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Ep 162 Allergies Part 2: Shots, pills, & pens
Season 7
Yes, the world may be out to get us with allergens around every corner, but we’ve got some tricks up our sleeve to help us cope. Our allergy treatment toolkit includes an impressive suite of tools, a…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep 161 Allergies Part 1: Pollens, nuts, & bugs
Season 7
Sometimes it seems like the world is out to get us: bees in our garden, pollen in the air, nuts in our brownies, any number of other things that could trigger an allergic reaction ranging from itchy …
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Special Episode: Philip Eil & Prescription for Pain
Season 7
In February 2012, Paul Volkman was sentenced to four consecutive terms of life imprisonment for his role in illegally prescribing and dispensing pain medications that resulted in the deaths of severa…
Published on 1 year ago
Ep 160 Appendicitis: Don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone?
Season 7
For decades, it seemed like the appendix would go the way of 8-track players, pagers, and the phonograph. Outdated, obsolete, not worth keeping around. Surgeons performed appendectomies like it was s…
Published on 1 year ago
Ep 159 Scabies: Tiny but Mite-y
Season 7
Among the many conditions that creep under your skin and make scratching irresistible, scabies alone holds the honor of being called simply “The Itch” for centuries. In this episode, we examine how t…
Published on 1 year ago
Ep 158 Scarlet Fever: You’ve changed
Season 7
A mere 150 years ago, uttering the words “scarlet fever” was enough to strike fear into the hearts of many, especially parents of young children. For a brief period of time, this disease, caused by a…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Special Episode: Dr. Emily Monosson & Blight
Season 7
We really don’t give fungi the credit they deserve. Over the years of this podcast, we’ve covered only a handful of fungal pathogens, and pathogenic fungi themselves represent a teeny tiny proportion…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Ep 157 Retinoids Part 2: …how it’s going
Season 7
That same little bottle of retinol serum sitting on your bathroom counter - how does it work? Does it actually work? Those are the questions we’re taking on in part two of our retinoids two-parter. T…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Ep 156 Retinoids Part 1: How it started…
Season 7
That little bottle of retinol serum sitting on your bathroom counter - what do you know about its history? This week, we’re digging deep into the man behind the medicine, renowned dermatologist Dr. A…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Special Episode: Kate Zernike & The Exceptions
Season 7
When the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted in 1999 that they had discriminated against women on its faculty, it sent shockwaves throughout institutions of higher learning across the coun…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago