#94: Random Pearls: Microbiome, POTS, Gabapentin, and Leonardo Da Vinci

A random serving of knowledge food for your brain hole with returning guest, Dr. Alan Dow, Professor of Internal Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. Our final live recap show from ACP 2018 covering: human microbiome, copper deficiency, POTS syndrome, substances of abuse, drugs for delirium and how to be more like Leonardo Da Vinci. Please let us know what you liked, didn’t like and how we can make the show better.

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Time stamps:

• 00:00 Disclaimer
• 01:30 Guest bio
• 03:19 Getting to know our guest, podcast, and book recommendations
• 08:55 Human microbiome
• 11:05 A case of anemia and neuropathy
• 13:30 Physiology and treatment of POTS syndrome
• 17:00 Novel substances of abuse
• 20:17 Benzodiazepines for delirium
• 24:00 Leonardo Da Vinci versus the modern physician
• 27:18 Outro

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