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Latest Episodes

Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade

August 5, 2025
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Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade
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Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future…

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Blood Pressure Control: Foundations and Frameworks (Re-release)

July 29, 2025
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Blood Pressure Control: Foundations and Frameworks (Re-release)
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Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Thrombotic Disorders: Foundations and Frameworks brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the…

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Diuretics: Foundations and Frameworks (Re-release)

July 22, 2025
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Diuretics: Foundations and Frameworks (Re-release)
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Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Physiology of Diuretics brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future…

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Rx Question Lab – Neurology

July 5, 2025
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The Rx Bricks Podcast
Rx Question Lab - Neurology
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Join us for this special edition of the Rx Bricks Podcast, featuring a complete Rx Question Lab session designed to help medical students master high-yield neurological concepts for USMLE Step 1. In this interactive session, we work through four challenging board-style questions that cover essential neurology topics, including speech disorders, genetic syndromes affecting the nervous…

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Hypertensive Emergency

June 10, 2025
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Hypertensive Emergency
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Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Emergent Hypertension brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians of…

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Glycogen Storage Diseases

March 4, 2025
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Glycogen Storage Diseases
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Glucose is the main source of energy for all forms of life, but it isn’t usually stored as individual C6H12O6 molecules. Animals use glycogen to do that job. Glycogen is a large branched polymer of glucose molecules, linked together by α-1,4 and α-1,6 glycosidic bonds. The liver and muscles break down the stored glycogen whenever the…

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Acid-Base Disorders: Putting It All Together (Re-Release)

February 25, 2025
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The Rx Bricks Podcast
Acid-Base Disorders: Putting It All Together (Re-Release)
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Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Acid-Base Disorders: Putting it all Together brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide…

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Adrenal Insufficiency

February 18, 2025
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Adrenal Insufficiency
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Looking for more information on this topic? Check out the Adrenal Insufficiency brick. If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.  It helps with our visibility, and the more med students (or future med students) listen to the podcast, the more we can provide to the future physicians…

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Development of the Nervous System

January 7, 2025
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Development of the Nervous System
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Early in fetal development, the precursors of the major systems in the body are outlined. The three germ layers (endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm) are formed during the third week of development. We’ll focus on the ectoderm, from which the entire nervous system (central and peripheral) forms. But first, let’s back up to review the anatomy of…

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Cell Membrane Potential and Ion Balance

December 10, 2024
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The Rx Bricks Podcast
Cell Membrane Potential and Ion Balance
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Differences in ion concentrations inside and outside a cell cause a difference in the charge of the intracellular and extracellular environments. This electrical polarization of a cell relative to its environment is referred to as cellular membrane potential. This potential serves as an energy source for a variety of cellular functions and as a way…

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