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, pathological, microbiological and immunological viewpoint of COVID-19.

This pandemic has tested the Governments, Politicians and the Public Health of nations; some have responded valiantly; others have been found lacking. The deviation from our regular style podcast is because we are living the COVID story.

Our special guest is Dr Daman Langguth Head of Immunology Department Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology (SNP), Chair of SNP Partners, Member of Executive Advisory Committee, Chair of the Data Request Committee.

Daman has particular expertise in the investigation of auto-immune disease, allergy, and immune deficiency and has special interests in idiopathic inflammatory myositis, vasculitis, IgG4-related systemic disease and e-Health.

SNP’s Immunology Departmentis the largest laboratory of its kind in Australia.

Known for pushingthe boundaries and pioneering new technologies it is acknowledged as the most advanced flow cytometrylab in diagnostic practice. With Australia’s most diverse range of autoantibody assays, the lab is also at the forefront of autoantibody testing. In a partnership with a UQ engineering research team it is breaking new ground in digital pathology and image analysis.

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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 land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. Today’s episode of This Pathological Life, looks at Indigenous Health and its intersection with Pathology, along with health issues and challenges among Australia’s first European settlers. But first…

First Australians meet the First Fleet

The American revolution forced the British to investigate alternate destinations for penal colonies. The answer came from a Botanist who travelled with Captain James Cook in 1770 to a land they called New South Wales.

With the decision made, this ‘new’ land would be forever changed.

The First Fleet took a year to prepare and eight months to voyage to New South Wales and suffered from a variety of ailments (which we examine) on the way.

What we now call Australia, is a hard, dry unexpectedland, which proveddifficult for Europeans to manage and adjust.

YetIndigenous/Aboriginals survived and thrived in this land.

This episode explores Aboriginal medical knowledge with Dan Tyson, Chief Executive Officer at Desert Knowledge Australia from the year 1788, when the land was quite diverse in geographical areas and Aboriginal people were quite diverse in their technologies to survive.We ponder the recurring question of how when bush medicine and food is still used in many places today, why the health of the Australian Indigenous Communities remains so poor.

This is the tale of two worlds.

GUEST INTERVIEW
Dan Tyson, CEO Desert Knowledge Australia

Twitter: @dka_connect

LinkedIn Dan: linkedin.com/in/dan-tyson-8215636/

LinkedIn DKA: linkedin.com/company/dkaconnect/

Dan is currently member of the AMSANT Research Committee and a member of the Central Region Executive of the Chamber of Commerce however, and has also been a director of the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the NT (AMSANT), and previously director and vice-chair of Katherine Regional Aboriginal Health and Related Services.

He co-founded the Aboriginal Business Industry Chamber of South Australia (ABICSA) and the Mental Health Coalition of SA. Dan holds a PhD in the field of medical anthropology and has worked extensively in the mainstream and Indigenous health sectors.

OTHER VOICES

Doris Pilkington, author, Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence

Joylene Koolmatrie, Aboriginal Healer and Psychologist

Kenneth Branagh, Rabbit Proof Fence

Rev John Brown, co-chair, National Sorry Day Committee

Sir Ronald Wilson, co-author, Bringing Them Home Report

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S1E25: Ep 25 The 12 Podcasts of Christmas

From our first Episode #1 “What is Pathology?”, we have enjoyed the journey we have travelled and feedback to date is encouraging. In these times, remaining connected is as important as ongoing education and from here at Clinpath, providing this channel has been as good for us, as it has been for our listeners.

In this episode #25 we reflect over 12 different podcasts and what each of these 12 has given us – whether this be an eye opening story, an honoured guest, a realisation of the ‘Dunning–Kruger effect’, a stumbling over big words, big personalities and big guests, or the unravelling of tales behind the useful things discovered through science that end up being not so good for humans.

Steve reflects, “A spoonful of podcast helps the medicine go down.”

There have been many where the pathologist’s lens to a topic really shines, such as alcohol (a good one to listen to before the Christmas period). However, over the Christmas period, we are asking everyone to answer our survey, to make sure 2021 brings you what you are looking for in a podcast about Pathology. The survey is anonymous and only takes 1-2 minutes. We’ve loved doing it and hope you’ve enjoyed listening. The link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/356X23B

We hope everyone has a safe Christmas and look forward to bringing you Season #2 in 2021.

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S1E24: Ep 24 Radiation | Invisible death

The discovery of radiation was a monumental achievement in human history.

Marie Curie isolated Radium and Polonium from the mineral pitchblende, and received two Nobel Prizes for this achievement (Physics 1903 and Chemistry 1911). She was clearly a genius, however, not even Marie anticipated the dangers inherent with this material.

The interest in Radium exploded and it became a key ingredient in medicine, make-up, and toothpaste. The most notable was for the ‘Undark’ paint that literally glowed. The women workers, now known as the Radium girls, used this paint in the early twentieth century to paint the hands of watches/clocks.

The results were devastating and fatal.

Our episode’s final destination, takes us into the remote region of South Australia, where 7 atomic bombs were detonated by the British between 1956 and 1963… destroying the land and killing indigenous and non-indigenous people alike. A human history we must remember for the sheer tragedy of it.

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S1E23: Ep 23 Health IT Security | Avoiding the flat line

The implications for Healthcare to lose control or access to the IT systems is literally life threatening.

The first confirmed fatality occurred when a Ransomware attack unintentionally struck a German University Hospital in September 2020. There have been over 80 public cases of Ransomware attacks occurred in the US targeting Healthcare institutions in 2020. These are on the rise as Healthcare provides an attractive target with dated IT software, time critical data, and private patient information that can be used and leveraged, even if the target reverts to back-ups.

With hospitals left in a no-win situation, they will often pay the ransom to (hopefully) restore access to their systems/data but also increases the likelihood of future attacks.

Our special guests:

Dr Nick Tellis
MBBS, FRACGP
GP and Owner PartridgeGP
Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health
https://partridgegp.me/DrNickTellisLinkedIn

John Stronner
Chief Executive Officer | Loftus Technology Group
Certified Data Protection Officer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnstronnar/

Dr Nick tellis Bio:

Dr Nick Tellis is a specialist GP who has been working in General Practice since 2002 and has owned general practices since 2007.

Every Australian should have their own GP and General Practice, and use them regularly and appropriately. If that is PartridgeGP and one of our helping GPs that’s even better. We can help!

Here to Help – 3 ways!
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S1E22: Ep 22 Drugs of Addiction | Medicinal binds

Humans have always had a complex relationship with drugs: some help us; some heal us; and some hurt us. The problem with the drugs of addiction is they can do all of three. However, long term use of these inevitably leads to dependence where, once ceased, will lead to withdraw symptoms. The ‘highs’ and addictiveness combined with the potency of the drugs can have fatal consequences.

In this podcast we delve into these Drugs of Addiction (namely Opioids, Amphetamines, Cannabinoids, Cocaine, and Benzodiazepines) to explore their sordid history and discuss how we test for them today.

Our special guest:

Dr Devika Thomas
BSc (Hons), MBBS, M Surg, MAACB, CCD, FRCPA, PhD

Clinpath Pathology Medical Director, Executive Team
Director of Chemical Pathology

https://www.clinpath.com.au/about-us/clinpath-leadership/our-pathologists/dr-devika-thomas/

This podcast is eligible for 1 RACGP CPD point – self reporting.

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