The Medically Clear Podcast: Recent Episodes

Creatures of the Lit

Offering Clarity on Issues of Science and Medicine

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Dustin & The Creature review a study from JAMA Internal Medicine on whether weekend warriors can attain the same benefit as those who excercise on a daily basis and explore other approaches to efficiently customizing and maximizing your work out yield.

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Dustin & The Creature review a provocative study that maps the pathway from chronic stress to the brain (amygdala) to an inflammatory response that increases health risks. 

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Dustin & The Creature discuss fake scientific publishers and their predatory practices — and how this represents a imminent threat to evidence-based science as we know it. In this context, we sample from an article published in the holiday edition of the British Medical Journal

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Dustin & The Creature review a British Medical Journal study of medical decision making that employs a novel, and patient-centric tool.

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Dustin & Angela talk clarity with Dr. Franz Wiesbauer, founder of the innovative Medmastery educational video project.

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Dustin & The Creature discuss some of the best published offerings on end of life care and perspective, including

from Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal.

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Dustin & The Creature have a shocking reveal — there is some misinformation about health on social media

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Dustin & Angela answer questions from listeners and return to the Nursing Show podcast to discuss strategies for enhancing sleep for those with shift work sleep disorder.

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Dustin & The Creature explore the topic of sleep — including why it is important and how much we each need — and review a study of the effectiveness of using melatonin for shift work sleep disorder.

We also include an election season bonus treat from a Trumperific journal.

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Dustin & Angela join Jamie Davis — host of The Nursing Show and MedicCast — for a conversation

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Dustin & Angela explore two studies with conflicting findings regarding gender bias in medical education

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Dustin & Angela re-visit prior topics such as concussions, e-cigs and opioid abuse in the light of new news and evidence

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Dustin&Angela review the new evidence supporting the expansion of cholesterol-lowering therapy with statins to certain populations with normal cholesterol levels

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Dustin is joined by Sports Illustrated senior writer Chris Ballard to discuss the physiology and psychology of clutch performance

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Dustin & Angela explore how mindfulness training can lead to clutch performance — both in sport and life

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Dustin & Angela examine meta-research: the research on medical research. How can we know if a research finding is truly true?

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Dustin & Angela focus the Medically Clear lens on to Fitbit and other step counters. Is counting steps good for your health?

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Dustin & Angela discuss a provocative new study from the British Medical Journal suggesting that presidents and other world leaders take a life expectancy hit once out of office.

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Dustin is joined by Dr. Matt Willis, Public Health Officer for Marin County California to discuss the challenges of tackling this nation’s massive hook on opioid painkillers.

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Dustin welcomes neurologist and acclaimed author Dr. Robert A. Burton to discuss how our brains trick us into feeling a false sense of certainty