Skip to content
MedBits cover art

All Episodes

MedBits — 93 episodes

#
Title
1

Why It's So Hard To Cure Cancer

2

The History of Plastic Surgery

3

What is a Coma?

4

The History of Clinical Trials

5

Multiple Mini Interviews: What I Wish I Knew

6

The Discovery of Statins

7

Casper Test Explained

8

The Development of Antipsychotics

9

How To Get Into a Research Lab Without Ever Meeting The Professor

10

The Discovery of DNA

11

Medical School Secondary Applications: What I Wish I Knew

12

The History of Anesthesia

13

Medical School Primary Applications: What I Wish I Knew (Part 3)

14

From Variolation To Vaccination

15

Medical School Primary Applications: What I Wish I Knew (Part 2)

16

The History of Organ Transplants

17

Medical School Primary Applications: What I Wish I Knew (Part 1)

18

The History of Medical Imaging

19

Missing Heritability and GWAS Studies Explained

20

The Discovery of Antibiotics

21

Why SHOULD You Become a Doctor?

22

Applying To Residency Programs

23

Why SHOULDN'T You Become a Doctor?

24

The Effects of Space on the Human Body

25

Does Intermittent Fasting Work?

26

Different Types of Combined Medical Programs

27

Why You Might Want to Choose a Nontraditional Premed Major

28

The Medical School Application Process

29

MD vs DO: What's the difference?

30

The Pros and Cons of a Gap Year

31

My MCAT: What Worked and What Didn't

32

Medical Malpractice in the United States

33

MCAT Musculoskeletal System

34

The Condition In Which You Can Sweat Blood

35

MCAT Immune System Part 2

36

The Condition In Which Your Hand Acts On Its Own

37

MCAT Immune System Part 1

38

The Allergy to the Cold

39

MCAT Nervous System Part 2

40

Sleeping Beauty Syndrome

41

MCAT Nervous System Part 1

42

The Human Tree Disease

43

MCAT Cardiovascular System Part 3

44

Joined at Birth

45

MCAT Cardiovascular System Part 2

46

This Condition Turns Tissue Into Bone

47

MCAT Cardiovascular System Part 1

48

The Ability To Remember Any Day In Your Life

49

MCAT Physiology of the Respiratory System

50

Jumping Frenchman of Maine

51

MCAT Anatomy of the Respiratory System

52

This Condition Can Make You Look Like a Smurf

53

MCAT Endocrine System Part 5: Thymus and Other Organs

54

This Condition Prevents You From Feeling Pain

55

MCAT Endocrine System Part 4: Testes and Ovaries

56

Jerusalem Syndrome: Why Some Believe That They Are Prophets

57

MCAT Endocrine System Part 3: Adrenal Medulla and Pineal Gland

58

The Condition That Makes You Age Rapidly

59

MCAT Endocrine System Part 2: Adrenal Cortex

60

Proteus Syndrome

61

Endocrine System Part 1: Hypothalamus, Pituitary Glands, and Thyroid

62

Getting Drunk Without Drinking

63

Microplastics in Placentas

64

Waking Up With A New Accent

65

Stopping Viruses With DNA Origami

66

Water Allergies Are Real

67

Skin Cancer Explained

68

How Artificial Sweeteners Could Lead to Fatal Outcomes

69

Toxic Chemicals Are Probably In Your Makeup

70

The Most Dangerous Respiratory Disease

71

This Two-Second Test Might Just Save Your Life

72

Using an Algae Protein to Reverse Blindness

73

Drugs Explained

74

Medicine in Space

75

Why Eating Disorders May Not Look The Way We Expect

76

400k COVID Cases a Day

77

Racism in Clinical Trials?

78

Should We Have Paused the J & J Vaccine?

79

Mastering the MCAT

80

The Medicine of Ancient Times

81

Do You Have The Dark Triad Personality Traits?

82

The Nation's Doctor

83

How to Get Into Medical School

84

The Most Common Cerebrovascular Disease

85

This Disease Affects One in Four Americans

86

The Social Scars of Quarantine

87

How the iPhone 12 Can Stop a Defibrillator

88

How Healthcare Will Change Under Biden

89

Investigating the 23 Deaths After the COVID-19 Vaccine

90

The #1 Cause of Death in the U.S.

91

Our Experience With the COVID-19 Vaccine

92

The Value of Vaccines

93

Sleep Science Made Simple