As a urogynecologist, my clinic is full of women with bothersome bladder issues. And while this likely does not appeal to you, curing incontinence is my favorite clinical endeavor. Urinary incontinence seems like a minor medical problem. After all, it …
There’s much to be said about women’s intuition. The instinct a woman has can be so intense that nothing anyone says or does will change her belief or feeling. For some women, maybe over time, the intuition has been acquired, but for others…
The United States is a global medical care leader in many aspects, including the development of new pharmaceuticals, acute stroke care, and cancer screening. Yet, despite our advances and wealth, we lead peer nations in maternal mortality and morbidity…
An excerpt from From Hurting to Healing: Delivering Love to Medicine and Healthcare. Before we speak Many people enter a conversation with preconceived ideas of how it will go. We constantly make assumptions, and our brains often jump to conclusions ba…
As time passes, we have more new names for what we used to call quality assurance, but it appears to me to now be a public relations issue and have very little to do with quality. Years ago, I returned home about 10:00 p.m. on Sunday night. I had spent…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! We delve into the intricate and challenging world of medical decision-making with L. Joseph Parker, a research physician. Join us as we explore the delicate balance between rapid decision-m…
When I was 36 weeks pregnant with my second child, Anna, my obstetrician noted that my fetus had a disproportionately small head, or microcephaly—a condition now commonly known because of its association with the Zika virus. “We’ll just hav…
As a physician, I am given both the gift and the burden of another’s most intimate moments or even their indiscretions. There is a cloak of invisibility that wraps around a patient and me when behind a closed door. Almost as if the concept of guilt, in…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Alan Lindemann, an obstetrics-gynecology physician and the author of Pregnancy Your Way: Choose a Safe and Happy Birth. We’ll delve into the critical issue of rising maternal mor…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! We are joined by Bayo Curry-Winchell, a family physician, as we delve into the alarming maternal mortality crisis among Black women in the U.S. Join us as we discuss the complex factors con…
