Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine (general)

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 The Taxpayers

Direct download: Sawbones287Sneezing.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:58pm EDT

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 The Taxpayers

Direct download: Sawbones286Fever.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:13pm EDT

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 The Taxpayers

Direct download: Sawbones285EliLilly.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:28pm EDT

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 The Taxpayers

Direct download: Sawbones284MedicalQA.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:58pm EDT

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 The Taxpayers

Direct download: Sawbones283BlackDraught.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

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 The Taxpayers

Direct download: Sawbones282Reversals.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:10pm EDT

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 The Taxpayers

Direct download: Sawbones281Wine.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:39pm EDT

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 The Taxpayers

Direct download: Sawbones280ConcentrationCamps.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:51pm EDT

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 The Taxpayers

Direct download: Sawbones279Trichinosis.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:19pm EDT

This is the story of the military-funded vaccine that was, wasn't and then ($100 million later) was again.

Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Direct download: Sawbones278Adenovirus.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:58pm EDT