The Body of Evidence

206 - Welcome to Seriously?! Our New Grey's Anatomy Rewatch Podcast!

Sex, scandals, love triangles, questionable decisions... and the occasional medical emergency. It's been more than 20 years since Grey's Anatomy first hit our screens,

205 – The Health and Wellness Lie

Friend of the show, Nick Tiller has a new book out looking at the wellness industry and why we have such trouble distinguishing fact from fiction when it comes to your we

204 – Avoiding seeds & nuts with diverticulosis

Diverticulosis patients are often told to avoid seeds and nuts because small food particles will get stuck in the crevices of their colon and cause diverticulitis. But th

203 – You are not a visual learner

Many of us assume that we are visual learners, or we learn by doing or by seeing something on the printed page. Whether you've heard of it or not, the VARK system has pro

202 – Ultra-marathons and the danger of long distance running

A viewer question asks how dangerous marathons and longer races are. Also, there is new data about coronary calcifications in marathon runners. Given that the first perso

201 – The Dunning-Kruger effect

The term has become synonymous with ignorance, incompetence, nincompoopery, crankiness and just being dumb. But what does the Dunning-Kruger effect really mean and is it

200 – Endometriosis

Why is endometriosis so hard to diagnose and why do most people not really know what it is? For something so common, endometriosis is rarely talked about. Until today.

199 - PCOS Is Now PMOS: The Controversy Behind the Name Change

Polycystic ovarian syndrome now has a new name, polyendocrine metabolic syndrome. But not everyone is happy. Is this progress or just a label swap? Become a suppor

198 – Protein Maxxing

Protein maxxing is all the rage and the new dietary guidelines in the US recently doubled the recommended amount of protein intake. But will a high protein diet help you

197 – Healthcare spending – mo' money mo' problems

The United States outspends every other country on Earth on healthcare but shockingly does not have the best outcomes and ranks 32nd in terms of life expectancy. Switzerl

196 – Grey's Anatomy Part 3

We're back with another review of the show that will outlive us all. Grey's Anatomy part 3 with cases like the boy who lived in a plastic bubble, the man who believed he

195 – Summer Series 4 – Debunking a Bill Gates Conspiracy

Is Bill Gates really trying to decrease the world's population by 15% using the covid vaccine? Was the gong show that is Microsoft Office just a prelude to mass genocide?

194 - Summer Series 3 – PCOS or PMOS

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome has been renamed Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome. So seems like a good time to review our previous episode on it as we prep for a for

193 – Summer Series 2 – The Enhanced Games

Chris and Sophie provide an update on the Enhanced Games. They happened and the story, bad enough as it was, got a little a bit worse. Go back in time with us to review w

192 – Summer Series 1 - menopausal hormone therapy

In our first summer series episode, we review a topic that keeps coming back. Hormone therapy for menopause. It was a thing, then it stopped being a thing, now it's a thi

191 – How to fact check Wikipedia with Susan Gerbic

Susan Gerbic and the Guerilla Skepticism on Wikipedia project are trying to do the impossible. They are trying to fact check the internet. You too can join this vital wor

190 – Zone 2 Running: when less exercise might count for more

Are light runs (Zone 2 runs) better than heavier workouts? Sophie goes on a semi-manic tangent in her most enthusiastic episode yet to answer whether less intense exercis

189 – Nonenal, Persimmon Soap, and the myth of old person smell

A viewer question prompts Chris and Sophie to ask what actually causes "old-person smell" and is persimmon soap the only thing that can get rid of it? And what does this

188 – Breastfeeding Myths Part 2

Galactagogues and medications to boost milk production. Everything from oats to fenugreek to lactation cookies and prescription medications like metoclopramide and domper

187 – Breastfeeding Myths Part 1

How do I know if my baby is getting enough milk? What is proper latching technique? How do you treat painful nipples? Natalie Borden, an international board certified lac