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Back to SearchSawbones: CPR
Episode 495
Squishing someone’s heart and blowing air into them to bring them back to life seems so basic, so why weren’t we able to agree on it for the past few…
2 years, 2 months ago
Sawbones: Lazarus Syndrome
Episode 494
What if someone was declared dead . . . only for their heart to start beating again? This is a phenomenon sometimes called "Lazarus Syndrome" or "aut…
2 years, 2 months ago
Sawbones: Sea Moss
Episode 493
Another day, another fad superfood on social media! Sea moss, or carrageenan or Irish moss, has historically been used for ulcers and sore throats, b…
2 years, 2 months ago
Sawbones: Interpreting Research
Episode 492
With so much medical research out there on internet, how can you sort through what's based in science and what's just three people in a room? Dr. Syd…
2 years, 2 months ago
Sawbones: Gamer Pills
Episode 491
If you want to Get Good at video games quickly, are there any magic pills you can take? Well, there are people trying to sell them to you. Justin and…
2 years, 2 months ago
Sawbones: Can You Lick the Capsaicin Patch?
Episode 490
Dr. Sydnee and Justin are welcoming in the spring and allergy season with listeners' strangest medical questions! Why do some people get goosebumps w…
2 years, 3 months ago
Sawbones: Bad Bugs
Episode 489
There are many ways people get sick, but sometimes diseases are carried to people by insects. Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about the top ten "bad bugs"…
2 years, 3 months ago
Sawbones: IVF
Episode 488
Started in the 1930s by scientist Dr. Miriam Menkin, in vitro fertilization is a medical procedure to help with fertility that took until the 1970s t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Sawbones: Knock Knock Hi
Episode 487
Justin and Dr. Sydnee are joined by parallel-universe versions of themselves, The Glaucomfleckens!
The two doctor-spouse duos talk about Will and Kri…
2 years, 3 months ago
Sawbones: Tongue Ties
Episode 486
A tongue tie is not just a turn of phrase, it's a medical condition in which the frenulum under your tongue is too thick and restricts your lingual m…
2 years, 4 months ago