Freakonomics, M.D.

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher 87 - The Economics of Everyday Things: Animal Urine

Each week, physician, economist, and author of "Random Acts of Medicine" Dr. Bapu Jena will dig into a fascinating study at the intersection of economics and healthcare. He takes on questions like: Why do kids with summer birthdays get the flu more often? Can surviving a hurricane help you live longer? What do heart surgery and grocery-store pricing have in common?

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Freakonomics, M.D.

Episodes

The Economics of Everyday Things: Animal Urine

Tom Brady, A.D.H.D., and a Really Bad Headache (Bonus)

78. Do Kids Cause Divorce?

77. They Make Minimum Wage. They Could Save Your Life.

76. Is a Spoonful of Sunlight the Best Medicine?

75. What Is Sugar Really Doing to You?

74. How Does Playing Football Affect Your Health?

73. Who Pays for Multimillion-Dollar Miracle Cures?

72. What’s Stopping Us From Curing Rare Diseases?

71. What Do COVID-19 and Cancer Have in Common?

70. Why Are There Still So Few Female Surgeons?

69. Home Sweet … Hospital?

68. The E.R. Doctor’s Dilemma

What Can We Do About the Hardest Patients? (Ep. 51 Replay)

67. Why Did This 60-Year-Old Man Collapse at the Supermarket?

66. Does Health Insurance Make You Healthier?

65. How Do Pandemics Change Health Care?

64. Is Facebook Bad for Your Mental Health?

63. What Medicine Gets Wrong About Race

Why Don’t We Have a Cure for Alzheimer’s? (Ep. 49 Update)

62. Dr. Ashish Jha Anticipated a Pandemic. He Didn’t Think It Would Look Like This.

61. Should You Bother Getting a Colonoscopy?

60. The Doctor Is Out. The Physician Assistant Is In.

59. The Most Valuable Resource in Medicine

58. How Important Is Breastfeeding, Really?

57. Doctors Know They Prescribe Too Many Antibiotics. Why Don’t They Stop?

56. Could Prison Be Good for Your Health?

55. This Vaccine Lottery Seemed Like a Great Idea. Why Didn’t it Work?

54. Will You Ever Go Back to Your Doctor’s Office?

53. Why Do Doctors Have to Play Defense?

52. Who Gets a Heart Disease Test?

Why Fridays May Be Dangerous for Your Health (Ep. 9 Replay)

51. What Can We Do About the Hardest Patients?

50. What Happens When a Hospital Closes?

49. Why Don’t We Have a Cure for Alzheimer’s?

48. The Hidden Consequences of School Shootings

47. Should We Trust Hospital Rankings?

How Does Retirement Affect Your Brain? (Ep. 17 Replay)

46. Could Long Covid Help Treat Other Chronic Illnesses?

45. Why Is July a Bad Month to Visit the Hospital?

44. Office Hours with Bapu

43. The Comedian-Ophthalmologist Will See You Now

42. Your Doctor Has to Go Home. Now What?

41. Is Rainy Day Joint Pain All in Your Head?

40. How Will We Handle the Heat?

A Shave, a Haircut, and a Blood Pressure Test (Ep. 6 Update)

38. Pfizer’s CEO on the Big Gamble That Brought Us the COVID Vaccine

37. Can Fear Be Good Medicine?

36. Bad News — It’s Your Surgeon’s Birthday

35. Are More Expensive Hospitals Better?