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Why “the best physicians” risk burnout and isolation
This is a famous teaching in the Talmud, which in the Jewish faith is the commentary…
What a Nicaraguan village taught a U.S. doctor about true care
Each year, I leave behind the electronic health record, performance metrics, malpractice fears, and the ever-present…
Breaking the martyrdom trap in medicine
In medicine, self-sacrifice is praised. We call it dedication. We call it loyalty. However, sometimes it…
Stop blaming burnout: the real cause of unhappiness
It is hard to open a medical journal in any specialty without seeing an article on…
Stop medicalizing burnout and start healing the culture [PODCAST]
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The critical role of nurse practitioners in colorectal cancer screening
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second-deadliest cancer in the U.S.; however, screening rates remain too low…
mRNA post vaccination syndrome: Is it real?
This past week, an unhinged man in Atlanta committed an atrocity. He went to the Centers…
ChatGPT in health care: risks, benefits, and safer options
As technology becomes increasingly embedded in clinical workflows, many health care clinicians are turning to artificial…
Are we repeating the statin playbook with lipoprotein(a)?
In the late 1970s, a Japanese biochemist named Akira Endo discovered a compound from fungus that…