A patient sends a portal message at 9:17 p.m. on a Tuesday. “Hey, I’ve been having…
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Safety-net dentistry restores human dignity for patients recovering from severe addiction [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Clinical director…
Why self-care alone cannot cure systemic nursing burnout
Nurses are constantly told that burnout can be prevented through self-care: rest, nutrition, mindfulness, and learning…
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,…