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He spoke up in residency, then got walked out in front of his patients [PODCAST]

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 physician and researcher who came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar,…

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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 physician and researcher who came to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar, shares what happened after he and fellow residents raised concerns about their training program. You will hear how the feedback …

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He spoke up in residency, then got walked out in front of his patients [PODCAST]

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Nurses are getting assaulted at work and no one listens [PODCAST]

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 retired psychiatric and operating room nurse and author, and Carleigh Beriont, a former union…

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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 retired psychiatric and operating room nurse and author, and Carleigh Beriont, a former union organizer who teaches U.S. history and public policy, explain why violence …

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Nurses are getting assaulted at work and no one listens [PODCAST]

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Burnout blames the doctor for a broken system [PODCAST]

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 systemic failure as a personal one, and that physicians are not failing, they are grieving…

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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 systemic failure as a personal one, and that physicians are not failing, they are grieving a profession that has changed around them. Using a malpractice case …

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Burnout blames the doctor for a broken system [PODCAST]

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Bedsore lawsuits are won and lost on the record [PODCAST]

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 are decided by what the medical record shows. Tracy Liberatore is…

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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 are decided by what the medical record shows. Tracy Liberatore is an attorney and former physician assistant who does expert witness work …

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Bedsore lawsuits are won and lost on the record [PODCAST]

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PCOS was never just about your ovaries [PODCAST]

If you have acne, irregular periods, and trouble with your weight, the cause may not be three separate problems. It may be one condition affecting your whole body. PCOS, long called polycystic ovary syndrome, was recently proposed for renaming to…

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If you have acne, irregular periods, and trouble with your weight, the cause may not be three separate problems. It may be one condition affecting your whole body. PCOS, long called polycystic ovary syndrome, was recently proposed for renaming to reflect its hormonal and metabolic roots, and Oluyemisi “Yemi” Famuyiwa explains …

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PCOS was never just about your ovaries [PODCAST]

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Why your sinus infections keep coming back, and antibiotics may be the reason [PODCAST]

You keep getting sinus infections, so you keep getting antibiotics. What if the antibiotics are part of the problem? Franklyn R. Gergits is a board-certified otolaryngologist and fellowship-trained otolaryngic allergist with about 30 years in practice. This episode is based…

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You keep getting sinus infections, so you keep getting antibiotics. What if the antibiotics are part of the problem? Franklyn R. Gergits is a board-certified otolaryngologist and fellowship-trained otolaryngic allergist with about 30 years in practice. This episode is based on his article “Recurrent sinus infections leave damage beyond your …

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Why your sinus infections keep coming back, and antibiotics may be the reason [PODCAST]

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Big Pharma’s drug marketing got stealthy, and you are the target [PODCAST]

The pharma rep with the free lunch is gone. What replaced it is harder to see, and aimed at you and your doctor. Martha Rosenberg is an investigative reporter who has worked at two medical schools and two medical ad…

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The pharma rep with the free lunch is gone. What replaced it is harder to see, and aimed at you and your doctor. Martha Rosenberg is an investigative reporter who has worked at two medical schools and two medical ad agencies, seeing drug marketing from the inside. This episode is based …

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Big Pharma’s drug marketing got stealthy, and you are the target [PODCAST]

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What ChatGPT revealed when a medical student asked it to analyze him [PODCAST]

What happens when you ask ChatGPT to study every conversation you have had and tell you who you really are? One medical student did that, and what it told him changed how he sees his future in medicine. Jack Tiller…

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What happens when you ask ChatGPT to study every conversation you have had and tell you who you really are? One medical student did that, and what it told him changed how he sees his future in medicine. Jack Tiller is a medical student in an MD-PhD program, with doctoral work …

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What ChatGPT revealed when a medical student asked it to analyze him [PODCAST]

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Your kidney never fully recovered from surgery, and the labs won’t show it [PODCAST]

Your kidney test comes back normal after surgery, so you must have recovered. Except the damage can be hiding in plain sight. John Erbey is an epidemiologist by training and the founder and CEO of Roivios, where he works at…

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Your kidney test comes back normal after surgery, so you must have recovered. Except the damage can be hiding in plain sight. John Erbey is an epidemiologist by training and the founder and CEO of Roivios, where he works at the intersection of science and business. This episode is based on …

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Your kidney never fully recovered from surgery, and the labs won’t show it [PODCAST]

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Doctors burn out from a guilt that was never theirs [PODCAST]

You feel guilty for calling in sick, taking earned vacation, or setting a boundary at work. What if that guilt was never really yours? Christie Mulholland is a palliative care physician and certified physician development coach. This episode is based…

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You feel guilty for calling in sick, taking earned vacation, or setting a boundary at work. What if that guilt was never really yours? Christie Mulholland is a palliative care physician and certified physician development coach. This episode is based on her article “Why your physician guilt may not actually …

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Doctors burn out from a guilt that was never theirs [PODCAST]

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Doctors who ignore AI will get left behind [PODCAST]

When your hospital decides how to use AI, will you be in the room or will you be handed whatever someone else picked? Physicians have done this before, letting insurance and then EMRs reshape medicine before they reacted, and AI…

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When your hospital decides how to use AI, will you be in the room or will you be handed whatever someone else picked? Physicians have done this before, letting insurance and then EMRs reshape medicine before they reacted, and AI is the next force they cannot afford to ignore. Augusta Uwah …

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Doctors who ignore AI will get left behind [PODCAST]

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A doctor’s kindness changed how my wife survived cancer [PODCAST]

When a doctor shows real kindness, does it change how a patient heals? For Randy McNeely, the answer arrived the day his wife was diagnosed with cancer, and the calm, caring doctors who treated her became part of her recovery.…

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When a doctor shows real kindness, does it change how a patient heals? For Randy McNeely, the answer arrived the day his wife was diagnosed with cancer, and the calm, caring doctors who treated her became part of her recovery. Randy McNeely is a motivational speaker known as Captain Kindman, joined …

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A doctor’s kindness changed how my wife survived cancer [PODCAST]

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What no one teaches you about fertility before you need help [PODCAST]

Fertility specialist and Montgomery Fertility Center founder Oluyemisi "Yemi" Famuyiwa discusses the article "What no one tells you about fertility, from a doctor." Yemi discusses the article through a compassionate look at the emotional, biological, and practical realities patients often…

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Fertility specialist and Montgomery Fertility Center founder Oluyemisi “Yemi” Famuyiwa discusses the article “What no one tells you about fertility, from a doctor.” Yemi discusses the article through a compassionate look at the emotional, biological, and practical realities patients often discover only after struggling to conceive. She explores fertility myths, …

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What no one teaches you about fertility before you need help [PODCAST]

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Why women doctors get sick and blame themselves for it [PODCAST]

Women doctors joke about being cursed with every complication, but what if the job itself is quietly damaging their health? Jessie Mahoney, a pediatrician and certified coach, returns to share her own story of pregnancy complications, an ICU stay, and…

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Women doctors joke about being cursed with every complication, but what if the job itself is quietly damaging their health? Jessie Mahoney, a pediatrician and certified coach, returns to share her own story of pregnancy complications, an ICU stay, and a string of surgeries she spent years writing off as bad …

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Why women doctors get sick and blame themselves for it [PODCAST]

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Medicare will pay you to keep patients well. Most practices miss it. [PODCAST]

Medicare will pay your practice to keep chronically ill patients out of the hospital, so why do most practices leave that money unused? Rachel Yates, a registered nurse and health care executive, joins to explain two reimbursement programs Medicare introduced…

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Medicare will pay your practice to keep chronically ill patients out of the hospital, so why do most practices leave that money unused? Rachel Yates, a registered nurse and health care executive, joins to explain two reimbursement programs Medicare introduced in 2024, Community Health Integration and Principal Illness Navigation, and why …

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Medicare will pay you to keep patients well. Most practices miss it. [PODCAST]

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Cardiac arrest is a human problem, not a training problem

When a patient's heart stops, the person leading the code is running on memory alone, and memory fails under that kind of pressure. Michael Peck is an anesthesiologist and retired faculty member at George Washington University who spent more than…

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When a patient’s heart stops, the person leading the code is running on memory alone, and memory fails under that kind of pressure. Michael Peck is an anesthesiologist and retired faculty member at George Washington University who spent more than 30 years watching skilled clinicians get cognitively overwhelmed during a cardiac …

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Health policy

How to fix health care without Medicare for All [PODCAST]

Medicare for All keeps dying in Congress. So what would actually get the major players to agree on universal coverage? Health care journalist Ken Terry returns to lay out a different model, one that keeps insurance companies in the system…

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Medicare for All keeps dying in Congress. So what would actually get the major players to agree on universal coverage? Health care journalist Ken Terry returns to lay out a different model, one that keeps insurance companies in the system while putting primary care doctors back in charge of basic care. …

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How to fix health care without Medicare for All [PODCAST]

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Why doctors hide their own depression until it nearly breaks them [PODCAST]

For 23 years, an emergency physician stayed calm in the chaos and held the line. Then one night he sat in the hospital parking lot, unable to start his car and drive home. In this episode, Kenneth Scott Burnham shares…

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For 23 years, an emergency physician stayed calm in the chaos and held the line. Then one night he sat in the hospital parking lot, unable to start his car and drive home. In this episode, Kenneth Scott Burnham shares how depression crept up on him gradually, how his clinical training …

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Why doctors hide their own depression until it nearly breaks them [PODCAST]

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Why the cure for physician burnout is seeing fewer patients [PODCAST]

For 15 years, a primary care physician saw more than 22 patients a day and slowly lost herself to exhaustion. It followed her home every night and onto every vacation. In this episode, Jerina Gani explains how she broke that…

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For 15 years, a primary care physician saw more than 22 patients a day and slowly lost herself to exhaustion. It followed her home every night and onto every vacation. In this episode, Jerina Gani explains how she broke that cycle by doing the opposite of what administrators push: she saw …

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Why the cure for physician burnout is seeing fewer patients [PODCAST]

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How credentialing fears harm physician mental health [PODCAST]

Clinicians are treated as invincible, so when their own mental health suffers, many stay silent. Namit Choksi, a physician entrepreneur and health care executive, joins to explain how credentialing forms and a culture that treats wellbeing as a perk push…

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Clinicians are treated as invincible, so when their own mental health suffers, many stay silent. Namit Choksi, a physician entrepreneur and health care executive, joins to explain how credentialing forms and a culture that treats wellbeing as a perk push doctors to hide depression, anxiety, and substance use until they reach …

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How credentialing fears harm physician mental health [PODCAST]

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