This Patholgocial Life Podcast Show Notes
Here is our library of show notes for all episodes of the This Pathological Life podcast. You can also find This Pathological Life episodes directly in your favourite podcast app on your smartphone, or in audio streaming services like Spotify. Charlie-Helen Robinson was our Producer for the This Pathological Life podcast.
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. However, it took some ingenious foresight combined with advancing genetic techniques in the 1970s and
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. As most are aware, there are numerous benefits this provides, such as engaging directly with
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 results were reproducible. Furthermore, the substance did not even need to be poisonous. In 1902,
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 ourselves debilitated because of our own immune system. Allergies and hypersensitivies fall into this category, with
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 of the power of screening an asymptomatic population. However, the path to this point took
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, pathological, microbiological and immunological viewpoint of COVID-19. This pandemic has tested the Governments, Politicians and
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 their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past
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, remaining connected is as important as ongoing education and from here at Clinpath, providing this
Episode Twenty Three | Health IT Security | Avoiding the flat line
The implications for Healthcare to lose control or access to the IT systems is literally life threatening. The first confirmed fatality occurred when a Ransomware attack unintentionally struck a German University Hospital in September 2020. There have been over 80
Episode Twenty Four | Radiation | Invisible death
The discovery of radiation was a monumental achievement in human history. Marie Curie isolated Radium and Polonium from the mineral pitchblende, and received two Nobel Prizes for this achievement (Physics 1903 and Chemistry 1911). She was clearly a genius, however,
Episode Twenty Two | Drugs of Addiction | Medicinal binds
Humans have always had a complex relationship with drugs: some help us; some heal us; and some hurt us. The problem with the drugs of addiction is they can do all of three. However, long term use of these inevitably
Episode Twenty One | Health Data and Data Governance | Coming of Age
Health data is the most personal official records we will ever have. It can contain everything from the medications we regularly take, all the way through to documenting discussions about some of our most troubling times. It does not get