memory fallacy, and more! So sit back and relax as we pop a couple chill pills to teach the truth about tylenol!Further Readinghttps://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cssc.202400234https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8654482/https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/the-right-chemistry-the-history-of-tylenolchrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/http://www.nancywest.net/pdfs/McNeilConsumerHealthcareCompany.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IN this episode Dr's J and Santhosh explore some of the surprising influence and contributions France has made to the medical field. Along the way they cover the French revolution, the beginning of hospital medicine as a specialty, eliminating class barriers in medical practice, the shift away from humoral theory, the creation of health restaurants, the macabre catalyst that drove the new fields of study, empirical medicine and the stethoscope, origins of pathology and research departments, differential diagnosisFurther Readinghttps://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/revolutionary-hospital-medicinehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12964569/https://www.jstor.org/stable/3655283https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1168&context=younghistorianshttps://www.mdpi.com/2409-9252/4/3/18https://hekint.org/2017/01/24/architecture-and-the-french-hospital/#:~:text=Parisian%20hospitals%2C%20like%20those%20in,mattresses%20placed%20in%20the%20corridors.Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh continue their halloween hijinks moving on from the undead to the walking dead as they continue to discuss medicine of the spooky! Along the way, they cover the monster mash, historical Haitian zombies studies, tetrodotoxin, the reason zombies need brains, developing undead immunity and the Z nation, our own zombie senescent cells, Tutankhamun's curse and its medical veracity, the real dangers of opening tombs, cancer fighting curses and more! So sit back, relax and join us as we dig up information on grave diseases!Further Readinghttps://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/primate-diaries/a-natural-history-of-vampires/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/3814375https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC139048/https://www.livescience.com/health/fungus-that-may-have-caused-king-tuts-curse-shows-promise-in-treating-cancerhttps://www.nia.nih.gov/news/does-cellular-senescence-hold-secrets-healthier-aging#:~:text=Senescent%20cells%20are%20unique%20in,and%20related%20dementias%2C%20and%20osteoarthritis.Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh open their 12th season with the much looked forward to Halloween special! Along the way, they cover Young Frankenstein, the disease risks of dead bodies, the morticians guide to the recently deceased, vampire tuberculosis and the mercy brown incident, how decomposition can make the dead appear alive, vampire medical weakness to water, possible medical origins of shapeshifting myths, rabies, porphyria and historical blood drinking, medical phlebotomy and vampire cures, the celtic curseFurther Readinghttps://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/primate-diaries/a-natural-history-of-vampires/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/3814375https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC139048/https://www.livescience.com/health/fungus-that-may-have-caused-king-tuts-curse-shows-promise-in-treating-cancerhttps://www.nia.nih.gov/news/does-cellular-senescence-hold-secrets-healthier-aging#:~:text=Senescent%20cells%20are%20unique%20in,and%20related%20dementias%2C%20and%20osteoarthritis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our final episode of season 11, Dr's J and Santhosh once again peruse the pages of proud and perfidious persona as we cover our annual comic book medicine for comicon! ALong the way they discuss the Krakoan age of the Xmen and the mutant pharmacy, drugs that effect longevity, universal antibiotics, vaccine based food, xmen coachella, outside forces effecting drugs, Lazarus anime, time delay medications, Marvels first family, effects of space on gender and memory, medical issues of the fantastic four, and a cosmic comic case study. So sit back and relax as we bring medicine from the page to the real world in this years comic book medicine!Further Readinghttps://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-018-00210-0#:~:text=The%20project%20led%20to%20MucoRice,completed%20in%20IMSUT%20Hospital%2C%20Tokyo.https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-018-00210-0#:~:text=The%20project%20led%20to%20MucoRice,completed%20in%20IMSUT%20Hospital%2C%20Tokyo.https://www.nature.com/articles/d43747-020-00804-y#:~:text=The%20promising%20new%20drug%20is,the%20antibiotic%20is%20rendered%20useless.https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abg6702https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11440958/Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh dive into the history and pathology of Entamoeba Histolytica...along the way they cover jurassic poops, artisanal infections, paleoparasitology, medical etymology, protozoan life cycles, amebic evil twins, medical kittens, mitochondria like organisms, trophozoite pathology, diagnosis, symptoms zombie nibble cells, and ipecac and more modern treatment and more! So sit back and relax as we teach you all about the flukes of ameoba!Further Readinghttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/441647https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/history-of-entamoebiasis/01D4EA312C2E1ADA29423032756C5539https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1567134816301575https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jcm.41.10.4745-4750.2003Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh once again perform a roundup of whats new in the medical world, this time with an emphasis on some creative engineered solutions to medical issues. Along the way they cover the plural of hiatus, 3d printing cells inside the body, shape shifting drug treatments, italian respirator innovations, snorkeling ventilators, time dosed vaccine delivery, a brief rant about rfk junior and the vaccine commision, mosquito STD's and more! so sit back, relax and learn whats new in medicine!Further Readinghttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt0293https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/forums/topic/charlotte-valve-by-isinnova-for-non-invasive-ventilator/https://news.mit.edu/2025/particles-carrying-multiple-vaccine-doses-could-reduce-need-follow-up-shots-0515https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202501168https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-83242-5Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh do a body good discussing the history of raw milk and how civilization vastly improved upon it. Along the way, they cover science for spite, Louis Pasteur and his famous revenge beer, nineteenth century infant mortality, Kochs postulates, petty science deathmatch fights, scientist franchise dreams, the definition of pasteurization, Dr Santhosh farmhand upbringing, history of the raw milk moo-vement, bovine tuberculosis, brucellosis, the parsifal study, refutations of raw milk arguments and more! so sit back and relax as this episode, unlike raw milk, does a body good!Further Readinghttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7664790/#:~:text=CONCLUSION,in%20endemic%20regions%20for%20brucellosis.https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5443421/#:~:text=Consumers%20of%20unpasteurized%20milk%20and,more%20likely%20to%20be%20hospitalized.https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/raw-milk-misconceptions-and-danger-raw-milk-consumption#:~:text=Raw%20milk%20is%20not%20an,state%20(CDC%2C%202007).Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!Sources1) http://factsanddetails.com/russia/Education_Health_Transportation_Energy/sub9_6b/entry-5145.html2)truth serum  https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol5no2/html/v05i2a09p_0001.htm3) http://www.bioethics.net/2016/03/military-suicide-capsules-and-medical-ethics/4)https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cia-issued-rectal-tool-kit5)https://www.historyonthenet.com/8-amazing-spy-gadgets-used-during-the-cold-war Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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!Sources1) https://cmr.asm.org/content/28/2/4192) 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/S09445013183082674) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-bacteria-make-underground-cave-shine-gold-and-why-nasa-wants-study-them-180955670/Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! Twitter: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfro Instagram: @travelmedicinepodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTSquarespace: travelmedicinepodcast.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Gmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Readinghttps://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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Readinghttps://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-scratchhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6014277/#:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%9Cregenerative%20medicine%E2%80%9D%20is,fly%20across%20the%20Atlantic%20alone.Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 ReadingJournal reference Nature Medicine DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03501-4Science DOI: 10.1126/science.adn9390https://academic.oup.com/stcltm/article/14/2/szae076/7933795?login=truehttps://www.vice.com/en/article/surgeons-just-put-a-tooth-in-a-blind-patients-eye-to-restore-their-sight/Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 ReadingJournal reference: JAMA Psychiatry DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.4789https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2208601https://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-whttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2307563Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Readinghttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6410476/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0755498222000422Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Readinghttps://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-zhttps://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=381-384https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-2594-1/part/part01/chapter/ch01Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Dr J continues planning his wedding and recertifying his boards, we present to you another classic episode from the vaults of our early years. New episode next week!In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh discuss coal miners pneumoconiosis, or black lung. Along the way, they cover Zoolander, hard and soft coal, surface mining, black lung resurgence, air pollution bronchitis, mining safety and OSHA, silent killers, lung pathology and scarring, diagnosis, treatment, the longest word in the english language, and other little known lung exposure diseases, along with a just the tip from Guatemala. So Sit back and breath deep as we mine our brains for information on black lung!Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcastFind and Review Us on itunes, stitcher, spokeo, google play, or wherever podcasts are availableitunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episodes-travel-medicine-podcast/id914407095stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/travel-medicine-podcast?refid=stprGoogle Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iebqxcseb4s6pu5sjyljwgqsbuyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr4fcpX27x2vcJT_zJq6qiBy0pK8WiEXe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh round out the month of love with an 80 plgues dedicated to the kissing disease! Along the way they cover paleopathology, flossing for science, the importance of abbreviations, the discovery of Epstein Barr virus, heterophile antibodies, deep kissing, replication and diagnosis of the disease, splenic injury, symptoms duration, treatment and more! So sit back and relax as we plant a big wet kiss of knowledge on you!Further Readinghttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4346501/#:~:text=Infectious%20mononucleosis%20was%20recognized%20as,called%20the%20syndrome%20'idiopathic%20adenitis.&text=Indeed%2C%20its%20etiology%20remained%20a,between%20infectious%20mononucleosis%20and%20EBV.