Podcast Episodes

Naloxone

Episode 376

Naloxone is known as the “life-saving drug,” since it can bring someone back from an opiate overdose. Dr. Sydnee goes through the history of this hero drug, how it works, and the recent struggle of k…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Hot Medical Question Summer

Episode 375

It’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: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Jimmy Buffett

Episode 374

We recorded this episode live on the Joco Cruise 2020, where Dr. Sydnee dissects the medicine mentioned in the songs of Jimmy Buffett. What is recommend for “Island Fever”? What should Mr. Buffett be…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Physician Burnout

Episode 373

Workplace burnout is commonplace in the 21st century, but it’s a fairly recent idea. It’s especially insidious among physicians, who are taught that any fatigue is a sign of weakness. Dr. Sydnee shar…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Black Lung Disease

Episode 372

As any proud West Virginian knows, the history of mining in the United States is tied tightly to the history of the labor movement. This was partially to address something known as coal worker’s pneu…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

COVID Variants and Guns for Vaccines

Episode 371

You might have heard about the COVID variants that have some people worried, and how effective the current vaccine will be against them. But not to worry, we’ve got the sweet sweet data from the Lanc…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

The Parasite Delusion

Episode 370

Last week, we talked about if eating papaya seeds could rid your body of parasites (spoiler: it can’t). But being concerned about having parasites is not new. We continue the conversation by looking …

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Papaya Seeds and Parasites

Episode 369

TikTok is where the kids are getting all their information on new new wellness trends, so Dr Sydnee decided to check one that’s been popping up a lot: eating Papaya seeds. The main claim is that the …

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Revenge of the Sawbones Quiz

Episode 368

Test your medical history knowledge from this past year’s episodes in the Super Secret Sawbones Quiz of Interesting Information to Inform and Enlighten and Entertain and Impress Your Friends 2021!

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Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising

Episode 367

For MaxFunDrive 2021, Sawbones is talking about gross medicine of a different sort. In the United States (and New Zealand) we see a lot of those commercials for prescription medicines with jaunty nam…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago