[1.02] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about a recent presentation Dr Pat gave and introduces the episode topic.

[3.37] Brigid and Dr Pat talk about the claims made in America that taking Tylenol/Panadol in pregnancy causes autism.

[5.18] Brigid talks about people not knowing whose advice to take.

[8.40] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about the use of ‘here is what your doctor doesn’t what you to know’ on social media.

[9.45] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about how medical practitioners are not able to promote or sell things like supplements in Australia.

[12.00] Dr Pat and Brigid discuss why pregnancy may attract so much conflicting advice.

[14.05] Dr Pat talks about how people like to share and focus on their own experiences.

[16.02] Brigid and Dr Pat talk about how sometime confident advice posts can sound better than evidence-based posts.

[17.50] Brigid and Dr Pat talk about understanding research and statistics.

[20.56] Brigid and Dr Pat discuss how to tell whether research is any good and how people use the term research to describe different things.

[22.30] Dr Pat talks about the Cochrane database.

[24.10] Dr Pat talks about the difficulties and ethical problems in conducting randomised control trial research studies related to pregnancy.

[26.02] Dr Pat talks about well-constructed public health messages.

[27.24] Dr Pat talks about cautionary tales.

[28.50] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about when the advice from 2 different birth or pregnancy experts differs.

[29.46] Dr Pat talks about how association is not causation.

[33.04] Dr Pat talks about how to gauge the validity of advice.

[36.04] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about by-passing irrelevant information and protecting your peace and give ways that they do this.