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Travel Medicine Podcast

Travel Medicine Podcast

Joshua Dworetzky

A Medical show for non-medical people, about history, comedy, travel and all the ways we find medicine wonderful, hosted by Doctors J and Santhosh

  • 44 minutes 51 seconds
    1232 World Cup Medicine

    In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh kick around information about sports medicine unique to the world cup! Along the way they cover proyecto goal and the world cup of medicine, the fifa 11+, viagra doping for soccer matches, gameplay medical set pieces and getting colored cards as soccer pit crew, the nordic hamstring exercise, swedish medical gymnastics, athletic pubalagia, concussion protocols and more! So sit back and relax as we cheer on and learn about the world's favorite sport!


    Further Reading

    https://wmfc2026.com/#about

    https://inside.fifa.com/health-and-medical/education-awareness/diploma-football-medicine

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060624120556.htm

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11022781/


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    11 July 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 36 minutes 33 seconds
    1231 Boobs and CPR

    In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh uncover a surprising study about anatomy that can effect the success of cpr. along the way they cover gender differences in cpr, the increased risk from being female, history of the cpr dummy, differences in bystander participation based on gender race and socioeconomic status, knowing cpr versus performing cpr, bariatric cpr and more! so sit back and relax as we compress some cpr studies into this brief episode!



    Further Reading

    https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(24)00117-5/fulltext

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6386169/

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11977940/

    https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(21)00246-X/abstract

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10944027/

    https://emj.bmj.com/content/36/11/660.long

    https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2806840

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6911168/

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    20 June 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 43 minutes 37 seconds
    1230 Journal Club- Wearable Tech

    In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh review what's new in the world of medicine this time with an emphasis on wearable tech. Along the way they cover the spanish inquistion, old research, the mPower parkinsons app, remote diagnosis and digital biomarkers, mole mappers, gamifying health, smart bras, types of transducers, electric pants for bedsores, biological batteries and more! So sit back and relax as we explore and catch up on older research stories from medical news!


    Further Reading

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aenm.202202581

    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.1c04220

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4776701/

    https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata20175


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    13 June 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 52 minutes 12 seconds
    1229 Around the World in 80 Plagues: Necrotizing Fascitis

    In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh chew on info about flesh eating bacteria. Along the way they cover the Mandalorian, Jim Henson, the pathology of necrotizing fasciitis, Ludwig's angina, medical etymology, neck anatomy, morbus strangularis, surgical gold medals, pathology, diagnosis and treatment of the infection, Fournier's gangrene, venereology, the difference between perineal and perennial, sci hub, odd causes of genital gangrene, modern epidemiology, pain out of proportion to exam, and more! So sit back and relax as we discuss the many forms of necrotizing bacteria


    Further Reading

    https://sci-hub.se/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-laryngology-and-otology/article/abs/did-ludwigs-angina-kill-ludwig/4825B692F6949FD2393AC9D1FDC7EFA8  

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549821/


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    30 May 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 59 minutes 35 seconds
    1228 Around the World in 80 Plagues- Hantavirus

    In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh dive into Hantavirus! Along the way, they cover the dangers of cruise ships, the sad state of us healthcare risk management, birding enthusiasts, the state of the cruise ship outbreak, pathophysiology, the pokemon like nature of the vectors, hemorrhagic renal virus, the four corners virus, cardiopulmonary hantavirus, disease course, diagnosis and mortality, treatments and likelihood to become a pandemic and more. So sit back and relax as we let you know what to know about hantavirus!


    Further Reading

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10047430/

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2880890/

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3298307/

    https://cepi.net/hantaviruses

    https://sci-hub.ru/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-56753-7_1


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    23 May 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 54 minutes 28 seconds
    1227 Video Game Medicine

    In this episode, Dr's J ans Santhosh cover the interaction between video games and medicine. Along the way they cover surgical training, categories of medical games, the power pad, a meta analysis of video game benefits, chronic pain relief, prescription video games, digital therapeutics, virtual medicine, a selection of medical treatment and diagnostic video games about asthma dolphins, diabetes and more! So sit back and relax as we level up your knowledge on video game medicine!


    Further Reading

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391574/#:~:text=Video%20games%20improved%2069%25%20of,of%20disease%20self%2Dmanagement%20outcomes.

    https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/gpr-14-2-113.pdf

    Hippert, T.A. (2021). The Applicability of Virtual Reality in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Chronic Pain Complaints: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study (Doctoral dissertation).

