How patient portal message volume drives physician burnout

A patient sends a portal message at 9:17 p.m. on a Tuesday. “Hey, I’ve been having…

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,…