On the 20th of January 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that initiated a freeze on foreign aid, including the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This abrupt suspension of funding has triggered a global heal…
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Burnout isn’t ironclad—and neither are we
Ah, burnout! That word is used so often in medicine that it now has its own ICD-10 code. Medical professionals are no strangers to pushing beyond exhaustion, running on fumes, and convincing ourselves that a steady IV drip of caffeine and sheer willpow…
Biologics are not small molecules: the case for pre-allergy testing in an era of immune-based therapies
“Once it’s in your body, there’s no taking it back.” That’s what the infusion nurse told a friend of mine after administering the injection. She had just started a biologic medication for an autoimmune condition. Immediate…
Clinicians must be scrupulously honest in and out of work
An excerpt from From Error to Ethics: Five Essential Lessons from Teaching Clinicians in Trouble. Clinicians must be scrupulously honest in and out of work About 70 percent of the clinicians who attended the course had been accused of dishonest conduct…
Pandemic reflections: a nurse anesthetist on trauma, loss, and finding hope [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Nurse anesthetist Christine King discusses her article, “The heartbreaking pandemic story I will never forget.” Reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic five years …
The stigma surrounding diabetes harms those living with the condition. It’s time to finally stamp it out.
Canadians have rallied together like never before to support each other and stand up for Canada in the face of U.S. tariffs and annexation threats. People living with diabetes need that same spirit of solidarity around them to defeat a persistent stigm…
Clinical research is evolving. Patient involvement is no longer optional.
In January 2025, the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) formally adopted the updated E6(R3) Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines. Annex 1 and the revised 12 principles are already in effect. Annex 2 arrives in July. This is not just regul…
The anesthesia spectrum: Guiding patients through comfort options in oral surgery
“Will I be asleep or awake during my procedure?” This is the first question many patients ask before oral surgery. It reveals a common misconception: That anesthesia works like a light switch. It doesn’t. Anesthesia exists on a spectr…
Ditching insurance: How direct pay models enable personalized patient care [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Family physician Jay K. Joshi discusses his article, “Why patients and doctors are ditching insurance for personalized care.” He explains that as traditional i…
Are quotas a solution to physician shortages?
Taylor Walker, a 25-year-old pregnant woman, lived in a town of under 500 people in rural Nebraska. In 2019, she told NPR that after experiencing pregnancy pains, she endured a four-hour round-trip journey to see her physician only to discover her regu…
