Episode 189 Newborn screening: The future is here
Every year, millions of babies around the world are screened for dozens of treatable conditions within the first day or two of […]
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Episode 188 Candida yeast: Here, there, and everywhere
None of us are ever truly alone. Our bodies are home to untold numbers of microbes, chilling on our skin, in our […]
Special Episode: Mary Roach & Replaceable You
When your car breaks down or your fridge goes on the fritz, you can order a replacement part and get things back […]
Episode 187 Hypothermia Part 2: How it helps
Last week, we took you through all the ways that cold can harm us and the harrowing history of humans perishing at […]
Episode 186 Hypothermia Part 1: How it hurts
For all our wondrous adaptations as a species – our big brains, our capacity for language, our opposable thumbs – we humans […]
Special Episode: Lina Zeldovich & The Living Medicine
The development of antibiotics was one of the greatest turning points in the history of medicine. Bacterial infections that were once death […]
Episode 185 The Great Smog of London: “Thick, drab, yellow, disgusting”
Some things just go together: peanut butter and jelly, bacon and eggs, milk and cereal, London and smog. Or at least, that’s […]
Episode 184 The Gallbladder: Humor us
For most of us, there probably hasn’t been a good reason for you to think about your gallbladder. Ever. Much of the […]
Special Episode: Carl Zimmer & Airborne
In the first years of the COVID pandemic, a debate raged: was the virus transmitted via respiratory droplets, or was it airborne? […]
Episode 183 SSRIs Part 2: Action
Last week, we took you on a journey of discovery and innovation, and this week we’re gonna tell you how the heck […]
