Julia Brunet and Yvette Gonzalez, D.O.
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Funny Medicine Podcast – The Cure for Boring Medical Talk!Get your dose of medicine—but funny! 🤣💊Join Dr. Yvy and medical researcher Julia Brunet, two science-loving besties who break down medical mysteries, health fads, and the weirdest wellness trends with wit and sarcasm. From anti-aging disasters to bizarre medical history and the latest in medicine and health, they serve up expert insights with a side of sarcasm.Each week, they dissect trending health topics, viral medical news, and those too-weird-to-be-true medical cases—so you learn and laugh along the way. Whether you’re a healthcare pro, a curious hypochondriac, or just here for...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Dr. Yvy and Julia Brunet make complicated medical distinctions approachable by pairing careful explanation with loose, skeptical humor.
Funny Medicine Podcast puts medical claims under conversational pressure, moving from detox products and vaccination guidance to mitochondrial disorders, parasocial relationships, longevity and chatbot-related delusions. Dr.
Charcoal lemonade faces your liver, with Mercury in the microwave as comic relief.
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A skeptical, funny look at juice-cleanse hype and the nutrition tradeoffs it can create.
Funny Medicine treats juice cleanses as a brief fruit-and-vegetable fast with no solid food, and it keeps the focus on what the trend promises versus what it can actually do.
A tattoo science episode that makes ink reactions, keloids, and skin mechanics easy to picture.
This episode treats tattoo science as something practical and close to the skin: where the ink goes, why the needle setup matters, and how basic hygiene steps like sterilized tools, disposable gloves, fresh ink, and avoiding double dipping help reduce problems.
A blunt, funny reset on why chickenpox is so much rarer now.
Chickenpox gets a cleaner, sharper frame here: the talk moves from older memories to public-health numbers, making clear how a once-common childhood illness has become rare enough that some younger pediatricians may never see a textbook case.
A blunt RSV primer that turns early breathing changes into something worth taking seriously.
RSV in babies is presented as a practical warning rather than a panic drill. Early signs like irritability, sleeping more, not eating well, and breathing very fast can point to lower respiratory trouble, especially in infants under one and in premature babies or those with…
Fast medical news with jokes, corrections, and enough grit to stay human.
Funny Medicine moves from a bleak look at U.S. mothers' mental health to two practical medical headlines: GLP-1 drugs as a possible fatty-liver tool, then the first blood test cleared to help diagnose Alzheimer's. Its appeal is momentum.
A brisk medical explainer that makes mitochondrial genetics feel legible.
This episode makes mitochondrial disease feel clear without sanding off its complexity. It walks through why these conditions matter, how they can be inherited, and why the science around them keeps shifting, while keeping the pace light enough that the genetics never turns…
A plainspoken warning about chatbots, delusions, and parasocial relationships.
Funny Medicine treats chatbot obsession as a mental-health warning without losing its plainspoken edge. It moves from delusions to parasocial relationships in a way that feels immediate, mostly because the hosts keep translating the jargon into everyday language.
A blunt reminder that tanning is skin damage, not a harmless beauty ritual.
Funny Medicine treats tanning as biology, not beauty. The hosts trace UV exposure to DNA damage and explain tanning as the body's defense response. The science stays plainspoken, and the warning lands without much fuss.
Peter Attia evaluates longevity science, from CETP inhibitors to protein debates, through evidence.
Morning medical evidence, compressed for practice.
Medical research, translated through patient experience.
The Russian royal family's hemophilia B literally changed the course of history.
Funny Medicine Podcast Ep 112 breaks down parasocial relationships, starting with the 1950s term from psychologists Donald Horton and Richard Wohl and moving through Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch.
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Evie and Julie on Funny Medicine Podcast break down TDaP as tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis, three toxin-driven bacterial diseases.
Funny Medicine Podcast centers on mumps, the “chipmunk cheeks virus,” and explains that the swelling usually comes from the parotid glands near the jaw, not the cheeks themselves.
Physician hosts Evie and Julie critically examine juice cleanses, debunking detox myths with science and humor.
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Hosts Evie and Julie explore chickenpox (varicella), covering its symptoms, complications like shingles, and the history and effectiveness of the varicella vaccine.
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The hosts of Funny Medicine Podcast explore Cotard Syndrome, also known as Walking Corpse Syndrome, where patients believe they are dead, don't exist, or have no organs.
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The episode opens on the bigger lie around tanning and the idea that it is harmless.
Funny Medicine Podcast Ep 101 opens with Evie and Julie reacting to medical-news overload and a false alarm about a droopy eye before moving into a nonpolitical recap of current science and health stories.
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Funny Medicine Podcast's episode on testosterone opens with a plain-English explanation of what testosterone is, how the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis regulates it, and why women also need it for bone health, energy, and libido.
Funny Medicine Podcast’s episode on mitochondrial disorders centers on the claim that “mitochondrial challenges” is not a real diagnosis, while true mitochondrial diseases are rare genetic disorders with real effects.
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Funny Medicine Podcast marks episode 100 by defining centenarians as people age 100 or older and supercentenarians as people who reach 110.
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Julia Brunet explores the rise of AI chatbots in mental health, discussing their potential to address therapy shortages while highlighting alarming cases of harm, regulatory challenges, and the need for hybrid human-AI care models.
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Funny Medicine Podcast uses the phrase “AI psychosis,” also called chat GPT psychosis or chatbot psychosis, for cases where people lose touch with reality after long chatbot conversations.
Funny Medicine Podcast frames 2025 as an awards show for medical news, with "Tylenol and autism" winning the misinformation spotlight after the hosts cite Mount Sinai's review of 46 studies and a November BMJ umbrella review of 40 studies.
Funny Medicine’s rubella episode explains why a virus often described as mild becomes dangerous in pregnancy, especially in the first 12 weeks when congenital rubella syndrome can follow.
Funny Medicine Podcast episode 111 covers foot binding, or "lotus feet," a Chinese practice that began in the 10th century and was officially banned in 1912.
The hosts return after a hiatus to discuss Havana Syndrome, blending scientific facts with humor and sarcasm.
Two hosts discuss PCOS diets and debunk trending health advice with humor and sarcasm.
Two hosts discuss the importance of pediatric screening, referencing the Flint water crisis.
Two hosts discuss the viral TikTok trend of face taping with humor and skepticism.
Two science-loving besties humorously discuss mental health awareness and medical topics.
Two science-loving besties humorously break down medical mysteries, health fads, and wellness trends with expert insights and sarcasm.
Two science-loving besties humorously break down medical mysteries, health fads, and wellness trends with expert insights and sarcasm.
A humorous medical podcast where hosts discuss health topics and wellness trends with sarcasm and expert insights.
A comedic medical podcast where hosts discuss health topics and wellness trends with sarcasm and expert insights.
Two science-loving besties humorously break down medical mysteries, health fads, and wellness trends with expert insights and sarcasm.