Episodios

  • Why Nurses May Be a Key to Fixing American Healthcare
    Mar 9 2026

    New research suggests that expanding nurses’ roles in our hospitals could be one of the smartest — and most urgent — steps we can take for the future of American healthcare.

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  • TrumpRx: What the President Didn’t Tell You
    Mar 1 2026

    The President says TrumpRx will give Americans the lowest drug prices in the world — but a closer look reveals a much more limited program that will leave most patients exactly where they started.

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    5 m
  • The Boring Secret to Living Longer
    Feb 22 2026

    One in four Americans die before age 70 — not because we lack longevity supplements, but because we've abandoned the basic primary care that keeps people alive.

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  • Why Dying Needs More Than Medicine
    Feb 15 2026

    Medical Care is often not enough. Doulas are bringing an ancient practice back to modern dying—one family at a time.

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  • Follow the Money: What Super Bowl Health Ads Really Sell
    Feb 8 2026

    Super Bowl medical ads use celebrity endorsements and fear tactics to promote disease screening - not primarily for public health, but to expand the patient pool for new, expensive treatments.

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  • When Back Pain Strikes: Why Surgery Isn't Always the Answer
    Feb 1 2026
    Most back pain doesn't require surgery—so why are we spending two billion dollars over a three-year period on it?
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  • The Blue Blood That Saves Lives — But At What Cost?
    Jan 25 2026

    Every medical injection you've ever received was safety-tested using the blue blood of a 450-million-year-old creature — and we're finally questioning whether that's worth their survival.

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  • The Antidepressant Trap: The Story We Weren’t Told
    Jan 18 2026

    My patient Paul has been trying to stop his antidepressants for months, and what's keeping him trapped reveals a truth the medical community has been slow to acknowledge.

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