Michael Day, MD
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Physician voices
The American public has lost its faith in the traditional U.S. health care system. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White's statement is representative: "Do not talk to a doctor about your general health." This is not a fringe sentiment.…
The American public has lost its faith in the traditional U.S. health care system. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White’s statement is representative: “Do not talk to a doctor about your general health.”
This is not a fringe sentiment.
A 2022 survey of 4,208 adults in the U.S. revealed that only 54 percent of respondents placed “a great deal” of trust in doctors as sources of information.
I have patients who tell …
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Why it’s time for doctors to become performance coaches
Physician voices
There is no escape from our ultimate decline and death. The sooner we accept and embrace that reality, the freer we are to live life to the fullest now. So when I speak of reversing the aging process, I'm really…
There is no escape from our ultimate decline and death. The sooner we accept and embrace that reality, the freer we are to live life to the fullest now. So when I speak of reversing the aging process, I’m really referring to reversing the acceleration. If you recall the Newtonian physics from your high school physics class, acceleration is the velocity …
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The key to reversing the aging process
Conditions and diseases
Primum non nocere. First, do no harm. All doctors are familiar with this credo. From ancient precepts such as the Hippocratic Oath promising to abstain from doing harm to the modern bioethics principle of nonmaleficence, the calling of physicians involves…
Primum non nocere. First, do no harm.
All doctors are familiar with this credo. From ancient precepts such as the Hippocratic Oath promising to abstain from doing harm to the modern bioethics principle of nonmaleficence, the calling of physicians involves striving to help alleviate suffering and avoid making it worse. In our increasingly complex health care and data environment, avoiding inadvertent harm can be more difficult than one might expect.
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Opioid-free orthopedic surgery: Why (and how) my patients go opioid free after surgery
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