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Best Science Medicine Podcast - BS without the BS James McCormack
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- Health & Fitness
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4.7 • 291 Ratings
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Medication Mythbusters - Home of the Best Science (BS) Medicine Podcast
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Episode 580: (A)dressing the Christmas Tree? Therapies for pityriasis rosea
In episode 580, Mike and James invite Jennifer Young to talk about the treatment of pityriasis rosea. Believe it or not there are 2 simple treatments that seem to work really quite well. Tune in to hear what works and how well they work. Show notes Tools for Practice (A)dressing the Christmas Tree? Therapies for […]
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Episode 579: Oral Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide Antagonists: A painfully long name for the acute treatment of migraines
In episode 579, Mike and James invite Nicholas Dugré back to the podcast to talk about the evidence around the benefits and harms of a new class of medications for the acute treatment of episodic migraines. Ubrogepant is an oral calcitonin gene-related peptide antagonist. In this case, amazing as it may sound, there are triple […]
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Episode 578: Making a difference in indifference? Medications for apathy in dementia
In episode 578, Mike, James and Jennifer Potter try to answer the question, in patients with dementia, how safe and effective are stimulants, antidepressants, and antipsychotics for treating apathy? We look at the evidence for methylphenidate, antipsychotics, and antidepressants so tune in to find out if any of these treatments have any sort of effect […]
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Episode 577: Looking for Closure: Managing simple excisions or wounds efficiently
In episode 577, Mike and James invite Jennifer Young to join us to go over all the evidence around how best to close punch biopsies, lacerations and incisions. We go over all the evidence for sutures (absorbable/nonabsorbable), skin glue, and tape. We look at cosmesis, patient satisfaction, and infection rates so have a listen and […]
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Episode 576: Acne – the evidence for antibiotics
In episode 576, James, Mike, and Jamie continue to review the evidence for acne treatments. In this podcast, we examine if antibiotics work and we find they do have an effect. Check out the podcast for all the numbers. Show notes Tools for Practice Facing the Evidence in Acne, Part II: Oral Antibiotics Tools for […]
Customer Reviews
Does Alie still read the reviews?
Late comer to the podcast, started at the first episode and working my way forward. So I have two questions. 1) Does Alie still read all the reviews? 2) Did she ever learn to type? (Just finished the tree episode.). Great podcast, can’t wait to catch up!
Consider opening it up
Hi, In the day and age of mis information and disinformation, would be nice to make all episodes more readily available and accessible. Important information being shared.
Great show
Really enjoyed the content. I started with the tree episodes on pain management. I did find it difficult to parse some of the dry humour and the abbreviations (not a doctor).