S3 E2: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know: Microcytic Hypochromic Anemia: The Christmas Episode

12/23/21 • 25 min

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Happy Holidays, everyone! This Christmas episode is a tad short, but I'm sure you have better things to do than listen to the history of disease.
In this episode, I'll address a famous person who possibly had this disease, the effect it had on him, and how he overcame it.
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know: Microcytic Hypochromic Anemia: The Christmas Episode
Show Notes:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470252/
Seuss. How The Grinch Stole Christmas. 1st ed.; 1957.
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Previous Episode

S3 E1: Crippled Generation: The Story of Poliovirus

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The story of poliovirus is a long one. This episode covers the history of the disease from its beginning, along with a personal story of my aunt, Dorothy Williams who contracted polio as a child.
Polio Research
Etiology and Pathology:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK558944/
https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/infectious-diseases/enteroviruses/poliomyelitis
History and Current Status:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212416/
https://www.cdc.gov/polio/what-is-polio/polio-us.html
https://www.historyofvaccines.org/timeline#EVT_100306
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/public/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7039a1.htm?s_cid=mm7039a1_w
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034a1.htm?s_cid=mm7034a1_w
Socioeconomics of Polio:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27083562/
Vaccine Research:
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221112/
The Cutter Incident:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1383764/
Dr. Paul A. Offit M.D.. The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis (Kindle Location 2832). Kindle Edition.
This book is really worth the read. It not only describes the challenges of polio as a history, but also talks about why pharmaceutical companies are reluctant to make vaccines. I highly recommend it.
Steps to Eradication:
https://www.un.org/africarenewal/news/polio-no-longer-endemic-nigeria-%E2%80%93-un-health-agency
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034a1.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/polio/progress/index.htm
mRNA vaccine research:
https://biontech.de/covid-19-portal/mrna-vaccines
The Nuremburg Code:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006
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S3 E3: Responsibility vs. Liability: The Cutter Incident

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What did the Cutter Incident leave us with? Are pharmaceutical companies more responsible now, or are testing systems better? Some good things came out of the Cutter Incident, but the Gottsdanker verdict was not one of them.
Show Notes for the Cutter Incident:
The Cutter Incident Research:
https://www.cdc.gov/os/wewerethere/polio/index.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1383764/
Dr. Paul A. Offit M.D.. The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis (Kindle Locations 555-556). Kindle Edition.
Everyone makes mistakes, so I have a correction. You’ll also hear this in the episode, but I thought I would put it here, also.
I have to interject that I was a bit confused. In the Crippled Generation, I said that cortisone was a hormone produced by humans. It’s not, it’s a steroid that suppresses the immune system. I confused cortisone with cortisol which is a hormone that regulates immune response as well as metabolism. Forgive me for my misspeaking.
Mystery Disease in Sudan:
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/gma/investigating-mysterious-illness-south-sudan-163329330.html
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