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Back to SearchSawbones: Gallstones
Episode 484
Do you even know where your gallbladder is? Maybe it's not so surprising that millions of Americans don't know they have a gastrointestinal disorder caused by gallstones. Dr. Sydnee and Justin go thr…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Sawbones: Dr. Scholl's
Episode 483
In a continuation from last week, Dr. Sydnee and Justin are focusing on a particular Doctor Brand: Dr Scholl's. Who was Dr. Scholl, what was his medical training, and why was he so interested in fixi…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Sawbones: Doctor Brands
Episode 482
A lot of brands name themselves "doctor" – but how many of them are named after actual medical doctors? Justin takes the wheel with a little quiz for Dr. Sydnee and the listeners on Dr. Pepper, Doc M…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Sawbones: Home Alone 2
Episode 481
What would really happen to someone stuck in all of Kevin McCallister's traps? Dr. Sydnee and Justin return to discuss the even more outrageous and even more dangerous injuries the Sticky Bandits sus…
Published on 2 years ago
Sawbones: Why Don’t Americans get De-Wormed?
Episode 480
Shrug off that winter chill with a warm bowl of listener-submitted medical questions. Questions like: Am I giving away my immunity with a blood donation? Can antibiotics make colds worse? Can you cou…
Published on 2 years ago
Sawbones: Pepto Bismol
Episode 479
Many of us know all the catchy jingle that lists all the things that Pepto Bismol is supposed to be good for. However, that ubiquitous pink medicine is maybe not so ubiquitous everywhere. How did thi…
Published on 2 years ago
Sawbones Classic: Santa is Sick
To get you through that holiday slog, we're re-releasing our classic holiday episode all about the ailments Santa could possibly have.
It's Candlenights 2016, and that can only mean one thing: Dr. Syd…
Published on 2 years ago
Sawbones: Dr. Willard Bliss
Episode 478
It was probably the destiny of Dr. Doctor Willard Bliss to become a medical professional, although his career was a real rollercoaster of beliefs and practices. But he obtained the most notoriety for…
Published on 2 years ago
Sawbones: The Ejaculation Panic
Episode 477
In the 1800s, there was a growing concern about spermatorrhea, a condition that involves involuntary and excessive semen leakage or discharge. Some doctors (and people who claimed to be doctors) were…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Sawbones: The Intimate Side of a Woman’s Life
Episode 476
What was some of the outdated (though subtly subversive) medical advice given to cisgendered women of the 1930s? Dr. Sydnee and Justin aim to answer that with The Intimate Side of a Woman’s Life by L…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago