# Sawbones: Methylene Blue

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Podcast: [Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sawbones-a-marital-tour-of-misguided-medicine-317119)
Published: 2025-10-28T16:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Often pseudo-scientific medicine is brought to Dr. Sydnee by friends and family. But this time, she encountered methylene blue in the wild! Methylene blue is currently being touted as a cancer treatment, which is . . . not based on evidence. But Dr. Sydnee talks about the history of this colorful substance and what it can be actually used for. Sawbones audience feedback survey: https://forms.gle/kLXiFU8iRzAazPyn9 Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Border Angels: https://www.borderangels.org/

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