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.

Ep 35 Piercing the smoke screen | Cigarettes, Smoking & Vapes
The rise of the tobacco industry and prevalence of smoking has significantly shaped the health (or lack of) in the last century. In 1900s, lung

Ep 34 Hodgkin Lymphoma Pathology | Almost Lardaceous Disease
Hodgkin Lymphoma, formerly known as Hodgkin disease, is a cancer of the lymph node(s). First described by Thomas Hodgkin (1832) where he wrote a paper

Ep 33 Genetics Pathology | Fragile X: The Fra(X)-men
Fragile X is the most common form of inherited intellectually disability. It is a sex-linked chromosomal disorder that affects boys much more commonly than girls.

Episode Thirty Two | The Social Media Literati
Information in the past (ergo knowledge) was restricted to the few. However, the social media landscape provides individuals with their personal megaphone to the world.

Episode Thirty One | Allergies Part Two | Anaphylaxis and Fighting Food
In 1901, an experiment when horribly wrong when Doctors attempted to induce tolerance in to a group of dogs by repeated injections of poison. The

Episode Thirty | Allergies Part One | Friendly Fire
Our immune system provides the means for us to live in a world full of pathogens. However, sometimes it gets it wrong and we can find

Episode Twenty Nine | CST Cervical Screening | A smear in time (saves lives)
In 1952, George Papanicolaou with the National Cancer Institute embarked on the first ever cervical screening trial. The results were remarkable and the first demonstration

Episode Twenty Seven | Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 | Covidity 2021
COVID-19: Testing the strength of nations As the pandemic continues to rage, we take a snapshot in time about our current understanding from an epidemiological,

Episode Twenty Six | Indigenous Health | A Tale of Two Worlds
Caitlin Davis starts our Season Two, Episode #26 with, “In the spirit of reconciliation Clinpath Pathology acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and

Episode Twenty Five | The 12 Podcasts of Christmas
From our first Episode #1 “What is Pathology?”, we have enjoyed the journey we have travelled and feedback to date is encouraging. In these times,