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Pomegranate Health

A podcast about the culture of medicine.

You'll hear clinicians, researchers and advocates discuss all aspects of professional practice healthcare. This includes clinical judgement, ethics, diagnostic bias, better communication and more equitable health systems. For a sampler of these diverse themes take a listen to Episode 132 and Episode 135.

If RACP is your CPD home, you can log time spent listening to each episode with the "Add educational activity to MyCPD" button at each episode page. And if you're a Basic Physician Trainee, the [Case Report] series might help you prepare for clinical exams.

Please leave feedback in the comments section for each episode or send an email to podcast@racp.edu.au.

Latest episodes

[Case Report] 72yo with anterior uveitis

A 72-year-old presents to an Adelaide emergency department with bilateral eye pain lasting several days. Anterior uveitis is identified as the proximal cause but there are many possible aetiologies given her complex medical history.

Ep138: Amyloid busters- the benefit and the burden

Australia has approved a two amyloid-targeting therapies for incipient Alzheimer’s dementia but both remain unfunded. We put the research outcomes into context and discuss the implications of the burdensome treatment regimen for the health system.

[Case Report] 27yo with left limb weakness and a mediastinal mass

A 27-year-old male suffers a middle cerebral artery acute ischaemic stroke and his condition deteriorates in hospital. A mediastinal mass is discovered on review of his CT which gives a lead as to the distal cause.

[IMJ On-Air] DKA and insulin infusion protocols

There’s some variability in the way DKA is managed between Australian hospitals and the potential for added cognitive load on health practitioners moving between them. Is there enough evidence to settle on a consistent insulin infusion protocols?

Ep135: “Wherefore a Pomegranate?” and other classics from the last ten years

Another sampler from ten years of Pomegranate archives, starting with a historic deep dive to explain why the podcast is named after a fruit by way of Henry VIII and the first of his six wives.

[IMJ On-Air] Microbleeds and Memory

Cerebral microbleeds are a contraindication for novel anti-amyloid therapies to treat Alzheimer’s disease. We learn about the aetiology of microbleeds and the contribute to cognitive decline in their own right.

[Case Report] 46yo with psychosis and cold intolerance

A 46 yo man is admitted with a florid experience of psychosis associated with occasional dizziness and an intolerance of cold. Physical examination reveals symptoms consistent with hypothyroidism but what could be the cause?

Ep132: Ten Years of Pomegranate Health

Pomegranate Health marks ten years of podcasting so we delve into the back catalogue to showcase some of the most compelling stories. You’ll also hear how podcast themes are identified from all the domains of medicine of professionalism.

Ep131: The semantics of CPR

In this podcast we discuss some low-value care that has come about from semantic decay in the specificity of the terms “cardiac arrest” and “cardiopulmonary resuscitation”.

Ep130: "The motherhood penalty"

Female representation over to more senior stages of a medical career suffers from a “leaky pipeline”. A major factor in this is the time taken out to raise children but there are practical interventions that can be implemented and biases than need overturning.