Medicine or Myth

Medicine or Myth

By Mark Vaughan, M.D. and Larry FinneyComedyMedicine
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Medicine or Myth episodes

  • Vaccines
    Vaccines are discussed in the news right now because of our current measles outbreak, pertussis epidemic, and widespread influenza activity.  We review these vaccines and the new pneumonia vaccine recommendations.  This show was pre-recorded on January 29, 2015 for release on February 14, 2015.
     
    LINKS:
    California Department of Public Health Pages on:
    Measles
    Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
    United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pages on:
    New Pneumonia Vaccine
    Influenza
     
    Warning: The two videos below contain STRONG LANGUAGE.

    Dr. Vaughan thanks Penn Jillette for his excellent demonstration of the benefit of vaccination.

    Penn and Teller’s demonstration of the benefit of vaccination.
    50 min
  • Hepatitis C
    Dr. Kevin Hill of Sierra Endoscopy Center joins us to talk about Hepatitis C.  He graduated from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1996 before completing Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology fellowship at Loma Linda University in 2003.  Other topics which impacted the show include rectal foreign bodies and fatty liver disease.  Larry coined […]
    1 hr 5 min
  • Hepatitis C
    Dr. Kevin Hill of Sierra Endoscopy Center joins us to talk about Hepatitis C.  He graduated from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1996 before completing Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology fellowship at Loma Linda University in 2003.  Other topics which impacted the show include rectal foreign bodies and fatty liver disease.  Larry coined the term “MedHeads” for the listeners of the show and the request was made for listeners to submit logos for use by the show.  Enjoy a good laugh with us in this first show produced in over four years as Dr. Vaughan and Larry come back with a great live show with calls from their live audience.
    The textbook referenced in this show was an early edition of Roberts and Hedges’ Procedures in Emergency Medicine.




    1 hr 1 min
  • Social Disease
    Dr. Vaughan and Larry Finney speak with Dr. Kintner about sexually transmitted diseases. This was originally aired December 11, 2010.
    55 min
  • Social Disease
    Dr. Vaughan and Larry Finney speak with Dr. Kintner about sexually transmitted diseases. This was originally aired December 11, 2010.
    55 min
  • Goldilocks Anesthesia
    Dr. Vaughan and Larry Finney speak with Dr. Friedberg about Goldilocks Anesthesia. This was originally aired December 04, 2010. [amazon asin=0982916906&template=iframe image]
    55 min
  • Critical Care
    Dr. Vaughan and Larry Finney speak with Dr. Miranda about Critical Care Medicine and end-of-life decisions. This was originally aired November 27, 2010.
    55 min

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Your social media feed is flooded with daily wellness advice—but how much of it is actually backed by science? On Medicine or Myth, Dr. Muhammad Afzal and Dr. Mark Vaughan team up with medical…