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The Economics of Everyday Things: Animal Urine (Fri, Jul 21, 2023)
Tom Brady, A.D.H.D., and a Really Bad Headache (Bonus) (Tue, Jul 11, 2023)
78. Do Kids Cause Divorce? (Fri, Mar 31, 2023)
77. They Make Minimum Wage. They Could Save Your Life. (Fri, Mar 24, 2023)
76. Is a Spoonful of Sunlight the Best Medicine? (Fri, Mar 17, 2023)
75. What Is Sugar Really Doing to You? (Fri, Mar 10, 2023)
74. How Does Playing Football Affect Your Health? (Fri, Mar 3, 2023)
73. Who Pays for Multimillion-Dollar Miracle Cures? (Fri, Feb 17, 2023)
72. What’s Stopping Us From Curing Rare Diseases? (Fri, Feb 10, 2023)
71. What Do COVID-19 and Cancer Have in Common? (Fri, Feb 3, 2023)
70. Why Are There Still So Few Female Surgeons? (Fri, Jan 27, 2023)
69. Home Sweet … Hospital? (Fri, Jan 20, 2023)
68. The E.R. Doctor’s Dilemma (Fri, Jan 13, 2023)
What Can We Do About the Hardest Patients? (Ep. 51 Replay) (Fri, Jan 6, 2023)
67. Why Did This 60-Year-Old Man Collapse at the Supermarket? (Fri, Dec 30, 2022)
66. Does Health Insurance Make You Healthier? (Fri, Dec 23, 2022)
65. How Do Pandemics Change Health Care? (Fri, Dec 16, 2022)
64. Is Facebook Bad for Your Mental Health? (Fri, Dec 9, 2022)
63. What Medicine Gets Wrong About Race (Fri, Dec 2, 2022)
Why Don’t We Have a Cure for Alzheimer’s? (Ep. 49 Update) (Fri, Nov 25, 2022)
62. Dr. Ashish Jha Anticipated a Pandemic. He Didn’t Think It Would Look Like This. (Fri, Nov 18, 2022)
61. Should You Bother Getting a Colonoscopy? (Fri, Nov 11, 2022)
60. The Doctor Is Out. The Physician Assistant Is In. (Fri, Nov 4, 2022)
59. The Most Valuable Resource in Medicine (Fri, Oct 28, 2022)
58. How Important Is Breastfeeding, Really? (Fri, Oct 21, 2022)
57. Doctors Know They Prescribe Too Many Antibiotics. Why Don’t They Stop? (Fri, Oct 14, 2022)
56. Could Prison Be Good for Your Health? (Fri, Oct 7, 2022)
55. This Vaccine Lottery Seemed Like a Great Idea. Why Didn’t it Work? (Fri, Sep 30, 2022)
54. Will You Ever Go Back to Your Doctor’s Office? (Fri, Sep 23, 2022)
53. Why Do Doctors Have to Play Defense? (Fri, Sep 16, 2022)
52. Who Gets a Heart Disease Test? (Fri, Sep 9, 2022)
Why Fridays May Be Dangerous for Your Health (Ep. 9 Replay) (Fri, Sep 2, 2022)
51. What Can We Do About the Hardest Patients? (Fri, Aug 26, 2022)
50. What Happens When a Hospital Closes? (Fri, Aug 19, 2022)
49. Why Don’t We Have a Cure for Alzheimer’s? (Fri, Aug 12, 2022)
48. The Hidden Consequences of School Shootings (Fri, Aug 5, 2022)
47. Should We Trust Hospital Rankings? (Fri, Jul 29, 2022)
How Does Retirement Affect Your Brain? (Ep. 17 Replay) (Fri, Jul 22, 2022)
46. Could Long Covid Help Treat Other Chronic Illnesses? (Fri, Jul 15, 2022)
45. Why Is July a Bad Month to Visit the Hospital? (Fri, Jul 8, 2022)
44. Office Hours with Bapu (Fri, Jul 1, 2022)
43. The Comedian-Ophthalmologist Will See You Now (Fri, Jun 24, 2022)
42. Your Doctor Has to Go Home. Now What? (Fri, Jun 17, 2022)
