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The Curious Clinicians

Dec 20, 2023

The Curious Clinicians are currently on a holiday break, but we'll be back with new content in 2024!

In the meantime, we hope you enjoy this episode from our archive, originally posted December 10, 2022. We told the story of a tiny carbohydrate called alpha-gal, delving into unsettling meat allergies after tick bites,...


Dec 6, 2023

In this episode, we examine how sickle cell trait protects against malaria, in multiple ways.

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Nov 22, 2023

Today we reach back into The Curious Clinicians archives, just in time for Thanksgiving. In this episode, originally posted in November 2021, Hannah, Avi, and Tony examine whether tryptophan from turkey actually causes the infamous Thanksgiving food coma. The answer might surprise you...

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Nov 8, 2023

In this episode, we explore why ACE inhibitors treat scleroderma renal crisis so effectively (and why bilateral nephrectomy used to be the treatment of choice…).

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Oct 19, 2023

In this episode, The Curious Clinicians ask why a ketogenic diet can help control seizures in refractory epilepsy?

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Click here to obtain AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.5 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (0.5 hours), or ABIM MOC Part 2...