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Fibromyalgia is not a trash can diagnosis [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “How would you like to see your career slip away from you as you gradually become less and less able to sleep, to rest, to feel awake, to feel like your memory is failing you, to be taking pills every night on…
Don’t give up on intermittent fasting just yet [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “So don’t give up your eating window just yet! The good question I am hoping researchers will answer next: who loses the most weight? Is it the human who eats three meals and no snacks that include protein, fi…
A bullied medical assistant’s tragic story [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “Today, I’d like to tell you the story of one who was exemplary. He was never late to work. He never came in and insisted on finishing his breakfast at his desk before rooming our first patient. He was so pers…
Why a nurse should not go to jail [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “From a place of personal accountability and commitment to system improvement, RaDonda Vaught’s conduct in the aftermath of this tragic event has been exemplary. She told what she knew, as soon as she knew it,…
Malpractice may be negative, but its data can generate positive results [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “When most health care professionals hear the word ‘malpractice,’ they want to run the other way. This is understandable—but also a missed opportunity. We can leverage malpractice data to target an…
Historical lessons to improve health care today [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “Medical advances can often stir up ethical issues, which ripple into two courts: the court of law and the court of public opinion. These news articles described a public relations nightmare brewing at the Nat…
Why the new 988 hotline has the potential to transform mental health care [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “The federal 988 hotline represents a promising new approach to alleviating the nation’s growing mental health crisis, but several key challenges loom that could derail this well-intentioned initiative. …
Using inquiry-based stress reduction to treat medical malpractice stress syndrome [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “We are busy people who have had much success; looking at our painful thoughts is not something we have had the need or opportunity to do. We may be a little anxious, neurotic, even, but we are respected, help…
How to tackle the physician shortage [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “The national physician shortage is an urgent issue that requires immediate attention. Otherwise, the next time you seek medical care, you might be treated by a non-physician for a condition that requires phys…
Not a cancer survivor or previvor, but a cancer preventer [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “I know how different my experience is. I am not facing potentially debilitating treatment(s) or the fear of death. Still, I am experiencing a physical transformation, a redefining of my feminine self, yet I d…