41. Is Rainy Day Joint Pain All in Your Head? (Fri, Jun 10, 2022)
40. How Will We Handle the Heat? (Fri, , )(3 2022 Jun, 03:00:00)
A Shave, a Haircut, and a Blood Pressure Test (Ep. 6 Update) (Fri, May 27, 2022)
38. Pfizer’s CEO on the Big Gamble That Brought Us the COVID Vaccine (Fri, May 20, 2022)
37. Can Fear Be Good Medicine? (Fri, May 13, 2022)
36. Bad News — It’s Your Surgeon’s Birthday (Fri, May 6, 2022)
35. Are More Expensive Hospitals Better? (Fri, Apr 29, 2022)
34. Should We Have to Pay for Our Sins? (Fri, Apr 22, 2022)
33. What Do a Full Moon, the Super Bowl, and Tax Day Have in Common? (Fri, Apr 15, 2022)
From Against the Rules with Michael Lewis: Six Levels Down (Tue, Apr 12, 2022)
32. What is a Good Death — and Why Do So Few of Us Get One? (Fri, Apr 8, 2022)
31. Should You Trust Angelina Jolie or Your Doctor? (Fri, Apr 1, 2022)
30. How Do We Know if Alcohol Is Bad for Us? (Fri, Mar 25, 2022)
29. How to Save a Stranger’s Heart (Fri, Mar 18, 2022)
28. Is Daylight Saving Time Hazardous to Your Health? (Fri, Mar 11, 2022)
27. What Can Bin Laden Teach Us About Medicine? (Fri, Mar 4, 2022)
26. When is a ‘High-Risk’ Pregnancy a Good Thing? (Fri, Feb 25, 2022)
25. Would You Rather See a Computer or a Doctor? (Fri, Feb 18, 2022)
24. How Can You Choose the Best Doctor? (Fri, Feb 11, 2022)
23. Is the Placebo Effect for Real? (Fri, Feb 4, 2022)
22. What If TV Isn't Bad for Us? (Fri, Jan 28, 2022)
21. Should We Pay People to Be Healthier? (Fri, Jan 21, 2022)
20. Do Our Politics Need a Doctor? (Fri, Jan 14, 2022)
19. Do Your Doctor’s Political Views Affect Your Care? (Fri, Jan 7, 2022)
18. When Is a Natural Disaster Good for Your Health? (Fri, Dec 31, 2021)
17. How Does Retirement Affect Your Brain? (Fri, Dec 24, 2021)
16. An Exit Interview with N.I.H. Director Dr. Francis Collins (Fri, Dec 17, 2021)
15. The Most “Unique, Excellent, and Promising” Episode (Fri, Dec 10, 2021)
14. Is Uber Good (or Bad) for Your Health? (Fri, Dec 3, 2021)
13. When Bapu Met Levitt (Fri, Nov 26, 2021)
12. Where Do All the Bad Ideas Go? (Fri, Nov 19, 2021)
11. Why Do So Many Donated Kidneys End Up in the Trash? (Fri, Nov 12, 2021)
10. The Mystery of the Man with Confusion and Back Pain (Fri, Oct 29, 2021)
9. Why Fridays May Be Dangerous for Your Health (Fri, Oct 1, 2021)
8. A Playbook for Beating the Next Pandemic (Fri, Sep 24, 2021)
7. What Happens to Patients When Thousands of Cardiologists Leave Town? (Fri, Sep 17, 2021)
6. Are Barbershops the Cutting Edge of Healthcare Delivery? (Fri, Sep 10, 2021)
5. How to Solve a Medical Mystery (Fri, Sep 3, 2021)
4. What Do Grocery Store Prices and Heart Surgery Have in Common? (Fri, Aug 27, 2021)
3. Why Are Kids With Summer Birthdays More Likely to Get the Flu? (Fri, Aug 20, 2021)
2. Do As Docs Say, Not As They Do (Fri, Aug 13, 2021)
1. Covid and the “Birthday Effect” (Fri, Aug 6, 2021)
Introducing “Freakonomics, M.D.” (Wed, Jul 21, 2021)
Marathons Can Be Deadly — But Not For the Reasons You May Think (Thu, Jun 10, 2021)