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This Podcast Will Kill You

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This Podcast Will Kill You

194 episodes · 20 with AI analysis

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FDA food dye regulation and batch certification requirementsSynthetic vs. natural food colorant safety profilesCoal-tar dye history and industrial chemistry originsHyperactivity and ADHD symptom links to synthetic food dyesCancer risk assessment in animal vs. human studiesEU vs. US food additive labeling and approval standardsFood adulteration history and early regulation (13th century bread laws)Consumer perception and color expectation in food purchasingFeingold diet and restrictive elimination diet researchUltra-processed food consumption and health outcomes

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Jul 1, 2025

Ep 180 Food Dyes: It’s all marketing

FDA food dye regulation and batch certification requirementsSynthetic vs. natural food colorant safety profilesCoal-tar dye history and industrial chemistry origins
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Jul 8, 2025

Ep 181 PCOS: Beyond the cysts

PCOS Diagnostic Criteria and PhenotypesInsulin Resistance and Metabolic Dysfunction in PCOSHyperandrogenism: Clinical and Biochemical Markers
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Jul 15, 2025

Special Episode: Wendy Chin-Tanner & King of the Armadillos

Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) History and TreatmentCarville Federal Treatment Facility OperationsPatient Advocacy and Civil Rights Movements
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Jul 22, 2025

Ep 182 SSRIs Part 1: Origin

SSRI History and DevelopmentSerotonin Discovery and FunctionMonoamine Hypothesis of Depression
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Jul 29, 2025

Ep 183 SSRIs Part 2: Action

SSRI mechanism of action and downstream neural effectsClinical efficacy versus placebo response in depression treatmentNumber needed to treat calculations for antidepressants
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Aug 5, 2025

Special Episode: Carl Zimmer & Airborne

Aerobiology and the aerobiome ecosystemAirborne disease transmission mechanismsCOVID-19 pandemic response and airborne transmission debate
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Aug 12, 2025

Ep 184 The Gallbladder: Humor us

Gallbladder anatomy and biliary system functionCholesterol gallstone formation and precipitationAcute cholecystitis and biliary colic
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Aug 19, 2025

Ep 185 The Great Smog of London: “Thick, drab, yellow, disgusting”

Great Smog of London 1952Air Pollution Health EffectsCoal Combustion and Particulate Matter
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Aug 26, 2025

Special Episode: Lina Zeldovich & The Living Medicine

Bacteriophage therapy mechanisms and administration routesAntibiotic resistance epidemiology and mortality projectionsHistory of phage therapy discovery and development (1917-present)
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Sep 2, 2025

Ep 186 Hypothermia Part 1: How it hurts

Hypothermia physiology and core body temperature regulationFrostbite pathophysiology and tissue damage mechanismsVasoconstriction and peripheral blood flow management in cold stress
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Sep 9, 2025

Ep 187 Hypothermia Part 2: How it helps

Therapeutic Hypothermia in Cardiac ArrestNeonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy TreatmentTargeted Temperature Management Protocols
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Sep 16, 2025

Special Episode: Mary Roach & Replaceable You

Xenotransplantation and pig organ transplantsRegenerative medicine and stem cell therapyProsthetic limb technology and donor dominance
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Sep 23, 2025

Ep 188 Candida yeast: Here, there, and everywhere

Candida albicans biology and virulence factorsNon-albicans Candida species (C. auris, C. parasilosis, Nakaseomyces glabrata)Antifungal resistance mechanisms and pan-resistant strains
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Sep 30, 2025

Ep 189 Newborn screening: The future is here

Newborn screening history and development (Guthrie test, PKU detection)Phenylketonuria (PKU) management and dietary interventionWilson and Younger criteria for screening condition inclusion
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Oct 7, 2025

Special Episode: Antonia Hylton & Madness

Segregated Asylums and Jim Crow HealthcareSystemic Racism in Psychiatric TreatmentPatient Labor Exploitation in Institutions
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Oct 14, 2025

Ep 190 Starvation: More than hunger

Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in children under fiveMetabolic stages of starvation and food deprivationRefeeding syndrome pathophysiology and prevention
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Oct 21, 2025

Ep 191 Famine: More than starvation

Famine Definition and Classification SystemsIPC Phase Classification FrameworkPolitical Causes of Modern Famines
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Oct 28, 2025

Special Episode: Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal & Dead Ends!

Medical History as Educational ToolScientific Failure and Iterative ProgressMedical Misinformation vs. Disinformation
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Nov 4, 2025

Ep 192 New World Screwworm: Oh-oh here they come

Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) for pest eradicationScrewworm biology and parasitic life cycleInternational livestock trade and disease quarantine
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Nov 11, 2025

Ep 193 Necrotizing Fasciitis: A strange beast

Necrotizing Fasciitis PathophysiologyEarly Surgical Debridement ProtocolsGroup A Streptococcus Virulence Factors
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