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16 Episodes

71 minutes | Jan 31, 2022
When Doctors Kill: The Black Dahlia & Dr. George Hodel
January 9th, 1947 was the last day 22 year old Elizabeth Short was seen alive. Days later she was found dead in Leimert Park in Los Angeles. The media labelled her the Black Dahlia, and to this day her case remains unsolved. Her corpse, however, left clues. Whoever killed Elizabeth had extensive surgical knowledge. One of the top suspects for this murder was a physician named Dr. George Hodel, a renowned surgeon in LA with dark secrets. IG: @headcoldpodcast
64 minutes | Sep 30, 2021
Breast vs Bottle: Nestlé Public Health Failure
Nestle employs over 328,000 people, owns 2000 brands, operates in most of the countries on Earth, and collects revenues to the tune of $89 billion dollars. They have humble beginnings when their founder, Henri Nestle, first invested baby formula as a substitute for breastmilk to curve infant mortality due to malnutrition in the late 19th Century. Today, the infant formula industry itself is estimated to be worth over $5 billion dollars. Probably more people have consumed a Nestle product than received a COVID shot within the past year and a half at least in the United States. Nestle has been the subject of controversy over water but they aren't new to receiving hate. In 1977, an organization called the International Baby Food Action Network launched a boycott against Nestle products, in numerous countries around the world, for unethical and aggressive product advertisements and sales tactics in developing nations directly leading to increased infant mortality. Major Sources: War on Want The New Internationalist - Babies Mean Business National Institutes of Health Nestle Company Food & Drug Administration Nature Business Insider Investopedia New York Health Department University of Michigan Company Man - Nestle Waters - Big and Controversial www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRWWK-iW_zU&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hzrOB-nl7C9F38v3Q5D0vM2&index=1&t=535s  Access to water ain't for er'body www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTnJTyeAUA8  Nestle ad www.youtube.com/watch?v=11IG14Sy_7s  IG @headcoldpodcast www.headcoldpodcast.com Music & Sound Effects from YouTube (royalty free channels) & Storyblocks.com Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
50 minutes | Aug 31, 2021
Old AF Doctors: Imhotep & Hippocrates
In times when disease was thought to be caused by an angry deity, Imhotep and Hippocrates both looked to science, reason, and the observable world around them. Both physicians took their respective practices away from magical thinking to actually observing the human body, writing down observations, and taking measurements. Despite not having access to modern science, Imhotep of Saqqara and Hippocrates of Kos were way ahead of their time. IG: @headcoldpod Visit   https://headcoldpodcast.com/ Music by Storyblocks Sources: Patch ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/soft-skin-patch-could-provide-early-warning-for-strokes-heart-attacks  our de France crash www.google.com/amp/s/www.firstpost.com/sports/tour-de-france-2021-tony-martin-who-was-hit-by-roadside-fan-with-sign-out-after-second-crash-9786631.html/amp Hippocrates bio www.britannica.com/biography/Hippocrates  Hippocrates and Ancient Greek Medicine www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V3UaKsy7cA Hippocratic Oath www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_oath.html https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Urb.gr.64  Ancient Egypt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvcJXoyhm0U&t=746s American Research Center in Egypt https://www.arce.org/resource/search-imhotep-tomb-architect-turned-god-remains-mystery Journey to the West The world of the Old Kingdom tombs in Ancient Egypt https://www.academia.edu/23316703/Journey_to_the_West_The_world_of_the_Old_Kingdom_tombs_in_Ancient_Egypt._Prague_2012 Pgs 59, 63, 109-112, 117, 302 Past Medical History https://www.pastmedicalhistory.co.uk/imhotep-the-first-physician/  Ancient Greece https://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/resource-library-ancient-greece/?q=&page=1&per_page=25  Thomas Sakoulas is a Professor and Chair of the Art Department at the State University of New York, at Oneonta. https://ancient-greece.org/auxiliary/about.html  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
84 minutes | Jul 28, 2021
The World’s First Heart Transplant & Christiaan Barnard
On December 3rd, 1967 at the Groote Schuur Hospital in South Africa, a team led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard pioneered the first human-to-human heart transplantation surgery. The patient, Mr. Louis Washkansky, only lived 18 days post-procedure but the cause of death was not the donor heart. We explore the layers of scientific foundation laid down that made this achievement possible, learn a bit about South Africa, and see what motivated Dr. Barnard. headcoldpodcast.com Facebook & IG @headcoldpod Major sources: National Institutes of Health The Economist Mayo Clinic The Dick Cavett Show Congress.gov Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
51 minutes | Mar 22, 2021
2020: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Year in Review ft. Syona
2020, what the hell was that? Syona and I talk about our life in these tense times. Email:  ctthpodcast@gmail.com Facebook & IG @headcoldpod Patreon: www.patreon.com/headcoldpod   Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
58 minutes | Jan 11, 2021
The Tuskegee Experiment & Eunice Rivers Laurie
