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It's been too long since I last dropped an episode. My bad! Here is a short update on what's going on with me and why I've been neglecting this show.  More content will come but not likely until next year (2023).

January 9th, 1947 was the last day 22 year old Elizabeth Short was seen alive. Days later she was found dead in Leimert Park in Los Angeles. The media labelled her the Black Dahlia, and to this day her case remains unsolved. Her corpse, however, left clues. Whoever killed Elizabeth had extensive surgical knowledge. One of the top suspects for this murder was a physician named Dr. George Hodel, a renowned surgeon in LA with dark secrets. IG: @headcoldpodcast

Nestle employs over 328,000 people, owns 2000 brands, operates in most of the countries on Earth, and collects revenues to the tune of $89 billion dollars. They have humble beginnings when their founder, Henri Nestle, first invested baby formula as a substitute for breastmilk to curve infant mortality due to malnutrition in the late 19th Century.Today, the infant formula industry itself is estimated to be worth over $5 billion dollars. Probably more people have consumed a Nestle product than received a COVID shot within the past year and a half at least in the United States.Nestle has been the subject of controversy over water but they aren't new to receiving hate. In 1977, an organization called the International Baby Food Action Network launched a boycott against Nestle products, in numerous countries around the world, for unethical and aggressive product advertisements and sales tactics in developing nations directly leading to increased infant mortality.Major Sources:War on WantThe New Internationalist - Babies Mean BusinessNational Institutes of HealthNestle CompanyFood & Drug AdministrationNatureBusiness InsiderInvestopediaNew York Health DepartmentUniversity of MichiganCompany Man - Nestle Waters - Big and Controversialwww.youtube.com/watch?v=MRWWK-iW_zU&list=PLVtoTh3hF-hzrOB-nl7C9F38v3Q5D0vM2&index=1&t=535s Access to water ain't for er'bodywww.youtube.com/watch?v=mTnJTyeAUA8 Nestle adwww.youtube.com/watch?v=11IG14Sy_7s IG @headcoldpodcastwww.headcoldpodcast.comMusic & Sound Effects from YouTube (royalty free channels) & Storyblocks.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/headcoldpod)

In times when disease was thought to be caused by an angry deity, Imhotep and Hippocrates both looked to science, reason, and the observable world around them. Both physicians took their respective practices away from magical thinking to actually observing the human body, writing down observations, and taking measurements. Despite not having access to modern science, Imhotep of Saqqara and Hippocrates of Kos were way ahead of their time. IG: @headcoldpodVisit   https://headcoldpodcast.com/Music by StoryblocksSources:Patchucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/soft-skin-patch-could-provide-early-warning-for-strokes-heart-attacks our de France crashwww.google.com/amp/s/www.firstpost.com/sports/tour-de-france-2021-tony-martin-who-was-hit-by-roadside-fan-with-sign-out-after-second-crash-9786631.html/ampHippocrates biowww.britannica.com/biography/Hippocrates Hippocrates and Ancient Greek Medicinewww.youtube.com/watch?v=5V3UaKsy7cAHippocratic Oathwww.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_oath.html https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Urb.gr.64 Ancient Egypthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvcJXoyhm0U&t=746sAmerican Research Center in Egypthttps://www.arce.org/resource/search-imhotep-tomb-architect-turned-god-remains-mysteryJourney to the West The world of the Old Kingdom tombs in Ancient Egypthttps://www.academia.edu/23316703/Journey_to_the_West_The_world_of_the_Old_Kingdom_tombs_in_Ancient_Egypt._Prague_2012Pgs 59, 63, 109-112, 117, 302Past Medical Historyhttps://www.pastmedicalhistory.co.uk/imhotep-the-first-physician/ Ancient Greecehttps://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/resource-library-ancient-greece/?q=&page=1&per_page=25 Thomas Sakoulas is a Professor and Chair of the Art Department at the State University of New York, at Oneonta. https://ancient-greece.org/auxiliary/about.html 

On December 3rd, 1967 at the Groote Schuur Hospital in South Africa, a team led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard pioneered the first human-to-human heart transplantation surgery. The patient, Mr. Louis Washkansky, only lived 18 days post-procedure but the cause of death was not the donor heart. We explore the layers of scientific foundation laid down that made this achievement possible, learn a bit about South Africa, and see what motivated Dr. Barnard.headcoldpodcast.comFacebook & IG @headcoldpodMajor sources:National Institutes of HealthThe EconomistMayo ClinicThe Dick Cavett ShowCongress.gov

2020, what the hell was that? Syona and I talk about our life in these tense times.

