Podcast Episodes

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 "auto resuscitation after failed pulmonary resuscitati…

Published on 1 year, 8 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, but does it actually have any proven medical use? W…

Published on 1 year, 8 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. Sydnee discusses the all the different factors to thi…

Published on 1 year, 8 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 Dr. Sydnee look at some supplements that claim to…

Published on 1 year, 8 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 when they do alcohol shots? Does baking soda work f…

Published on 1 year, 9 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" including mosquitoes, ticks, assassin bugs, and s…

Published on 1 year, 9 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 to have results in humans. With some drastic misund…

Published on 1 year, 9 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 Kristen Flanary's journey into podcasting, including …

Published on 1 year, 9 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 movement. For a long time, a procedure to cut it ha…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Sawbones: Aquatofana

Episode 485

Normally Sawbones talks about medical cures, whether real or fake, but today Dr. Sydnee and Justin are diving into the opposite. There was a time when women in bad marriages and needed a way out coul…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago