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Why ABIM's use of Medicare claims data violates physician autonomy
Most internal medicine physicians assume that when they sit for a board examination, their answers determine…
How physician financial autonomy cures physician burnout
I am going to say something that will irritate some people. A lot of physician burnout…
The clinical evidence and reality of peptide therapy
There is a sentence I have been practicing for two years. I believe peptide therapy works.…
Living with numbness after mastectomy: the unseen impact on survivorship
For years, I have heard breast cancer survivors share a common refrain: “I expected to lose…
Confronting the reality of bullying in medicine today
I still remember the first time I saw what bullying in medicine could do to a…
How the opioid superagonist DFNZ challenges pain medicine
A publication in Nature in April 2026 reports that N-desethyl-fluornitrazene (DFNZ), a modified nitazene and µ-opioid…
Surviving ventricular tachycardia: What I learned as a patient
What happens when the doctor becomes the patient? Is there anything learned or reinforced? For me,…
Physician legal protection: Surviving academic medical center blame
On October 20, 2015, I did something unremarkable: I turned on the GPS app on my…
Why weight regain is a predictable biological response after stopping GLP-1s [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Obesity medicine…