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Jun 2023
43m 37s

Sawbones: What's the Point of Soup?

Justin McElroy, Dr. Sydnee McElroy
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Start the summer off smarter with the answers to listener medical questions! What old-timey diseases should I worry about if I time travel? Are meat sweats a real thing? Is there any risk in being exposed to drugs in giving someone mouth-to-mouth? And why does Aleve get the short end of the stick when it comes to choice painkillers? Music: "Medicines" by Th ... Show More
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