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1857056/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4000473/https://www.nature.com/articles/543163a#ref-CR1Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this classic episode, Dr's J, Santhosh, and special guest Stephanie Levich cover Fertility Medicine. Along the way, they discuss Egyptian fertility temples, ancient obstetrical papyrus records, semen mythology, glorious golden dongs and wandering uteri, fertility consulting, in vitro and in vivo fertilization, fresh and frozen eggs, selecting a surrogate, birthing your own grandchild, surrogacy state laws, pregnancy fees, exploiting wombs, who becomes surrogates and why, posthumous reproduction, demolition man, the beginning of obstetrics, causes of infertility, injectable urine, fertility gateway drugs and more! So sit back and prepare to be inseminated with knowledge!Fun Fact: This episode was originally recorded in 2015, so Dr Santhosh baby is a decade older now!Special Thanks to Stephanie Levich of www.familymatchconsulting.comSupport Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh cover the holiday of love with infectious investigations in their valentine special. Along the way they cover the history of syphilis in the new world, gumma, herpes simplex one, roman kisses, bans on lip locking, post orgasmic illness syndrome, autoimmune allergy, and depictions of penis size in art through history. So sit back and relax and accept our love of knowledge as we cover valentine medicine!Further Readinghttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32529252/https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57165205-sex-and-sexuality-in-ancient-romehttp://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/this-extremely-rare-postorgasm-flulike-illness-is-baffling-scientists/https://academic.oup.com/jsm/article-abstract/8/4/1164/6844559https://bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bju.15926Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again round up all their favorite research from the medical world to share with you! Along the way, they cover new methods of hospital disaster relief, electronic monitoring tattoos, biosensors, skynet and cyborgs, medical uses of AI, voice diagnosis, correct pronunciation of luxembourg, jitter and shimmer, dementia ai treatments, smart glasses, world cup training, longitudinal prizes and more! So sit back and relax as we round up whats new in the world of medical research!Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcastFurther Readinghttps://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435122-800-next-generation-technology-is-a-critical-mid-step-in-dementia-care/https://journals.plos.org/digitalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pdig.0000679https://www.cell.com/cell-biomaterials/fulltext/S3050-5623(24)00004-7 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh cover your largest organ in an episode dedicated to dermatology! Along the way they cover ancient Egypt and the ebers and smith papyri, tumor children, vitiligo and phototherapy, itchy bottoms, greek priest dogs and the asclepiad, the staying power of wound care recommendations, categories of skin disease in the ancient and modern world, peculiar teaching methods, cryotherapy, disease imaging and diagnosis, the seven year itch, impetigo, herpes and a musical interlude to celebrate the return of tiktok! So sit back and relax as we get under your skin!Further Readinghttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8178570/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-4362.1976.tb00709.x?sid=nlm%3Apubmedhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4954441/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11589026/Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh return from their California wildfire induced hiatus with everybody's favorite segment and a roundup of new medical research stories focused on food and drink! Along the way they cover the healing power of candy, spinal injury mechanisms, smart insulin, the health benefits of coffee, how and why coffee makes you poop, healing bacteria in feces and more! SO sit back and relax as we discuss whats new in the world of medicine!Further Readinghttps://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/blue-dye-may-hold-promise-in-treating-spinal-cord-injury#:~:text=A%20compound%20strikingly%20similar%20to%20the%20common,a%20traumatic%20injury%20to%20the%20spinal%20cord.https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adj2020https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ageing-research-reviewshttp://gut.bmj.com/content/31/4/450.full.pdf+htmlSupport Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comBlueSky/Mastodon/X: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr's J and Santhosh are almost back from their holiday break, and in the meantime we invite you to continue a tour through some of our classic and most requested episodes with guest hosts of days gone by!In this episode, Dr’s J and Praz, with special guest Emily Hook discuss the attributes and health of circus sideshow performers. Along the way, they cover the history of circus sideshows, the Coney Island NICU, the classes of sideshow acts, Geeks, the secrets of human pincushions, glass chewing, sword swallowing, circus endoscopy and intubation, fire eaters lung ,off season care, Ehlers Danlos syndrome, acrobat anesthetists and more! So Step right up, sit back and relax as we dive into the world of freakshow!Sources1)http://www.bmj.com/content/333/7582/1285ijkey=8559399d0af3cd2596c8540d8872c966fa286536&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha2)http://time.com/3711869/sword-swallower-paris-1945/3)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3522406/4)https://tinyurl.com/yxhpcon4   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello folks! We are still on winter break but will be back in a week, so please enjoy this classic episodeIn this episode Dr's J, Ward, and Praz cover the history and applications of Anesthesia. Along the way they discuss medical etymology, the Assyrian Vulcan neck pinch, Victorian England, who control the OR music, the founders of anesthesia, humbugs and doctor validation, who administers anesthesia, why the job is stressful, commonly used anesthetics, tools of the trade, trauma surgery, field advancements, abuse statistics, general v regional anesthesia, twilight sedation, and a just the tip in Illinois! So sit back and prepare to go over what happens when you go under!Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+travelmedicinepodcast.comX: @doctorjcomedy @toshyfroTikotok: DrjtoksmedicineGmail: [email protected]: https://open.spotify.com/show/28uQe3cYGrTLhP6X0zyEhTPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/travelmedicinepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.