About this episode

The episode explores various medical questions and curiosities, including digestion and sleep.

It’s one of our favorite kinds of episodes, making use of Dr. Sydnee’s expertise and Justin’s street smarts: medical questions! Why do we fart? How long is the digestive tract? Why are all minor mouth injuries so awful? Does REM “detoxify” the brain? And am I experiencing nightmares, night terrors, or ghosts? (Sawbones does not claim any expertise on the matter of ghosts.) PLUS, an update on Cyclospora. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Asian Pacific Environmental Network: https://apen4ej.org/our-work/

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Sydnee McElroy, Justin McElroy

Topics covered

• medical questions
• digestive health
• farting
• nightmares
• Cyclospora
• mouth injuries

Keywords

• farting
• digestive tract
• nightmares
• Cyclospora
• mouth injuries

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Asian Pacific Environmental Network, The Taxpayers

Books & works: Medicines

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