All around the world, health care systems are crumbling, resulting in less effective clinical care and damage to health care workers. We all recognize the need for change and want to see it. But could doctors’ psychological makeup hamper the achi…
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Optimizing operations at doctors’ offices: the power of asset tracking
In the fast-paced environment of a doctor’s office, accuracy and operational effectiveness are paramount. Often bustling with activity, meticulous office coordination is needed to guarantee that every aspect runs smoothly. From managing patient r…
Lung cancer statistics you need to know about nonsmokers [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join Alice S. Y. Lee, an emergency physician and lung cancer survivor. Alice shares her journey from a nonsmoker to a lung cancer survivor, shedding light on the health di…
How turning 50 and empty nesting sparked my academic surge
I can hear my husband chuckling from the cavern of journal piles and stacks of free conference tote bags he refers to as his home office. “I am looking at a graph of your publications,” he calls out to me as I putter around the house. An in…
Rewriting the rules: Achieving a million-dollar income in family medicine
According to the 2024 Doximity survey, the average annual compensation for a family physician is around $300,813. For 90 percent of family doctors, this is their reality—stuck in the matrix of traditional employment. They feel unloved, undervalued, and…
Real-time cancer detection and the future of oncology
An excerpt from Race for a Remedy: The Science and Scientists Behind the Next Life-Saving Cancer Medicine. I like to compare diabetes and cancer. Both are chronic illnesses with a trend of increasing new cases globally over the past decades, and both a…
From marathons to moderation: Rethinking endurance exercise
When it comes to exercise, it is possible to get too much of a good thing. Regular participation in appropriate mild to moderate exercise is one of the most important habits for optimal health. The kind of detrimental excess endurance exercise I’…
Health information censorship in prisons [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join us as we explore the critical issue of carceral censorship and its impact on incarcerated individuals’ access to health information. Our guest is Brian Tuohy, a…
How a negligent dentist almost killed my wife
An excerpt from Judas Dentistry: How Dentists Scorn Science, Break the Hippocratic Oath, and Wreck Their Patients’ Minds and Bodies. Our kindly dentist almost killed my wife, Judy. During her late teens, she had a single front tooth destroyed in …
Administrative harm is destroying the practice of medicine
“Rules and regulations, who needs them? Throw them out the door.” — Graham Nash (lyrics), from “Chicago,” sung by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Business entrepreneur and billionaire Michael B. Kim recently was quoted as saying: “Le…
