S2E35: Ep 35 Piercing the smoke screen | Cigarettes, Smoking & Vapes
The rise of the tobacco industry and prevalence of smoking has significantly shaped the health (or lack of) in the last century. In 1900s, lung…
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S2E34: Ep 24 Hodgkin Lymphoma | Almost Lardaceous Disease
Hodgkin Lymphoma, formerly known as Hodgkin disease, is a cancer of the lymph node(s). First described by Thomas Hodgkin (1832) where he wrote a paper…
S2E33: Ep 33 | Fragile X: The Fra(X)-men
Fragile X is the most common form of inherited intellectually disability. It is a sex-linked chromosomal disorder that affects boys much more commonly than girls.…
S2E32: Ep 32 | The Social Media Literati
Information in the past (ergo knowledge) was restricted to the few. However, the social media landscape provides individuals with their personal megaphone to the world.…
S2E31: Ep 31 Allergies Part Two | Anaphylaxis and Fighting Food
In 1901, an experiment when horribly wrong when Doctors attempted to induce tolerance in to a group of dogs by repeated injections of poison. The…
S2E30: Ep 30 Allergies Part One | Friendly Fire
Our immune system provides the means for us to live in a world full of pathogens.However, sometimes it gets it wrong and we can find…
S2E29: CST Cervical Screening | A smear in time (saves lives)
In 1952, George Papanicolaou with the National Cancer Institute embarked on the first ever cervical screening trial.The results were remarkable and the first demonstration of…
S2E28: Ep 28 | Data MyHealthRecord | Data Deep Dive
Health records are arguably the single most important and personal collection of data anyone can have. With records containing doctor visits, consultation notes, pathology results,…
S2E27: Ep 27 Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 | Covidity 2021
COVID-19: Testing the strength of nations As the pandemic continues to rage, we take a snapshot in time about our current understanding from an epidemiological,…
S2E26: Ep 26 Indigenous Health | A Tale of Two Worlds
Caitlan Davis starts Episode 26 with, “In the spirit of reconciliation Clinpath Pathology acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to…