Episodes
Here is our library of show notes for all episodes of the This Medical Life podcast. You can also find This Medical Life episodes directly in your favourite podcast app on your smartphone, or in audio streaming services like Spotify.

Episode 94: Testicular Cancer | Check Deez Nuts
While testicular cancer is rare, it is the most common cancer in young men aged between 15 and 39 years. Like with every cancer, early detection is

Episode 93: Return of TML | Diseased
And we’re back – for another year – with more stories, more expert guests, more topics to discuss. Episodes released fortnightly. And we’ve also released an ebook

Episode 92: Acute Otitis Media, Plus Glue Ear, Plus Sleep | Kids ENT
In this episode, we discuss three common conditions in medicine: recurrent acute otitis media (AOM), otitis media with effusion (OME), and sleep disorders in children.

Episode 91: Sleep Apnoea | Pickwickian Syndrome
Charles Dicken’s first novel has an adolescent boy named Joe who was overweight and always sleepy. He could fall asleep at any time, even during

Episode 90: Chronic Kidney Disease (Part 2) | Diabetes, Hypertension & Avoiding The Rotating Drum Kidney
Willem J Kolff was an intern when he saw a 22 year old man die of kidney failure. He realised that the patient’s life could have been

Episode 89: Chronic Kidney Disease (Part 1) | The Bright Side Of Urine
One in 10 Australians over the age of 18 years are living with signs of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) with the number of patients needing

Episode 88: Intimate Partner Violence | Permission To Ask And Listen
The statistics of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Domestic Violence prevalence are staggering. 1 in 6 adult women and 1 in 16 adult men have

Episode 87: Oral Cancer | Smokes For Nothin’ And HPV For Free
Oral cancer was a fatal disease even into the twentieth century. Patients required extensive surgery and often had a painful recovery or went into palliative

Episode 86: Vitamin B12 | Solving The Pernicious Anaemia Mystery
The first medical description of pernicious anaemia is from 1821. It is written by Dr James Combe and describes a previously well 47 year old

Episode 85: Lung Cancer Screening | Search For The 30 Pack-Years
One of the most difficult cancers to detect early has been lung cancer. Patients often present with advanced disease that and can often be fatal.
