Not Your Doctor Podcast

Find the other half of the episode on Patreon at patreon.com/notyourdoctorpod where Tara and Laurel delve into our most toxic traits and relationships. And this week, the docs are your personal poison control center and ask what it takes to get products recalled, from lead-painted toys and asbestos makeup to craft beads that accidentally metabolize into GHB. Then we abandon toxicology for toxicity of a more personal variety, unpacking bad relationships, questionable personality traits and the uncomfortable possibility that sometimes the contaminant is coming from inside the house.

This is the episode where we say we’re going to talk about everything gastrointestinal and then mainly talk about IBS. Along the way, we declare war on minimal-privacy bathrooms, we decipher FODMAPs, explain why IBS and IBD are very much not the same thing, and investigate the deeply suspicious case of a boyfriend who apparently doesn’t poop.

This week, the docs are finding god. Tara and Laurel tackle listener questions about SSRIs vs prayer, whether your delivery room needs a religious affiliation, and finding community at synagogue when you don’t actually believe in God. Plus, we dig into some of medicine’s complicated religious history and finally figure out what a hospital chaplain actually does.

Are your genes actually calling the shots, or do we just really want someone to blame? This week, the docs tackle listener questions about designer babies, whether Ancestry.com can accidentally become a paternity test, how worried we should be about inherited genetic disorders, and whether your DNA can really tell you if you're destined to be anxious, athletic, or just annoying. Join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/NotYourDoctorPod

Laurel and Rachel tackle listener questions about troubleshooting office visits. We chat provider personalities, nosy receptionists, and a doctor who tries to set their patient up on a date. AND we now have a patreon: https://patreon.com/NotYourDoctorPodPlease join we will love you forever and ever

On this episode, Tara and Laurel tackle listener questions about dilemmas in friendships. One listener has a friend who seems dead-set on poisoning her. Another is sick of a pal’s therapy speak, and a third is wondering whether to lock it down with a work-wife. And how is a gentle-lady expected to maintain civility and decorum when a norovirus outbreak upsets a 30th birthday? 

Tara has just moved house and Laurel has moved to Canada (maybe). Amidst it all, the two delve into listener questions about chiropractors, acupuncture, and aromatherapy in this week’s episode on alternative or holistic medicine. In this episode: Acupuncture, holistic medicine, coining, aromatherapy, chiropractic, Eastern medicine, alternative medicine, traditional medicine, naturopath, skincare, beauty standards, wellness culture, evidence-based medicine.

This week, Rachel and Laurel dive into the booming world of med spas. We unpack which treatments actually have good evidence behind them, which are mostly marketing, and why the beauty industry has become increasingly medicalised. Along the way we talk injectables, "natural" beauty, and the culture behind one of the fastest-growing industries in healthcare.Check out Rachel’s newest podcast- How She Works!In this episode: Botox, fillers, lip filler, med spas, aesthetic medicine, cosmetic injectables, IV vitamin therapy, red light therapy, laser treatments, skincare, beauty standards, wellness culture, preventive Botox, cosmetic dermatology, evidence-based medicine.