KevinMD

JUNE 23, 2025

In January, I wrote regarding the biased NBC report on unidentified bodies from a coroner’s office being used by a medical school. Subsequently, the network aired two related episodes. The second report centered on a self-employed purveyor of bodies and parts. He displayed no respect for the people whose bodies or parts he sold. The Read more… Ethical dilemmas in using unclaimed bodies for medical research originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 23, 2025

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Pediatrician and certified coach Jessie Mahoney discusses her article, “Physician wellness is a strategic imperative—not a moral crusade.” The conversation focuses on why physicians must shift their advocacy for well-being from a reactive, moral argument to a strategic one that aligns Read more… How to speak the language of leadership to improve doctor wellness [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.co

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KevinMD

JUNE 23, 2025

There’s a quiet rebellion happening in medicine. A movement of physicians no longer willing to sacrifice their humanity for productivity quotas, administrative burdens, or the illusion of perfection. We wrote White Coats, Courageous Hearts with thirteen other physicians to shine a light on this shift—voices reclaiming agency in a system that often forgets that doctors Read more… True stories of doctors reclaiming their humanity in a system that challenges it originally appeared in KevinMD.

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KevinMD

JUNE 23, 2025

As a psychiatrist deeply committed to my patients’ well-being, there are moments etched into my memory—moments of profound suffering, struggle, and ultimately, redemption. I vividly recall Sarah (name changed for confidentiality), a 45-year-old teacher whose severe depression had drained all joy from her life. “Dr. Rifai, I just want my life back,” she told me, Read more… How deep transcranial magnetic stimulation is transforming mental health care originally appeared in KevinM

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KevinMD

JUNE 22, 2025

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Entrepreneur, AI enthusiast, and wellness advocate Vaishali Jha discusses her article, “Gen Z is already transforming mental health care—are we listening?” The conversation explores the vital need for new perspectives in health care, arguing that the system often overlooks the voices Read more… How Gen Z is transforming mental health care [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 22, 2025

I have been on the pre-med path for years. I started college excited to one day become a doctor, but I quickly learned that excitement was not part of the culture. From the beginning, pre-med students are taught to compete with one another. We are forced into difficult STEM courses that are often graded on Read more… Why the pre-med path is pushing future doctors to the brink originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 22, 2025

The emergency physician across from me had it all on paper: good schedule, six-figure salary, respected by colleagues, two kids in college, mortgage nearly paid off. “I should be grateful,” she said, staring at her coffee. “But I keep wondering — is this it for the next twenty years?” If you’re nodding, you’re not alone. Read more… Why wanting more from your medical career is a sign of strength originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 22, 2025

I know what I’m about to say is unpopular, and maybe even controversial within our field — but I need to say it. I’ve been a nurse for 18 years. I care deeply about my patients, and I care about the future of this profession. But I’m increasingly disheartened by what I see inside our Read more… Nurses aren’t eating their young — we’re starving the profession originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 21, 2025

An excerpt from Real Medicine, Unreal Stories: Lessons and Insights from Clinical Practice (Volume 2). The dinner plates had been cleared and a lazy instrumental playlist drifted through the background. Thad Brigham leaned back in his chair, a satisfied smile crossing his face as he looked at his daughters across the table. “You two always manage Read more… How inspiration and family stories shape our most meaningful moments originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 21, 2025

I have never been outside my hospital since I joined two months ago. As the only doctor in the oncology department, I cannot take the time to roam around the hospital. My duty hours are filled with chemotherapy treatments and the continuous monitoring of sick patients. The hospital where I work is affiliated with a Read more… How a rainy walk helped an oncologist rediscover joy and bravery originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 21, 2025

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Retired surgeon, psychotherapist, and author Patrick Hudson discusses his article, “Why we fear being forgotten more than death itself.” The conversation explores the profound difference between the biological act of dying and the existential fear of vanishing from the story of Read more… Why the fear of being forgotten is stronger than the fear of death [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 21, 2025

It was early morning—likely the first appointment of the day. The music in the waiting room had not even been turned on yet, and the smell of coffee was just beginning to meet the air. After a few minutes, I was called back to a room and sat in the exam chair, already in scrubs Read more… Why women doctors are still mistaken for nurses originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 21, 2025

