BS Free MD with Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh - Medicine, Life, Family, Physician, Doctor, Healthcare, Medical History

How do you navigate life after losing a child—and how can others offer meaningful support? Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh welcome pediatrician Dr. Marcy Larson for a deeply personal conversation about the loss of her son, Andy. Marcy shares how grief affected her family, her ability to practice medicine, and her path toward helping other bereaved parents. They explore why conversations about loss can...

What happens when a humor writer starts questioning the stories she once took for granted? Bestselling author Jenna McCarthy joins Tim and May to talk about the shift in her writing during the COVID era, her collaboration with Dr. Pierre Kory on The War on Ivermectin , and the experiences that changed how she views medicine and media. The conversation ranges from Jenna’s approach to skepticism and...

Road Tripping Through 15 States: Montreal, NYC, the US Open and More Tim and May take the podcast on the road as they return home from a 15-day adventure through 15 states and one Canadian province. In this episode of Dog Tails with No Cocktails , they recap the memorable destinations, unexpected surprises, great food and travel mishaps that defined their trip. Their journey included Savannah, an...

What happens when postpartum mental illness, multiple psychiatric medications, and an unthinkable crime collide? Dr. May and Dr. Tim discuss the Lindsay Clancy case and the difficult questions surrounding postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, criminal responsibility, and the effects of psychiatric polypharmacy. Drawing from both personal and professional experiences, they examine the seriou...

When did having fun become something you have to earn? In this rerun, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh talk about how easily work, responsibility, and the push to be productive can crowd out joy. They explore the trade-offs we make with our time and money, and why the moments that make life feel full are often ordinary ones: laughing together, connecting with someone, or making room for an interest you’...

What if avoiding the sun carries health risks of its own? In this episode, Drs. May and Tim revisit the relationship between sunlight, cholesterol, statins, and longevity. They unpack a large Swedish observational study linking low sun exposure with higher mortality and question whether conventional advice has oversimplified the role of sunlight in human health. From vitamin D and cholesterol to s...

In this encore episode, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh sit down with Dr. Annette Bosworth, the internist behind the Dr. Boz YouTube channel and bestselling author of Anyway You Can and ketoCONTINUUM . After decades of telling patients to eat low-fat and load up on "heart-healthy" grains, Dr. Boz hit a wall when her 71-year-old mother's cancer treatment failed. Out of options, she put her mom on a stri...

In this repurposed episode, originally recorded for Dr. Charmaine Gregory’s Fearless Freedom with Dr. G podcast, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh step into the guest seats for a candid conversation about medicine, marriage, burnout, courage, and the creation of BS Free MD. May opens up about the personal challenges she faced during medical school, including depression, an eating disorder, and uncertaint...

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome can affect nearly every system in the body—and its symptoms are often dismissed, misdiagnosed, or mistaken for anxiety. In this deeply personal conversation, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh sit down with integrative and functional registered dietitian Michelle Shapiro, RD, to unpack MCAS, histamine intolerance, and the experience of living in a “highly sensitive body.” Mic...

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SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. --- What happens when the Salad Mafia comes for Tim, cockroach milk enters the conversation, and KFC decides fried chicken should be a jelly bean flavor? In this episode of Doc Tales with Cocktails , Drs. May and Tim Hind...

SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. BS FREE MD REWIND Are we treating mental illness—or increasingly medicalizing the normal struggles of being human? In this BS Free MD Rewind, Drs. May and Tim revisit a powerful conversation with clinical psychologist Dr....

SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. --- The Salad Mafia has spoken—and apparently Tim’s anti-salad rant struck a nerve. This week, Drs. Tim and May Hindmarsh turn the studio into a highly questionable test kitchen as they taste their way through some of the...

SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. --- What happens when the lessons learned in combat follow you into the exam room? In this repurposed episode of BS Free MD, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh sit down with Dr. Mike Simpson, whose path to medicine was anything b...

What happens when the person who’s supposed to be saving lives is quietly fighting to save his own? This week, we’re revisiting one of our most powerful conversations with Dr. Jason Giles, whose story takes us behind the white coat and into the realities of addiction, burnout, recovery, and redemption. While training in anesthesiology, Jason found himself caught in a devastating fentanyl addiction...

SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. --- What happens when conversations about health, personal autonomy, freedom of conscience, and free expression become harder to have? This week, May and Tim are joined by Rebecca Mello, a Canadian law student and organiz...

SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. ---- What do Canadian football, the trad wife movement, lip filler, gym culture, and climate change have in common? Somehow, Tim and May connect them all in another unfiltered episode of BS Free MD . The conversation kick...

SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. --- Could your salad really make you sick? In this lively DocTales with Cocktails episode, Dr. May Hindmarsh and Tim Hindmarsh tackle the headlines surrounding a recent Cyclospora outbreak linked to fresh produce—and sepa...

SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. --- What if some of the most widely accepted ideas about health deserve a second look? In this rerun episode of BS Free MD , Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh welcome Dr. Jeremy Ayres and John Gusty for a wide-ranging conversati...

SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. --- Why are so many patients still struggling with debilitating symptoms years after COVID—and why does conventional medicine seem to have so few answers? In this encore presentation, Drs. Tim and May Hindmarsh sit down w...

SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. --- Happy Independence Day—and Canada Day! 🇺🇸🇨🇦 In this festive Doc Tales with Cocktails episode, Drs. Tim and May Hindmarsh share hilarious travel stories, bizarre medical news, and practical health advice for one of the...

SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. --- Are you with someone because they're truly the right partner—or simply because it's comfortable? In this Truth Bomb episode, Drs. May and Tim Hindmarsh take a candid look at what it really means to choose a life partn...

SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. --- This week on BS Free MD, Dr. Tim Hindmarsh and Dr. May Hindmarsh tackle another round of bizarre headlines, questionable medical practices, and stories that leave more questions than answers. From a McDonald's employe...

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SPONSORED BY NURP Nurp is algorithmic trading designed specifically for busy professionals who don't have time to watch markets. Check out start.nurp.com/doctors   to learn more. --- What do heavy metal screams, UFC on the White House lawn, AI-generated Menopause Barbie, and colonoscopy cocktails have in common? Somehow... they're all part of this week's Doc Tales with Cocktails. Drs. Tim and May...