Freakonomics, M.D.

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41. Is Rainy Day Joint Pain All in Your Head?

You’ve heard that the weather can make your joints hurt. Maybe you’ve even felt it yourself. But, is it true? Bapu Jena looks at why we think we know certain things in medicine, even when the data don’t agree.

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  The Economics of Everyday Things: Animal Urine

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  Tom Brady, A.D.H.D., and a Really Bad Headache (Bonus)

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  78. Do Kids Cause Divorce?

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  77. They Make Minimum Wage. They Could Save Your Life.

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  76. Is a Spoonful of Sunlight the Best Medicine?

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  75. What Is Sugar Really Doing to You?

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  74. How Does Playing Football Affect Your Health?

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  73. Who Pays for Multimillion-Dollar Miracle Cures?

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  72. What’s Stopping Us From Curing Rare Diseases?

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  71. What Do COVID-19 and Cancer Have in Common?

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  70. Why Are There Still So Few Female Surgeons?

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  69. Home Sweet … Hospital?

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  68. The E.R. Doctor’s Dilemma

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  What Can We Do About the Hardest Patients? (Ep. 51 Replay)

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  67. Why Did This 60-Year-Old Man Collapse at the Supermarket?

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  66. Does Health Insurance Make You Healthier?