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Episode 49: Professor Graeme Suthers | In Graeme We Trust
Season 4 Episode 49
In July 2020 in the midst of a global pandemic, we released our first episode called ‘What is pathology?’ with This Pathological Life podcast. We hop…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 48: Prostate Cancer Screening | PSA on PSAs
Season 4 Episode 48
On the 1st of November 2023, the Australian Government will release new guidelines for screening prostate cancer with the Prostate Specific Antigen (…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 47: Breast Screening & Mammograms | Future (Part 2)
Season 4 Episode 47
We continue the second episode of this two part series on breast screening and mammograms focusing on the future.
In this episode, we talk about the …
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 46: Breast Screening & Mammograms | Present (Part 1)
Season 4 Episode 46
A critical tool in the fight against breast cancer is population screening. Early detection, surgical intervention +/- further treatment has dramatic…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 45: Fact Today, Fiction(?) Tomorrow | Sam Arbesman and the Half-Life of Facts
Season 4 Episode 45
Our understanding of the world today is constantly changing. What was once considered truths and facts can, in hindsight, be seen as misguided or wro…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 44: Vitamin D (Part 2) | A Ray of Evidence-based Sunshine
Season 4 Episode 44
Vitamin D has been a controversial topic in recent times with the debate continuing over appropriate testing, adequate levels, and the evidence for t…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 43: Professor Peter Doherty | Immunological Self vs Non-self
Season 4 Episode 43
Professor Peter Doherty trained as a veterinarian before venturing into immunology research. Professor Doherty travelled extensively throughout his c…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 42: The Double Helix Structure of DNA | Finding Franklin
Season 4 Episode 42
The double helix structure of DNA was the discovery of the century. However, the story about the discovery is mired in controversy as one of the majo…
2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 41: Faecal Microbiome | All About Poo
Season 4 Episode 41
Essentially every culture, modern or ancient, understood that health and faeces are inherently linked. The Ancient Chinese practiced ‘copromancy’ whi…
2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 40: Carrier Screening | The Hunt for Recessive Genes
Season 4 Episode 40
In 1891, Guido Werdnig documented two cases of brothers who had global progressive muscular weakness. In 1935, Dr Dorothy Anderson conducted an autop…
2 years, 9 months ago