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Reference: Ellison AM, et al. PERC-Peds rule for bedside exclusion of pulmonary embolism without radiation in children in the USA (BEEPER): a multicentre, prospective, observational, diagnostic accuracy study. Lancet Respir Med. July 2026. Date: August 13, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren Westafer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University […] The post SGEM#519: Don't Let Pediatric Pulmonary Embolism Leave You Breathless first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
What's the word: Encephalopathy; News Items: AI Assisted Research Training, Robot Outruns Humans, Latest CTE Study, Bacteria Share Survival Genes; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Peptides vs Proteins, Stellarator; Science or Fiction
News Items: Drone Delivery System, Human Taxonomy, Peptide Wellness Fad, NASA Radiation Vest; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Model Railroaders, Leechbook, Genetic Diversity; Science or Fiction
Date: August 23, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Roya Caloia is a former EM program director, longtime faculty at Henry Ford Genesys and current interim Associate Medical Director. She is also the Chairperson of the National Clinical Governance Board for US Acute Care Solutions Case: A 62-year-old woman with diabetes and chronic lung disease presents to […] The post SGEM#518: What Have You Done for Me Lately – Oseltamivir for Hospitalized Patients? first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
My guest this week is Dr. Steve Novella, one of the founding hosts of Skeptics Guide to the Universe. We discuss the recent issue with one of the SGU cohosts making public posts of an extreme and dehumanizing nature and how to craft guidelines for both what happens on air and for deciding who to collaborate with in general.Music by GW RodriguezEditing by Adam WikSibling Pod:Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!This show is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org.Next Episode: TBD
News Items: Trump Order on Vaccines, Spying with WiFi, Diminishing Vegetables, Two Origins of Life, More Pentagon UFOs; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Thousand Year Old Remedy; Science or Fiction
Date: March 4, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Prof Carl Heneghan is a General Practitioner, Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford and current Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM). Today, we're launching a brand-new SGEM series: Legends of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM). In the past, I've interviewed legends of Emergency Medicine: Dr. Diane […] The post SGEM Xtra: Carl Heneghan – Legend of Evidence-Based Medicine first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Live from Christchurch with guests George Hrab, Andrea Jones-Rooy, and Brian Wecht; Special Segment: SGU Down Under; News Items: Telescope Ranch, The Fate of Earth, The Science of Community, Terraforming Mars, Fauci Under Fire, AI Satellites, AI Solves 90 Year Math Puzzle; Science or Fiction
Reference:  Perry DC, et al. Surgical fixation versus non-surgical care for children with a displaced medial epicondyle fracture of the elbow (the SCIENCE study): a multicentre, randomised controlled, superiority trial and economic evaluation. The Lancet 2026 Date: July 14, 2026 Guest Skeptics: Dr. Megan Terle is an orthopedic surgeon and Assistant Professor for Pediatrics and […] The post SGEM#517 : I Will Try to Fix You. Surgery or Not for Pediatric Displaced Medial Epicondyle Elbow Fractures first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Live from Christchurch with guests George Hrab, Andrea Jones-Rooy, and Brian Wecht; Special Segment: SGU Down Under; News Items: Telescope Ranch, The Fate of Earth, The Science of Community, Terraforming Mars, Fauci Under Fire, AI Satellites, AI Solves 90 Year Math Puzzle; Science or Fiction
Live from CSIcon Buffalo; CSI 50th Anniversary; News Items: Artemis III Crew Announced, Sniffing Out the Spotted Lanternfly, Human Echolocation, Are Cold Stars Alien Megastructures, Ediacaran Sex; Interview with Michael Mann, Science or Fiction
Date: July 27, 2026 2026 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Howard (Howie) Mel is an emergency physician and FACEP. Reference: Smith JE et al. SWiFT Trial Group. Prehospital Whole Blood in Traumatic Hemorrhage – a Randomized Controlled Trial. NEJM 2026 March Case: A 36-year-old man is brought to the emergency department (ED) by air ambulance after a […] The post SGEM#516: A Whole Lotta Blood – Whole Blood Transfusion in the Prehospital Setting first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Live from CSIcon Buffalo; CSI 50th Anniversary; News Items: Artemis III Crew Announced, Sniffing Out the Spotted Lanternfly, Human Echolocation, Are Cold Stars Alien Megastructures, Ediacaran Sex; Interview with Michael Mann, Science or Fiction
Live From Madison Wisconsin; Amending the Constitution; News Items: Believing in the Supernatural, Desalinating Water, Superheavy Cosmic Rays, AI Designed Bioweapons; Science or Fiction
