This Pathological Life Podcast

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Fragile X is the most common form of inherited intellectually disability.

It is a sex-linked chromosomal disorder that affects boys much more commonly than girls. However, it took some ingenious foresight combined with advancing genetic techniques in the 1970s and 1980s to isolate the exact cause of this condition.

This is a challenging diagnosis for General Practitioners, Specialists, Patients and their families.

A multi-disciplinary approach is essential and, as Professor Graeme Suthers always says ‘listen to your patients and don’t be afraid to seek advice’.

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GUEST HOST & INTERVIEW

Professor Graeme Suthers
BSc (Med), MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA, GAICD

Prof Suthers is Sonic Healthcare' Director of Genetics. He is one of Australia’s most respected experts in the field of genetics, and is nationally and internationally recognised for his expertise in genetic disorders, testing and clinical service provision.
clinpath.com.au/about-us/clinpath-leadership/our-pathologists/professor-graeme-suthers/

This Pathological Life is produced by Clinpath Pathology in South Australia.

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Caitlan Davis starts Episode 26 with,

"In the spirit of reconciliation Clinpath Pathology acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. Today's episode of This Pathological Life, looks at Indigenous Health and its intersection with Pathology, along with health issues and challenges among Australia's first European settlers. But first...

First Australians meet the First Fleet

The American revolution forced the British to investigate alternate destinations for penal colonies. The answer came from a Botanist who travelled with Captain James Cook in 1770 to a land they called New South Wales.

With the decision made, this ‘new’ land would be forever changed.

The First Fleet took a year to prepare and eight months to voyage to New South Wales and suffered from a variety of ailments (which we examine) on the way.

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.

This episode explores Aboriginal medical knowledge with Dan Tyson, Chief Executive Officer at Desert Knowledge Australia from the year 1788, when the land was quite diverse in geographical areas and Aboriginal people were quite diverse in their technologies to survive. We ponder the recurring question of how when bush medicine and food is still used in many places today, why the health of the Australian Indigenous Communities remains so poor.

This is the tale of two worlds.

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GUEST INTERVIEW
Dan Tyson, CEO Desert Knowledge Australia

Twitter: @dka_connect

LinkedIn Dan: linkedin.com/in/dan-tyson-8215636/

LinkedIn DKA: linkedin.com/company/dkaconnect/

Dan is currently member of the AMSANT Research Committee and a member of the Central Region Executive of the Chamber of Commerce however, and has also been a director of the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of the NT (AMSANT), and previously director and vice-chair of Katherine Regional Aboriginal Health and Related Services.

He co-founded the Aboriginal Business Industry Chamber of South Australia (ABICSA) and the Mental Health Coalition of SA. Dan holds a PhD in the field of medical anthropology and has worked extensively in the mainstream and Indigenous health sectors.

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OTHER VOICES

Doris Pilkington, author, Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence

Joylene Koolmatrie, Aboriginal Healer and Psychologist

Kenneth Branagh, Rabbit Proof Fence

Rev John Brown, co-chair, National Sorry Day Committee

Sir Ronald Wilson, co-author, Bringing Them Home Report

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“I die before my time, killed by the English oligarchy and its hired assassins.”

These are the words of Napoleon Bonaparte dictated in his last will and testament on his death bed.

Napoleon is undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest Generals.

During his life, France become a global power. The man responsible for the Napoleonic wars and had previously escaped exile before, was captured again following the defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled a second time to the island of St Helena in the Pacific.

The official cause of death concluded by an autopsy was stomach cancer.

However, his death is surrounded by controversy.

1. Did the British have him killed?
2. Was he poisoned with arsenic?
3. Was his body swapped before or after his death?

In this episode we discuss the life & death of Napoleon Bonaparte, gastric cancer and some of the conspiracy theories surrounding the Great General’s demise.

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In 1901, an experiment when horribly wrong when Doctors attempted to induce tolerance in to a group of dogs by repeated injections of poison. The results were reproducible. Furthermore, the substance did not even need to be poisonous. In 1902, the reaction was called Anaphylaxis.

In the 1920s, a spate of Scientists and Doctors self-experimentation led to a range of discoveries about food allergies and reactions. Injecting skin, injecting nasal turbinates, and injection volunteers (including children) helped us to understand the different types of reactions the gastrointestinal tract can have to different foods allergens.

Join us as we discuss Part Two to our Allergies Podcast with Dr Daman Langguth and learn our current understanding of Anaphylaxis and food allergies.

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In the 19th Century there was an increasing numbers of Black Tumours reported in medical literature - described as Melanose in 1806 when Rene Laennec published that the Blackness of these tumours was not related to black carbon deposits found in the lungs of patients upon autopsy.

By mid 20th Century, a more evidence based approach was taken.

Today, through molecular biology advances, we know genetic mutations are important in the genesis of tumours such as melanoma.

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.

Episode notes, references and learning objectives, available at

https://www.clinpath.com.au/about-us/podcast-this-pathological-life/2020/07/episode-three-the-black-tumour

This Pathological Life is produced by Clinpath Pathology in South Australia.

Dr Craig James

MBBS (Hons), FRCPA, AACD

Specialties Cytopathology, Dermatopathology, and Histopathology

Bio:

https://www.clinpath.com.au/about-us/clinpath-leadership/our-pathologists/dr-craig-james/

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