Taskupuhelu: Recent Episodes
Sorry, I'm Just a medical
A Fortnightly medicine podcast. New episodes on Monday. Found on iTunes, Spotify and everywhere.
Each episode in 20 minutes 'a medical student takes you from biology and symptoms to social policy via ethics & history to give you a holistic picture of disease and health.
Regular interviews with experts and those on the frontline of Medicine
This week we talk about Burnout. Are millennials a burnout generation? Why is there so much burnout amongst Doctors? Is resileicne the answer ?
First episode of the year. We discuss the science of hangovers (is there a cure?) and myth of "detoxing"
Happy New Year and after a long 20+ episodes we have some of your best bits. (Chosen by me)
A Clip from our very popular interview with Dr Hannah Barham Brown.
The Evolution of Sickle cell Anaemia.
Science of Napping
And Violence reduction
A very famous baby was born about now. In this episode, we find out how babies are born. The history of maternal childbirth and the challenges women face in the developing world
In Honour of Wolrd Aids Day we talk about HIV/AIDS.
We talk about how the virus works and how it causes AIDS-defining disease and the damage of stigma in prevention and treatment both in the past and now.
Cardiac arrest is one of the biggest killers. 15% of all deaths are due to cardiac arrest in the western world.
CPR can save lives. But sometimes it isn't the right choice.
History+Science of Vaccines.
We talk about the history of vaccination focusing on Edward Jenner and the rise of the modern anti-vaxxer movement.
In this episode, we explore sickle cell disease a blood disorder most common in those of African descent. We do evolutionary biology, symptoms and culture.
In this episode, we talk all about babies from fertilisation up until the moment of labour.
We break it down into cell biology,pregnancy and human rights.
We talk about getting into medical school.
But rather than application tips we talk inequality, "isms" and the success and failure of trying to make a fair process for selecting future doctors.
We talk about Blood pressure and how the body regulates it and what it means to have High blood pressure.
We talk about childhood development and the important mile stones young children need to reach. We also talk about autism its symptoms and its diagnosis.
In the episode, I talk about the biology of depression, and what we think is going on inside our head. We also talk about how it affects individuals differently.
Gluten-free diets are all the rage.
But for some it isn't a fad diet or a choice but part of a very serious Illness called Celiacs Disease.
Listen to Find out more
Ireland has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the developed world. On the 25th of May that might change. Dr Sarah Fitzgibbon is GP alongside her colleagues and millions of Irish citizens are campaigning for a pro-choice option to Repeal the anti-abortion 8th amendment.
In this 5 minute clip, we talk about some solutions for Youth Violence With an Expert Youth Worker Lucy Knell Taylor
I speak to an expert in youth violence who works in trauma. She isn't a doctor or a nurse but she helps save peoples lives.
Lucy works for the charity Redthreads listen to find out about what she does and how we can prevent violence.
This episode we get behind the meme and talk about Lupus.Find out how it happens and why they always mention it but noone ever gets it
Also lots of HOUSE references.
Uh Dr you've misspelt penicillin -Ben Janaway
I was shellshocked-Dr Hannah Barham-Brown
We are now very much in an endgame situation-Consultant Dr Ravi