Sicker Than Your Average Health Show

The Rarest Twins you Never Heard of?

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Can you get pregnant twice, during the same pregnancy? We know - sounds impossible. Well, imagine finding out months into your pregnancy that you are now going to be having twins: twins that are 3 weeks apart in age...? This episode brings you the story of one family’s incredibly rare journey through the little known world of superfetation!

Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.

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Credits

Editing, and production assistance by Mack Britton

Logo design by Brad Hart

Music: Dark Whistle Triphop by Down 7 (thanks to Ritual Music.com)

Links

Washington Post - Woman gets pregnant while already pregnant

StatsCan Fertility Data 2012-2016

A review of the mechanisms and evidence for typical and atypical twinning 2016 research review article by McNamara HC, et al. in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Superfetation: case report and review of the literature 2008 case report by Pape A et al. in the Journal de Gynécologie et Obstétrique et Biologie de la Reproduction

Unpredicted ovulations and conceptions during early pregnancy: an explanatory mechanism of human superfetation 2013 peer-reviewed article by Tarín JJ et al. in Reproduction: Fertility and Development

A critical inquiry regarding superfœtation, with cases 1865 research article by Bonnar GL in the Edinburgh Medical Journal.

Uterus duplex bicollis, vagina simplex, and superfetation. A 1927 research article by Moench GL in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Toronto Notes [2018] Textbook by Marvasti TB et al.

Roberts Supertwins on Instagram

CRISPR than a New Pair of (Onco) Genes, with Erin Marshall

Tue, 6 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Gene editing, amazing technology, and personalized medicine?! From advancements in treatment to providing insight on improving rates of survival, cancer PhD student and friend of the show Erin Marshall (University of British Columbia) has us covered. Together we explain a big misconception of cancer, share some of the mind blowing research developments in the world of oncology, and how these advancements have made “cancer startups” all the rage.

Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.

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Credits

Thanks to Erin Marshall, the expert guest on the episode

Logo design: Brad Hart

Musical theme: Double Whistle TripHop by Down 7 thanks to RitualMusic.com

Editor: Mack Britton

Links

The top 10 causes of death

Statistics Canada - Leading causes of death

BC Cancer Foundation

https://cc-arcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Current-gotay.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209562/

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/12/11/2143509/0/en/Metastatic-Cancer-Treatment-Market-Size-To-Be-Worth-USD-111-16-Billion-by-2027-Emergen-Research.html

https://www.cancer.ca/en/about-us/our-research/?region=on#:~:text=In%202019%E2%80%932020%2C%20the%20Canadian,in%20the%20future%20of%20cancer.

https://www.nap.edu/resource/25665/Heritable%20Human%20Genome%20Editing%20Report%20Summary%20-%20FINAL%2020200903.pdf

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/crispr-bombshell-chinese-researcher-claims-have-created-gene-edited-twins

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/15-worrying-things-about-crispr-babies-scandal/577234/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00673-1

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/did-crispr-help-or-harm-first-ever-gene-edited-babies

https://www.nap.edu/resource/25665/Heritable%20Human%20Genome%20Editing%20Report%20Summary%20-%20FINAL%2020200903.pdf

#WomenDocsCAN and the first Canadian Women Physicians Day, with Dr. Michelle Cohen, MD & Dr. Liana Hwang, MD

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Preet & Josh are joined by two amazing female Canadian physicians, Dr. Liana Hwang and Dr. Michelle Cohen, to celebrate the first ever Canadian Women Physicians Day on March 11, 2021.

Our discussion highlights important conversations about gender inequities in medicine including the gender pay gap, women in medical leadership, and the history of women as physicians in Canada. Tune in today, then be sure to hop on twitter and check out #WomenDocsCan.

Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and more about the ones you don’t.

Twitter: @SickHealthShow

Instagram: @SickHealthShow

Credits

Editing and Production Assistance: Mack Britton

Logo design: Brad Hart

Music: Dark Whistle Triphop by Down 7 (thanks to RitualMusic.com)

Links:

Canadian Women In Medicine - The first ever Canadian Women Physicians Day

What the gender pay gap in medicine tells us about women’s health (Op-Ed by Dr. Michelle Cohen)

What’s driving the gender pay gap in medicine? 2020 News article by Boesveld S in The Canadian medical Association Journal (CMAJ).

https://informedopinions.org/view-expert-profile/?expert-id=45189

Sex-based disparities in the hourly earning of Surgeons in the Fee-For-Service system in Ontario 2019 Research article by Dossa F, et. al in Journal of American Medical Asscotaion (JAMA) Surgery.

