Bugs and Drugs
Learning which antibiotics treat which bacteria and how to dose those antibiotics is like trying to learn a foreign language. Words sound weird and are difficult to pronounce. At first, nothing really...
2 Apr 202116min
Correlation vs. Causation: Part 2, Will the COVID vaccine kill me and does insulin resistance make me fat?
In this second part of a 2-part episode on Correlation vs. Causation, we explore two relevant examples of where someone got it exactly wrong. Often times, the lay press and media coverage - especially...
2 Apr 202112min
Correlation vs. Causation: Part 1, a problematic clinical trial
Understanding correlation versus causation is important. It is important in clinical drug trials and it is important in making public policy. If we dont really understand what the underlying cause of ...
2 Apr 20217min
Who should take a daily aspirin, Part 2
In this second part of our 2 part series on aspirin, we focus in on what aspirin does and what both the FDA and clinical guidelines say about who should take it for primary prevention. Then, to make s...
19 Mar 202115min
Who should take a daily aspirin; Part 1
Aspirin is complicated. Advice on who should take it is conflicting and always changing. In this 2-part episode we'll explore why that is. We'll learn a bit about atherosclerosis - the disease that as...
17 Mar 202112min
Drugs (Sometimes) Work; Introduction
Drugs - the legal kind that we get with a prescription, are fascinating. How do they work? Why to they work? Why do they sometimes not work very well? Why are some of them so expensive? In this podcas...
17 Mar 20212min
