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    Episode 96 - On the Ning Nang Nongs | B12 and Folate Metabolism

    07/07/2026 | 34 mins.
    On the Ning Nang Nongs where the youths smoke bongs and the marrow all screams HELP! Join the Bloody Minded crew as they go through the round window, follow B12 and folate around the body in a Nang induced haze, presumably just like the writers on Play School once were. 
    Mandatory viewing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SUU1f3Mgpc&list=RD3SUU1f3Mgpc&start_radio=1
    TIMESTAMPS
    0:53 - A Bloody Minded After School Special
    1:50 - Megaloblastic Anaemias
    2:59 - An Intro to B12
    7:49 - B12 Absorption
    12:55 - Role of B12
    15:07 - MMA + Homocysteine
    16:40 - Causes of B12 Deficiency
    20:04 - Nangs - Again
    23:18 - Intro to Folate
    25:32 - Folate Absorption
    27:03 - Folate Deficiency
    30:00 - Concurrent B12 + Folate Deficiency
    32:18 - Take Home Messages
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    Episode 95 - Feeling Rusty? | In The Lab: Iron Studies

    30/06/2026 | 26 mins.
    Heal with steel? Absolutely not - There’s no alloys or for that matter surgeons allowed in the safe space of the laboratory. Join us on another wonderful lab adventure as Bashar, Cale and Nick head down to the biochemistry lab to work out exactly how our iron studies are performed in the lab before you throw the serum iron in the bin.
    TIMESTAMPS
    0:53 - An early etymological diversion
    2:53 - Serum iron
    9:43 - UIBC
    11:22 - TIBC
    13:34 - Transferrin
    15:45 - Transferrin saturation
    17:25 - Ferritin
    20:42 - Example of how the numbers work
    23:31 - The iron stain
    25:02 - Take home messages
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    Episode 94 - It should be a Fe-lony | Interpeting Iron Studies

    23/06/2026 | 25 mins.
    Taunted by transferrin? Befuddled by ferritin? Scratching your head at why we throw the serum iron results directly into the confidential waste bin, which is a more dignified burial than it deserves? Come along as the boys discuss the interpretation of iron studies in a definitely tight, definitely 20ish minute episode.
    Timestamps
    00:54 - Just Iron Studies with No Nonsense
    02:21 - Overview of Iron Stuides
    03:42 - Serum Iron
    05:35 - Transferrin
    07:32 - TIBC
    08:35 - UIBC
    10:47 - Transferrin Saturation (TSat)
    12:38 - Ferritin
    14:34 - Soluble Transferrin Receptor (sTfR)
    15:45 - Invasive Iron Studies
    16:52 - Rapid Fire Case Studies ft. Geraldine
    22:25 - Summary & Take Home Messages
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    Episode 93 - The Silmaril-IRON | Iron Metabolism

    16/06/2026 | 44 mins.
    One molecule to rule them all, one molecule to find them. One molecule to bring them all, and in the liver bind them. Hepcidin is the key to understanding iron metabolism and we examine how iron gets into, around and out of the body. We promise not to be too Celebrimbor-ing as you join Nick, Cale and Bashar  for this discussion of the basic science of iron handling in preparation for our journey into the building blocks of blood. Welcome to Lord of the Haematinics. 
    TIMESTAMPS

    0:56 - The next arc of the Bloody Minded Cinematic Universe
    3:23 - Series overview
    6:21 - Basic iron metabolism
    7:54 - The three main player groups in iron metabolism
    8:44 - Iron binding molecules: Heme
    13:22 - Non-heme iron
    14:05 - Iron binding molecules: Ferritin
    17:12 - Iron binding molecules: Transferrin
    20:44 - Iron transporters: DMT1
    25:02 - Iron transporters: ferroportin
    28:21 - Iron transporters: Hephaestin
    29:28 - Iron flux
    33:24 - Hepcidin: Master Regulator and The One Ring
    39:04 - Non-hepcidin regulation of Ferroportin and IREs
    41:32 - Take home messages
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    Episode 92 - On The Wards: A Practical Guide To Anticoagulants | Part 3 (Fancy Anticoagulants)

    02/06/2026 | 40 mins.
    Has your ward team been hit with HITT? Is Jane the only Fonda you know? Is BAD an 80s hit and not a trio of anti-coagulation infusions (Bivalirudin, Argatroban and Danaparoid). Is Alison showing her age? Never fear; join Alison, Bashar, Nick and Cale as they aim to de-mystify less commonly used anticoagulation that may come up on the wards. 
    TIMESTAMPS
    0:56 - It's Fancypants Wednesday!
    2:15 - Episode overview
    4:37 - Fondaparinux
    9:07 - When to use fonda
    12:35 - Argatroban
    17:25 - When to use argatroban
    18:02 - Bivalirudin
    19:11 - Mandatory historical diversion
    22:50 - Back to bivali business
    25:59 - Danaparoid
    30:21 - When to use danaparoid
    32:45 - Quick summary
    34:13 - Dalteparin
    38:02 - A bit of nonsense chitchat
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About Bloody Minded
Baffled by blood? Confused by coags? Traumatised by TTP? Planning on quitting medical school because you've just finished haem block? Join the fellows of the Bloody Minded Crew as they tour the world of haematology one topic at at a time while procrastinating from their day jobs. Your time is precious, so to maximise your return we look at each topic at a variety of levels so you can tailor your learning. Check out more at www.bloodyminded.com.au
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