114 episodes

Dr Ayan Panja has been putting health into context as a doctor for over 25 years. He shares his expert generalist perspective on important themes around health & wellbeing, pondering what impacts our health journeys, societal attitudes and meaning in our lives. SAVING LIVES IN SLOW MOTION is a bite-sized, enriching and mind-expanding podcast. Powerful messages, science, medicine and storytelling with a professional but informal tone.
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Saving Lives In Slow Motion Dr Ayan Panja

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.9 • 169 Ratings

Dr Ayan Panja has been putting health into context as a doctor for over 25 years. He shares his expert generalist perspective on important themes around health & wellbeing, pondering what impacts our health journeys, societal attitudes and meaning in our lives. SAVING LIVES IN SLOW MOTION is a bite-sized, enriching and mind-expanding podcast. Powerful messages, science, medicine and storytelling with a professional but informal tone.
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    Addiction

    Addiction

    Addictions can ruin lives but why do they occur in the first place and what can we do to acknowledge them better?
    In this episode Iook at why they can be so hard to conquer and touch on different aspects of addiction.

    Links: 
    How the addicted brain works:
    https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/how-an-addicted-brain-works
    Sugar - why most of us could easily have a sweet tooth: https://theconversation.com/a-taste-for-sweet-an-anthropologist-explains-the-evolutionary-origins-of-why-youre-programmed-to-love-sugar-173197
    Addiction and childhood: https://www.jkacap.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.5765/jkacap.2017.28.1.4#
    Heroin detox in Thailand: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-13674101

    Dr Gabor Maté on trauma: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/12/the-trauma-doctor-gabor-mate-on-happiness-hope-and-how-to-heal-our-deepest-wounds

    Gambling addiction: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/gambling-addiction/

    A personal story: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/30/studied-neuroscience-understand-addictions-not-cure

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    • 16 min
    Parenting

    Parenting

    Becoming a parent is a gift but it has its challenges. In this episode I look at some factors to be mindful of including the difference between the child and adult brain plus micro tips to help navigate your way through the maze of parenthood. 
    Links: 
    Parenting styles: https://www.parents.com/parenting/better-parenting/style/parenting-styles-explained/
    Brain development in children: https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/blog/early-childhood-brain-development-and-health/
    Parenting styles and psychological complaints: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873100/

    Hoffman Process for understanding how early life connects to your adult behaviours: https://www.hoffmaninstitute.co.uk/about-the-process/
    Unconditional love: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/peaceful-parents-happy-kids/201504/how-give-unconditional-love-your-child-and-yourself?amp
    Steve Biddulph’s advice: https://www.toorakcollege.vic.edu.au/blog/steve-biddulph-key-takeaways

    The Health Fix: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-Fix-Dr-Ayan-Panja/dp/1914239326/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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    • 18 min
    Skin Health

    Skin Health

    Skin - it’s known as our largest ‘organ’ and most of us have had some kind of skin issue.
    This is my 101. Enjoy!
    Guttate psoriasis: https://www.healthline.com/health/psoriasis-guttate
    Pitiryiasis rosea: https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/a-z/pityriasis-rosea-symptoms
    Scarlet fever: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/176242
    Slapped cheek syndrome: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/slapped-cheek-syndrome/
    Omega 3 and skin: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7892455/
    Probiotics and skin: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9386980/
    Acne: https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/acne/ss/slideshow-acne-dictionary
    PCOS: https://www.healthline.com/health/polycystic-ovary-disease
    Rosacea: https://www.rosacea.org/patients/all-about-rosacea
    Non IgE cows milk protein allergy: https://www.allergyuk.org/about-allergy/allergy-in-childhood/cows-milk-allergy/
    Dermatitis herpetiformis: https://www.coeliac.org.uk/information-and-support/coeliac-disease/dermatitis-herpetiformis/
    Elimination diets: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/elimination-diet
    Atopy: https://www.healthline.com/health/atopy
    Demodex: https://www.healthline.com/health/demodex-folliculorum
    MI allergy: https://www.webmd.com/beauty/what-to-know-about-methylchloroisothiazolinone-allergies
    Contact dermatitis: https://www.healthline.com/health/contact-dermatitis
    Melanoma and ABCDE: https://www.melanomauk.org.uk/the-abcde-rule
    Sunlight and cancer: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4571149/

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    • 19 min
    Health screening - worth it or a waste of time?

