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Back to SearchWhen your labs are normal but you still feel sick
Your blood pressure is fine. Your cholesterol looks great. So why do you still feel exhausted, wired, and unwell? Internal medicine and functional me…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Medical students aren't cheating on their essays: They're afraid
A medical student offered a professor $1,000 to write their residency essay, and the reason why was not laziness. In this episode, Kathleen Muldoon, …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Why soldiers are athletes and their bodies pay for it
A 30-year-old soldier can have the knees of a 60-year-old. Not from one bad injury, but from carrying a load every single day for years. Family medic…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Doctors are now the second opinion, AI is the first
Your patients are asking ChatGPT what's wrong with them before they call your office, and getting an answer in seconds. In this episode, Tod Stillson…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
When patients ask for a knee surgery brand they don't understand
A patient asked for her knee surgery by its brand name. She used the term perfectly. She just had no idea what it actually meant. Orthopedic surgeon …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
When good parenting looks different across cultures
Two families raise their kids in completely different ways. Both are doing it right. So why do clinicians so often assume one of them is doing someth…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
He spoke up in residency, then got walked out in front of his patients
A doctor spoke up about problems in his residency, and months later he was walked out in front of his patients. In this episode, Vasilii Khammad, a p…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Nurses are getting assaulted at work and no one listens
A nurse survived a violent assault at work, then watched her hospital treat her like a liability, not a victim. In this episode, June Garen, a retire…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Burnout blames the doctor for a broken system
What if burnout is the wrong word for what doctors are actually going through? Gus W. Krucke argues that calling physicians burned out treats a syste…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Bedsore lawsuits are won and lost on the record
When a family finds a loved one with a severe bedsore in a nursing home, they often sue. But these cases are rarely decided by the wound itself. They…
2 months, 3 weeks ago