Practicing medicine today is not what most of us envisioned when we chose it as a profession. We still love science. We still love health. We still love helping patients and being healers. But the practice of medicine has changed—and continues to evolv…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Pediatrician and holistic wellness expert Noemi Adame discusses her article, “Having a female doctor is better for your health, but not for hers.” She highligh…
More women than ever before are receiving ADHD diagnoses. From 2020 to 2022, the percentage of adult women with a new diagnosis nearly doubled, and clinicians continue to encounter higher rates of women seeking assessments. It’s reassuring that, …
This article is satire. Dr. Donovan Trumble was not your average internist. In fact, if you asked him, he wasn’t your average anything. He called himself “the most successful physician-researcher in America—maybe ever,” and once decla…
It’s a common scenario in the emergency department (ED). Peak cold and flu season brings in patients complaining of fever and chills, with increased heart rates and elevated white blood cell counts. Too many patients, not enough beds. As emergenc…
Spinal surgery patients frequently present to me after multiple years of managing their chronic back pain through physical therapy, injections, medications, and alternative treatment methods. Patients arrive at my office already worn out physically and…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Hematology-oncology physician Yousuf Zafar discusses his article, “The personalization of cancer care in 2025.” He traces the evolution of cancer treatment ove…
This article is sponsored by Microsoft Dragon Copilot. Microsoft Dragon Copilot, part of Microsoft Cloud for Health Care, provides an AI assistant for clinical workflow. It combines ambient conversation capture, natural language understanding, and adva…
Another day, more slides pass under my lens. Each represents a patient, a family, friends, uncertainty—maybe the beginning of a journey they are soon to realize, maybe it is the end of a journey. Each is unique. These are turbulent times we live in. De…
Venous leak syndrome (VLS) affects all men. In time, every man gets it. Yet no one talks about it. Fortunately, for most men, there is an easy, non-pill solution. Men with this condition get it up, but can’t keep it up as easily and as long as th…
