Saving Lives In Slow Motion Dr Ayan Panja
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- Health & Fitness
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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