Best Science Medicine Podcast - BS without the BS James McCormack
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Episode 574: Any berry good solutions to preventing UTIs: Cranberries?
In episode 574, James and Mike invite Jennifer Young back to the podcast to help us yet again look at the evidence for cranberries and the prevention of UTI’s. Unfortunately, there is a problem with the evidence as there is a high risk-of-bias from potential publication bias, small studies, and unblinding. However, if we look […]
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Episode 573: Overcoming Resistance: Antipsychotics for difficult to treat depression
In episode 573, James and Mike invite Jamie Falk back to the podcast to help us simplify all the evidence around using antipsychotics for difficult to treat depression. They do seem to “work”, but you really need to know the numbers around what “work” means. At the end of the podcast, you will! Show notes […]
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Episode 572: Preventing RSV Infections in Infants
In episode 572, James and Mike invite Samantha Moe back to the podcast to go over the evidence around the safety and effectiveness of the monoclonal antibodies used to reduce the risk of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in infants. We go over all the numbers for hospitalizations and death so you can make evidence-informed […]
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Episode 570: Statistics made simple and relevant – we promise – PART III
In episode 570, James and Mike finish their trilogy on statistics. We take what we discussed in the previous podcasts and go through a couple of examples that will hopefully solidify what all the terms and numbers really mean. Show Notes 1) Sensible Medicine Doing statistics can be difficult but understanding them can be fairly […]
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Episode 569: Statistics made simple and relevant – we promise – PART II
In episode 569, James and Mike continue to go over what statistics really show – we focus on what inferential statistics can and cannot do, what a p value means and more importantly what it doesn’t mean. And yes we try to keep all this stat stuff on a realistic and practical level – easier […]
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).