The Tuskegee Experiment was a study on untreated syphilis in black men in rural Macon county, Alabama. Running from 1932 to 1972, the doctors who ran this study wanted to know how syphilis, an infectious disease, progressed differently in black people than in white people. The United States Public Health Service employed Nurse Eunice Rivers knew Macon county and its black communities well. We will see how the Tuskegee study was more racially complicated than it’s often portrayed and how it rattled the public trust in healthcare institutions to this day. Email:  ctthpodcast@gmail.com Facebook & IG @headcoldpod Patreon: www.patreon.com/headcoldpod Sources: Tuskegee Population - US Census www.census.gov/quickfacts/tuskegeecityalabama Daniel James Jr. Astor, Gerald The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in The Military, 1998, De Capo Press, pp. 440–443  Macon County ce.naco.org/?county_info=01087 www.census.gov/quickfacts/maconcountyalabama datausa.io/profile/geo/macon-county-al#economy Black Belt mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/black-belt-prairie/ Etowah County Detention Center www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20191124/60-days-in-films-at-etowah-county-detention-center Syphilis www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/syphilis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351756#:~:text=The%20cause%20of%20syphilis%20is,your%20skin%20or%20mucous%20membranes. Macnab RM (2003). "How bacteria assemble flagella". Annu Rev Microbiol. 57: 77–100.  Some Syphilis Epidemiology www.cdc.gov/std/stats17/syphilis.htm#:~:text=P%26S%20Syphilis%20%E2%80%94%20United%20States,Figure%2035%2C%20Table%201). Professor Dave Explains Syphilis www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1T4_Dj6n8&ab_channel=ProfessorDaveExplains Origin of the word Syphilis www.npr.org A Brief History of Syphilis www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3956094/ Lessons from History: A Look at the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, October 2015 James H. Jones PhD www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtscyGFhAfM&t=1s&ab_channel=StonyBrookUniversity Faces of Tuskegee, Dr. James Jones, Fred Gray, Susan M. Reverby. University of Michigan Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
115 minutes | Aug 21, 2020
US Healthcare & the Mistreatment of Black Patients ft. Syona
The Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health, known as the Heckler Report, published in 1985, the United States has made remarkable strides in public health since 1900 with Americans living longer due to advances in medical technology; yet, Black and African American life expectancy lagged that of Whites and Caucasians by nearly 6 years. In 2020, minority patients continue to face barriers to healthcare. Even more egregious is the higher infant mortality rate for black babies as a group compared to white infants. My wife and I explore what black people specifically tend to face when they visit a doctor. Email:  ctthpodcast@gmail.com Facebook & IG @headcoldpod Patreon: www.patreon.com/headcoldpod Sources: For black mothers and babies, prejudice is a stubborn health risk by Catharine Richert www.mprnews.org/story/2019/08/19/for-black-mothers-and-babies-prejudice-is-a-stubborn-health-risk Implicit Bias and Racial Disparities in Health Care by Khiara M. Bridges www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-state-of-healthcare-in-the-united-states/racial-disparities-in-health-care/ Racism and discrimination in health care: Providers and patients POSTED JANUARY 16, 2017, 9:30 AM Monique Tello, MD, MPHMonique Tello, MD, MPH Contributor www.health.harvard.edu/blog/racism-discrimination-health-care-providers-patients-2017011611015 The Dilemma of the Black Patient Dec 5, 2019 By YOLONDA Y. WILSON, PhD thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2019/12/05/the-dilemma-of-the-black-patient/ Medical Examiner: Woman Died of Blood Clot to Lungs  - Updated By: Kevin Clark www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Woman-Dies-Shortly-after-Being-Arrested-in-Blountstown-363282091.html I’m a black physician. I understand when patients say they don’t trust medicine | Opinion Updated: July 14, 2019 - 8:00 AM Armen Henderson, for the Inquirer www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/racism-medicine-health-disparities-patient-trust-20190714.html Puerto Rico and the United States, 1917-1933 By Truman R. Clark · 1975 www.google.com/books/edition/_/tDZtGZoFSGYC?hl=en&gbpv=0 Black patients, black physicians and the need to improve health outcomes for African Americans - By Erika Stallings www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-patients-black-physicians-need-improve-health-outcomes-african-americans-n1000696 American Journal of Public Health. The Myth of Innate Racial Differences Between White and Black People’s Bodies: Lessons From the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Rana Asali Hogarth, PhD. The American Journal of Public He Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
5 minutes | Jun 4, 2020
A Quick Update | The Situation in Minneapolis
What a wild year, huh? Pandemic, civil unrest, what's next? CT The Head is taking a break to process everything that is happening.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
72 minutes | Mar 23, 2020
The COVID-19 Crisis & Dr. Li Wenliang
