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 104: Soft Tissue Sarcoma Part 1 | Avoiding The Whoops Lesion
Soft tissue sarcomas are tumours that arise from connective tissue, fat, muscle, and blood vessels. They are distinct from epithelial malignancies (carcinomas) in both morphology

Episode 103: Clinical ethics | Eternal conundrums
Ethics, codes of conduct, and challenging decisions are universal constants in medicine. Difficult situations and trying to do the right thing are not always obvious

Episode 102: Lipoprotein (a) | Genetic Cholesterol
Lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) was discovered in 1963 by a Norwegian geneticist by the name of KÃ¥re Berg who studied particles that carried cholesterol in the

Episode 101: Psoriasis | Skin, Immunity, And The Marks We Carry
Skin has always told stories. For thousands of years, those whose skin behaved differently — scaling, thickening, inflaming — were feared, isolated, and misunderstood. Psoriasis

Episode 100: The Artful Dodger | James McNamara
The Artful Dodger is a television series on Disney+ that is a historical medical drama set in 1850s Australia with Jack Dawkins, the Artful Dodger

Episode 99: Graves’ Disease | Hyperthyroidism & Thyrotoxicosis
The complex symptomatology of hormonal diseases only started to be recognised in the 19th century as we learned about anatomy and physiology. When Doctor Robert Graves

Episode 98: Statin Dosage | Finding The Sweet Spot
It has been well established in studies and articles that cholesterol lowering medications have significant heart morbidity and mortality benefits. However, high dosage trials did

Episode 97: Crucifixion | Ancient Rome & State Sanctioned Execution
Crucifixion was a form of punishment, humiliation, and execution. Adopted by the Ancient Romans, crucifixion was used on the State’s worst criminals on lower classes

Episode 96: Steroids & Testosterone (Part 2) | Anabolic Steroids
Recreational use of steroids and testosterone to enhance image and performance is on the rise. Over the last 70 years, testosterone and testosterone-like substances have

Episode 95: Steroids & Testosterone (Part 1) | Male Hypogonadism
Hypogonadism is a medical condition where the body does not produce enough testosterone. This can be primary (testicular failure) or secondary (pituitary or other condition).
