Sensationalist Science Podcast

This week Gid talks to Professor Stephen Corbett, Director of the Centre for Population Health and Associate Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney, about coronavirus and what you can expect in the coming days.

The study that we discuss is linked here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3549276

This week Gid takes a look at delightful recent claims about dogs and mental health, and why our furry friends probably aren't preventing schizophrenia despite what the headlines have been saying

Study: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0225320

This week Gid takes a swing at recent headlines claiming that Parkinson's disease can be cured using yoghurt, and why the research doesn't really say that at all

Study: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(19)31743-7?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2211124719317437%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

For this special 20th episode, Gid takes a look at the ketogenic diet, influenza, and mice with the help of famous scientist/mouse James Heathers. James is a self-described scientist, author, and scallywag, who created the twitter sensation @justsaysinmice

Study is here: https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/4/41/eaav2026

This week Gid takes a look at running and health, and why it's probably good for you but maybe not quite as good as the headlines suggest

Study: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/09/25/bjsports-2018-100493

This week is all about the humble spud, and claims that it can improve your sporting prowess. Despite the media hype, the reality is that people probably aren't going to be using potatoes as a fitness supplement any time soon!

Study: https://www.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/japplphysiol.00567.2019

In the first week back from holiday, Gid takes a look at the recent headlines scaring expectant fathers off their booze before pregnancy because of congenital heart defects, and why it's probably not that bad that you had the occasional glass of wine in the months before your child was conceived.

Study here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2047487319874530

For this week's episode Gid takes on recent terrifying headlines that soft drinks and artificial sweeteners are coming to murder you in your sleep, and lays out why the science is not nearly as scary as you've read in the news

Study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2749350?guestAccessKey=b99410a9-8afc-4953-b328-bbb2620dfacd&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=090319

This week Gid takes a look at terrifying claims that the pill is giving everyone depression, and why the evidence doesn't quite match up to the headlines

Study: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcpp.13115

This week Gid takes a look at recent alarming claims that screen time is making our children mentally ill, and why there's more to the story than the headlines said