
TalkThatTok, with Dr. Anna Blakney, PhD
01/26/21 • 38 min
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What if we told you our show wasn't the quickest way to get your health information? We're just as surprised as you are. Sicker Than Your Average Health Show (STYAHS) is joined by special guest Dr. Anna Blakney, PhD (https://www.tiktok.com/@anna.blakney) on episode four to discuss the latest developments in sharing health information, and whether it might be time for all of us to jump on TikTok...?!
Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.
Ritual Music Link: https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow
Promo Code: SickHealthShow for 50% off music.
Credits
Editing and Production Assistance: Mack Britton
Logo design: Brad Hart
Music: Let it Roll by Kaleidoscope Ltd. - thanks to RitualMusic.com
Thanks to Joelle Seal from CBC Saskatchewan for consultation on bringing stories to life.
Links
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/health/tiktok-doctors-sex-6ed.html
- http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2020/04/23/the-rise-of-health-ed-tiktoks/
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/18/us/tiktok-doctors-nurses-trnd/index.html
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6981526/
- https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-gb/taking-action-against-covid-19-vaccine-misinformation
- https://www.tiktok.com/@anna.blakney
- https://www.tiktok.com/@drjenniferlincoln?lang=en
- https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.staci.t
- https://neverlickthespoon.podbean.com/e/episode-13-lucky-for-some/
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qjyl
- https://www.newscientist.com/podcasts/43-how-the-covid-rna-vaccine-works-systemic-racism-origin-of-humans/
What if we told you our show wasn't the quickest way to get your health information? We're just as surprised as you are. Sicker Than Your Average Health Show (STYAHS) is joined by special guest Dr. Anna Blakney, PhD (https://www.tiktok.com/@anna.blakney) on episode four to discuss the latest developments in sharing health information, and whether it might be time for all of us to jump on TikTok...?!
Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.
Ritual Music Link: https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow
Promo Code: SickHealthShow for 50% off music.
Credits
Editing and Production Assistance: Mack Britton
Logo design: Brad Hart
Music: Let it Roll by Kaleidoscope Ltd. - thanks to RitualMusic.com
Thanks to Joelle Seal from CBC Saskatchewan for consultation on bringing stories to life.
Links
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/health/tiktok-doctors-sex-6ed.html
- http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2020/04/23/the-rise-of-health-ed-tiktoks/
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/18/us/tiktok-doctors-nurses-trnd/index.html
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6981526/
- https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-gb/taking-action-against-covid-19-vaccine-misinformation
- https://www.tiktok.com/@anna.blakney
- https://www.tiktok.com/@drjenniferlincoln?lang=en
- https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.staci.t
- https://neverlickthespoon.podbean.com/e/episode-13-lucky-for-some/
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000qjyl
- https://www.newscientist.com/podcasts/43-how-the-covid-rna-vaccine-works-systemic-racism-origin-of-humans/
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Is your doctor going to be tripping on mushrooms? Sicker Than Your Average Health Show (STYAHS) brings you our third episode! Josh & Preet look at the latest developments that may possibly make magic mushrooms available in Canada, before comparing and contrasting legalization when it comes to psilocybin versus cannabis.
Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.
Credits
Editor: Mack Britton
Logo design: Brad Hart
Music: I Got a Funky Feeling by Calmer Palmer thanks to RitualMusic.com
Links
- https://boingboing.net/2020/12/08/canadas-health-minister-says-health-care-professionals-can-consume-magic-mushrooms.html
- https://youtu.be/XBEas8MGzd0
- https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/12/10/Health-Canada-Removes-Barrier-Psilocybin/
- https://merryjane.com/news/17-canadian-mental-health-professionals-are-now-allowed-to-trip-on-shrooms-for-work
- https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-use/controlled-illegal-drugs/magic-mushrooms.html
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/4adw4w/canada-is-allowing-people-with-depression-to-do-psychedelic-mushrooms
- https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/magic-mushrooms-trip-through-the-science/id1051557000?i=1000502003842
- https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82-003-x/2020002/article/00002-eng.htm
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6710088/
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/some-doctors-therapists-get-health-canada-permission-to-use-magic-mushrooms-1.5834485
- https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/science-history-psychedelic-therapy-feel-good-friday/id1034035933?i=1000496600895
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4813425/
- https://therapsil.ca/bibliography/
- Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy: A Review of a Novel Treatment for Psychiatric Disorders by Kelan Thomas, Benjamin Malcolm & Dan Lastra in journal of psychoactive drugs Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2017.1320734
- Potential Therapeutic Effects of Psilocybin by Matthew W. Johnson & Roland R. Griffiths in Neurotherapeutics (2017)
- The 21st century psychedelic renaissance: heroic steps forward on the back of an elephant by Ben Sessa in Psychopharmacology (2018)
- Psychedelic Psychiatry’s Brave New World by David Nutt, David Erritzoe, and Robin Carhart-Harris in Cell (2020) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.020
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Let's Get Virtual, with Dr. Danny Goel, MD
Video games, virtual reality (VR) and.... scalpels?! We're just as surprised as you are. Sicker Than Your Average Health Show (STYAHS) is joined by special guest Dr. Danny Goel, MD to talk about how VR is changing the way we train surgeons, and how it might be changing healthcare as a whole. Dr. Goel took a break from training the surgeons of tomorrow to teach us a few things, including why you might be reaching for a VR headset sooner than you think!
Join us as we dig into the health headlines you already know and tell you more about the ones you don’t.
Ritual Music Discount Link: https://www.ritualmusic.com/r/SickHealthShow
Credits
Editing and Production Assistance: Mack Britton
Logo design: Brad Hart
Music: Jet Black by Bodywork - thanks to RitualMusic.com
Thanks to Joelle Seal from CBC Saskatchewan for consultation on bringing stories to life.
Links
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/virtual-reality-surgical-simulator-precisionos-1.5895914
- https://www.precisionostech.com/
- https://orthopaedics.med.ubc.ca/danny-goel/
- Evidence on Virtual Reality-based therapies for psychiatirc disorders: meta-review of meta-analyses. Dellazizzo L. et al. August 2020 in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
- Effects of virtual reality on relieving postoperative pain in surgical patients: a systemic review and meta-analysis. Ding L et al. 2020. International Journal of Surgery.
- Virtual reality exposure theraspy for anxiety disorders: small samples and no controls? Page S, Coxon, M. 2016. Frontiers in Psychology.
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