Pomegranate Health

Welcome to Pomegranate Health, a podcast about the culture of medicine. You’ll hear clinicians, academics and advocates discuss some big questions; How to difficult clinical and ethical decisions free from cognitive bias? How can communication with patients and peers be improved? And how to deliver healthcare most equitably and efficiently?
This is also the home of [IMJ On-Air], where authors from the College's Internal Medicine Journal present their work. [Journal Club] showcases RACP academics published in other journals. Meanwhile, the [Case Report] series is developed to guide Basic Physician Trainees on presentation of long-cases at their examinations.
Why a pomegranate? The fruit has featured on the coat of arms of the Royal College of Physicians of London since 1546. Listen here for the unlikely tale of how it made its way from ancient myth onto this podcast by way of Henry VIII.
Please continue the discussion in the comments section for each episode and send any feedback or ideas to podcast@racp.edu.au
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Latest episodes
Ep122: Funding pan-cancer therapies
Tissue-agnostic therapies may be a godsend for people with rare cancers and cancers of unknown origin, but regulatory and funding frameworks haven’t kept up with the scientific revolution.
Ep121: Precision oncology explained
Genomics has allowed increasingly rapid development highly-targeted cancer drugs and unprecedented improvements in outcomes for patients with more common cancers. Now, patients with rare cancers also have some hope in the form of tissue-agnostic therapies.
[Journal Club] Thrombolysis up to 24hr after ischaemic stroke
Thrombolysis can buy valuable time for patients who experience acute ischaemic stroke but two thirds of them present outside the recommended window. A recently published study shows that tenecteplase improves outcomes in selected patients even if administered up to 24 hours from onset of a large vessel occlusion.
Ep115: One day as a nuclear medicine registrar
In this “reality audio” podcast we get a taste of the daily tasks and responsibilities of an advanced trainee in nuclear medicine. There is a broad mix of cases and professional collaborations.