In this episode, we continue our mini-series focusing on helping applicants to shine in their applications to Med School. We cover the importance of both supercurriculars and extracurriculars and how both can make a huge difference to your applications.

In this episode, we continue our mini-series focusing on helping applicants to shine in their applications to Med School. We cover the EPQ, discuss whether or not to take it, its pros and cons and its relevance to Medicine

Hi everyone! After a long hiatus, the MeenaMedic podcast is back and better than ever! To start this new season, I thought there was no better way to start this season off with some reflections on my Med School application alongside covering all aspects of the application period (in our usual chatty manner!)

In today's episode we consider the social media, celebrity endorsed weight loss treatment "Ozempic". In this episode, we will be discussing obesity and why it is an issue that must be considered, how Ozempic and similar drugs work, the benefits and risks of Ozempic and its impact on mental and physical health. We will then conclude by considering the ethical, economic, social and cultural impacts of Ozempic.

TW: obesity, death, body dysmorphic disorder, fatphobia, food and our relationship with it

In today's episode, we discuss the University of Cambridge's development of an artificial pancreas. We discuss Type 2 diabetes, the clinical trial of the artificial process, the results of the trials and what life will look like in a world where the artificial pancreas are used routinely by people with Type 2 diabetes.

If you want to do some further reading:

• https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/artificial-pancreas-successfully-trialled-for-use-by-type-2-diabetes-patients#:~:text=Researchers%20from%20the%20Wellcome%2DMRC,team%2C%20known%20as%20CamAPS%20HX.

In this episode, we discuss the possibility of implementation of whole body gestational donation (a procedure in which a braindead biologically female person is used as a surrogate) and the arguments for and against the incredibly controversial procedure. What do you think? Should we implement whole body gestational donation as a procedure?

CONTENT WARNINGS: brain death, death, pregnancy, surrogacy

In this episode, we discuss the controversies of the Covid-19 pandemic and pandemic politics. We apply the Hippocratic Oath and Medical Ethics to two examples of political "failures": the treatment of older patients and vaccination mandates. After this consideration, the long term is considered- specifically if the political climate remains the same in a future pandemic, will Medicine be a completely redefined field? What do you think? Is Medicine no longer a field of compassion and rather one of politics?

In this episode, we discuss whether or not health in society is the responsibility of the state or the individual. We discuss a range of factors, including comparing and contrasting the many healthcare systems across the world, the issue of self-inflicted diseases and the power of autonomy to come to a conclusion. What do you think? Who is responsible for health in society?