Podcast 777: Grass, Weed, and Ancient Rome

Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD Educational Pearls: Kidney stones: hard deposits that form inside the kidneys when urine becomes too concentrated The most common type is calcium oxalate Stones can travel from the kidney to the ureter → causes obstruction and renal colic Stone siz ...  Show more

Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Febrile work-ups in the emergency department require obtaining a urine sample to assess for UTI. In non-toilet trained children, this often means using catheterization. Depending on the volume of urine in the bladder, there may no ...  Show more

Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Kristi Upson-Saia and comedian Stu Goldsmith to explore the strange world of Ancient Greek and Roman medicine. Welcome to a world where health was fleeting, water could be dangerous and communal bum sponges are all the rage. The team will tak ...  Show more

Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Kristi Upson-Saia and comedian Stu Goldsmith to explore the strange world of Ancient Greek and Roman medicine. Welcome to a world where health was fleeting and water could be dangerous. The team will take you through a variety of common ailme ...  Show more

Acute pericarditis (1:30), saw palmetto for benign prostatic hyperplasia (5:30), baclofen for alcohol use disorder (8:00), nausea and vomiting (10:30), fecal microbiota spores for Clostridioides difficile (15:20), and monoclonal antibody therapy for Alzheimer disease (18:20).