Sicker Than Your Average Health Show

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. Twitter: @SickHealthShowInstagram: @SickHealthShowRitual Music Promotion: https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow CreditsEditing, and production assistance by Mack BrittonLogo design by Brad HartMusic: Dark Whistle Triphop by Down 7 (thanks to Ritual Music.com)LinksWashington Post - Woman gets pregnant while already pregnantStatsCan Fertility Data 2012-2016A 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 & GynecologySuperfetation: 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 DevelopmentA 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

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. Twitter: @SickHealthShowInstagram: @SickHealthShowRitual Music Promotion: https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow CreditsThanks to Erin Marshall, the expert guest on the episodeLogo design: Brad HartMusical theme: Double Whistle TripHop by Down 7 thanks to RitualMusic.comEditor: Mack Britton LinksThe top 10 causes of deathStatistics Canada - Leading causes of deathBC Cancer Foundationhttps://cc-arcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Current-gotay.pdfhttps://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.htmlhttps://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.pdfhttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/crispr-bombshell-chinese-researcher-claims-have-created-gene-edited-twinshttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/12/15-worrying-things-about-crispr-babies-scandal/577234/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00673-1https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/did-crispr-help-or-harm-first-ever-gene-edited-babieshttps://www.nap.edu/resource/25665/Heritable%20Human%20Genome%20Editing%20Report%20Summary%20-%20FINAL%2020200903.pdf

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: @SickHealthShowInstagram: @SickHealthShow   CreditsEditing and Production Assistance: Mack BrittonLogo design: Brad HartMusic: Dark Whistle Triphop by Down 7 (thanks to RitualMusic.com)Links:Canadian Women In Medicine - The first ever Canadian Women Physicians DayWhat 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=45189Sex-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.

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. Ritual Music Discount Link: https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow CreditsEditing and Production Assistance: Mack BrittonLogo design: Brad HartMusic: Jet Black by Bodywork - thanks to RitualMusic.comThanks to Joelle Seal from CBC Saskatchewan for consultation on bringing stories to life.Linkshttps://www.cbc.ca/news/health/virtual-reality-surgical-simulator-precisionos-1.5895914https://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.

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/SickHealthShowPromo Code: SickHealthShow for 50% off music. CreditsEditing and Production Assistance: Mack BrittonLogo design: Brad HartMusic: Let it Roll by Kaleidoscope Ltd. - thanks to RitualMusic.comThanks to Joelle Seal from CBC Saskatchewan for consultation on bringing stories to life.Linkshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/health/tiktok-doctors-sex-6ed.htmlhttp://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2020/04/23/the-rise-of-health-ed-tiktoks/https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/18/us/tiktok-doctors-nurses-trnd/index.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6981526/https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-gb/taking-action-against-covid-19-vaccine-misinformationhttps://www.tiktok.com/@anna.blakneyhttps://www.tiktok.com/@drjenniferlincoln?lang=enhttps://www.tiktok.com/@dr.staci.thttps://neverlickthespoon.podbean.com/e/episode-13-lucky-for-some/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qjylhttps://www.newscientist.com/podcasts/43-how-the-covid-rna-vaccine-works-systemic-racism-origin-of-humans/

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.CreditsEditor: Mack BrittonLogo design: Brad HartMusic: I Got a Funky Feeling by Calmer Palmer thanks to RitualMusic.comLinkshttps://boingboing.net/2020/12/08/canadas-health-minister-says-health-care-professionals-can-consume-magic-mushrooms.htmlhttps://youtu.be/XBEas8MGzd0https://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-workhttps://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-use/controlled-illegal-drugs/magic-mushrooms.htmlhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/4adw4w/canada-is-allowing-people-with-depression-to-do-psychedelic-mushroomshttps://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/magic-mushrooms-trip-through-the-science/id1051557000?i=1000502003842https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2020002/article/00002-eng.htmhttps://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-1.5834485https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/science-history-psychedelic-therapy-feel-good-friday/id1034035933?i=1000496600895https://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/10.1080/02791072.2017.1320734Potential 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

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 HartMusic: Dark Whistle Triphop by Down 7 thanks to RitualMusic.comVoices: Will, Colleen, Sydney, Hanna, Chris, Camille, Angela, Kassie Linkshttps://www.bbc.com/news/health-50857759https://hbr.org/podcast/2019/05/when-ai-meets-medicinehttps://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/artificial-intelligence/medical-ai/does-healthcare-ai-need-more-emotionhttps://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-91b3ae9fea0ehttps://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/20-years-physicians-expect-almost-one-third-their-job-to-be-automated-stanford-medicinehttps://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/artificial-intelligence-healthcarehttps://medicalfuturist.com/robotics-healthcare/https://www.verbsurgical.com/about/https://youtu.be/z-EtmaFJieYhttps://futurism.com/first-time-robot-passed-medical-licensing-examhttps://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-medicinehttps://www.pwc.com/gx/en/news-room/docs/what-doctor-why-ai-and-robotics-will-define-new-health.pdfhttps://www.mathworks.com/discovery/deep-learning.htmlhttps://towardsdatascience.com/why-ai-will-not-replace-radiologists-c7736f2c7d80https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/22/will-robots-make-doctors-obsolete-nothing-could-be-further-from-the-truthhttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1409841https://bernardmarr.com/default.asp?contentID=645https://singularityhub.com/2020/10/20/can-we-trust-ai-doctors-google-health-and-academics-battle-it-out/

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. CreditsLogo design: Brad HartMusical theme: Don't Wake Me Up - by Indian Summer. Special thanks to RitualMusic.comVocal contributions from: Kassie, Joel, Hosam, Mackenzie, Lucas, Mike, Kim, Chris, Athina, and SarahGuest: Dr. Stan BardalTwitter & Instagram: @SickHealthShowMusic: https://www.ritualmusic.com/Research For Today's Show:https://cadth.ca/onasemnogene-abeparvovechttps://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canadian-baby-with-spinal-muscular-atrophy-to-get-world-s-most-expensive-drug-1.5153521https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-20/how-parents-get-zolgensma-the-world-s-most-expensive-drughttps://www.uptodate.com/contents/spinal-muscular-atrophyhttps://curesma.ca/about-spinal-muscular-atrophy/https://www.keionline.org/charity-nih-funding-related-to-zolgensmahttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/drug-gene-therapy-lottery-cheo-ethics-orphan-disease-1.5420371https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/sky-high-cost-sma-treatment-spinraza-1.5085211https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2020/average-cost-developing-new-drug-could-be-15-billion-less-pharmaceutical#:~:text=The%20study%20estimated%20that%20the,as%20high%20as%20%242.8%20billion.https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/doctors-with-borders/503786/https://www.msf.org/when-free-not-fair-case-vaccine-donations

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