Pay gaps in medicine and the impact of COVID-19 on doctors’ careers 2020 Comment article by Woodhams C, et. al in The Lancet.

A structured compensation plan improves but does not erase the sex pay gap in surgery 2018 Abstract by Morris M, et. al at the 138th Annals of Surgery Annual Meeting.

Let's Get Virtual, with Dr. Danny Goel, MD

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Video games, virtual reality (VR) and.... scalpels?! We're just as surprised as you are. Sicker Than Your Average Health Show (STYAHS) is joined by special guest Dr. Danny Goel, MD to talk about how VR is changing the way we train surgeons, and how it might be changing healthcare as a whole. Dr. Goel took a break from training the surgeons of tomorrow to teach us a few things, including why you might be reaching for a VR headset sooner than you think!

Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.

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Credits

Editing and Production Assistance: Mack Britton

Logo design: Brad Hart

Music: Jet Black by Bodywork - thanks to RitualMusic.com

Thanks to Joelle Seal from CBC Saskatchewan for consultation on bringing stories to life.

Links

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/virtual-reality-surgical-simulator-precisionos-1.5895914
https://www.precisionostech.com/
https://orthopaedics.med.ubc.ca/danny-goel/
Evidence on Virtual Reality-based therapies for psychiatirc disorders: meta-review of meta-analyses. Dellazizzo L. et al. August 2020 in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Effects of virtual reality on relieving postoperative pain in surgical patients: a systemic review and meta-analysis. Ding L et al. 2020. International Journal of Surgery.
Virtual reality exposure theraspy for anxiety disorders: small samples and no controls? Page S, Coxon, M. 2016. Frontiers in Psychology.

TalkThatTok, with Dr. Anna Blakney, PhD

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000

What if we told you our show wasn't the quickest way to get your health information? We're just as surprised as you are. Sicker Than Your Average Health Show (STYAHS) is joined by special guest Dr. Anna Blakney, PhD (https://www.tiktok.com/@anna.blakney) on episode four to discuss the latest developments in sharing health information, and whether it might be time for all of us to jump on TikTok...?!

Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.

Ritual Music Link: https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow

Promo Code: SickHealthShow for 50% off music.

Credits

Editing and Production Assistance: Mack Britton

Logo design: Brad Hart

Music: Let it Roll by Kaleidoscope Ltd. - thanks to RitualMusic.com

Thanks to Joelle Seal from CBC Saskatchewan for consultation on bringing stories to life.

Links

Do you Believe in Magic (Mushrooms)?

sickhealthshow@gmail.com (Preet Gandhi, Josh Britton) — Thu, 7 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Is your doctor going to be tripping on mushrooms? Sicker Than Your Average Health Show (STYAHS) brings you our third episode! Josh & Preet look at the latest developments that may possibly make magic mushrooms available in Canada, before comparing and contrasting legalization when it comes to psilocybin versus cannabis.

Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.

