Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

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• Sawbones: Glucose Monitors

  September 29, 2026 · 36 min

  Would people benefit from wearing a glucose monitor all day every day, even if they’re not on insulin? Evidence does not say there is a benefit, and there are some reasons not to get one. Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about the history of…

• Sawbones: Artificial Sweetener

  September 22, 2026 · 37 min

  Pretty much since the first artificial sweetener was developed, we've been concerned about their potential adverse effects. How could something 20,000 times as sweet as sugar come without a catch, and perhaps more importantly, why were so…

• Sawbones: Dolphins and LSD

  September 15, 2026 · 40 min

  With an email subject line of "Dolphins and LSD", Dr. Sydnee and Justin just HAD dive deeper. Enter John C. Lilly, a doctor, scientist, and psychonaut who became very interested in meditation and expanding the consciousness, eventually…

• Sawbones: Catfish, Man of the Woods

  September 1, 2026 · 37 min

  All medicine is local, and little is more local to Justin and Dr. Sydnee than a medicine man in their own West Virginia. Dr. Sydnee talks about a local character named Catfish who became a sort of herbalist medicine man and how he became a…

• Sawbones: Sentinel Chickens

  August 25, 2026 · 33 min

  Sawbones' least favorite animal, mosquitoes, are back with yet another reason they suck: Dengue Fever has made its way into Florida. But don't worry. Dr. Sydnee talks about some very special chickens looking out for us, especially at the…

• Sawbones: Little People Hallucinations

  August 18, 2026 · 38 min

  There's been some social media talk about a psychoactive mushroom that causes visions of small people, like the Lilliputians from Gulliver's Travels. This is a rare but real phenomenon with several causes. Dr. Sydnee talks about the…

• Sawbones: COVID Reflection and Butts Update

  August 11, 2026 · 33 min

  While some people in power are trying to minimize how bad things were at the height of COVID-19, we thought it was important to document the real story. Since Dr. Sydnee was working in a hospital at the time, she reflects on the reality of…

• Sawbones: What’s More Edible, Paper or Cotton?

  July 28, 2026 · 40 min

  It’s one of our favorite kinds of episodes, making use of Dr. Sydnee’s expertise and Justin’s street smarts: medical questions! Why do we fart? How long is the digestive tract? Why are all minor mouth injuries so awful? Does REM “detoxify”…