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Back to SearchSawbones: Borax
Episode 465
You'll never believe what people are doing on TikTok now. Borax is a salt you might have in your home: it's an active ingredient in many contact solutions, so it doesn't sound especially good to eat.…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Sawbones: Patents vs. Life-Saving Drugs
Episode 464
John Green recently made a video asking Johnson & Johnson not to extend their patent on a tuberculosis drug, which would keep it exclusive and expensive. Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about how drug pat…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Update: Malaria
Episode 463
Now that there have been malaria cases popping up in the United States, we bring the full episode about the disease from 2015. So learn all about malaria in the past, and Dr. Sydnee will have an upda…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Sawbones: Harmonic Egg
Episode 462
Sound can sometimes be therapeutic, like listening to white noise to help fall asleep. But can a big egg-shaped hut use the theory of quantum realms and vibrations to cure everything with love and fr…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Sawbones: What's the Point of Soup?
Episode 461
Start the summer off smarter with the answers to listener medical questions! What old-timey diseases should I worry about if I time travel? Are meat sweats a real thing? Is there any risk in being ex…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Sawbones: Fournier's Gangrene
Episode 460
Most people have probably heard of gangrene, a condition that causes tissue to become necrotic. But Fournier’s Gangrene is a more . . . targeted version, specifically affecting the perineum, or taint…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Sawbones: Xylazine
Episode 459
Sometimes Sawbones covers timely topics, like the latest adulterant in a substance people like to put in their bodies. Xylazine, or “tranq,” is the new one exacerbating the opioid crisis. Dr. Sydnee …
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Update: Blood Donation
Episode 458
Recently, the FDA has updated their guidelines on who can donate blood and when – an update that has long been demanded. So we bring the full episode about Dr. Charles Drew and the history of blood d…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Sawbones: King Tutankhamun
Episode 457
Live from Columbus, Ohio, home of the first Wendy's, and also COSI, the Center of Science and Industry! Justin and Dr. Sydnee bring forward one of the world's oldest medical mysteries: what happened …
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Sawbones: Hepatitis C
Episode 456
The third Hepatitis to be discovered, appropriately named Hepatitis C, is an infection that primarily affects the liver, but often has non-specific symptoms. Dr. Sydnee and Justin trace the strange h…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago