Trichomonas vaginalis: The sexually transmitted parasite
Trichomoniasis is the most common curable sexually transmitted infection. It is caused by the protozoan parasite, Trichomonas vaginalis. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
27 Maalis 20187min
Schistosomiasis: In terms of impact, it's second only to malaria as the most devastating parasitic disease
On today's show, we talk about schistosomiasis. Health authorities say more than 200 million people are infected worldwide and in terms of impact, this disease is second only to malaria as the most de...
14 Maalis 201821min
Travel health topics with Dr. Duellyn Pandis
Nurse practitioner and President and CEO of Passport Health of Tampa, Dr. Duellyn Pandis joined me in this interview from last summer to catch up on various topics of travel health and medicine. We di...
12 Maalis 201818min
Organ donation: Kidney paired donations, Donate Life Month
In this podcast, I pull out two interviews from the past couple years concerning organ donation. The first interview, from June 2016, I am joined by President and Founder of the Living Kidney Donors N...
12 Maalis 201828min
Vaccine law and exemptions
In this January 2017 interview, Professor of Law at UC Hastings College of Law, Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, PhD joined me to discuss the types and issues of vaccine exemption, the role and purposes of the...
11 Maalis 201833min
The Global Virome Project: Providing timely data to battle future pandemics
Outbreaks of previously unknown viral and other diseases have the potential to inflict serious and massive negative health and economic impact on the world. A new program, a really big idea, is set to...
9 Maalis 20189min
Lyme disease: Olivia's story, the LivLyme Foundation and the TickTracker app
13-year old Olivia Goodreau has been living with Lyme disease for half her life. She joined me today to tell her story from the tick bite to a myriad of symptoms to visiting 51 doctors before being di...
9 Maalis 201814min
Legionella Conference 2018: Approaches for successfully preventing the spread of Legionella in buildings, hospitals and other at-risk facilities
NSF International, a global public health and safety organization, is hosting Legionella Conference 2018 – Managing Legionella and Other Pathogens in Building Water Systems on May 9-11, 2018, in Balti...
2 Maalis 201814min
