The Curious Clinicians

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91 - Ancient Antibiotics Jun 12, 2024

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The Curious Clinicians answer a fascinating historical perspective: what was the role of antibiotics in ancient society?

Watch this episode on our new YouTube channel here, and read the show notes here!

Click here 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.

90 - Less Sugar, More Blood May 29, 2024

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The Curious Clinicians answer a sweet question about a new medication: Why do SGLT2 inhibitors cause erythrocytosis?

Watch this episode on our new YouTube channel here, and read the show notes here!

Click here 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.

89 - Tusks & Tumor Suppressors May 15, 2024

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The Curious Clinicians answer a gigantic oncologic and evolutionary question: Why don't elephants get (as much) cancer?

Watch this episode on our new YouTube channel here, and read the show notes here!

Click here 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.

88 - Shunting a Mismatch May 01, 2024

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Hold your breath for this one! The Curious Clinicians answer a puzzling pulmonary physiology question: Why can systemic pulmonary vasodilators worsen hypoxemia in COPD-associated pulmonary hypertension?

Watch this episode on our new YouTube channel here, and read the show notes here!

Click here 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.

87 - Aquagenic Wrinkling Apr 17, 2024

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The Curious Clinicians answer an early curiosity question: Why do my fingers wrinkle when I take a bath?

Watch this episode on our new YouTube channel here, and read the show notes here!

Click here 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.

[Archive] UMAMI Apr 04, 2024

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In this episode from our archives, originally posted on September 16, 2020, The Curious Clinicians examined why the savory flavor umami is SO DELICIOUS. Dig in!

Show notes: https://curiousclinicians.com/2020/09/16/episode-9-why-is-umami-so-delicious/

CME: https://vcu.cloud-cme.com/course/search?p=4000&curriculum=Curious%20Clinicians

Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly

86 - Enlarging Alcohol Mar 21, 2024

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The Curious Clinicians are on tap to ask, why does chronic alcohol use cause macrocytosis?

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Click here 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.

85 - NephMadness 2024 Mar 05, 2024

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Welcome to NephMadness 2024! In collaboration with Things We Do For No Reason (TWDFNR), we are excited to promote the start of this amazing medical education opportunity.

Inspired by the "March Madness" college basketball tournament, NephMadness is a "a free online, CME-granting, evidenced-based, noncommercial learning initiative that leverages the tools of social media to teach about the latest and greatest breakthroughs in the field of nephrology!". Fill out your bracket today!

Dr. Jeff Kott, NephMadness Executive Committee member, Critical Care Medicine Fellow At Stony Brook Medicine on Long Island, NY and former nephrology fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, joins Avi, Hannah, and Tony to discuss two hot button TWDFNR topics in nephrology:

Whether we should use phosphate binders in acute kidney injury
If the urine anion gap in non-gap metabolic acidosis is helpful or not

Read the show notes here.

Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com.

84 - History & Hemochromatosis: The Ins and Outs of Iron Feb 21, 2024

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The Curious Clinicians examine why the genetic mutations leading to hereditary hemochromatosis might have offered an evolutionarily advantage to our Neolithic ancestors. The answer relates to an old breakfast stalwart- cereal and milk!

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Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com.

This episode is sponsored by Audible! New members can try Audible free for 30 days using our own Curious Clinicians podcast code - visit Audible.com/TCCPOD or text TCCPOD to 500-500.

[Archive] - (Trans)locating the Bacteria Feb 07, 2024

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On 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!

Read the show notes here.

Click here 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.

This episode is sponsored by Audible! New members can try Audible free for 30 days using our own Curious Clinicians podcast code - visit Audible.com/TCCPOD or text TCCPOD to 500-500.

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