Coronavirus gripped our world and is shaping our future. It's certainly changed our lives right now as we hunker down in our homes and stay away from strangers, friends, and loved ones. We explore some things you didn't know about this virus and a doctor who first encountered it, Li Wenliang. Email:  ctthpodcast@gmail.com Facebook & IG @headcoldpod Patreon: www.patreon.com/headcoldpod Sources: Molecular Cell Biology - Lodish, Berk, Kaiser, Krieger, Bretscher, Ploegh, Amon & Scott. 2013. 4th Edition Human Genome Project www.genome.gov/human-genome-project/Completion-FAQ Viral Taxonomy of Viruses that cause disease in Humans - Margerie J. Miller. UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.  Biology a Global Approach. Campbell, Urry, Cain, Minorsky, Reece. 2018. 11th Edition.  Coronavirus www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/types.html Coronavirus protein structure www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/novel-coronavirus-structure-reveals-targets-vaccines-treatments Common coronavirus www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/general-information.html MERS www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/about/index.html SARS www.who.int/ith/diseases/sars/en/ www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/11/12/sars.china/ What is meant by COVID-19 www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/us/coronavirus-definitions-terms-glossary-trnd/index.html Brief Chinese History www.chipublib.org/timeline-of-chinas-modern-history/ Xi Jingping www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPxmBxON1l8 Chinese censorship www.ft.com/content/cda1efbc-ee5a-11e9-ad1e-4367d8281195 www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/chinas-global-reach-surveillance-and-censorship-beyond-gr`eat-firewall Outbreak timeline - Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/first-covid-19-case-happened-in-november-china-government-records-show-report Outbreak timeline - Aljazeera www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/timeline-china-coronavirus-spread-200126061554884.html Becoming a doctor in China www.hebeinu.org.cn/news-events/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-medical-degree-in-chi.html Difference between an Ophthalmologist, Optometrist and Optician aapos.org/glossary/difference-bet
49 minutes | Mar 11, 2020
Doctors & Dictators: The Personal Physicians of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin
What could have motivated a doctor to provide care for two of history's most infamous dictators? We will explore how Dr. Theodor Morell in Germany and Dr. Vladimir Vinogradov approached the medical treatment of tyrants. Email:  ctthpodcast@gmail.com Facebook & IG @headcoldpod Patreon: www.patreon.com/headcoldpod Major sources: Theodor Morell Documentary - Biography of the life of Hitler's Doctor Theodor Morell - The People Profiles Mayo Clinic The New York Times Music & Sounds: auidoblocks.com Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
46 minutes | Feb 1, 2020
Chemotherapy & Dr. Sidney Farber
Before 1947, leukemia was understood to be an untreatable disease, but Dr. Sidney Farber refused to accept this conclusion, and used antifolates, to hopefully restore normal blood. Sidney Farber 1903 - 1973 ttps://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/news/print/hemonc-today/%7B5d9e673c-c88e-43a1-9122-55037e2eb7c7%7D/sidney-farber-1903-1973 The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Siddartha Mukherjee, M.D. 2010. Buffalo NY flu 1918 - flu encyclopedia https://www.influenzaarchive.org/cities/city-buffalo.html# Sidney Farber, Chemo Crusader - Saul Wisna - May 27, 2015 - WNYC Archive Collections https://www.wnyc.org/story/sidney-farber-chemo-crusader/ 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic History https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html Blood specifics https://www.oneblood.org/about-donating/blood-donor-basics/what-is-blood/ University of Rochester Medical School Monocyte to Macrophage - Monocyte and macrophage differentiation: circulation inflammatory monocyte as biomarker for inflammatory diseases, Yang, Zhang, et. al. National Institute of Health. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892095/ Discovery of Leukemia - NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/health/history-of-battle-against-leukemia.html Leukemia Development from Bone Marrow https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/4365-leukemia Vitamin B12 Information - National Institute of Health https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB12-Consumer/ Folic acid Information - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/folic-acid B12 and Folate Deficiency - National Health Service - UK https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamin-b12-or-folate-deficiency-anaemia/ Folate Deficiency vs Vitamin B12 Deficiency - Medicosis Perfectionalis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcKsctwgDcg Aminopterin drug information - US Library of Medicine https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Aminopterin Truth or Consequences Broadcast - Ralph Edwards & Einar Gustafson - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.http://www.jimmyfund.org/about-us/about-the-jimmy-fund/einar-gustafson-jimmy-was-inspiration-for-the-jimmy-fund/ Dr. Sidney Farber Interview. Sidney Farber Chemo Crusader. Saul Wisna. May 27th, 2015. WNYC Archive Collections. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
36 minutes | Jan 5, 2020
2019 A Look Back
2019 was a wild year for me and my family, but also the year I started CT the Head. This is a look back at what's happened with me, this podcast and what's to come. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
15 minutes | Nov 26, 2019
Five Tips for Class Prep
How do you prepare for class? Do you have a specific, well-tested ritual or do you just jump in on day one? This episode walks through five useful tips/hacks for how to start class. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
27 minutes | Nov 2, 2019
Networking
Happy belated Halloween! In the spirit of Halloween, we will talk about something really spooky: talking to people i.e. networking. I'll share some of my networking experiences in finance and medicine. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
23 minutes | Sep 8, 2019
Overstaphed
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria that lives on our skin, but as I have found out twice in my life, can cause serious, even deadly infections. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
1 minutes | Sep 7, 2019
Welcome to Head Cold
The motivations behind the people in healthcare. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)
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