The Tuskegee Experiment was a study on untreated syphilis in black men in rural Macon county, Alabama. Running from 1932 to 1972, the doctors who ran this study wanted to know how syphilis, an infectious disease, progressed differently in black people than in white people. The United States Public Health Service employed Nurse Eunice Rivers, a black woman from rural Georgia, who knew Macon county and its black communities well. We will see how the Tuskegee study was more racially complicated than it’s often portrayed and how it rattled the public trust in healthcare institutions to this day.

According to an HHS report titled Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health, known as the Heckler Report, published in 1985, the United States has made remarkable strides in public health since 1900 with Americans living longer due to outstanding advances in medical technology; yet, Black and African American life expectancy lagged that of Whites and Caucasians by nearly 6 years. In 2020, minority patients continue to face barriers to healthcare whether insured and uninsured. Even more egregious is the higher infant mortality rate for black babies as a group compared to white infants (it should be 0 per 1000 for all races). We are going to explore what black people specifically tend to face when they visit a doctor with my wife Syona.

What a wild year, huh? Pandemic, civil unrest, what's next? CT The Head is taking a break to process everything that is happening.

The coronavirus pandemic has gripped our world and possibly changed our future. It's certainly changed our lives right now as we hunker down in our homes and stay away from stranger, friends and even those we love. We explore some things you didn't know about this virus and a doctor who encountered it early on in December 2019.

What could have motivated a doctor to provide care for two of history's most infamous dictators? We will explore how Dr. Theodor Morell in Germany and Dr. Vladimir Vinogradov approached the medical treatment of tyrants.Major sources:Theodor Morell Documentary - Biography of the life of Hitler's Doctor Theodor Morell - The People ProfilesMayo ClinicThe New York TimesMusic & Sounds:auidoblocks.com

Before 1947, leukemia was understood to be an untreatable disease, but Dr. Sidney Farber refused to accept this conclusion, and used antifolates, to hopefully restore normal blood.Sidney Farber 1903 - 1973ttps://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/news/print/hemonc-today/%7B5d9e673c-c88e-43a1-9122-55037e2eb7c7%7D/sidney-farber-1903-1973The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Siddartha Mukherjee, M.D. 2010.Buffalo NY flu 1918 - flu encyclopediahttps://www.influenzaarchive.org/cities/city-buffalo.html#Sidney Farber, Chemo Crusader - Saul Wisna - May 27, 2015 - WNYC Archive Collectionshttps://www.wnyc.org/story/sidney-farber-chemo-crusader/1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic Historyhttps://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.htmlBlood specificshttps://www.oneblood.org/about-donating/blood-donor-basics/what-is-blood/University of Rochester Medical SchoolMonocyte to Macrophage - Monocyte and macrophage differentiation: circulation inflammatory monocyte as biomarker for inflammatory diseases, Yang, Zhang, et. al. National Institute of Health.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892095/Discovery of Leukemia - NY Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/health/history-of-battle-against-leukemia.htmlLeukemia Development from Bone Marrowhttps://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/4365-leukemiaVitamin B12 Information - National Institute of Healthhttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB12-Consumer/Folic acid Information - ScienceDirecthttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemistry/folic-acidB12 and Folate Deficiency - National Health Service - UKhttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamin-b12-or-folate-deficiency-anaemia/Folate Deficiency vs Vitamin B12 Deficiency - Medicosis Perfectionalishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcKsctwgDcgAminopterin drug information - US Library of Medicine https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/AminopterinTruth or Consequences Broadcast - Ralph Edwards & Einar Gustafson - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.http://www.jimmyfund.org/about-us/about-the-jimmy-fund/einar-gustafson-jimmy-was-inspiration-for-the-jimmy-fund/Dr. Sidney Farber Interview. Sidney Farber Chemo Crusader. Saul Wisna. May 27th, 2015. WNYC Archive Collections. https://www.wnyc.org/story/sidney-farber-chemo-crusader/

2019 was a wild year for me and my family, but also the year I started CT the Head. This is a look back at what's happened with me, this podcast and what's to come.

How do you prepare for class? Do you have a specific, well-tested ritual or do you just jump in on day one? This episode walks through five useful tips/hacks for how to start class.

Happy belated Halloween! In the spirit of Halloween, we will talk about something really spooky: talking to people i.e. networking. I'll share some of my networking experiences in finance and medicine.

Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria that lives on our skin, but as I have found out twice in my life, can cause serious, even deadly infections.

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