Burns have been a part of the human experience since our relatives began controlling fire 1.5 million years ago.This week, we explore how burns are different than other injuries, examine our body's repair process, and tour through humanity’s quest to alleviate the pain and suffering burns can cause.
This Podcast Will Kill You
This week's #quarantini may or may not help motion sickness induced nausea, but at least it's delicious!
The Motion Potion
6 oz ginger ale
1 oz lime juice
mix with ice and garnish with candied ginger
it's quarantini time! To go along with learning about food guidelines, how about Your Daily Apple?
An accurate diagnosis can give us so much, yet many people wait years to receive an accurate diagnosis, causing a physical and emotional toll. What underlies this and what can we do about it? In this week’s TPWKY book club, Alexandra Sifferlin joins to discuss her book The Elusive Body. Listen now!
Once thought to be a rare, always fatal disease, histoplasmosis is now recognized as one of the most prevalent fungal infections in North America. In this episode, we dissect the biology of this abundant fungus and walk you through its history, a story that features many surprises. Curious? Tune in!
This week, Dr. Olivia Weisser, associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Boston discusses her book The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London. Tune in for a fascinating glimpse into a time and place where morality, sex, and disease were so strongly entangled.
It's #quarantini time again!
The Fungus Among Us
3 oz cream of coconut
1.5 oz pineapple juice
0.75 oz lime juice
shake, strain and enjoy!
It comes on sneakily. You become aware of your stomach. You break out in a cold sweat. Your mouth fills with saliva. And before you know it, you’re leaning over the side of the boat, barfing up your breakfast. Motion sickness. We’ve almost all been there. Why? Find out in this week's episode!
