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The Curious Clinicians is a medical podcast that asks "why?". Why do diseases present in certain ways? What are the mechanisms of treatments we use? Why does the human body function as it does? Join us to explore these questions and many more.

The Curious Clinicians The Curious Clinicians

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The Curious Clinicians is a medical podcast that asks "why?". Why do diseases present in certain ways? What are the mechanisms of treatments we use? Why does the human body function as it does? Join us to explore these questions and many more.

    71 - Slow to Resolve

    71 - Slow to Resolve

    In this episode, The Curious Clinicians learn about why pneumonia takes weeks to resolve on chest x-ray, whereas symptoms generally resolve much sooner.
    Read the show notes here.
    Click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours).
    Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com.

    • 20 min
    [Archive] - Bendopnea

    [Archive] - Bendopnea

    This episode originally aired April, 2021, where The Curious Clinicians examined why some patients feel short of breath specifically when bending over, aka "bendopnea". 
    You can read the show notes for this episode on our website. 
    Don't forget to pick up CME/MOC credits, courtesy of VCU Health.
    Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.

    • 21 min
    70 - Blood Meal

    70 - Blood Meal

    In this episode, The Curious Clinicians examine why upper gastrointestinal bleeding raises BUN. The answer involves experiments where participants were asked to drink blood (!) and the 700 sextillion (7 x 1023) amino acids that comprise the hemoglobin content in a liter of blood. 
    Read the show notes here.
    Click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours).
    Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com.
    This episode was sponsored by Green Chef!

    • 22 min
    69 - Including Liver Disease

    69 - Including Liver Disease

    In this episode, The Curious Clinicians tackle why alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency can cause chronic liver disease. 
    Read the show notes here.
    Click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours).
    Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com.
    This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp! You can give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/CLINICIANS.

    • 15 min
    68 - A Fib About PE

    68 - A Fib About PE

    In this episode, The Curious Clinicians investigate whether atrial fibrillation should be considered a risk factor for PE. 
    Read the show notes here.
    Click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours).
    Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com.
    This episode was sponsored by Green Chef!

    • 20 min
    67 - Crossing a Barrier

    67 - Crossing a Barrier

    In this episode, The Curious Clinicians investigate the mysterious blood brain barrier, and how dexamethasone has a seemingly miraculous ability to treat cerebral edema caused by brain tumors. 
    Read the show notes here.
    Click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2 (0.5 hours).
    Audio edited by Clair Morgan of Nodderly.com.
    This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp! You can give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/CLINICIANS.

    • 20 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
16 Ratings

16 Ratings

pavel roshanov ,

Excellent!

In-depth reviews of interesting mechanisms. Nicely researched. Thank you for your hard work on this podcast!

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