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Vaccine breakthrough infections, Moderna vs Pfizer waning immunity, boosters for the elderly, and more.Here’s the Intelligencer article I referenced by Dave Wallace-Wells with Dr. Michael Mina. And here’s a post-show live discussion I did on Locals (you can sign up for a free account to watch). Video and Transcript Here 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

Previously LIVE Q+A on awakening, meditation, the nature of thought, emotion, non-dual realization, and unfiltered reality. Easy stuff

A deep dive into the risk/benefit of vaccination vs. "natural" COVID infection at this delta-driven stage.We talk mask and vaccine mandates, how variants work, natural immunity, an alt-middle approach to sensemaking, and more, originally LIVE. Video and transcript here.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

Guess what: pandemic dynamics are complex. Let's stop reducing them to mask mandates and indoor dining, OK? Article link, video podcast, transcript, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/delta-crash Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're talking with vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit about variants, kids & COVID-19, boosters, breakthrough infections, misinformation, schools + masks, immunity from natural infection, vaccine mandates, and much more, LIVE

Why do we reduce humans who suffer with chronic pain to simple molecules and receptors? Pain psychologist Rachel Zoffness, P.h.D. returns to talk fibromyalgia, stomach pain, anxiety, the role of trauma, and much more.UCSF pain psychologist Dr. Rachel Zoffness, PhD teaches us methods to take better control of our pain. She is the author of The Pain Management Workbook, a pain educator on faculty at Dartmouth, and columnist for Psychology Today. Full video with transcript. 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

Public health mask mandates, who's getting Delta now, vaccine "breakthrough" infections, the politics of the pandemic, kids & COVID-19, and much more, LIVE.Video: https://zdoggmd.com/sunday-roundz-7-18-21 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

Filmmaker and host of the Theories of Everything podcast Curt Jaimungal & I talk sensemaking, medicine 3.0, consciousness and the nature of reality, the challenges of meditation, sleep disturbances, thought storms, free will, and much more, originally LIVE.Watch Curt's outstanding YouTube interview podcast Theories of Everything. And check out his documentary on the radical need for Alt-Middle thinking, Better Left Unsaid. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/curt-jaimungal/ 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

CDC reports a possible association between the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and a type of autoimmune paralysis called Guillain-Barre. Here's what you need to know.Here's a prior show we did on flu shot and Guillain-Barre. Full video with transcript. 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

Originally streamed live on Sunday 7/11/21. We talked regulatory capture by pharma, the aducanumab outrage, Pfizer's booster bull$hit, masks in kids, virtue signaling, the return of RSV and risk understanding in children, do non-vaccinated people pose a threat, and a ridiculous video aimed at the Black community called Vax That Thang Up

Weighing the risk of myocarditis vs. the benefit of vaccinating young people (particularly boys) with the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. Transcript, video podcast, links to the op-ed and more with UCSF hematologist/oncologist and medical evidence specialist Dr. Vinay Prasad: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-myocarditis Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have absolutely no idea whether putting masks on kids is net helpful or harmful, and here's why. Links to the op-ed, transcript, video, and more from Dr. Vinay Prasad: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-kids-masking Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two doctors analyze the evidence so far on ivermectin for COVID-19 and Aduhelm (aducanumab) for Alzheimer's. Dr. Vinay Prasad is a UCSF heme/onc doc who specializes in clinical trials and medical decision-making. Video podcast, transcript, links and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-prasad-ivermectin Your support keeps us independent and mild-to-moderately awesome: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Show, podcast, music, support, shop, social media, and email: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deeper dive into the nitty gritty of spiritual awakening. This is the second interview in our series Awakening, Explained with my guest Dr. Angelo DiLullo. Angelo is a practicing anesthesiologist and author of the book "Awake: It's Your Turn." In this episode we discuss the nature of unbound consciousness, the role of inquiry and curiosity in awakening, how "just stop" can be a powerful gateway, the nature of beliefs as a hindrance to awakening, the importance of humility and authenticity on the path, the origins of the sense of "self" in childhood, the nature of non-dual reality/radical intimacy/love, the question “What Is This?” as inquiry, insane comedic interlude featuring constipation/Sesame Street jokes, what are thoughts, how does thought relate to suffering and the creation of a false "self" and much more.  Get Angelo's book and download his free meditation app here. The rest of our Awakening, Explained interview series can be found here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter

A family doctor and an engineer do what government couldn't: provide amazing care to both rich AND poor. A bright spot lesson in grassroots healthcare reform

Delta variant vs. vaccines, hospitalizations, children, masks and more, explained by a doctor with precisely 97.5% less drama

The "House of God" and "Man's 4th Best Hospital" author talks about his path integrating medicine and writing, the role and importance of spiritual awakening, and a preview of his new book. Check out his latest book, Man's 4th Best Hospital, here. Full video here 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

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It’s no surprise that mental and emotional health are directly related to physical disease. Here’s what we can do about it, starting with primary care. Lucy McBride, MD, is a practicing internist in Washington, DC, with two decades of experience. A trusted and recognized voice in patient care, she is also a Bloomberg New Voices fellow, a healthcare educator, mental health advocate and healthcare disruptor working to increase awareness of the intersection of mental and physical health. She is Princeton, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins trained. Learn more about her and sign up for her awesome newsletter here. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, & Instagram. Full video here.   Topics & Timecodes: 0:00 Intro: Mental health and its connection to overall health 6:34 The nature of the mind-body connection 12:24 Re-personalized, re-humanized medicine and a patient example from Dr. McBride 14:47 The mental health toll from COVID-19, our response to COVID-19 and its impact, and well-intentioned public health messaging

Investigative journalist Marshall Allen teaches us how we can fight back against opaque and predatory medical bills. Learn more about Marshall's work and get his outstanding new book, Never Pay The First Bill, here. Full video with transcript. Topics & Timecodes 0:00 Intro: Marshall’s work exposing the abuse of front line healthcare professionals during the early pandemic 2:47 Marshall’s work at the Las Vegas Sun exposing the abuse of foreign medical graduates on J-1 Visa programs 10:26 “Normalization of deviance” in US healthcare, exposing it with Dr. Marty Makary, and the most amazing hospital experience Marshall’s had 14:50 New U.S. hospital price transparency rules and how & why hospitals aren’t complying 16:09 Why you should care about healthcare costs even if your employer is “paying,” and how even doctors get screwed when they become patients despite their knowledge of the system 19:49 Who is the REAL customer in healthcare and why the big legacy players almost never side with the patient/consumer, the