Author Archives: Giancarlo Buonomo

How could you live with only one lung? The math seems simple. If you only have one lung, you only have 50% of your normal lung function, you can only get 50% of the normal amount of oxygen into your blood, and you’ll be dead in a few minutes. However, there are many patients whoContinue reading “Episode 99 – Living on a Lung”

View Post Dr Jessi Gold joins the podcast to discuss her new book, “How Do You Feel?” On our podcast, we usually discuss diseases that doctors treat, rather than doctors themselves. Our profession suffers from its own ailment, however: Burnout. Dr. Jessi Gold tackles this subject in her new book “How Do You Feel? OneContinue reading “Episode 98 – Dr. Jessi Gold: How Do U Feel?”

Why does gabapentin cause edema? The medication lists of many older adults require some scrolling to get from top to bottom. In fact, the lists are often so lengthy and complicated that it’s difficult to discern what conditions a patient doesn’t have. One reason for this unwieldiness is a phenomenon known as the “prescribing cascade,”Continue reading “Episode 97 – Cascading Prescriptions”

Dr Mike Todorovic joins the podcast to discuss the Na+/K+ATPase pump and digital medical education   We’ve all been there. Day before a medical school exam, clock ticking, coffee supply dwindling, you still can’t wrap your head around cardiac action potentials or bilirubin metabolism. You punch whatever topic you’re trying to understand into the YouTube searchContinue reading “96 – Dr. Mike Todorovic and the Wonders of the Na+/K+ ATPase Pump”

Has the mystery of Beethoven’s deafness finally been solved? Just as the music of Ludwig von Beethoven is timeless, theorizing about his deafness apparently is also. On episode 72 (Bringing up Beethoven) of The Curious Clinicians, we discussed various theories for why Beethoven gradually lost his hearing, including syphilis, hemochromatosis and, intriguingly, Cogan syndrome, aContinue reading “Episode 95- Beethoven Redux”