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1) Episode 136: Indpendent vs. Employed Physicians
Over the last several decades a shift from independent physicians to corporate-employed physicians has changed the healthcare landscape. It would make sense to consolidate and take advantage of econ...Show More
2) Episode 135: Sleeping with Bedbugs
With stronger regulations on pesticides (for good reason), bedbug infestations have been on the rise in recent years. These little parasites live in the nooks and crannies of places where humans like ...Show More
3) Episode 134: A Look Back at HIV
When Kendall and Amy began medical training, the HIV/AIDS crisis was at its peak. The number of infections were blowing up, and people were dying in frightening numbers. But looking back at the stor...Show More
4) Episode 133: The End of the Paper Chart
When EMRs or EHRS first started popping up, it was an exciting time to be alive. The promise of no longer having to dig through fat charts to locate a lab report or trying to decipher some all but ill...Show More
5) Episode 132: Melanoma Medicine
A lot has changed over the past 50 years. We've gone from a society that used baby oil and reflective tanning mats in the 70s to one that will spend $50 and up on a rashguard with UV protection. Thes...Show More
6) Episode 131: The Anti-Vax Movement and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
With the continued persistence of the modern anti-vaccination movement, even with the studies that originated it debunked, we have to ask some difficult questions about what we know and how we reach p...Show More
7) Episode 130: Changing Thoughts on Colon Cancer Screening
For so long, colorectal cancer screening beginning at age 50 has been gospel in preventative medicine. But recently, trends in the incidence of colorectal cancer suggest we may be doing to much scree...Show More
8) Episode 129: Is There a Physician Shortage
For those who pay attention to the state of healthcare in the U.S., the idea that we face a looming physician shortage is nothing new. Today, 2 Docs Talk about where the idea of a potential shortfall...Show More
9) Episode 128: Tracking Maternal Mortality
There has been a lot of commentary in the news and in medical journals about the problem of maternal mortality - specifically how we are really crappy at tracking it, which makes it really difficult t...Show More
10) Episode 127: Is There Really an Advantage to Medicare Part C?
Medicare can be confusing for a lot of folks. Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D – some are automatic, some require enrollment; some have premiums, some don't; some have eligibility requirements besides a...Show More