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The medicinal properties of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) have been well-documented for hundreds of years. It seems even our ancient ancestors thousands of years ago had some insight into its healing properties even if the usage was misguided. We are still learning about aspirin and the best ways to use it.

Our special guest is Professor Simon Dimmitt, a Physician in General and Cardiovascular Medicine. He has released a website providing evidence-based prescribing for Doctors.

This is the story of Aspirin.

The medicinal properties of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) have been well-documented for hundreds of years. It seems even our ancient ancestors thousands of years ago had some insight into its healing properties even if the usage was misguided. We are still learning about aspirin and the best ways to use it.
Our special guest is Professor Simon Dimmitt, a Physician in General and Cardiovascular Medicine. He has released a <a href="https://correctdosing.com/">website</a> providing evidence-based prescribing for Doctors.
This is the story of Aspirin.

Welcome to the This Medical Life podcast. Our mission is to share stories about the triumphs and tragedies of diseases and illnesses from ancient times up until what we know today. It is about those scientific and medical minds who came before us and how, every single day, we stand on the shoulders of giants. This is a podcast about the stories of medicine.


Hosted by Dr. Travis Brown and Steve Davis, our target audience is General Practitioners, medical students, and other health professionals. We hope to educate, inspire and celebrate those who choose to care for others in their profession. From experience, we know that our audience extends beyond these fields and would like to welcome anyone to listen. The stories of those who came before us are nothing short of remarkable and we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

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Episode 32: Aspirin | From Poultices to Pills

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And we’re back – for another year – with more stories, more expert guests, more topics to discuss. Episodes released fortnightly.

And we’ve also released an ebook with audio narrated by the masterful voice of Steve Davis for a general audience sharing some of the amazing stories of medicine.

Chapter J provided in this episode.

Our special guest:

In this episode, our special guest is the audiobook itself: Diseased: The A to Z of illnesses, medicine, and important people through history.

Link to kindle version: Diseased: The A to Z of illnesses, medicine, and important people through history

Link to audiobook: Coming soon.

Listen:

This Medical Life podcast is available on all podcasting services and Spotify. Help support us on our donation page.

And we&rsquo;re back &ndash; for another year &ndash; with more stories, more expert guests, more topics to discuss.&nbsp;Episodes&nbsp;released fortnightly.
And we&rsquo;ve also released an ebook with audio narrated by the masterful voice of Steve Davis for a general audience sharing some of the amazing stories of medicine.
Chapter J provided in this&nbsp;episode.
Our special guest:
In this episode, our special guest is the audiobook itself:&nbsp;Diseased: The A to Z of illnesses, medicine, and important people through history.
Link to kindle version: Diseased:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0GLXW1X7R">The A to Z of illnesses, medicine, and important people through history</a>
Link to audiobook: Coming soon.
Listen:
This Medical Life podcast is available on all podcasting services and Spotify.&nbsp;<a href="https://thismedicallife.com.au/buy/donation">Help support us on our donation page</a>.

Episode 93: Return of TML | Diseased

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Episode 92: Acute Otitis Media, Plus Glue Ear, Plus Sleep | Kids ENT

Charles Dicken’s first novel has an adolescent boy named Joe who was overweight and always sleepy. He could fall asleep at any time, even during meals. The novel is known as the Pickwick Papers. Decades later, doctors began to recognise patients with the same symptoms. They called it Pickwickian syndrome.

Obstructive sleep apnoea is a common condition in the general community. Risk factors include being overweight, male, and over the age of 50. The difficulty for patients is they may not be aware they suffer from this condition unless a partner tells them they stop breathing during sleep. Fortunately, we have a number of treatment options available for patients who suffer from sleep apnoea.

This is the story of sleep apnoea.

Our special guests:

Dr Saul Gilbert is the managing director of a sleep clinic called The Oasis in Adelaide with 25 years research and clinical experience in sleep psychophysiology.

Dr Anuk Kruavit is a respiratory, sleep and general medicine physician with an interest in obstructive sleep apnoea and complex respiratory sleep disorders.

Listen:

This Medical Life podcast is available on all podcasting services and Spotify. Help support us on our donation page.

Charles Dicken&rsquo;s first novel has an adolescent boy named Joe who was overweight and always sleepy. He could fall asleep at any time, even during meals. The novel is known as the Pickwick Papers. Decades later, doctors began to recognise patients with the same symptoms. They called it Pickwickian syndrome.
Obstructive sleep apnoea is a common condition in the general community. Risk factors include being overweight, male, and over the age of 50. The difficulty for patients is they may not be aware they suffer from this condition unless a partner tells them they stop breathing during sleep. Fortunately, we have a number of treatment options available for patients who suffer from sleep apnoea.
This is the story of sleep apnoea.
Our special guests:
Dr Saul Gilbert is the managing director of a sleep clinic called The Oasis in Adelaide with 25 years research and clinical experience in sleep psychophysiology.
Dr Anuk Kruavit is a respiratory, sleep and general medicine physician with an interest in obstructive sleep apnoea and complex respiratory sleep disorders.
Listen:
This Medical Life podcast is available on all podcasting services and Spotify.&nbsp;<a href="https://thismedicallife.com.au/buy/donation">Help support us on our donation page</a>.

Episode 32: Aspirin | From Poultices to Pills

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