Date: July 9, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Vice Chair of Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona. Aaron is a full-time multidisciplinary intensivist and is the medical student clerkship director for critical care. Today's episode is a […] The post SGEM Xtra: Ferraris, Friends, and First Responders – Lessons Learned from Watching Magnum, P.I. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Live From Madison Wisconsin; Amending the Constitution; News Items: Believing in the Supernatural, Desalinating Water, Superheavy Cosmic Rays, AI Designed Bioweapons; Science or Fiction
Live from Seattle; Theaters vs Home Streaming; News Items: The Enshittification of Academic Publishing, Ending Forever Plastic, Reanalysis of Type Ia Supernova, Manipulating Gravitational Waves; Science or Fiction
Reference:  Denninghoff KR et al. Azithromycin for Preschoolers with Wheezing in the Emergency Department. New England Journal of Medicine. May 2026 Date: July 14, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Zara Ibrahim is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Children's National Hospital in Washington DC where she also completed medical school, pediatric residency. Her research interests include […] The post SGEM#515: Now the Azithromycin Don't Work for Preschool Wheeze first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Live from Seattle; Theaters vs Home Streaming; News Items: The Enshittification of Academic Publishing, Ending Forever Plastic, Reanalysis of Type Ia Supernova, Manipulating Gravitational Waves; Science or Fiction
Special Guest: David Kyle Johnson; Quickie with Bob: Two States of Water; News Items: Using AI To Detect AI Cheating, Teens Using AI Chatbots, NYT Article on Rapid Prompting Method, SETI Partly Explains Fermi; Skeptical Philosophy; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Date: July 9, 2026 Reference: The ARISE FLUIDS Investigators. Vasopressors or Fluids in Early Septic Shock. NEJM June 2026. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Vice Chair of Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic Arizona. He is board-certified in Emergency […] The post SGEM#514: Every Time You Go Away (and survive alive for 90 days) – Is It Due To A Restricted Fluid Strategy with Early Vasopressors? first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Special Guest: David Kyle Johnson; Quickie with Bob: Two States of Water; News Items: Using AI To Detect AI Cheating, Teens Using AI Chatbots, NYT Article on Rapid Prompting Method, SETI Partly Explains Fermi; Skeptical Philosophy; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Back to Basics: Scientific Skepticism; News Items: Synthetic Cells, Trust in Science, Geothermal Update, Solar Corona Heating; Quickie with Cara: Radiation Eating Fungus; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Responses to Evan; Science or Fiction
Back to Basics: Scientific Skepticism; News Items: Synthetic Cells, Trust in Science, Geothermal Update, Solar Corona Heating; Quickie with Cara: Radiation Eating Fungus; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Responses to Evan; Science or Fiction
Evan Leaves SGU; News Items: Paying attention, How Queen Bees are Made, Canceling Wind, Goodbye International Space Station, US Military Restores Flu Vaccine; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Date: June 23, 2026 Reference: Tagg A, et al. Everything is awesome: Don't forget the Lego. J Paediatr Child Health. 2019 We recorded this SGEM episode live at the Don’t Forget the Bubbles conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Dennis and I had just given an hour presentation on how to build better critical appraisal skills. It […] The post SGEM#513: Everything is Awesome – Unless You Swallow A LEGO Head first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Evan Leaves SGU; News Items: Paying attention, How Queen Bees are Made, Canceling Wind, Goodbye International Space Station, US Military Restores Flu Vaccine; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Guests George Hrab and Andrea Jones Rooy; SGU Down Under; News Items: Donut Lab Battery Follow up, Fungal Superhighway, Echochambers and Radicalization, Payam Method, Strength Training and Longevity; Who's That Noisy; ADIct game; Science or Fiction
Guests George Hrab and Andrea Jones Rooy; SGU Down Under; News Items: Donut Lab Battery Follow up, Fungal Superhighway, Echochambers and Radicalization, Payam Method, Strength Training and Longevity; Who's That Noisy; ADIct game; Science or Fiction
Quickie with Steve: Ebola Update; News Items: Ben Franklin's Anti-Counterfeiting Innovations, Mars Maven, Human Cooperation, Pre Cambrian Animal Senses, Peudoscience Protection Bill; Your Questions and E-mails: Sucking, Audio Cables; Science or Fiction
Date: June 12, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Mr. Ross Fisher. Ross is a paediatric surgeon, presentation guru (P-Cubed), and long-time friend of the SGEM. Reference: Talan et al. Nonoperative Treatment of Appendicitis and Implications for Emergency Department Management: A Narrative Review. Ann Emerg Med. June 2026 Case: A 29-year-old healthy man presents to the emergency department […] The post SGEM#512: When you go your way, and I Go Mine – Surgery or Antibiotics for Acute Appendicitis. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Quickie with Steve: Ebola Update; News Items: Ben Franklin's Anti-Counterfeiting Innovations, Mars Maven, Human Cooperation, Pre Cambrian Animal Senses, Peudoscience Protection Bill; Your Questions and E-mails: Sucking, Audio Cables; Science or Fiction
