Podcast Episodes

99 - Living on a Lung

This week, the Curious Clinicians come to you LIVE from the CHEST 2024 conference explore a breathtaking topic: How could you live with only one lun…

1 year, 5 months ago

[Archive] Tusks and Tumor Suppressors

Before our 100th episode, we are rebooting some favorite early episodes! In episode 89, we asked the question: Why don't elephants get cancer?

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1 year, 5 months ago

98 - How Do You Feel?

This week, the Curious Clinicians meet Dr. Jessi Gold to talk about an important, and often undiscussed question in medicine: "How Do You Feel?" Dr. …

1 year, 6 months ago

97 - Cascading Prescriptions

This week, the Curious Clinicians explore the mechanism behind-- and against-- a common prescribing cascade: Why does gabapentin cause edema?

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1 year, 6 months ago

[Archive] - Why is fever beneficial?

Before our 100th episode, we are rebooting some favorite early episodes! In episode 24, we asked the question: Why is fever beneficial?

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1 year, 6 months ago

[Archive] The Fast and the Furosemide

Before our 100th episode, we are rebooting some favorite early episodes! In episode 25, we asked the question: Why can furosemide improve pulmonary e…

1 year, 7 months ago

96 - Dr. Mike Todorovic and the Wonders of the Na+/K+ATPase Pump

Dr. Mike Todorovic, medical educator and science communicator extraordinaire, joins The Curious Clinicians to discuss the Na+/K+ ATPase pump ("the mo…

1 year, 7 months ago

95 - Beethoven Redux

This week, the Curious Clinicians return to the topic of episode 72, "Bringing up Beethoven" with a surprising news update and new perspectives on a …

1 year, 8 months ago

94 - Flash in the PA

This week, the Curious Clinicians give a 'hot take' on a common symptoms: why do hot flashes occur?

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1 year, 8 months ago

93 - Pumping Protons, Pumping Blood

Producer Giancarlo Buonomo joins the Curious Clinicians this week to answer a morning report musing: why do we use IV PPIs to treat upper GI bleeding…

1 year, 8 months ago