Podcast appearances and mentions of Richard J Martin

If you change your mind, we're the first in line, honey, we're still free, just as long as you don't ask us to decide what's for dinner.   In this ABBA-backed episode, Kristin is taking a chance on herself and diving into the psychology behind decision fatigue. She's discussing what it is, why it happens, how it impacts AuDHDers who already struggle with executive dysfunction, and some ways to avoid it that don't involve just eating pasta for every single meal (although that's always a valid option, we don't judge).    Plus, we're tossing around the proverbial pigskin as we ponder about kidney transplants, play Susan's favorite game, “Is It Cannibalism?”, question the existence of radish people, and more.  Resources Decision fatigue: A conceptual analysis - Grant A Pignatiello, Richard J Martin, Ronald L Hickman, 2020 (sagepub.com) Ego Depletion - The Decision Lab Ego depletion: is the active self a limited resource? - PubMed (nih.gov) The effect of decision fatigue on surgeons' clinical decision making - PMC (nih.gov) Decision fatigue and heuristic analyst forecasts - ScienceDirect The socially evaluated cold-pressor test (SECPT) for groups: effects of repeated administration of a combined physiological and psychological stressor - PubMed (nih.gov) Transplant of pig kidney into a human marks medical milestone | PBS NewsHour The BOD: Rock Ptarmigan: Arctic grouse, or creaky old man?

Researcher Richard J. Martin works predominantly on filarial parasites and how to develop drugs with the best parasite cleanse ability that can evade resistance. He explains How various filarial parasites move through their lifecycle, enter humans through biting insects, and affect various parts of the body; How the worms themselves have a nervous system that helps them seek different parts of the body and release chemicals to trick the human immune system; and Why social and political factors are a part of this battle against parasites and what anti parasitic medication for humans may offer at least a medical solution. Richard J. Martin is the Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor and the Dr. E.A. Benbrook Endowed Chair in Pathology and Parasitology at Iowa State University. He specializes in filarial parasitology and tells listeners about their impact on human health as well as describes their physiology and ecology. For example, he describes the life stages and habits of the worms that cause river blindness and elephantiasis and how these diseases result from the worm number and activity. He explains challenges to eradicating parasites completely by discussing the heartworm parasite existing in the U.S. despite effective sanitation. Therefore, in struggling countries with bad sanitation, effective anti parasitic medication for humans is a key part of the battle. He also ties this battle to social and political forces that make this anti parasitic effort especially challenging. For example, better governance and a different motivation for medication funding could make differences in a country's ability to clean and sanitize these areas as well as motivate drug companies to relieve the suffering of those with these parasites. In the effort to find the best parasite cleanse that is not prone to resistance, the ideal looks like a drug that can be take once a year to treat and prevent all the filarial parasites. Dr. Martin describes one drug that is moving to phase 3 trials, and says that if it gets through, it will be a big breakthrough. To find out more, google him and find his research on research gate or send him an email. His university website is genetics.iastate.edu/people/richard-martin. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Presented by Richard J. Martin, MD

Presented by Richard J. Martin, MD