Best Science Medicine Podcast - BS without the BS
Hosted by James and Tina and Mike K and Jamie and Mike · James McCormack
4.6from 173 ratings
- 76
- Episodes
- 67
- Transcribed
- 173
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Best Science Medicine Podcast - BS without the BS
The Best Science (BS) Medicine Podcast is a weekly presentation where practitioners can get evidence-based drug therapy content that is practical, entertaining and promotes healthy scepticism. In essence, we are the Medication Mythbusters. We present information that is useful and relevant to physicians, pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants and other health professionals, and that can easily be incorporated into day-to-day practice. The podcast is presented by Dr. James McCormack, Professor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia and Dr Michael Allan, Associate Professor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of Alberta. For more about us and to get the show notes for each episode, visit our website at www.bsmedicine.com or www.medicationmythbusters.com
- Publisher
- James McCormack
- Category
- health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 11 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
67 of 76 episodes have a transcript.
11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 630: Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Monthly shots or daily pills?
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 629: Deprescribing Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Good or bad idea?
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 628: Enough Evidence to Put One to Sleep: Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia
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Episode 630: Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Monthly shots or daily pills?
Published 11 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Thankfully, people are a little bit more aware now about if they have specific diets that they need to supplement in certain ways or eat certain foods. For example, a nutritional yeast is a really good way to get vitamin B12 without eating any meat. So malabsorbent absorptive states is a really common one, right? People have had GI surgery or they have diseases that have chronic inflammation in their gut. They tend to resort less. And something that's really, really common is people who are on metformin or they're using a proton pump inhibitor. They unfortunately get B12 deficiency due to those medications. […]
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- Karenn Chan
- Jennifer Young
- Danielle Perry
- Caitlin Finley
- Tony Nickonchuk
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 167 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 82
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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James and Tina and Mike K and Jamie and Mike host the show. Published by James McCormack.
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