Incident Report

Our time is precious, and healthcare professionals HATE it when people waste it with meaningless busywork. Dr. Paul Teirstein, Chief of Cardiology at the Scripps Clinic is on a mission to stop these time thieves. Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for medical boards has little convincing evidence to support that it actually improves outcomes, yet the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and related orgs held a monopoly on forcing physicians to spend money and precious time annually to “maintain” a certification that they already attained through hard work and long study. Go to NBPAS.org to fight the power. http://zdoggmd.com/against-medical-advice-035 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon, JP Morgan and Warren Buffet think they’re going to fix healthcare. But will it work for the guy who's washing our studio windows right now? #IncidentReport 140 Get 25% off Jaanuu gear for the ZPac only! Sign up for the exclusive coupon code here: http://eepurl.com/dg9f2X Video and more at http://zdoggmd.com/incident-report-140 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Neela Sethi is a pediatrician, mother, and entrepreneur...the co-founder of Jaanuu scrubs talks self-expression in a conformist healthcare system. Just for the ZPac, 20% off Jaanuu apparel, sign up for the coupon code here: http://eepurl.com/dg9f2X #sponsored More at zdoggmd.com/incident-report-139 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayo Clinic obesity specialist Dr. Michael Jensen joins us to talk fat. We cover "Fat and Fit", wearable devices, exercise vs. diet vs. surgery vs. pills, The Biggest Loser, sugary drinks vs. diet drinks, the impact of EHRs + salaried positions on medical peeps, and much more. Video at zdoggmd.com/against-medical-advice-034 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why the heck would anyone listen to an anti-vax chiropractor about flu? Listen to this instead. We cover flu vax, Tamiflu, the state of the current flu epidemic, and much more. Get your free audiobook with a 30 day trial via our sponsor partners Audible: www.audible.com/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vitamin C's resident bad boy drops in and DROPS SCIENCE. Dr. Paul Marik, Professor and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, joins us LIVE! More at http://zdoggmd.com/incident-report-137 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

See also a piece I wrote here: https://medium.com/@ZDoggMD/the-truth-behind-that-baltimore-patient-dumping-video-fd867ebc7071 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The more to this story than meets the camera eye. http://zdoggmd.com/forums/topic/whats-actually-going-on-in-baltimore/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is a yearly health evaluation effective in improving outcomes without causing harm and increasing costs? Time to take the blinders off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dunning-Kruger effect rears it's head once more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the internet organic wellness gurus give you lemons, make chemotherapy. Another debunking of s**t way too many people actually believe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Roseburg VA cherry-picking to game quality scores while endangering our veterans and ignoring physician recommendations? NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/us/at-veterans-hospital-in-oregon-a-push-for-better-ratings-puts-patients-at-risk-doctors-say.html Letter from ER docs: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4335659-ER-Docs-Letter.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My parents Rustom Damania, MD (an internist) and Shireen Damania, MD (a psychiatrist) join me to discuss how to recognize and intervene with healthcare professionals who are struggling with substance abuse, mental illness, and physical challenges such as dementia. We also read an obituary from a young surgeon with depression and anxiety who took his own life and the lives of his children this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A takedown of the most dangerous video currently on the internet. Video and more at http://zdoggmd.com/incident-report-129 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is life expectancy dropping 2 years in a row in the US? We reveal the sordid truth. #AgainstMedicalAdvice 032 The Article: http://wapo.st/2BpGCYG?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.dc72febbf51a Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What constitutes "assault" in healthcare? Two different cases, two different answers. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/15/doctor-signed-patients-livers-law-courts http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20171218/NEWS/171219895 Video archive, audio podcast, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership, merch, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: zdoggmd.com/about-z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices