Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

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What's Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine about?

Join Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and wrong ways we've tried to fix people.

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Sawbones: Food Sensitivity ...

11.15.2019

The market is flooded with at-home tests that let you "take medical care into your own hands" but is that something you even want in your hands? Are they reliable? Also, is Justin really going to give up cereal? Music: ...

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine episodes:

11.15.2019 Sawbones: Food Sensitivity Testing The market is flooded with at-home tests that let you "take medical care into your own hands" but is that something you even want in your hands? Are they reliable? Also, is Justin really going to give up cereal? Music: ...
11.03.2019 Sawbones: Auto-Brewery Syndrome On Sawbones, we take pride in our ability to detangle medical myth from fact and give you the truth about the human body. This week on Sawbones ... things aren't so clear. You may need a stiff drink for this ...
10.25.2019 Sawbones: Cough Drops William Goldman wrote in The Princess Bride "True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops." This week on Sawbones, we ruin them. We're really sorry, Bill. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
10.21.2019 Sawbones: Ben Franklin Ben Franklin may not have have been a doctor, but he still had a massive impact on the medical field in his time. What were his contributions? And was he ever actually president? You'll have to listen to find out! ...
10.11.2019 Sawbones: The Hippocratic Oath We've all heard about the oath new doctors have to take before they get their first scalpel and weird head mirror thing. But has it always been the same? Did Hippocrates really make it up? Is "First, do no harm" ...
10.04.2019 Sawbones: National Hotel Disease This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin check in with National Hotel Disease, the diarrhea so bad it almost brought down a U.S. presidency. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
09.27.2019 Sawbones: Essential Oils This week on Sawbones, we talk about the many, many things essential oils can't do for you and the dueling Utah-based companies that insist we're wrong. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
09.20.2019 Sawbones: Garlic For thousands of years, throughout an unprecedented number of cultures, garlic has been touted for its ability to improve our health. How? Well, by warding off vampires, silly. ... OK, there's some other stuff too. You should probably just listen. ...
09.13.2019 Sawbones: Vaping On Sawbones, we like to take a lot of hard lines and make grand proclamations: Vaccines good, viruses bad, that sort of thing. But when it comes to vaping, things get a little ... cloudier? Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
09.09.2019 Sawbones: Hydrotherapy Water: There's plenty of it, it's not obviously poisonous and it's cheap as all get out. Maybe THAT'S the answer to all our species' medical woes? ... It's not, but if you've ever listened to Sawbones before you see where ...
08.30.2019 Sawbones: The HPV Vaccine A vaccine that can practically eliminate a type of human cancer should be cause for celebration across our species. Would it surprise it to learn that some people don't trust it? ... Probably not at this point, huh? This week ...
08.26.2019 Sawbones: Sneezing Welcome to all the owners of human bodies! You're gonna love these things, they can run, jump ... and every once in a while they uncontrollably blast snot out of your face at 100 MPH. This week on Sawbones: Sneezing. ...
08.18.2019 Sawbones: Fever Any species could have created a bunch of bogus ways to treat fevers. But only humans could use fevers as a bogus treatment for other stuff and then end up being sort of right about it. This week on Sawbones, ...
08.04.2019 Sawbones: Eli Lilly's Secret Pot Farm One of the nation's leading pharmaceutical companies once maintained one of the biggest marijuana farms in the country. This week on Sawbones, how Eli Lilly lost its taste for pot, and why it refuses to acknowledge its past. Music: "Medicines" ...
07.26.2019 Sawbones: Yes, More Medical Questions Answered! Does medicated chap stick doing anything? What are doctors hiding? Why can't you keep your bones? This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin bring you answers to these questions and many more on a new Q&A; episode! Music: "Medicines" ...
07.19.2019 Sawbones: The Chattanooga Medicine Company This week on Sawbones, live from the historic Ryman Auditorium, hear the patent medicine company so insidious they made Dolly Parton sing about laxatives on one of the biggest stages in country music. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
07.12.2019 Sawbones: Medical Reversals You're well acquainted with all of humanity's history of medical mistakes, but even modern medicine changes it's mind from time to time. This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin explain what a medical reversal looks like! Music: "Medicines" by ...
06.30.2019 Sawbones: Wine We all know that consuming wine has no downsides whatsoever, but did you know it also has some amazing health benefits as well?! It's true! (Depending on your definition of "benefits" ... and "health" and ... OK, and "amazing" too. ...
06.21.2019 Sawbones: Medicine in Japanese American Concentration Camps This week on Sawbones, we revisit a dismal period in American history that our government seems determined to repeat. Also you'll meet the heroic Japanese American doctors, nurses, dentists and other medical professionals that fought to save lives despite the ...
06.13.2019 Sawbones: Trichinosis We all know it's probably smart not to eat raw pork, but this week on Sawbones, we'll meet the inspiring people brave enough to ask "Why?" (Note: We're publishing this week's episode a little early because we're headed out on ...
06.07.2019 Sawbones: Adenoviruses This is the story of the military-funded vaccine that was, wasn't and then ($100 million later) was again. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
05.31.2019 Sawbones: Paternity Testing Though we have it down to a (literal) science at this point, the history of determining parentage is chock-full of fake medicine. Two words: Impotence court. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
05.26.2019 Sawbones: The World of Warcraft Plague This week on Sawbones: A real-world miracle. Justin gets to talk about video games as Dr. Sydnee explores a in-game plague that brought World of Warcraft to its knees.
05.18.2019 Sawbones: The First Pharmacist This week on Sawbones, we meet the first pharmacist in the U.S., visit the New Orleans museum that celebrates his legacy and hunt the ghosts that supposedly haunt it. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
