Podcast Episodes

Sawbones: Schizophrenia

Episode 429

Is schizophrenia the same as having a dissociative identity? Or anti-social disorder? Or being a murderer? No. No. All of these are wrong. Dr. Sydnee…

3 years, 6 months ago

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Sawbones: How Justin McElroy Became a Trusted Source for COVID News in Canada

Episode 428

Podcast history is being made here: There are TWO Justin McElroys in this week's episode. We are joined by Justin McElroy, CBC reporter of municipal …

3 years, 6 months ago

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Sawbones: E. coli

Episode 427

From our earliest days of life E. coli is among us and within us, living in harmony with the rest of our colonic flora. But this week we're here to d…

3 years, 6 months ago

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Sawbones News: Vaccine Updates

Episode 426

Extra, extra! It’s the first edition of the Sawbones Medical News, updates on what’s going on in the world of medicine. We’ve got the newest reports …

3 years, 6 months ago

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The Sleeping Sickness

Episode 425

Starting In 1915, cases of something known as encephalitis lethargica started popping up around the globe. Symptoms were varied, but included some so…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Rufus Weaver and Harriet Cole

Episode 424

In the 1880s, anatomist Rufus Weaver worked meticulously to extract and mount the human nervous system for study. The nervous system came from a woma…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Band-Aids

Episode 423

In this episode of Justin McElroy’s Medical Brand Hall of Fame, Justin and Dr. Sydnee are stuck on Band-Aid brand adhesive bandages. Justin goes thro…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Metamucil

Episode 422

Hank Green in 2018 joked that everyone should take Metamucil, the fiber-rich powder that is supposed to help with your BMs. But is he right? Well . .…

3 years, 7 months ago

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The Brompton Cocktail

Episode 421

In the late 1800s, Dr. Herbert Snow observed cancer patients and considered that a mix of different medications might do the trick for slowing down i…

3 years, 8 months ago

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Hand Sanitizer

Episode 420

Around the early 1900s, it was discovered that a high percent of ethanol was useful for killing germs, and worked great if there was no available soa…

3 years, 8 months ago

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