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Kyle Varner is an internal medicine physician who blogs at his self-titled site, Dr Varner, He can be reached on Twitter @Doctor_Varner.

What Ocasio-Cortez and Cruz get right about birth control

Kyle Varner, MD
Policy
July 18, 2019

I think we can all agree that women have a lot more hoops to jump through when it comes to contraception. If a woman wants to go on the pill, she has to go through the bureaucratic process of seeing a doctor and getting a prescription.

This is why I am so happy to see Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz agreeing to support a bill …

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What Ocasio-Cortez and Cruz get right about birth control

Physicians have been reduced to overpaid dairy farm labor

Kyle Varner, MD
Physician
June 24, 2019

I can tell you why there is a high burnout rate in the medical profession, but to do so, I have to explain why there isn’t one for small private practices.

When I was finishing up medical school, I went to see a general practitioner. Now, this doctor had an unbelievably high level of charisma. To say he was engaged in his patient’s health care would be an understatement. Not only would …

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Physicians have been reduced to overpaid dairy farm labor

Physician gives in to police pressure to conduct a forced invasive rectal exam

Kyle Varner, MD
Physician
January 7, 2019

Recently, news broke about a disturbing act of medical battery carried out by doctors at St. Joe’s Medical Center in Syracuse, New York. The case began when police officers conducted a pretext stop and elected to harass their victim about a small amount of marijuana.

As the situation escalated, the cops took the man to St. Joe’s Medical Center for him to be searched for …

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Physician gives in to police pressure to conduct a forced invasive rectal exam

Should doctors stay in their lane? A physician says yes.

Kyle Varner, MD
Physician
December 6, 2018

The National Rifle Association ruffled a lot of feathers recently when it published a tweet that said that doctors should “stay in their lane” on the subject of gun control.

As a practicing physician, you might be surprised to hear that I side with the NRA.

There’s something fundamentally different between diagnosing and treating a disease in a patient and recommending a new law because you treat people …

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Should doctors stay in their lane? A physician says yes.

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