Special Guest: Christian Hubicki; Quickie with Bob: Meteor over New England; News Items: While House Proposal on Science Funding, Medical Aid in Dying, AI Attention, Expensive Audio Cables; The Science of Survivor; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Special Guest: Christian Hubicki; Quickie with Bob: Meteor over New England; News Items: While House Proposal on Science Funding, Medical Aid in Dying, AI Attention, Expensive Audio Cables; The Science of Survivor; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
I Learned Today: How Toilets Flush; News Items: Autism Clinics, Errors in Climate Change Database, Weekly Exercise, Why Birds Fear Women, Latest Ebola Outbreak; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Date: April 21, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Lauren Openshaw is a medical student at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Class of 2027, where she is a part of the Disaster Medicine Scholarly Concentration. Her clinical interests include pediatrics, disaster medicine, critical care, and emergency preparedness, particularly as they relate to protecting vulnerable […] The post SGEM Xtra: Welcome to the Jungle of Disaster Medicine first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
News Items: Sleep and Aging, Mental Number Maps, Digital Privacy, ArXiv Bans AI Produced Work, T-Rex Leather; Who's That Noisy; Obsoletely; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction
Date: May 20, 2026 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Matt McArthur is an ED Physician working primarily in Guelph and Kitchener with occasional rural locums in the small town of Walkerton, where he grew up. His clinical interests include POCUS, emergency cardiology, QI, knowledge translation, motivational interviewing, and vertigo. He is very active in medical education, including […] The post SGEM#511: I'd Like To Treat, DKA with the SQuID Protocol first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
News Items: The Interstitium and Acupuncture, Climate Change Food Insecurity, Neanderthal Dentistry, Tiny Robots, More UFO Nonsense; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: AI Consciousness; Science or Fiction
Reference:  Perry DC, et al. Non-surgical casting versus surgical reduction for children with severely displaced distal radial fractures (the CRAFFT Study): a multicentre, randomised, controlled non-inferiority trial and economic evaluation. Lancet April 2026. Date: May 8, 2026 Guest Skeptic:  Dr. Andrew (Andy) Tagg is an Emergency Physician with a special interest in education and lifelong learning. […] The post SGEM#510: Take this Broken Radius and just Cast It. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Interview with Philosopher David Kyle Johnson; Quickie with Bob: Exotic Matter; News Items: When Are Screening Tests Necessary, Dawkins Writes LLMs are Conscious, Iron Flow Batteries, Haunting with Friends; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Back to Basics: Pareidolia and Apophenia; News Items: Smart Watch Health Metric Errors, Space Debris Hitting the Moon, Evolvable AI, Merging Quazars, Longevity Escape Velocity; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Stem Cell Hype; Science or Fiction
What's the Word: Cryptomnesia; News Items: Belief in Unproven Health Claims, Regenerating Limbs, Suicide Hotline Seems to Work, Why is Rubber Strong; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Mythos Follow Up, Americans' Knowledge of Mexico; Science or Fiction
News Items: Artemis Recap, AI Biology Research, AI Security Disruption, Superconductivity Breakthrough, Red Light Therapy; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Mach, Missing and Dead Scientists; Science or Fiction
Dumbest Thing of the Week: Waffle House Teleportation; News Items: Artemis II Heat Shield, Fairness in the Brain, Genetic Engineering Humans, Self-Healing Composite; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Quickie with Bob: Transporting Antimatter; News Items: Artemis II Launches, Can AI Predict Science Replication, Smart Drugs, Nuclear Electric Propulsion, Underwater Fairy Circles; Who's That Noisy; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction
Back To Basics: Confirmation Bias; News Items: NASA Announces New Moon Plans, The Limits of Cloning, Giant Insects, Pushing Exorcism, Update on 3I-Atlas; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Interview with Professor Kristian Andersen; Update on Conspiracy Teacher; News Items: Cannabis Review, AI Agents Breaks Out Of Testing Area, Life On Exomoons, Man Producing Carbon Fiber, Bigfoot Hoax Revealed; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Back to Basics: Fundamental Attribution Error; News Items: Improved Photosynthesis, Birth of a Magnetar, US Bioweapons Research, False Health Information from Chatbots; Your Questions and E-mails: Consistency; Name That Logical Fallacy; Science or Fiction
Quickie with Bob: Thatcher Effect; News Items: Lunar Chickpeas, Sea Level Rise, Latest Study Shows Reiki Does Not Work, Brain Cells Playing Doom; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Glyphosate Safety; Science or Fiction