110 - Salt in the Wound
The Curious Clinicians
This week, Avi shares a saline-ent question: Why does rubbing salt in a wound hurt so much? You can read the show notes ! to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. Resident Giancarlo Buonomo and medical student Millennium Manna are our producers.
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109 - The HITs Keep Coming
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This week, Tony shares another "fresh case" physiology question: Why don't we all get spontaneous HIT? You can read the show notes ! to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. Medical student (soon to be resident) Giancarlo Buonomo is our producer.
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108 - Alpha-gal Again
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This week, Avi shares new insights on the topic of episode 61: alpha-gal! We tackle the question: How could alpha-gal be used to treat cancer? You can read the show notes ! to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. Medical student (soon to be resident) Giancarlo Buonomo is our producer.
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107 - The Smell of the Rain
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This week, Hannah dives into a question inspired by nature: Why do humans have such a keen smell for the scent of the rain? You can read the show notes ! to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. Medical student (soon to be resident) Giancarlo Buonomo is our producer.
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106 - Pulse Check: Methemoglobin
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This week, Tony brings us a fresh case straight from morning report! Join the Curious Clinicians as we learn: Why do patients with methemoglobinemia have an oxygen saturation fixed at 85%? Watch this episode on our new YouTube channel , and read the show notes to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. Medical student Giancarlo Buonomo is our producer.
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105 - Grapes of Pseudomonas's Wrath
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We're on a gram negative run! Join the Curious Clinicians as we learn: Why does Pseudomonas smell like grapes? Watch this episode on our new YouTube channel , and read the show notes to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. Medical student Giancarlo Buonomo is our producer.
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104 - A Pseudo-truth?
The Curious Clinicians
Producer Giancarlo Buonomo is back! Join the Curious Clinicians as we learn: Why do we worry about Pseudomonas infection in diabetic patients? Watch this episode on our new YouTube channel , and read the show notes to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours). Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com. Medical student Giancarlo Buonomo is our producer.
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103 - Oral Argument
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Welcome back to the Curious Clinicians! In today's episode, Tony asks an important question: "Why don’t we administer insulin orally?" Read the show notes to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours).
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102 - Long Lives the Lobster
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Happy Holidays from the Curious Clinicians! In today's episode, Avi shells us about a fascinating question: "Why do lobsters live so long?" Read the show notes to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours).
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101 - Automatic ABO
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In today's episode, Hannah asks the question: "Why do we 'automatically' form antibodies to ABO blood type antigens that are not our own?" Read the show notes to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours).
info_outlineOn this episode from our archive, originally posted on March 15, 2022, The Curious Clinicians examine why cirrhosis predisposes to SBP, and why bacterial translocation across the bowel wall into ascites doesn’t actually occur!
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Audio edited by Clair Morgan of nodderly.com.
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