Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Join Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and wrong ways we've tried to fix people.

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Sawbones: The Bends

Episode Date: July 13, 2018

In honor of the rescue of 12 boys and their coach from a cave in Thailand, we're discussing the history of dive medicine research that helped make it...

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Sawbones: Ozone

Episode Date: July 6, 2018

Ozone provides a helpful layer of sunscreen for Earth, but it's toxic to humans. It will come as no surprise to regular Sawbones listeners that we've...

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Sawbones: Antimony

Episode Date: June 30, 2018

Imagine an incredible pill that could give you nausea and diarrhea and then once ejected from your body could be reused an endless number of times. Dr...

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Sawbones: Ketogenic Diet

Episode Date: June 24, 2018

You've likely heard a lot about the ketogenic diet lately, but have you heard it wasn't created for weight loss? Maybe you did, Justin didn't. Either...

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Sawbones: Medical Astrology

Episode Date: June 8, 2018

Does the position of the sun and the stars at the time of your birth determine your medical history? No! But some people thought it did. Scratch that,...

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Sawbones: DNA Testing

Episode Date: May 31, 2018

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin hunt for the the soccer gene as they talk about the modern trend of DNA testing and read their own result...

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Sawbones: Freckles

Episode Date: May 27, 2018

Here in our hemisphere, the sun is brutalizing us even now, weeks away from the start of summer. For many, that means the return of freckles. But wher...

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Sawbones: Hepatitis A

Episode Date: May 19, 2018

East Coast fast food restaurants have been plagued recently by Hepatitis A scares. This week, live from the Columbus Podcast Festival, Justin and Dr....

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Sawbones: Fractures

Episode Date: April 30, 2018

This week on Sawbones: Bones! We know, we thought it was weird it took us this long too. It's like ... right there in the title, you know? Anyway: BON...

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Sawbones: Bee Venom Therapy

Episode Date: April 1, 2018

This week we've got bee venom therapy another Goop favorite, that despite all the Gwenecdotal evidence may not be worth the risk. Hopefully Dr. Sydnee...

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Sawbones: Ambulances

Episode Date: March 10, 2018

Dr. Sydnee and Justin have talked about when you get sick at your house and when you're treated at the hospital, but isn't there a missing link? Isn't...

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Sawbones: Antibiotics

Episode Date: February 2, 2018

This week on Sawbones, it's the story of a miraculous cure and how we all have to work together to protect it. Join Dr. Sydnee and Justin for the stor...