05.04.2019 Sawbones: Bleach This week on Sawbones, an unnerving look into the upsettingly modern invention of ingesting bleach for medicinal uses. Content warning: This episode includes descriptions of "therapies" that are being used primarily on children and other vulnerable populations. Music: "Medicines" by ...
04.26.2019 Sawbones: Why Doctors Don't Fix Teeth We've joked a lot about how Dr. Sydnee doesn't know much about teeth, but this week we're explaining exactly why. It all goes back ... to The Historic Rebuff. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
04.19.2019 Sawbones: Warfarin Sure, an episode about a common blood thinner may not sound particularly sexy. But we'd bet that once you hear the inspiring story of how moldy hay became a life saving medicine (with a detour as a rat poison) you ...
04.12.2019 Sawbones: Cavities Dr. Sydnee finally took a much belated trip to the dentists office and she and Justin are celebrating in the only way they know how: Digging through all the retched ways we've tried to fix teeth since the dawn of ...
04.07.2019 Sawbones: Pinworms We recorded this episode of Sawbones live on the Joco Cruise 2019. (Book your cabin for 2020 now, they're filling up fast!) When confronted with the beauty of the ocean and cool island breezes, Dr. Sydnee's mind turns to the ...
03.29.2019 Sawbones: Modern Day Snake Oil Salespeople Often on Sawbones, we talk about pushers of false cures as if snake oil is a relic of a bygone era. This week on a special MaxFunDrive episode of Sawbones, a reminder that snake oil salespeople are just a present ...
03.22.2019 Sawbones: Broken Heart Syndrome This week on Sawbones to celebrate the Maximum Fun Drive we've got a special crossover episode with Shmanners! Let's talk about broken heart syndrome (which is exactly what we'll have if you don't donate!) DONATE NOW! Music: "Medicines" by The ...
03.15.2019 Sawbones: Medical Legends of Alabama Did you know that Alabama has been the home of some huge medical milestones? It's true! Join us as we share the inspirational, hilarious and terrifying medical legends of The Yellowhammer State. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
03.08.2019 Sawbones: Stroke Today, we're honoring the memory of Luke Perry who passed away this week after a stroke. We'll be talking about the history of strokes, but more importantly teach you how to help prevent them and how to spot them when ...
03.01.2019 Sawbones: Rubella This week on Sawbones we complete our three-part series on the MMR vaccine as we make you an honorary Rubella Fighter. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
02.22.2019 Sawbones: Auriculotherapy Everybody loves harnessing the power of reflexology, but what if you want all the great, totally real, not at all fabricated benefits of reflexology, but don't wanna touch people's feet? Friends, auriculotherapy is here for you. ... You're OK with ...
02.15.2019 Sawbones: Mumps This week on Sawbones we return to the MMR vaccine, specifically the "mumps" part. We'll also meet the brilliant mind behind the vaccine and the tragic reason he never gets the credit he's due. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
02.05.2019 Tom Brady's Snake Oil Besides being a king of football and all around touchdown master, did you know Tom Brady endorses a training and nutrition regimen co-created by a guy who got in trouble with the FTC for selling fake cancer pills? Let's talk ...
02.01.2019 Sawbones: Rock Medicine This week on Sawbones, we'll meet a San Francisco doctor that reimagined how we care for people with drug addiction and got a hit put out on himself in the process. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
01.25.2019 Sawbones: Bizarro World Imagine a world where Sawbones never existed, medical progress was halted and false wellness ran rampant. That's the horrifying world painted by a recent issue of The Times that Dr. Sydnee and Justin are going to guide you through this ...
01.12.2019 Sawbones: Alkaline Water As shelves seem to be overtaken by "pH-balanced" beverages, alkaline water has moved from the fringes into the mainstream. This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin see if every human malady really can be fixed by low-pH water. (Spoiler: ...
01.04.2019 Sawbones: Colic and Gripe Water Gripe water and colic are a match made in Sawbones heaven: A cure-all and a catch all. This week, we'll explore the history of how a misunderstood diagnosis has helped keep a made-up medicine on the shelves. Music: "Medicines" by ...
12.24.2018 A Sawbones Special Presentation: A Medicine Called Christmas Live from Candlenights 2018, we're so proud to present a staged reading of the new Hallmark Christmas movie written by Justin and Sydnee McElroy: A Medicine Called Christmas. Music: Adam Sakiyama CAST: Narrator: Rachel McElroy Daniel: Tommy Smirl Tabitha: Sydnee ...
12.15.2018 Sawbones: Vitamin B17 This week's episode of Sawbones is all about "Vitamin B17" which is, brace yourself ... not a vitamin. Yup, it's gonna be one of those sorts of episodes. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
12.02.2018 Sawbones: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever When Dr. Sydnee and Justin find themselves in Colorado, an episode on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever seems a natural fit ... except it's not really that common in Colorado. But when the story of a disease is able to tie ...
11.21.2018 Sawbones: The Herpes Thanksgiving Special This Thanksgiving, Dr. Sydnee and Justin invite you on their ambitious quest to use the biggest family meal of the year to destigmatize herpes. No more waiting for your problematic uncle to make things weird; this you're YOU'LL be the ...
11.16.2018 Sawbones: Black Salve Would you believe that the hot new (very old) alternative medicine paste that indiscriminately burns your cells off is bad for you? We know, we were shocked too. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
11.09.2018 Sawbones: Jilly Juice This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin take a swig from the new miracle drink Jilly Juice, which can not only cure every disease but can regrow limbs! (It can't, it makes you puke and poop and that's it, ...
11.03.2018 Sawbones: Your Weird Questions, Our Weirder Answers We've spotted a boatload of your weird medical questions on the horizon and we've pointed our knowledge cannons at it and we're ... sinking it? Listen, the metaphor got away from us. We're sorry. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
10.28.2018 Sawbones: Possession This week on Sawbones, we detail all the real medical conditions that have been mistaken for demonic possession and the modern day psychiatrists that are pushing for possession to be taken more seriously. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers
10.21.2018 Sawbones: 27 Reasons Why You Should Get a Flu Shot Dr. Sydnee and Justin asked why you, their beloved listeners, haven't gotten a flu shot and now they're taking 27 (yes, 27) of your most common excuses and blowing them to smithereens. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine episodes:

