The stethoscope. It’s iconic. You’re playing Pictionary and you pull the “doctor” card? Easy - sketch a stethoscope. Need a last-minute Halloween costume? Easy - throw a stethoscope around your shoulders. Google image search “doctor” and you can count the number of stethoscope-less doctors on one hand. How did this instrument become so emblematic of the fiel ... Show More
Mar 24
Ep 204 Cancer Part 3: How do we treat it?
A century and a half ago, the list of effective cancer treatments was essentially a single entry: surgery. Today, in 2026, you’d need pages to contain the number of treatments available, and multiple notebooks to delineate all of the various therapies currently in development. It ... Show More
1h 32m
Mar 17
Special Episode: Lawrence Ingrassia & A Fatal Inheritance
For centuries, physicians noticed that cancer sometimes ran in families, but until the 1960s, an answer to this mystery remained out of reach. Only then were scientists beginning to unlock the cellular dynamics underlying cancer, and what they found finally allowed grief-stricken ... Show More
45m 30s
Mar 10
Ep 203 Cancer Part 2: Why does it happen?
Each of our cells can become cancerous. It’s an uncomfortable, yet unavoidable truth. Nor is it a truth restricted to our species - cancer is a consequence of complex life. The features that make a cell cancerous are those that, under other circumstances, are beneficial, essentia ... Show More
1h 18m
Oct 2025
HRV vs. VO2 max vs. ECG: Which wearable metric ACTUALLY matters? | Prof. Malcolm Findlay
Is your smartwatch just a fun gadget, or a serious medical device?
In this episode, Jonathan Wolf is joined by Dr. Malcolm Findlay, a leading consultant cardiologist, to explore the powerful health data available on your wrist. They decode the most misunderstood metric, Heart R ... Show More
47m 29s
Jul 2020
Episode 93 - The Story of the Mitral Valve
This episode was written by a guest contributor, Simar Bajaj, a student of the History of Science at Harvard University. In it, we cover the story of the mitral valve, from its earliest descriptions, to the discovery of its function and pathology, and of course, the evolution of ... Show More
53m 44s
Mar 2024
What Every Medical Student Should Know About Integrative Medicine
Have you heard of the specialty of integrative medicine? What is it, and how does an integrative medicine physician care for their patients? In this episode, Ria interviews Dr. Chiti Parikh, who is board certified in integrative medicine and is the executive director of the Integ ... Show More
31m 48s
Sep 2024
Robotics in cardiac surgery: hope or hype?
<p>This month's episode is hosted by Miia L Lehtinen and Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü, who are joined by Wouter Oosterlinck, exploring his experience and expertise in the field of robotic cardiac surgery. Although already popular amongst thoracic surgeons, Wouter discusses the creation ... Show More
29m 22s
<p>Clinical Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow Using PET</p>
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<p>Guest: Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, M.D.</p>
<p>Hosts: Malcolm R. Bell, M.D.</p>
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<p>In this podcast, we will describe the clinical applications of PET MBF quantitation and discuss the strengths ... Show More
<p>Novel Mitral Therapies</p>
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<p>Guest: Arman Arghami, M.D., M.P.H.</p>
<p>Guest: Mayra Guerrero, M.D.</p>
<p>Host: Kyle Klarich, M.D.</p>
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<p>And the end of this podcast, the listener should understand how to identify new minimally invasive procedures to treat p ... Show More
