Strange Health

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• What is period scooping? And other menstrual hacks you should think twice about

  March 10, 2026 · 37 min

  Period scooping sounds like something you would only hear in a biology lab, not while doom-scrolling TikTok. Yet earlier this year, videos claiming you can “scoop out” your period to avoid the mess and shorten the whole thing racked up…

• Does light therapy work? The science of stroboscopic stimulation

  March 3, 2026 · 38 min

  Light therapy sounds wholesome. Sit in front of a lamp. Feel better. But nowadays, it can also mean strapping on a flashing mask and watching your own brain generate kaleidoscopic hallucinations behind closed eyelids. In this episode, host…

• What your body odour says about you

  February 24, 2026 · 40 min

  Body odour has a reputation problem. It is often treated as a hygiene failure or a social offence. In reality, it is biology at work, plus a big helping of culture. And yet people online are trying chlorophyll shots to make their BO smell…

• Meet the mites that live on you: from demodex to dust mites and scabies

  February 17, 2026 · 34 min

  You are not alone in your own skin. Millions of microscopic creatures live there too. Our skin is home to entire ecosystems of microscopic life. Bacteria and fungi get most of the attention, but mites are there too. Among the most common…

• What is the vagus nerve and can you really reset it?

  February 10, 2026 · 36 min

  The vagus nerve has become the internet’s favourite body part. On social media, it is everywhere. People hum into their phones, gargle with theatrical enthusiasm, dunk their faces into bowls of ice water and poke at their ears in the hope…

• Is cracking my neck and knuckles bad?

  February 3, 2026 · 35 min

  Joint cracking is one of those habits most of us acquire without thinking about it. In our third episode, we turn our attention to one of the body’s most common and least understood noises. Knuckles, backs, knees and necks all feature…

• Tonsils, kidneys and gall: why your body makes stones

  January 27, 2026 · 27 min

  The human body, it turns out, is surprisingly good at making stone. Give it enough time and the right conditions and it will go about crystallising minerals, hardening secretions and, in rare cases, turning tragedy into rock. Gallstones…

• Is detoxing your liver worth the hype?

  January 20, 2026 · 34 min

  Social media is full of green juices, charcoal supplements, foot patches and seven-day “liver resets”, all promising to purge the body of mysterious toxins and return it to a purer state. But do you really need to detox your liver? In the…