Rohin
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...
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Jul 27, 20211 min read
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...
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Jul 27, 20211 min read
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...
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Jun 25, 20210 min read
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Jun 17, 20210 min read
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May 9, 20211 min read
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...
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Apr 29, 20211 min read
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,...
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Apr 15, 20211 min read
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...
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Apr 7, 20211 min read
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...
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Mar 31, 20211 min read
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...
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Mar 1, 20213 min read
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...
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Feb 28, 20212 min read
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...
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Feb 28, 20211 min read
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...
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Feb 17, 20211 min read
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...
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Feb 17, 20211 min read
300k Q&A
There are many useful videos of doctors answering medical questions on YouTube. This is not one of them.
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Jan 19, 20211 min read
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...
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Jan 19, 20211 min read
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,...
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Jan 1, 20211 min read
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...
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Dec 28, 20201 min read
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...
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Dec 23, 20201 min read
'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....
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