8:00 a.m.: The start of a not-so-perfect morning I wake up, already running a bit behind. I toss last night’s leftovers into a lunchbox while thinking, Will this meet my nutrition for the day? Maybe tomorrow I’ll pack something better. Morning routine kicks in: shower, brush, poop, pack bag, grab tea. No time to sit Read more… A day in the life of a WHO public health professional in Meghalaya, India originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 20, 2025

An older woman with osteoporosis fell at home, developed back pain, then went to urgent care and was diagnosed with a “muscle strain.” During a follow-up visit in my office, she told me she’d had transient urinary incontinence after her fall, and on exam she had midline back tenderness, hip flexor weakness, and hyper-reflexive knee Read more… When doctors forget how to examine: the danger of lost clinical skills originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 20, 2025

I’ve lived a full life. A hard one. A beautiful one. A complicated one. And now, at 61, I’m finally beginning to live an honest one. I was built in survival mode. Growing up as a Korean American boy in Central Texas—often the only Asian face in the room—my earliest years taught me that difference Read more… From survival to sovereignty: What 35 years in the ER taught me about identity, mortality, and redemption originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 20, 2025

Imagine assembling an IKEA bookshelf with instructions in 12 languages, missing pages, and screws that cost vastly different amounts depending on which store you went to, unbeknownst to you. Then, after assembling it, you discover you’ll be charged even more because you used an Allen wrench. That’s a standard experience for Americans navigating the health Read more… Why U.S. health care pricing is so confusing—and how to fix it originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 20, 2025

They left quietly. Logged their last note. Disconnected their badge. Maybe cleared out a drawer, maybe not. And just like that, another clinician walked away from medicine. No exit interview. No debrief. No conversation about what led up to that final decision. Just silence. In most professions, when someone resigns, leadership wants to know why. Read more… What if medicine had an exit interview?

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KevinMD

JUNE 20, 2025

I’ve felt an overwhelming need to write for about a month now. I struggled to find the right words as recent events in medicine and society have created a constant state of confusion and distress. Most notably, I have found it increasingly difficult to understand or process how some medical professionals can remain silent or Read more… Adriana Smith’s story: a medical tragedy under heartbeat laws originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 20, 2025

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Physician executive Sreeram Mullankandy discusses his article, “Bridging the digital divide: Addressing health inequities through home-based AI solutions.” The conversation highlights that while the future of health care delivery is moving into patients’ homes, this shift risks leaving the most vulnerable Read more… How home-based AI can reduce health inequities in underserved communities [PODCAST]

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KevinMD

JUNE 19, 2025

A nation that can map the human genome, transplant a face, and land rovers on Mars somehow cannot guarantee its citizens a timely doctor’s appointment. The official story blames “complex market forces,” “geographic maldistribution,” or the ever-handy “burnout.” But beneath the diagnostic babble lies a simpler, more uncomfortable truth: A powerful medical guild has learned Read more… When the white coats become gatekeepers: How a quiet cartel strangles Am

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KevinMD

JUNE 19, 2025

Professional coaching can contribute to personal growth and development by providing encouragement and support using a handful of simple techniques designed for deepening exploration in a co-created working relationship. Focuses can be wide ranging and include development and clarification of goals, refining communication, boundary setting, and conflict management skills.

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KevinMD

JUNE 19, 2025

Hidden in the darkness of the heart or in the blinding headlights of the world, thoughts transformed into words seek to escape. They long to be heard, and absorbed by others. However, these words must first find the courage to be expressed, released from the recesses where they have been buried by fear, pain or Read more… Finding healing in narrative medicine: When words replace silence originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 19, 2025

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Pediatrician Sarah Webber discusses her article, “Why it’s so hard to admit when we don’t like our jobs.” The conversation is a vulnerable look into her personal experience with burnout just nine months into what she thought was her dream job Read more… When your dream job becomes a nightmare [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 18, 2025

Did you have chickenpox as a kid? If the answer is yes (which it is for most of us), you’re at risk of getting shingles. Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After one recovers from chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in one’s nerve cells. Later in life, if Read more… How the shingles vaccine could help prevent dementia originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 18, 2025

The solution to the physician burnout crisis isn’t more diagnoses or interventions. The antidote isn’t more modules, surveys, screenings, or questionnaires. What’s needed is cultural healing: One that we have so far been unwilling and/or too depleted to attempt. Over the past decade, physician wellness has been medicalized. We’ve absorbed it into the very system Read more… Medicalizing burnout misses the real problem originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 18, 2025

Medicine has always evolved through a blend of scientific rigor and bold innovation. Over the last century, surgical practice has progressed from risky open procedures to highly controlled, minimally invasive interventions. Laparoscopic surgery marked one such revolution, dramatically enhancing patient outcomes by enabling precision through small incisions.

