“To serve the art of medicine as it should be served, one must love his fellow man.” – William Osler There is sadness in my heart and my mind. With so many advances in the treatment of illnesses of the mind and body, why have we let o…
Category: Public Health & Policy
A national strategy on hunger, nutrition, and health [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “I acknowledge that many problems currently plague our country. However, hunger, food insecurity, and poor health are national priorities that require an immediate and robust response…
Think you aren’t a part of the destruction of the medical profession? Think again.
As apparent as it may be to the predators of the medical profession, physicians themselves, thinking about the future of what the medical profession will be like by 2040, have yet to understand how they continue to be astonishingly complicit in the upc…
Building individual health equity [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Building individual health equity starts with a commitment to price transparency. The current system favors a broader, value-based model that does not require individual fees for se…
Psychic numbing: Why we would prefer to save a single dog instead of thousands of humans
In 2002 a fire broke out on an oil tanker hundreds of miles south of Hawaii. All eight of the crew members were successfully rescued, but, as it was later realized, the captain’s dog, Hokget, was left behind. The two-year-old terrier was alone on…
What does it mean to truly be an ally? [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “We can all work to improve our empathy towards those who differ from us. Please continue to keep an open mind and consider true allyship.” Nkem Asianua is a physician assistant…
Why Black and brown kids are falling through the cracks [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Our primary care systems should be designed for all the kids and families they are intended to serve. Incorporating system navigators to support the needs of our most vulnerable fami…
The hidden health complications of inflation
“Inflation hit 8.2 percent for the month of September.” The sound of the newscaster’s voice was grim. Tuning into the nightly news, many Americans have become seasoned pseudo-economists. It has become common practice to crunch numbers…
A theological answer to our health care crisis
With the Christmas holiday rapidly approaching, it has me thinking about what the family of faith should think about health care in America. As a physician, I’ve spent over a decade of my life trying to use my faith in science and evidence to inf…
Medical “Advantage” for my indigent patients
Despite the aggressive marketing, Medicare Advantage plans offer little benefit for poor and vulnerable patients. Consider my patient C, who was in pain from her knee arthritis. She was often in pain, but now her new pain medication helped her less tha…