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC558687/

    https://med.fsu.edu/geriatrics/apelderquest

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6751044/

    https://www.chaostheorygames.com/blog/15-groundbreaking-video-games-modernising-healthcare

    https://www.mmm-online.com/home/channel/how-video-games-can-improve-physicians-decision-making-and-learning/#:~:text=But%20a%20new%20study%20offers,decision%2Dmaking%20among%20practicing%20dermatologists

    https://www.thegamer.com/best-medical-video-games-ranked/#plague-inc-mobile

    https://opmed.doximity.com/articles/the-expanding-role-of-video-games-in-medicine

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7818823/


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    9 May 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 45 minutes 41 seconds
    1226: That Voodoo You Do So Well

    IN this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh explore the medical traditions of the Big Easy, including voodoo and cajun medicine. Along the way they cover the history of how voodoo is perceived versus how it is practiced, the oldest us medical board, disease gating classicism, yellow fever treatments in the 1850s, voodoo queen marie laveau, Dr Santhosh voodoo lesson, cajun traiteurs, faith healers and herbal lore, and more! SO sit back as we dig into the medical traditions of the crescent city!


    Further Reading

    https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=southernanthro_proceedings#:~:text=Those%20who%20follow%20Vodou%20believe,by%20a%20Western%20medical%20practitioner.

    https://roguearthistorian.substack.com/p/marie-laveau-a-life-of-healing-and

    Haitian vodou as a health care system: between magic, religion, and medicine - PubMed https://share.google/YN5IQaDOesyjWiHWW 

    chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:749d8bac-63a7-4afe-9696-5cfa40dfc854/files/mce6ae3fd6cdbef1dd2b31c521deda7a2


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    2 May 2026, 4:52 pm
  • 53 minutes 4 seconds
    1225 Journal Club-Trust your Guts

    In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh once again perform a roundup of what's new in the world of medicine with an emphasis on gut research! Along the way they cover a decrease in national obesity, snake ozempic, reptile racism, bad jokes, athlete microbiomes, bacterial doping, microplastic absorbing diets, milk frogs and more! SO sit back and relax as we gobble up some articles on gut medicine and research!


    Further Reading

    https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2827712?utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_term=121324

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-026-01485-0

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-019-0485-4

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960852426003159


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    26 April 2026, 2:54 am
  • 51 minutes 3 seconds
    1224 Journal Club- Digital Dangers and Dividends

    IN this episode Dr's J and Santhosh dive into studies on the effects of AI on the medical world. Along the way they cover AI and its need to be liked, AI psychosis, advantages and disadvantages of ai in mental health treatment, health disinformation safeguards, manipulating AI, nutritional miscalculations, speedy fluid cultures, drug development and more. So sit back and relax as we learn how AI language models are having an effect on your health!


    Further Reading

    https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2026.1765598/full

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41273266/

    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03015

    https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.17.633620v1


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    11 April 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 51 minutes 41 seconds
    1223 Yo gamma gammaglobulinemia

    In this episode Dr's J and Santhosh tackle the complicated history of the immune system and its deficiencies. Along the way they cover corn pride, medical etymology, the roman empire, immune deficient guinea pigs, the discovery of complement, immune currency, serum immune globulin proteins and electrophoresis, the roles of different globulins, lab error discoveries, scientist blood borrowing practices, immune system components, scid and the bubble boy, creating ivig, project hail mary and more! So


    Further Reading

    https://sci-hub.ru/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1034/j.1600-065X.2000.17881.x

    https://sci-hub.ru/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23095909/#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20primary%20immunodeficiency%20diseases%20(PIDs),of%20cutting%20edge%20therapies%20and%20diagnostic%20concepts

    https://sci-hub.ru/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-003-1153-7


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    4 April 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 55 minutes 32 seconds
    1222 Tools of the Trade

    IN this episode Dr's J and Santhosh explore the history of common medical tools. ALong the way they cover common contents of the white coat, the oldest medical tool, doctor's bag, ancient egypt, medical totems, the origin story of the stethoscope, chest percussion and wine barrels, reflex hammers and targeted design, the reflector disc and it's true purpose, the laryngoscope, the greatest showman's songbird, tongue depressors and more! So sit back and relax as we investigate what we actually use to do our jobs!


    Further Reading

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1570491/#:~:text=Auscultation%3A%20Immediate%20versus%20Mediate,ear%20to%20the%20chest%20wall.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9482790/#:~:text=There%20are%20two%20versions%20of,Th%C3%A9ophile%20Hycanith%20Laennec.

    https://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/phonendoscope/

    https://www.entandaudiologynews.com/features/ent-features/post/manuel-patricio-rodriguez-garcia-1805-1906-the-inventor-of-the-laryngoscope-and-world-renowned-singing-teacher

    https://www.neurology.org/doi/pdf/10.1212/WNL.39.11.1542


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    28 March 2026, 3:00 pm
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