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Putting food allergy safety on the menu [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Leading food…
New surge in misleading ads about diabetes on social media poses a serious health risk
A recent surge in misleading ads and AI-generated videos on social media and other online sites…
Why trust and simplicity matter more than buzzwords in hospital AI
Everyone wants the best model. The flashiest algorithm. The one with the highest AUC and the…
Why real medicine is more than quick labels
An excerpt from Real Medicine, Unreal Stories, Volume 3. The café was quiet, tucked between a…
Why the Sean Combs trial is a wake-up call for HIV prevention
We are now waiting for sentencing in the Sean (P. Diddy) Combs trial. Onlookers reading about…
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…