Free Associations

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Episode 45 - Complementary medicine and cancer Apr 09, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Don look at a study of whether complementary medicines during cancer treatment impact survival, the gang discuss when it is ok to self-plagiarize, and Don has some breaking news about cheese.

Journal club article:

Complementary medicine and cancer study

Episode 44 - Are we really talking about MMR and autism again? (still no link) Mar 26, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Don look at yet another study that found no link between the measles mumps rubella vaccine and autism, the gang discuss whether email is making us stupid (stupider?), and Matt has some news about beer.

Journal club article:

MMR and autism study

Episode 43 - What can we learn about asthma from the Amish? Mar 12, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Don look at a study among the Amish to look for causes of asthma, the gang discuss an update to Plan S, and Chris notices an interesting pattern around STI transmission.

Journal club article:

Asthma among the Amish study

Episode 42 - Can e-cigarettes help people quit smoking? Feb 26, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Don look at a study that tested whether e-cigarettes are better than traditional approaches for helping people quit smoking, the gang discuss the value of “null” findings, and Matt has a message for cheaters.

Journal club article:

E-cigarettes study

Episode 41 - Peanut allergy desensitization Feb 12, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Don look at a study of a desensitization treatment for those with peanut allergy, the gang discuss whether artificial intelligence will replace us, and Matt learns how quickly he can put us all to sleep with a boring conference talk.

Journal club article:

Peanut allergy study

Episode 40 - A breakthrough for Alzheimer’s treatment? Jan 29, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Don look at a study that used an antibody to treat Alzheimer’s disease, the gang goes back to the well to talk about conflicts of interest, and Matt tells us the secret to good course evaluations!

Journal club article:

Alzheimer’s study

Episode 38 - Is ADHD over-diagnosed? Jan 01, 2019

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Matt, Chris, and Don look at a study using month of birth to explore whether attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is over-diagnosed, the gang discusses a study on how patients feel about having their clinical trial data shared, and Don enlightens us on which Legos taste best.

Journal club article:

ADHD and month of birth study

Episode 37 - Are organic foods the answer to cancer? Dec 18, 2018

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Matt, Chris, and Don look at a study of the effects of eating organic foods on risk of cancer, the gang discusses the role of data safety and monitoring boards in clinical trials, and Matt gives his shortest amazing and amusing ever.

Journal club article:

Organic food and cancer study

Episode 36 - Herpes virus and dementia Dec 04, 2018

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Matt, Chris, and Don look at a study of whether herpes virus is associated with dementia, the gang discusses a new database of retracted studies and what it tells us, and Don gives us the ICD10 codes we never knew we needed.

Journal club article:

HSV and dementia study

Episode 35 - Is more better? The asthma dosing episode Nov 20, 2018

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Matt, Chris, and Don look at two studies on asthma medication dosing, the gang discusses whether ad hominem attacks on science are more effective than attacks on the science itself, and Matt finally figures out which host is more popular.

Journal club articles:

Asthma dosing study 1

Asthma dosing study 2

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