The rewrite today is for Trainwreck. The deep dive is about drug-drug interactions between alcohol and antibiotics. Movie suggestion form: https://tinyurl.com/8pa8sveyReferences used in this episodeFact versus Fiction: a Review of the Evidence

Knives Out

Dec 6th, 2023 40m 59s

The rewrite today is for Knives Out. The deep dive is about pain management of musculoskeletal injuries.Movie suggestion form: https://tinyurl.com/8pa8sveyReferences used in this episode Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pain Management in Acute

Knocked Up

Nov 22nd, 2023 18m 39s

Our medical rewrite today will be for Knocked Up. The deep dive will be about flatulence and conjunctivitis.Movie suggestion form: https://tinyurl.com/8pa8sveyReferences used in this episode Frequency of eye-related problems see in primary care

28 Days

Nov 9th, 2023 26m 13s

Our medical rewrite today will be for 28 Days. The deep dive will be about medical management of alcohol use disorder. Movie suggestion form: https://tinyurl.com/8pa8svey References used in this episode Mechanisms of medications used for alcoh

CODA

Oct 25th, 2023 32m 29s

Our medical rewrite today will be for CODA. The deep dives will be about Dermatophyte infections – aka ring worm.Movie suggestion form: https://tinyurl.com/8pa8sveyReferences used in this episode Epidemiology and etiology of tinea infections· h

Wedding Crashers

Oct 4th, 2023 21m 40s

The medical rewrite today is for Wedding Crashers. The deep dives will be about tetrahydrozoline, an active ingredient in eye drops and sugar alcohols. Please note that this podcast discusses the poisoning found in the movie Wedding Crashers.Mo

Cast Away

Sep 20th, 2023 25m 16s

Our medical rewrite today will be for Cast Away. The deep dives will be about dental abscesses and coral injuries. This podcast contains both plot spoilers and descriptions of medical problems found in Cast Away.Movie suggestion form: https://t

Wolf of Wall Street

Aug 31st, 2023 24m 56s

Our medical rewrite today will be for Wolf of Wall Street, the deep dives will be about cocaine and methaqualone.Movie suggestion form: https://tinyurl.com/8pa8sveyReferences used in this episode Cocaine and the cardiovascular system· Review ht

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Intro

Aug 28th, 2023 2m 15s

My name is Meghan Jeffres and I am the host of Medical Rewrites where we rewrite movie scenes with evidence-based medicine. More importantly it is about redemption. On this podcast we will fix the medical plot points that keep us up and night s

Bridesmaids

Aug 25th, 2023 47m 56s

Our medical rewrite today will be for Bridesmaids. We have two deep dives today, tattoo infections and foodborne diarrhea. Please note that this podcast contains both plot spoilers and descriptions of infectious diseases found in the movie Brid

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