Cancer Blood Tests: Are they ready for primetime? Part 1
Can a single tube of blood really detect dozens of cancers before symptoms appear? We dive into the science behind Galleri, a blood test that claims to detect more than 50 types of cancer from a simpl...
15 Juni 43min
Odds Ratios: Do most people get them wrong?
Odds ratios show up everywhere in medical research—but do readers, journalists, and even researchers always know what they mean? In this episode, we tackle one of the most common statistical misunders...
1 Juni 53min
Coffee and the Heart: Is caffeine a trigger for AFib?
Does coffee trigger atrial fibrillation — or have doctors been warning people away from caffeine without strong evidence? We dig into two recent randomized clinical trials testing whether caffeinated ...
18 Maj 56min
Sleep and Exercise: Does working out on too little sleep speed up aging?
Can exercise actually be bad for you if you don’t get enough sleep? A widely shared claim says yes—that working out while sleep deprived may speed up aging. In this episode, we put that claim under th...
4 Maj 1h 4min
Sex Recession: Are young people really having less sex?
Are young people really having less sex? Headlines about a “sex recession” suggest a dramatic decline—but what do the data actually show? In this episode, we trace that claim back to the research behi...
20 Apr 1h 6min
Diagnostic Testing: Do the stats tell you what you need to know?
Diagnostic testing: what do those statistics actually tell you? Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value . . . you’ve probably seen these terms before. Maybe you memorized them for a test. ...
6 Apr 1h 6min
Epidurals: Are labor epidurals really linked to autism?
Epidurals are widely used and widely trusted for pain relief during labor. So when a 2020 study reported that they might be linked to autism, it raised a troubling question: could a routine medical de...
23 Mars 1h 9min
Daylight Saving Time: Does springing forward cause heart attacks?
Every year we spring forward and lose an hour of sleep. But do we also lose a few heart cells? Some headlines claim that heart attacks spike by 24% after daylight saving time begins. In this episode w...
9 Mars 1h 4min
