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Season Two
Podcast Host Steve Davis
Dr Travis Brown General Pathologist

This Pathological Life

Produced by Clinpath Pathology in South Australia.

Episode Thirty Two | The Social Media Literati

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 22 March 2021

Traditionally, Medical Practitioners, Doctors, and Specialists have approached social media cautiously.

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Episode Thirty One | Allergies Part Two | Anaphylaxis and Fighting Food

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 15 March 2021

This podcast is eligible for 1 RACGP CPD point – self reporting.

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Episode Thirty | Allergies Part One | Friendly Fire

Dr Travis Brown

Wednesday, 03 March 2021

Our knowledge of these ailments come from a variety of observational and experimental studies.

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Episode Twenty Nine | CST Cervical Screening | A smear in time (saves lives)

Dr Travis Brown

Friday, 19 February 2021

Cervical screening is one of the most effective screening programs ever initiated.

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Episode Twenty Eight | Data MyHealthRecord | Data Deep Dive

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 15 February 2021

These records can save lives.

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Episode Twenty Seven | Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 | Covidity 2021

Dr Travis Brown

Tuesday, 02 February 2021

COVID-19: Testing the strength of nations

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Episode Twenty Six | Indigenous Health | A Tale of Two Worlds

Dr Travis Brown

Tuesday, 26 January 2021

What we now call Australia is a hard, dry unexpected land, which proved difficult for Europeans to manage and adjust. 

Yet Indigenous/Aboriginals survived and thrived in this land. 

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Episode Twenty Five | The 12 Podcasts of Christmas

Dr Travis Brown and Charlie-Helen Robinson

Wednesday, 23 December 2020

Steve reflects, "A spoonful of podcast helps the medicine go down." 

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Episode Twenty Four | Radiation | Invisible death

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 21 December 2020

The discovery of radiation was a monumental achievement in human history.

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Episode Twenty Three | Health IT Security | Avoiding the flat line

Dr Travis Brown

Thursday, 17 December 2020

Our special guests:

Dr Nick Tellis, GP and Owner PartridgeGP

and John Stronner, Chief Executive Officer | Loftus Technology Group + Certified Data Protection Officer

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Episode Twenty Two | Drugs of Addiction | Medicinal binds

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 14 December 2020

Our special guest Dr Devika Thomas

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Episode Twenty One | Health Data and Data Governance | Coming of Age

Dr Travis Brown

Thursday, 10 December 2020

Health data is the most personal official records we will ever have.

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Episode Twenty | Helicobacter pylori | The No Acid No Ulcer Fallacy

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 07 December 2020

Our interview is with Professor Barry Marshall who navigates the lows of persistent knockbacks through to the worldwide tour that lead to the Nobel Prize in 2005.

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Episode Nineteen | Endometriosis – The tragedy of the wandering womb

Dr Travis Brown

Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Since ancient times, all manner of diseases have been attributed to the uterus.

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Episode Eighteen | CML | Cancer's Magic bul-Let

Dr Travis Brown

Friday, 20 November 2020

'You have cancer'

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Episode Seventeen | Alcohol | The Intemperance Of Humankind

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Thursday, 05 November 2020

The urgency for testing alcohol intoxication arrived with the increasing popularity of cars that shifted the automobile from a form of transport to a potential weapon.

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Episode Sixteen | Tuberculosis | TB Downunder

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 26 October 2020

Via the first ever Pathology Report from Melbourne Hospital (now Royal Melbourne Hospital), we explore this infectious disease that continues to have a devastating impact to this day.

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Episode Fifteen | Diabetes Mellitus | The Honey Siphon

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 19 October 2020

We now have the resources to manage and even potentially prevent this disease; but will we choose to do so?

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Episode Fourteen | EBV The Perfect Parasite

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 12 October 2020

Studying the world’s most perfect parasite.

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Episode Thirteen | Chromosomal abnormalities | Survivable triplicates

Dr Travis Brown

Thursday, 01 October 2020

Chromosomal abnormalities are often incompatible with life.

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Episode Twelve | The Great Macedonian Mystery

Dr Travis Brown

Thursday, 17 September 2020

Through the lens of modern medicine and pathology, we focus on this ‘Great man’ of history and ask: what did he die from?

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Dr Travis Brown

Friday, 11 September 2020

This episode is in collaboration with special guest, Dennis Strenk, Milwaukee Pathologists' Assistant

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Episode Ten | Pathologists | Origin Stories

Dr Travis Brown

Wednesday, 02 September 2020

Everyone has a story…

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Episode Nine | Transitional Crossroads

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 31 August 2020

This episode includes interviews with Dr Devika Thomas and Dr Nicole Sladden.

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Episode Eight | Mesothelioma An undisolvable problem

Dr Travis Brown

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

This podcast includes an interview with Dr Fergus Whitehead

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Episode Seven | Prostrate | A Seminal Problem

Dr Travis Brown

Friday, 07 August 2020

Our interview is with Dr Bradley Webster, Histopathologist specialising in Uropathology and Lymphoid Pathology and this section of the podcast is eligible for 1 RACGP CPD point – self reporting.

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Episode Six | Inherited bleeding disorders | Blue Bleeding

Dr Travis Brown

Wednesday, 05 August 2020

Our interview is with Dr Nicholas Myles regarding our current understanding of Haemophilia A, Haemophilia B, von Willebrand disease, and platelet disorders.

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Episode Five | A Pathological Addiction to Catering

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 03 August 2020

A pathological addiction to catering: the story of Typhoid Mary

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Episode Four | A Pox On Both Your Houses

Dr Travis Brown

Wednesday, 29 July 2020

The eradication of Smallpox: an unmatched medical triumph.

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Episode Three | The Black Tumour

Dr Travis Brown

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

This podcast includes an interview with Dr Craig James MBBS (Hons), FRCPA, AACD and this section of the podcast conducted by Dr Craig James is eligible for 1 RACGP CPD point – self reporting.

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Episode Two | COVID-19 and epidemiology | Anatomy of a Pandemic

Dr Travis Brown

Thursday, 16 July 2020

Through the prism of COVID-19 and epidemiology, we examine different epidemics and pandemics throughout history.

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Episode One | This Pathological Life | What is Pathology?

Dr Travis Brown

Monday, 06 July 2020

Pathology is by definition: the study of disease.

Pathology is about understanding.

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