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Can snorting sugar cure lung diseases? Should you be terrified of IVF? Are people in Japan really having less sex? Join Gid M-K for the sensationalist science podcast, looking at sensationalist media headlines and the science that sits behind them.
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This episode, Gid and his special guest Dr. Kyle Sheldrick talk ivermectin, covid-19, and why the evidence-base for the anti-parasitic medication really isn't very good when it comes to the dread disease.Studies cited:Elgazzar - https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-100956/v4Niaee - https://www.apjtm.org/article.asp?issn=1995-7645;year=2021;vol…
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This week, Gid tackles a contentious issues of the last few years - using testosterone to define who is 'female' enough to compete in women's sport. He talks about Caster Semenya, and the bad science that has driven much of the regulatory response to intersex athletes in women's sportThe study mentioned: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PM…
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This week Gid talks to Professor Stephen Corbett, Director of the Centre for Population Health and Associate Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney, about coronavirus and what you can expect in the coming days. The study that we discuss is linked here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3549276…
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This week Gid takes a swing at recent headlines claiming that Parkinson's disease can be cured using yoghurt, and why the research doesn't really say that at allStudy: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(19)31743-7?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2211124719317437%3Fshowall%3Dtrue…
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For this special 20th episode, Gid takes a look at the ketogenic diet, influenza, and mice with the help of famous scientist/mouse James Heathers. James is a self-described scientist, author, and scallywag, who created the twitter sensation @justsaysinmiceStudy is here: https://immunology.sciencemag.org/content/4/41/eaav2026…
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In the first week back from holiday, Gid takes a look at the recent headlines scaring expectant fathers off their booze before pregnancy because of congenital heart defects, and why it's probably not that bad that you had the occasional glass of wine in the months before your child was conceived.Study here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.…
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For this week's episode Gid takes on recent terrifying headlines that soft drinks and artificial sweeteners are coming to murder you in your sleep, and lays out why the science is not nearly as scary as you've read in the newsStudy: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2749350?guestAccessKey=b99410a9-8afc-4953-b328-bbb2…
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This week Gid takes a look at the recent claims that solvents are causing autism in children, and why it's a lot more complicated than you may've heard(Note: this doesn't make solvent exposure great, there are lots of other reasons not to be exposed to them)Study is here: https://oem.bmj.com/content/early/2019/06/03/oemed-2018-105395…
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This week Gid looks at vacations, and whether they are really good for our health or if the research is less certain than headlines may have led you to believeStudy is here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08870446.2019.1628962Issues with logistic models and small samples: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8970487…
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This week Gid takes on the moderate drinking myth, and why it's unlikely to be true even though we all desperately wish it was. Tune in for your dose of sensationalist science and media madness!Study link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/acps.13034?referrer_access_token=TB6orIjfybVNSl-z5zKw-Ita6bR2k8jH0KrdpFOxC66LIiJKumBkHqgZf9cMsw…
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This week, Gid takes on breast milk and human health. While media sources from across the globe have claimed that drinking human breast milk is the newest health craze for adults, it seems like the science is a lot more sensationalist than sensationalStudy is here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/oral-su…
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