I recall the moment I fully grasped the critical importance of the physical exam and how…
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Physician mental health and suicide prevention: stories of survival
An excerpt fromPhysicians With Lived Experience: How Their Stories Offer Clinical Guidance(APA Publishing, 2025). Foreword by…
Outsourcing patient contact: a solution for multilingual health care
The fissuring of health care, along the lines of “The Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So…
Orthorexia nervosa turns healthy habits into a harmful obsession [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Internal medicine…
Why doctors struggle with health care system delays
As a pain physician, I spend my career advocating for patients who struggle to access appropriate…
The truth about ketamine: an anesthesiologist explains drug safety
Unfortunately, we’re all too familiar with the tragic headlines: Matthew Perry, cause of death: ketamine overdose…
Learned helplessness and self-efficacy in tobacco treatment
Treatment of people who use tobacco is different. Most treatments given to patients are reasonably successful,…
Beyond BMI: Why weight management must look inside the body
After more than 25 years in oncology rehabilitation, clinical education, and survivorship care, I’ve learned to…
Physician burnout and gaming: Why doctors turn to video games
“The problem is not that physicians play games. The problem is that we are embarrassed to…
AI in clinical documentation: Who is liable for medical errors?
The attending scrolls through the chart before morning rounds. The progress note is polished. The assessment…