    Health screening - worth it or a waste of time?

    Health screening has exploded over the last 20 years. Is it a money making exercise or actually worth it? In this episode I look at the pros and cons and how you can decide what may be worth doing and the reason people decide they need it.
    Links:
    UK ethics of health screening: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-nsc-ethical-framework-for-screening/uk-nsc-ethical-framework-for-screening
    Health Screening - a recent paper: 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK436014/
    RCGP screening statement around extra work for NHS GPs from screening companies: https://www.rcgp.org.uk/representing-you/policy-areas/screening
    Karen Brady’s story: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/apr/20/healthandwellbeing.health1
    The pros and cons of PSA testing: https://prostatecanceruk.org/prostate-information-and-support/prostate-tests/psa-blood-test
    Genomic (DNA) testing for propensity to disease (eg breast cancer): https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/genetic-and-genomic-testing/
    MTHFR: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326181
    Our Future Health: https://ourfuturehealth.org.uk/
    Bill Turnbull's prostate cancer story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62755001
    My book THE HEALTH FIX - paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-Fix-Dr-Ayan-Panja/dp/1914239326/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
    "The only health manual you'll ever need..." Dr Rangan Chatterjee. "...lifechanging..." Dr Rupy Aujla

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    • 20 min
    Food Intolerances

    Food Intolerances

    There isn’t a week in practice when I don’t get asked about food intolerances and how to test for them. It’s a contentious topic that needs 
    some deconstructing.
    In this episode I look at what is and isn't intolerance and how to proceed if you think you have a food intolerance.

    Links:
    Food intolerance vs allergy - official guidance: https://www.allergyuk.org/resources/food-intolerance/
    IgG testing: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5004213/
    Elimination diets: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/elimination-diet
    SIBO and IBS: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29761234/
    Gluten sensitivity: https://www.coeliac.org.uk/information-and-support/coeliac-disease/about-coeliac-disease/gluten-sensitivity/
    Deeper dive on mucosal tolerance: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-biology2/chapter/mucosal-surfaces-and-immune-tolerance/
    Milk digestion over the years: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35896667/
    My book The Health Fix: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-Fix-Dr-Ayan-Panja/dp/1914239326/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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    • 19 min
    Lyme Disease, tick-borne illnesses and mystery symptoms

    Lyme Disease, tick-borne illnesses and mystery symptoms

    Lyme Disease rates have doubled in the last 30 years in the USA and rates are rising across the world in affected areas. In this episode I look at Lyme, other tick-borne illnesses and the mystery symptoms they can give rise to, as well as strategies to treat and prevent them.

    Lyme disease factsheet:
    https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/borreliosis/facts/factsheet
    The Bullseye rash: https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/signs_symptoms/rashes.html
    The life cycle of a spirochaete: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmicro2714
    B.Burgdorferi - the major cause of Lyme disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532894/
    B.mayonii - another strain causing Lyme disease: https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/mayonii/index.html
    Dr Horowitz Lyme questionnaire: https://caudwelllyme.com/do-you-have-lyme-disease-the-horowitz-questionnaire
    Differentiating arthritis from Lyme Diseases: https://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/ra-or-lyme
    Dr Horowitz interview:
     https://lymeconnection.org/support_and_resources/meet_the_lyme_disease_experts.html/title/dr-richard-horowitz-latest-treatments-in-lyme-disease

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    • 15 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
169 Ratings

169 Ratings

bagweto ,

Refreshingly low key and companionable

I have health podcast fatigue with all its protocols and optimising and hosts who talk about themselves rather too much. Saving Lives is just a pocket-size podcast on general topics in a lovely tone of voice. I always want it to be longer then realise that’s why it works- it’s not like the ones that ultimately become tedious with a carousel of guests who do the podcast circuit and promise to change your life. It’s just a pleasant and informative intervention in your day.

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This is a fantastic & insightful Podcast. I’ve now listened to them all! The episodes are bite sized & at a “man in the street” level. Love it!

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100th episode congratulations

Huge congratulations on your 100th episode and all the previous ones! I really appreciate your thoughtful and really useful content, you are inspirational, thank you so much.

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