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Lucas and Brion tip toe around useless surgeries and cover some crazy customers from the health food store.

Articles:

400 Ineffective Medical Procedures:
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2019/06/11/Scientists-declare-nearly-400-medical-practices-ineffective/4451560281604/

https://www.sciencealert.com/recent-study-finds-400-medical-devices-procedures-or-practices-that-are-ineffective?fbclid=IwAR3hFRZM1cYMfLL_wFkbjQIj4xQ2NCw8Akdmj5hHWY3MJkEWQ4708I8yLI0

Medical Reversal Study:
https://elifesciences.org/articles/45183

John Oliver Medical Device Piece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=-tIdzNlExrw

Stents:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/11/3/16599072/stent-chest-pain-treatment-angina-not-effective

Clean your arteries:
https://knowledgeofhealth.com/three-arterial-cleansing-regimens/

https://www.vitallywell.com/heart-health/blocked-arteries/

More Useless surgeries:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/upshot/the-right-to-know-that-an-operation-is-next-to-useless.html

Knee Useless Surgery:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa013259#t=article

Choose Wisely Campaign:
http://www.choosingwisely.org/

http://www.choosingwisely.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Choosing-Wisely-Recommendations.pdf

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2457401

Music by Jenny Jahlee from Live at KBOO