The Curious Clinicians

In this episode, we investigate the reasons why we don't (and don't need to) transfuse to normal hemoglobin levels.

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The Curious Clinicians are currently on a holiday break, but we'll be back with new content in 2024!

In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this episode from our archive, originally posted December 10, 2…

In this episode, we examine how sickle cell trait protects against malaria, in multiple ways.

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Today we reach back into The Curious Clinicians archives, just in time for Thanksgiving. In this episode, originally posted in November 2021, Hannah, Avi, and Tony examine whether tryptophan from tur…

In this episode, we explore why ACE inhibitors treat scleroderma renal crisis so effectively (and why bilateral nephrectomy used to be the treatment of choice…).

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In this episode, The Curious Clinicians ask why a ketogenic diet can help control seizures in refractory epilepsy?

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For this episode, The Curious Clinicians ask why patients with bioprosthetic heart valves don't require immunosuppression?

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On this episode, The Curious Clinicians learn about why hyperthyroidism is associated with atrial fibrillation.

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On this episode, The Curious Clinicians explore the liver's incredible ability to regenerate after injury or resection.  

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This week, The Curious Clinicians are bringing back an episode from the archive that was originally posted in December, 2021.

Tony joined Dr. Adam Rodman as a guest on the Bedside Rounds podcast. We …

On this episode, The Curious Clinicians investigate why alcohol both causes a burning sensation when you first swallow it (hint: the mechanism has something to do with chili peppers) and why you get …

On this episode, The Curious Clinicians examine an intriguing question - why are babies protected from infection and colitis by C. Diff? We'll touch on factors relating to immunology, microbiology an…

On this episode, The Curious Clinicians are joined by Dr Christopher Worsham, co-author of a fascinating and insightful new book, Random Acts of Medicine, which explores the use of natural experimen…

This week, we reach back into the archive for an episode from 2021 (the first in a two-part series related to the eyes) where Tony, Hannah, and Avi explored why Wilson disease can present with Kayser…

On this episode, The Curious Clinicians dive into musical history, examining what might have caused German composer Ludwig van Beethoven's infamous deafness.

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In this episode, The Curious Clinicians learn about why pneumonia takes weeks to resolve on chest x-ray, whereas symptoms generally resolve much sooner.

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This episode originally aired April, 2021, where The Curious Clinicians examined why some patients feel short of breath specifically when bending over, aka "bendopnea". 

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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…

In this episode, The Curious Clinicians tackle why alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency can cause chronic liver disease. 

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In this episode, The Curious Clinicians investigate whether atrial fibrillation should be considered a risk factor for PE. 

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