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Ep 196 Health Myths: Fact or fiction?

12/16/2025 • 66 min

Did your grandma ever warn you against going out in the cold with wet hair because “you’ll catch your death”? Or have you ever tossed a few more carrots into your shopping basket in the hope that they’ll improve your vision? There are countless health myths about how to prevent or treat disease, what food will give you superhuman powers or turn your kid into a w… Play episode

Special Episode: Dr. Homer Venters & Outbreak Behind Bars
Ep 195 Salt Part 2: The Substance
Ep 194 Salt Part 1: The Seasoning
Special Episode: Gabriel Weston & Alive
Ep 193 Necrotizing Fasciitis: A strange beast
Ep 192 New World Screwworm: Oh-oh here they come
Special Episode: Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal & Dead Ends!
Ep 191 Famine: More than starvation
Ep 190 Starvation: More than hunger
Special Episode: Antonia Hylton & Madness
Ep 189 Newborn screening: The future is here
Ep 188 Candida yeast: Here, there, and everywhere
Special Episode: Mary Roach & Replaceable You
Ep 187 Hypothermia Part 2: How it helps
Ep 186 Hypothermia Part 1: How it hurts
Special Episode: Lina Zeldovich & The Living Medicine
Ep 185 The Great Smog of London: “Thick, drab, yellow, disgusting”
Ep 184 The Gallbladder: Humor us
Special Episode: Carl Zimmer & Airborne
Ep 183 SSRIs Part 2: Action
Ep 182 SSRIs Part 1: Origin
Special Episode: Wendy Chin-Tanner & King of the Armadillos
Ep 181 PCOS: Beyond the cysts
Ep 180 Food Dyes: It’s all marketing
Special Episode: Professor Steven Mithen & The Language Puzzle
Ep 179 Fluoride 2: Fighting tooth and nail
Ep 178 Fluoride 1: The real tooth fairy
Special Episode: Dr. Wendy Kline & Exposed
Ep 177 Toxic Shock Syndrome: A shock to the system
Ep 176 Strychnine: The WD-40 of Victorian Medicine
Special Episode: Dr. Adam Ratner & Booster Shots
Ep 175 What’s the deal with raw milk: Part 2
Ep 174 What’s the deal with raw milk: Part 1
Special Episode: John Green & Everything Is Tuberculosis
Ep 173 Childhood Vaccine Schedule 2: Who’s making the call?
Ep 172 Childhood Vaccine Schedule 1: Let’s give it a shot
Ep 171 Pregnancy: Act 4
Ep 170 Pregnancy: Act 3
Ep 169 Pregnancy: Act 2
Ep 168 Pregnancy: Act 1
Special Episode: Rachel Gross & Vagina Obscura
Ep 167 Viagra/Sildenafil: Raising the bar
Ep 166 Amanita poisoning: Death Cap-tivating
Ep 165 Fish Tongue Parasite: Parasite Appreciation Hour
Ep 164 Rift Valley Fever: Ruminating on ruminants
Ep 163 Circadian Rhythm: Live from Perth, Australia
Special Episode: Robert Alpert, Merle Eisenberg, Lee Mordechai & Diseased …
Ep 162 Allergies Part 2: Shots, pills, & pens
Ep 161 Allergies Part 1: Pollens, nuts, & bugs

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