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Turning lemons into lemonade is what our guest John Matland has done. Sadly many of you will relate to his story. Like many other healthcare workers across the nation and the world, he experienced job termination during the pandemic. As an imaging technician in a New York hospital, he chose to wait on receiving any Covid vaccines and questioned the reasoning behind selective testing only of nonvac...

If you could take 40 Motrin tablets without the toxic response would you do it? Today we are talking about ways to get increased oxygenation, decreased swelling, decreased inflammation all in one treatment. Welcome to Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy (HBOT) ! It’s not just for scuba injuries or wound care. There is evidence for improvement in brain injury, joint issues, autoimmune disease to numerous gen...

Drs. Kirk and Kimberly Milhoan are an amazing physician couple with a unique combination of expertise in Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Anesthesia. They have experienced what happens when  speaking out against the status quo on Covid therapeutics , and what that cost is. Kirk tells of how he became subject to investigation by the Hawaii Board of Medicine for a conversation he had regarding Cov...

We are long overdue for another Doctor As Patient episode. I decided it would be perfect for me to share my own personal story and journey with migraine. Having been a lifelong migraine patient, it has impacted my life since I was 11 years old. I have tried to never let it define me, but living with a chronic illness certainly controls many aspects of your life. I have tried almost every therapeut...

Cheers-We are celebrating another Doctales! Do you remember eating candy hearts? Did you know that they used to be medicinal? Trust a pharmacist to turn drugs into a money making operation….voila candy hearts were created! Tim thinks Valentines is about “gettin’ lucky” so he puts his own spin on Valentine’s Luck with a bit of history on the origin of Valentines and who really DID get lucky when it...

I have a slight obsession with a trainer I follow on Facebook and Instagram. I’ve been following Cori Lefkowith of REDEFINING STRENGTH  for years, enjoying her motivational posts and loving her targeted exercises for my troublesome injuries.  She has great rehab advice that I have tried and tested on my numerous Ortho injuries. She has helped me when many PT’s couldn’t  even crack the mystery.   ...

Last week the Supreme Court blocked the OSHA vaccine mandate for large businesses. While this is a huge ruling, how exactly did this overturn and how was it decided? During this pandemic we have seen decisions being made based on doctrine. Do administrative agencies have the authority to implement medical mandates based on their interpretation of science?  To help us unpack what happened and where...

Today we talk about Omicron taking over as the dominant strain around the world and the future of Covid.  Omicron is much more contagious, seems to be much less dangerous and mitigation strategies have not worked.  The world has gone MAD focusing on vaccine status instead of what is happening with infections, illness and hospitalization/deaths.  Could Omicron be the golden ticket that is turning t...

Pfizer has released a potential “treatment” for Covid: Paxlovid.  The drug, Paxlovid, received an emergency use authorization by FDA for use in patients 12 years old and up who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are at high risk.  We are honored to have Dr. Joel S Hirschhorn with us to share his expertise and countless hours of research analyzing the data. He is the author of Pandemic Blunder:...

We made it! One full year of podcasting in the books.  Of course ANYTHING Covid was gobbled up by our listeners. In fact the top 10 episodes were ALL Covid related- no surprise. Tim says that his way of thinking about the scientific process and validity of medical data and studies has been demolished after his favorite episode: #25: Follow the Herd with Dr. Harvey Risch May thinks the Fentanyl Ser...

You’ve heard all the jokes- what’s your poo telling you?, eat sh&t and die, you’re full of sh&t. Today we are going in deep and discussing how “eating” poo can actually save people! ( no they don’t really have to eat it, but it makes a great title!) Fecal microbiota transplant ( FMT) aka a stool transplant, is the process of transferring stool from a healthy patient into another individual. Curren...

Merry Christmas and cheers to the last Doctales of the year! We’ve got a great festive nog recipe and a lineup of stories of Christmas hazards.  Singing tree crashes, and tinsel in kittens. Falls from the rooftop and 40 below shut ins. These are a few of our non- favorite things.  Enjoy a mixture of our own childhood experiences, medical maladies and a few tales we have heard.  Try out this Eggnog...

