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The Body of Evidence

Dr. Christopher Labos

Dr. Christopher Labos and guests use the body of evidence to go beyond science and medicine headlines and hype. All to help you develop your critical thinking skills so that when you google your symptoms, you won"t believe you’re going to die tomorrow. The Body of Evidence is your weekly dose of clarity on complex health topics and the often-sketchy medical information found online. Hosted by cardiologist Dr. Christopher Labos and featuring a rotating cast of co-hosts and guests, this podcast

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084 - Cholesterol Part 1 / Cognitive Decline /...

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2022/10/04

What does the body of evidence say on the topic of cholesterol? Plus: we look at the claim that a multivitamin can preserve your cognitive functions as you age, and we cover that study that allegedly shows aluminum in vaccines causes asthma! Block 1: (3:04) Cholesterol: what cholesterol is, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, how fat is digested, HDL cholesterol Block 2: (10:44) Cholesterol: triglycerides, how LDL is calculated, do you need to fast before a blood test, attempts at increasing

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50:28

Interview - Swapnil Hiremath on Blood Pressure

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2022/09/27

Chris and Jonathan speak to Dr. Swapnil Hiremath, a hypertension specialist and staff nephrologist at the Ottawa Hospital. As they discuss high blood pressure and how to treat it, they make their way to a highly contentious clinical trial, the Hygia trial, which allegedly compared two times of day when to take blood pressure medication. Its results are a little too perfect to be believed. 3:35 What is high blood pressure and what is “essential” hypertension? 8:34 The two numbers of blood pressure

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083 - Botox / Boosters / Magic Mushrooms

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2022/09/13

What does the body of evidence say on the topic of Botox injections? Plus: we address the confusion over bivalent COVID-19 booster shots, and we look at a trial of magic mushrooms for alcohol use disorder! Block 1: (3:00) Botox: what it is and what botulism does to you Block 2: (9:00) Botox: how Botox works on wrinkles, a comparison between formulations, what can go wrong, why repeated injections are needed, and the non-cosmetic uses of the botulinum toxin Block 3: (23:08) Bivalent booster

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59:25

Are Vitamins a Waste of Money? (Pilot)

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2022/08/02

What does the body of evidence say on the topic of vitamin supplements? We pilot a new format for the show and ask for your feedback! Let us know your thoughts on Facebook, Twitter, Patreon, or via email at thebodyofevidence@gmail.com (6:34) The story of scurvy and how its cause, a vitamin deficiency, was harder to “science” than you may remember, with author Stephen R. Bown. (22:48) The porous regulations that allow vitamin supplements to be sold and how Mel Gibson played a key role in this

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Special - Your Doctor's Physical Exam May Be BS

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2022/07/10

The laying on of hands. The stethoscope. The “does it hurt when I press here.” We are all familiar with the physical exam a doctor does when investigating our symptoms. But in the 21st century, with access to ultrasound and MRI, are these old-fashioned techniques still relevant or just cool parlour tricks? Returning guest Niko joins Chris to discuss the evidence behind hands-on maneuvers taught to medical students to help diagnose a variety of conditions. Warning: you may be shocked. JAMA’s series

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082 - STIs / Monkeypox / Hepatitis in Kids

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2022/06/05

What does the body of evidence say on the topic of sexually transmitted infections? Plus: should you worry about monkeypox, and what is going on with mysterious cases of liver inflammation in children? Block 1: (2:15) STIs: nomenclature, HIV, rising cases Block 2: (8:57) STIs: why cases are increasing, who should be screened, treatment options, antibiotic resistance, confections, cold sore outbreaks Block 3: (23:29) Monkeypox Block 4: (36:45) Mysterious liver inflammation in children and

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Special - Dr. Labos on Weight Bias in Healthcare on...

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2022/05/22

The Body of Evidence is releasing an episode of HFMA’s Voices in Healthcare Finance podcast, which features an interview with Dr. Christopher Labos on the topic of weight bias in healthcare, including what health indicators to focus on instead of weight and how to help patients who are at risk improve their health outcomes without explicit or implicit fat shaming. If you enjoy Voices in Healthcare Finance, you can find the show and subscribe to it here: https://hfma.podbean.com/ To contribute

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081 - MSG / Artificial Sweeteners / Boosters Forever

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2022/05/08

What does the body of evidence say on the topic of MSG? Plus: we dig into a new study that alleges that artificial sweeteners are associated with a higher risk of cancer (but But BUT!), and will we keep boosting people against COVID every four months? Block 1: (2:05) MSG: what it is, where it comes from, and where it is used Block 2: (8:41) MSG: what it tastes like, the story of how it was maligned, and whether or not it causes harm Block 3: (27:26) New study on artificial sweeteners and

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Interview - Paul Ingraham on Quitting Massage Therapy

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2022/04/24

Chris and Jonathan welcome back to the show Paul Ingraham, the founder of PainScience.com. He charts his early days as a woo believer, his transformation into a skeptic, and the thing that got him in trouble with his massage therapy regulatory body: tone. Do healthcare regulators care for snark? Is it their role to tone-police their members? The Internet took many regulators by surprise and some overreacted. How do you kick the foxes out of the henhouse of massage therapy if the rule is that foxes

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01:31:01

Special - What's in a Name? Medical Edition

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2022/04/10

Fingers on buzzers! It’s the first (and possibly last) episode of What’s in a Name: Medical Edition! Join host Jonathan and his three contestants in figuring out the origin of common words used in biology and medicine! It’s fun, we swear! In the hot seat: social media manager Melissa, medical resident Niko, and cardiologist Chris! Who will win? Who will lose? Will their egos recover? Do points even matter? What are the rules again? You’ll hear about biceps, botulism, and that disease that got

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Interview - Barbara Hofer and Gale Sinatra on Science...