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KevinMD

JUNE 18, 2025

When I was working full time in emergency medicine, I didn’t think much about the systems in my personal life. I had just enough clarity to show up for the next shift, keep my kid fed, work out, stay married, and try to remember where I parked the car. I wasn’t stupid. I wasn’t lazy. Read more… When did we start treating our lives like trauma?

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KevinMD

JUNE 18, 2025

The next major health epidemic in the U.S. will not come from a pathogen. This plague has a potential patient population in the tens of millions, limited effective treatments, and is not widely studied in the medical community. I’m referring to sports gambling, an activity that deeply alarms me as a physician who specializes in Read more… Why gambling addiction is America’s next health crisis originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 18, 2025

On June 12, 2025, Air India flight crashed minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad in India. Among the 242 people on board, only one survived: a man seated in 11A. That image has stayed with me—not just because of the miraculous survival, but because of what it reveals about systems. Seat 11A was located near the Read more… The man in seat 11A survived, but why don’t our patients?

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KevinMD

JUNE 18, 2025

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! LGBTQ+ journalist BJ Ferguson discusses the article, “Why physician voices matter in the fight against anti-LGBTQ+ laws.” The conversation serves as a call to action for medical professionals, arguing that their duty to protect patient health now extends beyond the clinic Read more… Why physician voices matter in the fight against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 19, 2025

The first rule of being a doctor is not “do no harm.” It’s “mind your own business.” You won’t find it in the ethics textbooks. It’s not part of any formal curriculum. But ask around—quietly, privately—and most seasoned clinicians will tell you the same thing: the people who ask too many questions don’t last long.

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KevinMD

JUNE 17, 2025

“Some people learn. Some don’t. For the former, growing old is a joy. For the latter, it is hell.” I’ve seen both. In exam rooms, break rooms, ORs, and coaching sessions. One physician softens—more present, less defended. Another hardens—brittle, often angry. The difference isn’t intelligence, training, or temperament. It’s whether they’re willing to learn—not just Read more… Why some doctors age gracefully—and others grow bitter originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 17, 2025

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Pediatrician and certified coach Jessie Mahoney discusses her article “The broken health care system doesn’t have to break you.” Jessie discusses the profound changes in the practice of medicine that no longer align with traditional training models. She identifies outdated beliefs Read more… How to survive a broken health care system without losing yourself [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.

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KevinMD

JUNE 16, 2025

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Anesthesiologist Maire Daugharty, who expanded her expertise by earning a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling, discusses her article “Why ADHD isn’t just a childhood disorder and what that means for adults.” Maire discusses the critical importance of timely diagnosis Read more… Why ADHD in adults is often missed—and why it matters [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 17, 2025

Disclosure: This should not be considered as evidence-based mental health literature. These are the observations of a surgeon with extensive experience being angry. Introduction Many physicians are finding themselves strained from ongoing sociopolitical crises. Dealing with the frequent or continuous consequences of unsustainable practices in health care systems, global systems issues like racism or sexism, Read more… How the cycle of rage is affecting physicians—and how to break free originally

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KevinMD

JUNE 17, 2025

As someone who believes in a healthy amount of social media consumerism — just enough to stay inspired without drowning in every new trend — I recently found myself intrigued by a wellness practice that kept resurfacing on my feed: infrared sauna. Beyond the polished posts and glowing endorsements, my curiosity was also fueled by Read more… What the research really says about infrared saunas originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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KevinMD

JUNE 17, 2025

As an endodontist who specializes in saving natural teeth, I have a front-row seat when it comes to observing the nuances of oral health. I can tell who is a flosser, a fan of tooth whiteners, and the sweet tooths among us. Occasionally, and particularly in younger adults, I see signs of severe tooth decay. Read more… Why removing fluoride from water is a public health disaster originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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