Sensationalist Science Podcast

This week, Gid takes a look at our favourite scrumptious snack, and why the headlines about chocolate curing depression are a bit less realistic than you might have been led to believe...

Study for this week: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/da.22950

This week Gid takes a look at the horrifying headlines about medical mistakes and malfeasance, and looks at why the rate of potentially preventable harm might not be as scary as you might've heard

Study is here: https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l4185

This week Gid takes a look at the recent claims that solvents are causing autism in children, and why it's a lot more complicated than you may've heard

(Note: this doesn't make solvent exposure great, there are lots of other reasons not to be exposed to them)

Study is here: https://oem.bmj.com/content/early/2019/06/03/oemed-2018-105395

This week Gid looks at vacations, and whether they are really good for our health or if the research is less certain than headlines may have led you to believe

Study is here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08870446.2019.1628962

Issues with logistic models and small samples: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8970487

This week Gid studies the science of red meat, and explains why you probably don't have to worry too much about it killing you

This week Gid takes a look at studies talking about processed and ultra-processed food, and why cookies might be a little less murderous than you've heard

This week Gid looks at spurious claims about blue light being bad for your health and weird sunglasses being the cure. It turns out that light from screens probably isn't all that bad for you and even if it was, sunglasses aren't the cure!

This week Gid takes on claims about glucosamine supplementation and heart attacks, and why these pills probably aren't saving your life

Study can be found here: https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l1628

This week Gid looks at recent claims about artificial sweeteners, and why they're probably not killing you or your kids after all

This week Gid takes on the moderate drinking myth, and why it's unlikely to be true even though we all desperately wish it was. Tune in for your dose of sensationalist science and media madness!

Study link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/acps.13034?referrer_access_token=TB6orIjfybVNSl-z5zKw-Ita6bR2k8jH0KrdpFOxC66LIiJKumBkHqgZf9cMsw7h0wSPYrk5_egaBATvX6sVpMb1wYTmSf95rfLuhcrIImK3ji_l8Ffj7rAfxpSyR0M6TUgzJ39p2GByiRvt0Xarmg%3D%3D