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2022/03/20

Jonathan and Chris talk to Dr. Barbara Hofer and Dr. Gale Sinatra, the authors of the book Science Denial: Why It Happens and What to Do About It. It’s a course in skepticism 101 as they discuss decision-making, doing your own research, and the post-truth era. 1:46 Why write a book about science denial now? 4:50 Irrational decision-making 6:17 Politicizing science and manufacturing doubt 16:30 Just asking questions and doing your own research 22:51 How to refute misconceptions and a note on the

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Cartoon #11: Contrarians in the Media

The Body of Evidence ·

2022/03/11

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080 - Asthma / Screen Time / Exercise Motivation

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2022/03/06

What does the body of evidence say on the topic of asthma? Plus: how much time children spend in front of screens, and how to nudge people to go to the gym. Block 1: (3:15) Asthma: wheezing, similar diseases, how asthma is diagnosed Block 2: (10:53) Asthma: exercise-induced “asthma,” what is asthma, cold and thunderstorms as triggers, allergies, infections, treatments Block 3: (29:31) Screen time in children Block 4: (40:06) Nudging people to go to the gym To leave a rating and/or review

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58:29

Interview - Brooke Binkowski on Joe Rogan and the...

The Body of Evidence ·

2022/02/20

Chris and Jonathan welcome back to the show journalist Brooke Binkowski from Truth or Fiction to discuss the Joe Rogan/Spotify controversy and how we got here. The discussion includes what makes someone a journalist in 2022 and how reactionaries and extremists were early adopters of the Internet. 2:10 Addressing common accusations 3:44 The saga 5:26 The mainstreaming of falsehoods 8:21 Lack of responsibility and JAQing off 10:06 The aesthetics of masculine rationality and The X-Files 15:15 From

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079 - Dementia / Long COVID / No-Vax Tax

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2022/02/07

What does the body of evidence have to say on the topic of dementia or, to use a more recent term, major cognitive disorder? Plus: what (little) we know about long COVID, and we go over arguments for and against the no-vax tax that was recently debated in Quebec. Block 1: (3:04) Dementia: types of memory Block 2: (11:53) Dementia: Alzheimer’s, ApoE, vascular dementia, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal dementia, how to screen for and diagnose dementia, treatments, vitamin E, ginkgo, Aduhelm,

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Interview - Olivier Drouin on Children and COVID

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2022/01/23

Jonathan and Chris speak to Olivier Drouin, MD, MPH, a paediatrician and researcher in Montreal. The risk-benefit analyses regarding children, COVID-19, and the vaccines have received a lot of attention by journalists, parents, and peddlers of misinformation alike. “Myocarditis” is now a “boogeyword.” Olivier weighs in on how COVID affects children, the safety of the vaccines, and what to do about schools. 1:20 Not *that* Olivier Drouin 2:36 How COVID affects children 6:00 Risk factors 9:29 How

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01:02:50

078 - Immunity / Omicron / Reproducibility

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2022/01/09

What does the body of evidence have to say on the topic of the immune system? Plus: the omicron variant and its accompanying public health measures, and we go over what happens when scientists try to fulfill one of the promises of science: replicating results. Block 1: (2:46) Immunity: what it does, self versus non-self, antigens, HLA, innate versus adaptive, fever, skin Block 2: (12:07) Immunity: Geert Vanden Bossche, eosinophils, neutrophils, G-CSF, immune boosters, vitamin C, antibodies, T

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Introducing: The Body of Evidence

The Body of Evidence ·

2022/01/01

When it comes to health and medicine, there are so many decisions to make and so much misinformation out there. Dr. Christopher Labos and Jonathan Jarry look at the body of evidence on these topics to tell you what’s solid, what’s iffy… and what’s crapola. The jingles, comedy, and bickering help the medicine go down.

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Interview - René Dreifuss on Evidence-Based Martial Arts

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2021/12/19

Chris and Jonathan speak to coach René Dreifuss, the founder of Radical MMA in New York City and the co-host of the Martial Culture podcast, which has been described as “NPR for mixed martial arts nerds.” Medicine has had to wrestle with figuring out what works and what doesn’t over the years; so have the martial arts. From claims of manipulating your opponent’s qi in a fight to no-holds-barred Krav Maga self-defence, there are things that work in real life and things that really don’t. There are

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077 - Obesity Myths / Hydroxychloroquine Revelations...

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2021/12/05

What does the body of evidence have to say on the topic of obesity? Plus: the on-going downfall of Didier Raoult, purveyor of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19, which dovetails into discussions about the Hongcheng magic liquid, the Galileo gambit, gluten and the backfire effect. And Chris answers listeners’ questions about genomics and cardiology and a syndrome called POTS. Block 1: Obesity myths: the body mass index (2:26) Block 2: Obesity myths: visceral adiposity, waist-to-hip ratio, obesity as

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