What CAN a physician do other than prescribe your medications, perform exams on every orifice you have and cut and paste you back together with knives, nukes and robotics? Guess what? There is a whole world of other career options out there for those who are looking for a complete career change or just starting a new side gig.  Dr. John Jurica joins us today to give us an overview of the options....

The big “O” variant is upon us, May’s got Covid and we repurposed a livestream!  Here comes Omicron. What does this mean for the winter, for your family, your job, your health, your mask supply?  There has been a lot of panic pushed by the media over this new variant. So what’s the truth? Is it Molly Hatchet and we’re “flirtin’ with disaster”?  Maybe it’s Muller’s Ratchet- where organisms accrue s...

Go big or go home… this is an in depth look at a rising trend in the healthcare workforce.  What do you know about healthcare unions? Do you think of pickets and healthcare providers demanding more money? Did you even know they existed? With the continuous corporatization of American healthcare, physicians have been losing their voice, power and have not figured out a successful way to keep their...

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you are enjoying the holiday weekend, giving thanks and staying safe.  We also hope you are avoiding the big holiday medical horrors that are common at this time of year. Stop freaking out about Covid this weekend, it’s still more likely that an auto accident will occur than the attack of the spike proteins.  Don’t let football or family get your blood boiling, or your...

If anyone understands how important it is to live every moment of life right down to the last thousandth of a second, it’s today’s guest- Steve Torrence.  November 14th, 2021 Steve won his 4th Top Fuel Dragster World Championship ( in a row). This is how most of the world knows Steve but his story starts much earlier than with racing. His journey of perseverance began in 2000 when he was diagnosed...

How would you react if you were diagnosed with cancer? Unless you have been there, it’s difficult to imagine. Today’s guest, Rick Dancer,  relives this trip with us. He graciously takes us through his diagnosis, fears and questions he had in deciding what treatment would be right for him. Rick did a lot of research, not “settling” for a medical plan that would leave him with an outcome he found un...

What killed 600 K men and women in 2020?  Nope not Covid. Even in 2020, the second leading cause of death behind heart disease is Cancer.  Sadly everyone has forgotten about the original C word. With the pandemic, Cancer screenings plummeted and people have lost focus on their true health risks.  While breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and prostate cancer is the most common in men,...

We’re celebrating Halloween week with Spooky medical facts and stories. Black cats step aside! We’ve got Oscar.. you DON’T want HIM visiting your bed.  Heard of H.H.Holmes or Jolly Jane? These crazy serial killers working in the medical field did some creepy stuff. Did you know there’s a study on how long rodents maintain consciousness after decapitation? What about humans? Well for Mike the chick...

With the recent mandates for vaccine requirements at various places of employment around the country, deadlines are looming for employees to show proof of Covid vaccination.  We have been bombarded with questions regarding medical exemptions for those who truly should not receive the  vaccine, those who have a medical reason NOT to get it as well as what qualifies as a “religious accommodation”. H...

This episode is in honor of World Mental Health Day (and because my bestie k.d asked a long time ago for this) It’s really hard to do justice to a topic in 40 minutes that is so vast and layered.  The mental health crisis in the US has fallen on deaf ears for years.  Now with Covid bringing emotional stress, healthcare burnout, social isolation, disruption of societal norms- well it’s no wonder th...

This week Tim flies solo. May is gone so Tim has lost his wingman or wing woman (for political correctness).  Tim interviews Dr Paul Alexander, former member of the US Covid Task Force and advisor to the WHO, among many other roles. He has a PhD in evidenced based medicine and quotes studies faster than most of us can breathe. Paul makes a very compelling evidence  based argument that children sho...

What does it really mean when we say follow the science? Believe it or not, this week is a Doctales with Cocktails episode- albeit a more sobering discussion over a fine, local whiskey. What a perfect episode to ponder over a tumbler of.                Blue Line Unapologetic American Whiskey ! This week we discuss some historical things done in the name of science. Specifically we dive into Eugeni...

The most underrated frontline warriors in the Covid-19 fight are the ICU nurses. I’m super excited for you to hear from my sister, Heather Burgess. She has a 10 year career as a Critical Care RN and has been front and central since the pandemic began. She lives in Canada and chats with us today about the Canadian Covid experience.  While the patient is fighting for their life, the nurses are there...