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A cancer patient’s last wish [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “I smiled, put the lamb curry in front of her, and instructed her granddaughter on how much time to heat it up in the microwave. Val wasn’t in a condition where she could have a long …
How AI-based technology can help improve hospital capacity management [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Health system leaders can master this ‘chess game’ by anticipating the next several moves well in advance with the assistance of AI-based predictive analytic tools. This …
How the internet broke parenting [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Modern parenting comes with challenges that only a modern parent can understand. As both a pediatrician and a mother, I dispense with the advice I wish I had when my daughter was bor…
Food allergies are not a joke [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “I was truly gutted when watching the recent Saturday Night Live that joked about nut allergies. My son Joshua, who is 16 years old, has an anaphylactic peanut allergy. I found the se…
Boundaries for women physicians [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “I learned the hard way what can happen when physicians—especially women physicians—lack personal boundaries. Before hitting my low point, I had no boundaries. I had been raised to gi…
Using simulations to improve medical decision making [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “The scenario is preset, and hence based on a lot of constraints, but when it is run, there is freedom for everyone to operate. This freedom to take part in the defined context is the…
Hearing is connected to well-being [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “As an audiologist, treating hearing loss is a part of my everyday life. Even still, I’m sometimes amazed at the difference hearing aids can make in patients’ lives. For example, rece…
I wanted to care for people, so I became a direct primary care doctor [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “I’ve started to understand many aspects of business, and although we’ve done some pretty amazing things in the past two years, we’ve also made people frustrated and mad while trying …
Emotional eating: Why you always want food [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “I’ve consistently found that most of the doctors who want coaching help feel like I did when I struggled with my weight: They weren’t feeling like their lives were completely out of …
How discovering trauma changed this doctor’s life [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “In some ways, my diagnosis was the beginning of the rest of my life. I’m now a health coach, helping women struggling with chronic stress and anxiety. And I love what I do. I am able…
