Hip complaints are bread-and-butter emergency medicine—but every so often they are anything but straightforward. The obvious shortened, externally rotated leg after a fall is one thing; the patient with acute hip pain, a normal x-ray, unremarkable blood work, and no clear diagnosis is another. Hip fractures are also far from benign, carrying a 30-day mortali ... Show More
May 19
Ep 218 Substance Use Disorder in the ED – Stigma, Compassion and System Change
Emergency physicians pride themselves on recognizing and treating life-threatening illness under pressure. Yet one of the most lethal, common, and treatable conditions presenting to our EDs still often receives fragmented, stigmatized care: substance use disorder. The opioid cris ... Show More
1h 1m
Mar 2025
Ep 168 Pregnancy: Act 1
Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy complications, traumatic birth experiences, and other potentially disturbing topics related to childbirth, pregnancy, and the postpartum period. With this and the next three episodes, we’re ... Show More
1h 38m
Aug 2025
EKU Podcast: Adenomyosis & Endometriosis
Adenomyosis affects around 10% of women in the UK and is most prevalent in women aged 40-50, particularly those who have had pregnancies. It is frequently found alongside endometriosis and uterine fibroids and can cause heavy, painful, or irregular periods.In this podcast Dr Thom ... Show More
21m 34s
Mar 2025
Ep 170 Pregnancy: Act 3
Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy complications, traumatic birth experiences, and other potentially disturbing topics related to childbirth, pregnancy, and the postpartum period. In Act 3 of our pregnancy series, we arrive a ... Show More
1h 55m
Mar 2025
Ep 169 Pregnancy: Act 2
Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy complications, traumatic birth experiences, and other potentially disturbing topics related to childbirth, pregnancy, and the postpartum period. The second episode in our pregnancy series ki ... Show More
1h 46m
Nov 2022
Episode 036: Hemophilia 101, Pt 1
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In this episode, we break down the initial approach to the evaluation of a patient with a suspected bleeding disorder, particularly in regards to hemophilia, including standardized bleeding assessment tools, the basics of the coagulation ... Show More
29m 16s
Oct 2022
Ep 37 - Pregnancy loss
In this special episode I speak to Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist Tejal Amin, who specialises in early pregnancy and miscarriage, about pregnancy loss, the causes, the signs and symptoms, the factors that can increase risk, common misconceptions and available support. ... Show More
51m 56s
Oct 2024
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
In this episode, Tracey Davidoff, MD and Joe Toscano, MD discuss the September 2024 Evidence-Based Urgent Care article, Urgent Care Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in the Nonpregnant PatientIntroducing the September Issue: Abnormal Uterine BleedingUnderstanding Abnormal U ... Show More
35m 24s
Apr 2025
Ep 171 Pregnancy: Act 4
Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy complications, traumatic birth experiences, and other potentially disturbing topics related to childbirth, pregnancy, and the postpartum period. We close out our pregnancy series with a big ... Show More
1h 57m
Apr 2021
What causes a thin uterus lining? (Ask the Egg Whisperer)
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah wrote in to Ask The Egg Whisperer, and she sent the following question, "I have done 12 embryo transfers over the past 2 years (failed due to several reasons). During the transfers, my lining always thickened nicely (minimum 9), I have nev ... Show More
50m 44s