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Episode 89: Chronic Kidney Disease (Part 1) | The Bright Side Of Urine
Season 6 Episode 89
One in 10 Australians over the age of 18 years are living with signs of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) with the number of patients needing treatment fo…
7 months ago
Episode 88: Intimate Partner Violence | Permission To Ask And Listen
Season 6 Episode 88
The statistics of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Domestic Violence prevalence are staggering. 1 in 6 adult women and 1 in 16 adult men have expe…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 87: Oral Cancer | Smokes For Nothin’ And HPV For Free
Season 6 Episode 87
Oral cancer was a fatal disease even into the twentieth century. Patients required extensive surgery and often had a painful recovery or went into pa…
8 months ago
Episode 86: Vitamin B12 | Solving The Pernicious Anaemia Mystery
Season 6 Episode 86
The first medical description of pernicious anaemia is from 1821. It is written by Dr James Combe and describes a previously well 47 year old corn-me…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 85: Lung Cancer Screening | Search For The 30 Pack-Years
Season 6 Episode 85
One of the most difficult cancers to detect early has been lung cancer. Patients often present with advanced disease that and can often be fatal.
In …
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 84: Prostate Cancer | Donald Gleason’s Legacy
Season 6 Episode 84
In 1966, the Chief of Urology asked the Chief of Pathology at the Minneapolis VA Hospital to develop a system to communicate the results of prostate …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 83: Breast Augmentation | Risks and Myths
Season 6 Episode 83
Over the last 100 years, numerous types of implants (i.e. ivory, glass, wool) and injections (i.e. epoxy resin, beeswax, paraffin) have been used in …
10 months, 1 week ago
Episode 82: Pharmacogenomics | Personalised medicines
Season 6 Episode 80
The interplay between genetics and medications is important but complex. Pharmacogenomic testing provides doctors with information about how individu…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 81: Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)
Season 6 Episode 81
In 1924, a surgeon and a pathologist had a conversation about some patients with multiple bowel polyps. The pathologist, Dr Cuthbert Dukes, and the s…
11 months, 1 week ago
Episode 80: Epilepsy | Moonstruck
Season 6 Episode 80
We have come a long way in our understanding of epilepsy and seizures.
Historically, epilepsy was associated with possession and demonic forces.
Mode…
11 months, 3 weeks ago