Alcohol in Civilization, Culture, and Medical History
It's probably popular knowledge that alcohol as a substance of use--and potential misuse--has been with humankind since our earliest days. In this episode, Dr. Mike explores the earliest references to...
18 Jul 20241h 8min
Royal Pains: Medical Movie Show Review
Thanks to a fan suggestion, we went ahead and gave this TV series about an ER doctor turned concierge physician for the rich and famous a try. It had its moments. Support the show ----- PHPod Merch St...
11 Jul 20241h 19min
The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
We've had many requests for this topic over the years and Dr. Aaron finally took charge of it. We'll explore the crossroads of medical history and medical ethics as it applies to the case of Henrietta...
4 Jul 202456min
Milk Sickness: The Story of Anna Pierce and a Uniquely American Deadly Historic Diagnosis
In the early 19th century, pioneers on the American western frontier were dying of an unusual illness. It even claimed the life of Nancy Lincoln, mother of the accomplished wrestler (and incidental pr...
20 Jun 202448min
Madame Web: Medical Movie Review
We have a new piece of medicine infused awful cinema to check out. We reviewed Madame Web and boy was it bad, not only as a movie, but also as a portrayal of EMS medicine. Way to go, Marvel. Suppor...
13 Jun 20241h 25min
Preventing Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn: The Discovery of RhoGAM and the "Man with the Golden Arm"
In the 1930's (and before), there was a mysterious cause of infant mortality. An astonishing number of newborns were victim to a mismatch between their blood type, and that of their mothers. Doctors a...
6 Jun 202451min
Strolling into Steroids: Pedestrianism and the History of Performance Enhancement in Sports
If you can believe it, watching people walk around was once a spectator sport. It was the Gilded Age and there weren't many options for sport entertainment. We'll investigate how the participants in t...
23 Mai 20241h 17min
The Resident Episode 2: Medical TV Show Roast
We said that episode one of this TV series was bad, medically and critically speaking. Maybe that's not fair. It was a pilot, after all. We went ahead and checked out episode 2. It was worse. Suppor...
16 Mai 20241h 29min
