The vacation had been planned for months. With laptop in hand, I headed to my happy place… my favorite place in the sun. I was excited to check some things off my to-do list while enjoying the sun, the beach, and the breeze. But things didn’t go …
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Why talking to families of autistic individuals about brain donation is a priority
Efforts to generate a resource of postmortem brain tissue for research are in their infancy. Autism BrainNet, a program of the Simons Foundation, is trying to jump-start those efforts. Currently, there are fewer than 200 postmortem autistic brains in t…
We’re barely using a key resource to help people with addiction
Rachel was making her 25th visit to the emergency department. The wound on her leg from injecting drugs had spread to her entire calf and required a lengthy course of antibiotic treatment in the hospital. The few times she had been admitted to the hosp…
Where physicians need to implement AI first
Like most physicians, I’m cautiously optimistic and sometimes skeptical about the AI-powered tools coming to health care. As a dermatologist, I understand the dire need in our profession to address administrative burdens that can be soul-crushing…
How burnout sneaks up on health care professionals [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Devina Wadhwa, a psychiatrist, shares her personal journey through burnout and the challenges of navigating systemic pressures in health care. From recognizing subtle sign…
How fee-for-service shapes your doctor’s decisions
An excerpt from Reshaping Health Systems: What Drives Health Care and How You Can Change It. Copyright © 2024, Wolters Kluwer. Clinical case Jessica is a 67-year-old woman having her very first visit with her new primary care clinician, Dr. Jackson. Je…
How fee-for-service shapes your doctor’s decisions
An excerpt from Reshaping Health Systems: What Drives Health Care and How You Can Change It. Copyright © 2024, Wolters Kluwer. Clinical case Jessica is a 67-year-old woman having her very first visit with her new primary care clinician, Dr. Jackson. Je…
How being “the problem” can make you a force for change
The people unwilling to tolerate the BS in the face of dysfunction are often identified as the problem by those who have adapted to and/or benefit from maintaining the status quo. Too often, we believe it—that we are the problem. By challenging this be…
How being “the problem” can make you a force for change
The people unwilling to tolerate the BS in the face of dysfunction are often identified as the problem by those who have adapted to and/or benefit from maintaining the status quo. Too often, we believe it—that we are the problem. By challenging this be…
The testosterone surge: Are men chasing solutions or creating new risks?
Among men, even before COVID-19, the popularity of testosterone therapy since 2000 likely outpaced the clinical need. There have been a number of proposed reasons for this, such as increased direct-to-consumer marketing for low testosterone treatments …
