Hidden Health
By Abi Chandru and Sindhu Narayanan
Hidden HealthDec 22, 2020
A Vicious Cycle: Provider Burnout
In this episode, Abi discusses provider burnout and its implications in the healthcare system. We encourage anyone with suggestions for improvements and/or corrections to our content to reach out to us through our platform on Instagram (@hiddenhealthpodcast_), so that we can ensure that the content we put out is informed and accurate!
Sources for this episode:
https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-health/what-physician-burnout
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/health/doctor-burnout-pandemic.html
https://ndphp.org/telltale-signs-of-physician-burnout/
Global Warming - A Gateway for Infectious Disease
In this episode, Abi discusses how global warming can increase the spread of infectious diseases, including those spread by insects, water/food, fungi, as well as tropical diseases. We encourage anyone with suggestions for improvements and/or corrections to our content to reach out to us through our platform on Instagram (@hiddenhealthpodcast_), so that we can ensure that the content we put out is informed and accurate!
Sources for this episode:
- https://www.who.int/globalchange/climate/en/chapter6.pdf
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3766891/
- https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ntd/diseases/index.html
- https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmp0912931
- https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/what-we-do/climate-change-and-infectious-diseases/what-can-we-do.html
HiddenHealth Shorts: An Introduction to Teratology
Sources:
embryo.asu.edu/pages/teratogens
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid/faqs/faqs-fortification.html
deohs.washington.edu/teris/
www.verywellmind.com/stages-of-prenatal-development-2795073
birthdefectsresearch.org/
I have also gathered information from an epidemiology course I took recently at the University of Washington.
HiddenHealth Shorts: Deep Brain Stimulation
Welcome back to HiddenHealth Shorts! In this episode, Abi discusses a fascinating surgical procedure used to help patients with neurodegenerative disorders - showing the wonders that medicine and technology together can bring to healthcare!
Sources:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/deep-brain-stimulation/about/pac-20384562
HiddenHealth Shorts: Playing God - The Future of Gene Editing
Welcome back to HiddenHealth Shorts! In this episode, Abi discusses the future of gene editing the ethical implications we face as a society as biology and technology continue to overlap.
HiddenHealth Shorts: Maternal & Fetal Microchimerism
Welcome to the first episode in our new HiddenHealth Shorts series! In this segment, Sindhu discusses an emerging field in maternal-fetal immunology and research - microchimerism.
Sources for This Episode:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712643/#bies201500059-bib-0016
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143400417311001?via%3Dihub
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6714269/
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2011/893819/
Dreams: An Evolutionary Defense Mechanism In Disguise?
Source Info:
Types of dreams: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737577/
Stages of sleep: www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/284378#causes
Hippocampal control of dream formation: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7279884/#idm139638267762048title
Evolutionary defense mechanism: time.com/5925206/why-do-we-dream/
Bridging the Gap: Understanding Health Literacy
In this episode, we discuss health literacy as a determinant in health outcomes and explore its role in patient autonomy. Bridging the gap between a patient and a physician, and between a patient and their knowledge of their health is heavily reliant on work that serves to prioritize the patient and the community, and we look to successful efforts that are moving towards this as inspiration for the collective progress we hope to achieve.
Lack of a Lifeline: Maternal Health and Water Sanitation and Hygiene
In this episode, we discuss the various ways by which lower-income regions yield conditions that contribute to poor water sanitation and hygiene, and how a lack of potable water detrimentally impacts maternal health outcomes.
Below the Surface: Alzheimer's Disease and Understanding Caregiver Burden
Alzheimer's Disease is a neurodegenerative disease that can present itself with both physical and emotional hardships. The experiences of the caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's are often left out of the conversation, but are ones that take a serious toll on the health and wellbeing of these caregivers - who are often family members. This episode discusses the nature of the caregiver experience as the patient progresses through the stages of Alzheimer's, and the consequential outcomes for them that often emerge from it.
If you are or know a caregiver that is in need of help and support, please visit alzheimer’s.org and contact their helpline at 1.800.272.3900. They can provide you with resources that can help make your caretaking journey a much happier and healthier one.
Period Society Interview
Exclusive look at the interview with Swara Patel, the founder of The Period Society in which we seek to learn more about her organization and their mission to bring about menstrual equity and the eradication of the cultural stigma surrounding menstruation in India.
A Closer Look at Menstrual Inequity and Stigma in India
In this episode, we delve into the disparities and cultural stigma surrounding menstruation in India, and look at emerging efforts working to bring about menstrual equity. We had the pleasure of interviewing the founder of The Period Society, Swara Patel, a freshman at Macaulay Honors College in New York, to learn more about her inspiring story and how The Period Society aims to combat this issue.