Sawbones: Food Sensitivity Testing

Sawbones: Auto-Brewery Syndrome

Sawbones: Cough Drops

Sawbones: Ben Franklin

Sawbones: The Hippocratic Oath

Sawbones: National Hotel Disease

Sawbones: Essential Oils

Sawbones: Garlic

Sawbones: Vaping

Sawbones: Hydrotherapy

Sawbones: The HPV Vaccine

Sawbones: Sneezing

Sawbones: Fever

Sawbones: Eli Lilly's Secret Pot Farm

Sawbones: Yes, More Medical Questions Answered!

Sawbones: The Chattanooga Medicine Company

Sawbones: Medical Reversals

Sawbones: Wine

Sawbones: Medicine in Japanese American Concentration Camps

Sawbones: Trichinosis

Sawbones: Adenoviruses

Sawbones: Paternity Testing

Sawbones: The World of Warcraft Plague

Sawbones: The First Pharmacist

Sawbones: Bleach

Sawbones: Why Doctors Don't Fix Teeth

Sawbones: Warfarin

Sawbones: Cavities

Sawbones: Pinworms

Sawbones: Modern Day Snake Oil Salespeople

Sawbones: Broken Heart Syndrome

Sawbones: Medical Legends of Alabama

Sawbones: Stroke

Sawbones: Rubella

Sawbones: Auriculotherapy

Sawbones: Mumps

Tom Brady's Snake Oil

Sawbones: Rock Medicine

Sawbones: Bizarro World

Sawbones: Alkaline Water

Sawbones: Colic and Gripe Water

A Sawbones Special Presentation: A Medicine Called Christmas

Sawbones: Vitamin B17

Sawbones: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Sawbones: The Herpes Thanksgiving Special

Sawbones: Black Salve

Sawbones: Jilly Juice

Sawbones: Your Weird Questions, Our Weirder Answers

Sawbones: Possession

Sawbones: 27 Reasons Why You Should Get a Flu Shot

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