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A veritable vitamin extravaganza
An incredible tale of how starving explorers accidentally taught us the A, B, C of nutrition; told with facial hair and rhyme. AS ALL...
Rohin
Sep 1, 20211 min read
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A history of the heart told in four chambers (keynote lecture)
This is a talk I gave to the medical students at Melbourne University Medical School, about the history of the field of cardiology and...
Rohin
Jul 27, 20211 min read
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Training as an astronaut on Earth (and my ESA application)
What medical tests are involved with astronaut selection? What is an analogue space mission? What will it take to become the first...
Rohin
Jul 27, 20211 min read
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Rohin
Jun 25, 20210 min read
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Rohin
Jun 17, 20210 min read
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How NOT to do a vaccine PSA (Jimmy Kimmel fail)
Jimmy Kimmel had a segment featuring some doctors and nurses giving a vaccine public service announcement. It's had a mixed response. I...
Rohin
May 9, 20211 min read
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COVID in India: What went wrong?
India seemed to be doing so well, and now finds itself in utter chaos. Why? Please donate if you are able. These first 3 are suggestions,...
Rohin
Apr 29, 20211 min read
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Performing surgery in space
You're an astronaut on a mission to the Moon or Mars. But you're a klutz and you fling a spanner at your crewmate's head. She needs...
Rohin
Apr 15, 20211 min read
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Statins made simple
I've tried to boil down one of the most complicated topics in medicine to a YouTube length. Let's hope it worked! Statins are the most...
Rohin
Apr 7, 20211 min read
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The Strange Science of ASMR
What is ASMR? Is it real? Why do only some people get affected? One day I was looking up medical videos and before I knew it I was...
Rohin
Mar 31, 20211 min read
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The Last Word: Vaccine (article in the RSA Journal)
The good folks at the prestigious and venerated RSA asked me to pen a little article about optimism in the time of vaccine. I wrote it at...
Rohin
Mar 1, 20213 min read
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Doctor Asks: Should We Be Re-opening Schools?
This is a really complex but immensely important topic. Written and shot on 25th Feb with the most up to date evidence I can find. As a...
Rohin
Feb 28, 20212 min read
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New channel! Mini Medlife Crisis #shorts
I've made a separate new channel for short-form content. I've started dabbling with the ol' TikTok and it's quite fun. I don't plan to...
Rohin
Feb 28, 20211 min read
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Keto vs vegan!
A nice study was published recently that examined low carb, ketogenic diet vs low fat, plant-based diet. Quick explainer in an exotic...
Rohin
Feb 17, 20211 min read
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300k Q&A
There are many useful videos of doctors answering medical questions on YouTube. This is not one of them.
Rohin
Feb 17, 20211 min read
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An experiment with #shorts
YouTube are trying out a tiktok rip off, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Here's a minute video on why the (mean) average number of...
Rohin
Jan 19, 20211 min read
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A Medical Sea Shanty
I decided to bump on the sea shanty wand jagon. Except, I can't sing and all I know is medicine sooo here's a sea shanty shot at work,...
Rohin
Jan 19, 20211 min read
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2020 summed up in one word
A reflective rant about 2020's abiding theme recorded on New Year's Eve. OK there was a global pandemic. But why did we f*** it up so...
Rohin
Jan 1, 20211 min read
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The problem with the 'yay science!' crowd
What is 'soft scientism'? Well, you probably won't know, because I just made the term up. I have a lot of thoughts about scientism and...
Rohin
Dec 28, 20201 min read
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'Twas the nightshift before COVIDmas
I'm dreaming of a quiet Christmas, unlike the ones I've ever known. Yep, hospital getting slammed at the moment. We're doing our best....
Rohin
Dec 23, 20201 min read
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