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Bonus Episode: Thomas talks with STAT
Season 1 Episode 14
A bonus episode! Here is a conversation that I had recently with STAT, the excellent publication about health and medicine.
If you are in the business…
9 hours ago
On fluoride and tooth decay
Season 1 Episode 13
You may not think of fluoride as a drug, but it fits the bill: The FDA classifies fluoride as a drug, an essential nutrient to human health, and regu…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
On ivermectin and parasites (and other things)
Season 1 Episode 12
This episode is all about ivermectin - which truly is a wonder drug! A veritable miracle cure.
For, ahem, river blindness. And for some other parasiti…
1 month ago
On patent medicines (with Tim Harford)
Season 1 Episode 11
Today we’re sharing an episode of Cautionary Tales, by Tim Harford.
This show concerns Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound - one of the most popular pa…
1 month, 1 week ago
On medicine, with Dr. Eric Topol
Season 1 Episode 10
20 years ago, pharmacogenomics was all the buzz: matching specific drugs to our personal DNA was supposed to transform medicine and human health.
But …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
On Ambien and insomnia
Season 1 Episode 9
Ever heard of neurasthenia, aka Americanitis? It was the first epidemic of the 20th century - and it's number one symptom was insomnia.
It may have ju…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
On chronic pain
Season 1 Episode 8
Pain is probably the oldest problem in medicine. It’s the way our bodies tell us that something is wrong here.
But pain has long been considered a sym…
2 months ago
On tuberculosis (with John Green)
Season 1 Episode 7
The idea of drug patents makes a lot of sense: The company that put the effort and resources into developing the medicine is the first to reap the be…
2 months, 1 week ago
On testosterone and Low T
Season 1 Episode 6
It used to be that getting older meant slowing down. A little less pep, a little less zip, a little less zest. So it goes.
For men, this was partly ab…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
On Xanax and anxiety
Season 1 Episode 5
Do you feel that?
That doubt and dread and worry?
That’s anxiety - and lucky for you, there’s a pill for that.
It’s called Xanax. And it works. Really w…
2 months, 3 weeks ago