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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
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Arsenic Wallpaper
Episode Date: November 16, 2021No, dear listener, “arsenic wallpaper” is not just a great band name, it’s also a reference to a mid-1800s fanaticism around using arsenic to create a...
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Melioidosis
Episode Date: November 9, 2021You may have heard about a recent deadly outbreak related to gemstone-laden room sprays. The culprit in that sad situation is called “Melioidosis,” a...
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Sex and Gender
Episode Date: October 26, 2021There has been lots of discourse about gender expression recently, and “science” is often trotted out as an argument to deny the experience of others....
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The Green Children of Woolpit
Episode Date: October 19, 2021For Halloween, Sawbones is bringing you a story rooted in folklore and mystery: two children showed up one day in the English town of Woolpit, speaki...
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The Malaria Vaccine
Episode Date: October 12, 2021As an intro to new listeners, we’re bringing you science unfolding in real time that’s actually really good: the malaria vaccine. Let’s get the bad ne...
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The Pill that Helps Prevent HIV
Episode Date: October 5, 2021Were you aware there’s a medicine that with an extremely high degree of efficacy can prevent the spread of HIV? There is! There’s just one problem: It...
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Weird Medical Questions Strike Back
Episode Date: September 22, 2021Is there evidence that sugary drinks cause worse hangovers? Does green snot mean there’s an infection? We’re answering more of your weird medical ques...
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Black Oxygen Organics
Episode Date: September 14, 2021Well, people are eating dirt. Real expensive dirt, too. That’s where we’re at. There’s a multi-level marketing company that sells people dirt to eat....
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Havana Syndrome
Episode Date: August 31, 2021We’ve got a real mystery for you on Sawbones this week: Havana Syndrome. It’s either a secret beam being blasted at American diplomats . . . or a mas...
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Thalidomide
Episode Date: August 24, 2021In the 1950s, Thalidomide was rolled out very quickly and what followed was a tragic story that highlighted perils of greed and hidden agendas. This w...
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Hot Medical Question Summer
Episode Date: July 13, 2021It’s time to answer more of your medical queries, like what is Texidor’s Twinge, when does the sunscreen clock start, and yeast infections: why?Music:...
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Jimmy Buffett
Episode Date: July 7, 2021We recorded this episode live on the Joco Cruise 2020, where Dr. Sydnee dissects the medicine mentioned in the songs of Jimmy Buffett. What is recomme...
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Physician Burnout
Episode Date: June 29, 2021Workplace burnout is commonplace in the 21st century, but it’s a fairly recent idea. It’s especially insidious among physicians, who are taught that a...