Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

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

Sawbones: IV Cocktails 01/24/2020

Sawbones: IV Cocktails Would it surprise you to learn that people with too much money are flocking to "IV bars" and paying hundreds of dollars for intravenous cocktails of vitamins that are supposed to treat every malady under the sun but do absolutely nothing except risk serious infection? ... It probably doesn't surprise you, does it? Yeah, us neither. God, that's depressing. Anyway, here's a podcast. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/12876245

Sawbones: Viking's Disease 01/19/2020

Sawbones: Viking's Disease This week on Sawbones, we celebrate a trip to Minnesota with an exploration of Viking's Disease. You'll meet the people it isn't really named for and the guy who beat out a long line of researchers to get it named after himself. It's a whole thing. You'll see. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/12799196

Sawbones: Bidets 01/10/2020

Sawbones: Bidets We bidets have been all the rage for years around the globe, they never really caught on in the U.S. What part of their seedy history kept them out of American homes? And what (if any) are their health benefits? We've got all that and more on the new Sawbones! Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/12694397

Sawbones: The Chicago River Reversal 12/28/2019

Sawbones: The Chicago River Reversal This week on Sawbones, the incredible true story of how Chicago changed the direction of a river to battle typhoid and cholera. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/12550445

A Medicine Called Christmas 2: A Royal Pain 12/22/2019

A Medicine Called Christmas 2: A Royal Pain Just in time for Christmas, we've got another extremely special holiday film created by Justin and Sydnee McElroy. Gather the family and prepare for A Medicine Called Christmas 2: A Royal Pain. NARRATOR: Rachel McElroy PHIL: Griffin McElroy TAB: Sydnee McElroy JESUS: Dwight Slappe SORIANO: Travis McElroy CHRIS: Justin McElroy WAITER: Michael Meadows MR. BIG CITY: Tommy Smirl BETH: Teylor Smirl MANDY: Rileigh Smirl QUEEN: Mary Smirl SANTA: Clint McElroy /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/12500792

Sawbones: Elderberry and Other Things That Don't Prevent the Flu 12/13/2019

Sawbones: Elderberry and Other Things That Don't Prevent the Flu You may have seen a Facebook meme claiming that a combination of elderberry and Oscillococcinum can prevent the flu. The truth of the matter may surprise you! (unless you've ever in your life ever listened to even a single episode of our show) Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/12392738

Sawbones: Taint Tanning and Heliotherapy 12/06/2019

Sawbones: Taint Tanning and Heliotherapy Listen, we're not gonna sit here all fancy and act like we didn't just record an entire episode about people sunning their buttholes. That's what happened, nothing can change that. If you don't listen, it was for nothing. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/12309671

Sawbones: Yes Virginia, There Are More Medical Questions 12/01/2019

Sawbones: Yes Virginia, There Are More Medical Questions We're marking our 300th episode (OK, it's our 301st) by answering all of your pressing medical questions. Can you really poke your brain through your nose? Where do boob crumbs come from? Listen for that and so much more! Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/12236987

Sawbones: The Man Behind the Knick 11/25/2019

Sawbones: The Man Behind the Knick This week on the 300th (!) episode of Sawbones, meet William Halstead, the father of American surgery, the man who inspired Cinemax's The Knick and ... a great advocate for cocaine. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/12160526

Sawbones: Food Sensitivity Testing 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: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/11991326

Sawbones: Auto-Brewery Syndrome 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 one ... unless your body is making them already? Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/11886773

Sawbones: Cough Drops 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 /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/11773895

Sawbones: Ben Franklin 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! Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/11716328

Sawbones: The Hippocratic Oath 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" part of it? We'll answer all that and more on this week's Sawbones. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/11606918

Sawbones: National Hotel Disease 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 /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/11520068

Sawbones: Essential Oils 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 /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/11377628

Sawbones: Garlic 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. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/11330141

Sawbones: Vaping 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 /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/11239451

Sawbones: Hydrotherapy 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 this episode (recorded live in beautiful Atlanta) is going. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/11172083

Sawbones: The HPV Vaccine 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 on Sawbones: The HPV vaccine. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/11036567

Sawbones: Sneezing 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. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/10992821

Sawbones: Fever 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, we're burning down the house. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/10911533

Sawbones: Eli Lilly's Secret Pot Farm 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" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/10771154

Sawbones: Yes, More Medical Questions Answered! 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" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/10670360

Sawbones: The Chattanooga Medicine Company 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 /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/10531898

Sawbones: Medical Reversals 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 /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/10500653

Sawbones: Wine 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. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/10346123

Sawbones: Medicine in Japanese American Concentration Camps 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 fact that they themselves were prisoners. Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/10239629

Sawbones: Trichinosis 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 tour!) Music: "Medicines" by /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/10137789

Sawbones: Adenoviruses 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 /episode/index/show/sawbones/id/10093559

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

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