Credits

Editor: Mack Britton

Logo design: Brad Hart

Music: I Got a Funky Feeling by Calmer Palmer thanks to RitualMusic.com

Links

https://boingboing.net/2020/12/08/canadas-health-minister-says-health-care-professionals-can-consume-magic-mushrooms.html
https://youtu.be/XBEas8MGzd0
https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/12/10/Health-Canada-Removes-Barrier-Psilocybin/
https://merryjane.com/news/17-canadian-mental-health-professionals-are-now-allowed-to-trip-on-shrooms-for-work
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-use/controlled-illegal-drugs/magic-mushrooms.html
https://www.vice.com/en/article/4adw4w/canada-is-allowing-people-with-depression-to-do-psychedelic-mushrooms
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/magic-mushrooms-trip-through-the-science/id1051557000?i=1000502003842
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2020002/article/00002-eng.htm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6710088/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/some-doctors-therapists-get-health-canada-permission-to-use-magic-mushrooms-1.5834485
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/science-history-psychedelic-therapy-feel-good-friday/id1034035933?i=1000496600895
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4813425/
https://therapsil.ca/bibliography/
Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy: A Review of a Novel Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders by Kelan Thomas, Benjamin Malcolm & Dan Lastra in journal of psychoactive drugs Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2017.1320734
Potential Therapeutic Effects of Psilocybin by Matthew W. Johnson & Roland R. Griffiths in Neurotherapeutics (2017)
The 21st century psychedelic renaissance: heroic steps forward on the back of an elephant by Ben Sessa in Psychopharmacology (2018)
Psychedelic Psychiatry’s Brave New World by David Nutt, David Erritzoe, and Robin Carhart-Harris in Cell (2020) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.020

Robot Doctors

sickhealthshow@gmail.com (Preet Gandhi, Josh Britton) — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Are robot doctors really in our future? Sicker Than Your Average Health Show (STYAHS) brings you our second episode! Josh & Preet unwrap how technology has exploded in the last decade and made this a (possible) reality [1:00] before diving right into a full on debate [13:00] on why it might be possible, and why there might be things standing in the way of that very question.

Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and more about the ones you don’t.

Credits:

Logo design: Brad Hart

Music: Dark Whistle Triphop by Down 7 thanks to RitualMusic.com

Voices: Will, Colleen, Sydney, Hanna, Chris, Camille, Angela, Kassie

Links

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50857759

https://hbr.org/podcast/2019/05/when-ai-meets-medicine

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/artificial-intelligence/medical-ai/does-healthcare-ai-need-more-emotion

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/usc-brookings-schaeffer-on-health-policy/2019/03/05/will-robots-replace-doctors/

https://towardsdatascience.com/artificial-intelligence-replace-the-human-doctors-in-the-future-is-it-true-91b3ae9fea0e

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/20-years-physicians-expect-almost-one-third-their-job-to-be-automated-stanford-medicine

https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/artificial-intelligence-healthcare

https://medicalfuturist.com/robotics-healthcare/

https://www.verbsurgical.com/about/

https://youtu.be/z-EtmaFJieY

https://futurism.com/first-time-robot-passed-medical-licensing-exam

https://getreferralmd.com/2019/04/10-powerful-examples-of-ai-used-in-healthcare-today/

https://www.rtinsights.com/challenge-ai-medical-imaging/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/11/11/researchers-propose-physical-ai-as-key-to-lifelike-robots/

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/20-years-physicians-expect-almost-one-third-their-job-to-be-automated-stanford-medicine

https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/news-room/docs/what-doctor-why-ai-and-robotics-will-define-new-health.pdf

https://www.mathworks.com/discovery/deep-learning.html

https://towardsdatascience.com/why-ai-will-not-replace-radiologists-c7736f2c7d80

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/22/will-robots-make-doctors-obsolete-nothing-could-be-further-from-the-truth

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1409841

https://bernardmarr.com/default.asp?contentID=645

https://singularityhub.com/2020/10/20/can-we-trust-ai-doctors-google-health-and-academics-battle-it-out/

The Most Expensive Drug in the World... For Free? With Dr. Stan Bardal, PhD

sickhealthshow@gmail.com (Preet Gandhi, Josh Britton) — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Drugs, lotteries and much more! Sicker Than Your Average Health Show (STYAHS) is releasing our first episode, where we talk about the most expensive drug in the world and how you can get it.

Join us as we dig into the headlines you might know and more about the ones you don't.

Credits

Logo design: Brad Hart

Musical theme: Don't Wake Me Up - by Indian Summer. Special thanks to RitualMusic.com

Vocal contributions from: Kassie, Joel, Hosam, Mackenzie, Lucas, Mike, Kim, Chris, Athina, and Sarah

Guest: Dr. Stan Bardal

Twitter & Instagram: @SickHealthShow

Music: https://www.ritualmusic.com/

Research For Today's Show:

https://cadth.ca/onasemnogene-abeparvovec

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canadian-baby-with-spinal-muscular-atrophy-to-get-world-s-most-expensive-drug-1.5153521

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-20/how-parents-get-zolgensma-the-world-s-most-expensive-drug