Yesterday, I couldn’t get up in time in the morning and had to rush to the hospital without breakfast. I was just afraid of getting noticed by anyone from my department that I was a little late. When I reached the outpatient department (OPD), I j…
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Catch peripheral artery disease early and prevent amputation [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join us on the podcast as we delve into the hidden epidemic affecting Black and brown communities: peripheral artery disease (PAD). Our guest, Anahita Dua, a vascular surg…
For treatment, please call Dr. Congressman
Recent regulatory changes create a national staffing level for nursing facilities. Despite the much-needed rule change and the well-known stench of understaffed nursing homes that many Americans dread going to, most of the news cycle has portrayed this…
A modern tale of thyroid cancer: AI, haikus, and healing
AI Ally Hangs up. Phone drops. Thud. She blinks back, tears, and looks up. Thyroid cancer, huh … Typing, click clack … thud. She sighs in relief. Texts friends, invites family over for comfort. The next day, she calls her doctor ready to talk, ready to…
A lesson in generosity: How one woman helped a stranger afford insulin
I waited in line at the pharmacy, a familiar chain store. The man in front of me waited patiently for the technician to ring up his meds. I overheard her say to him, “$125.00. That includes your insulin.” The man bowed his head and smiled p…
A story of liver cancer and diabetes [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join us for a discussion on the critical intersection of diabetes and liver disease. Our guest, Sarah Bauer, a pediatrician, shares her personal journey and insights into …
Health care’s breaking point: patients and physicians abandoned
I know you are wounded, as I am also injured. It is as if we have been battered and bruised and kicked to the side of the road, left there alone to suffer. An ignored problem will soon be forgotten; at least, that is their contention. We have screamed …
Why charm and competence are essential for career survival
Charm and competence among providers should ideally be concordant, but they can sometimes be discordant, which should be evaluated and corrected if possible. This discordance isn’t limited to health care; it can also be observed in politics, duri…
Balancing expectations and reality in modern obstetrics
“I want everything to be natural.” Well, we are in a building with electricity and high-speed internet, neither of which are gifts from Mother Earth. Yes, that’s really how I responded to a patient. We laughed, but her comment allowed…
How contemplative medicine revived a doctor’s passion [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join Koshin Paley Ellison, a psychotherapist and author of Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity Courage and Compassion. Explore the transformative power of con…
