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Two weeks in a row… more Covid questions answered!  This week we are tackling the giant influx of questions on Covid Vaccines! Yes, Covid vaccines can be all three… good, bad and maybe ugly for different groups of people! We hash out that once vax does NOT fit all! Who should DEFINITELY get Vaxxed, who should be cautious , who should say NO WAY? We even cover Nikki Minaj, say what! Today, we help...

You asked for it! More updates on Covid. We are giving a Sparks notes version on Vaccines, Boosters, and early treatment. We take a look around the world, to see what is going on and to bring you a sense of where we THINK we are headed. -Boosters- yay or nay? -Outpatient treatment- what’s in vogue and why aren’t we using it? -What we know about Chicken health and how that impacts Covid vaccines An...

Whether you are a single mom on government aid or a Neurosurgeon making  bank….. everyone needs a financial health check up!  Yes doctors DO make the same financial mistakes as everyone else, maybe with just a few more zeroes attached. And….the number one cause of marriage problems is MONEY issues Tim says that to graduate high school, you should know CPR and how to manage your money. Have you lea...

Every year, 190 billion plastic pharmaceutical bottles are thrown away!  That’s a lot of plastic in our landfills and oceans. But we can change all that, and it’s starting with Cabinet Health ! Cabinet, is a new direct-to consumer health company that specializes in over the counter medications. Founded by Achal Pater and Russell Gong, this company has taken off since it went live in January 2020....

When you think of Palliative Care, do you ever think of surgeons being involved? Imagine if we told you that they were the “founders” of the palliative care concept! Not only that, but they bring a unique approach to caring for patients along with the growing field in Board certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Our guest this week is Dr. Red Hoffman, who specializes in integrative pall...

What do Tarzan, Pigeon Shooting and Tug of War have in common? Can you believe they were all in the Olympics? A little history, some trivia and some personal antidotes are on the menu today. Tim and I rate the sports, our own “athletic prowess” and engage in cocktail hour with a gold, silver, bronze ranking of our blinded Vodka taste test.  The world waited and watched these long overdue games. Jo...

Welcome back for Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Peter Breggin , the “Conscience of Psychiatry”. We pick up from last week’s show in our discussion on the history of psychiatric treatment reform, to the parallels with public and social control during Covid. Today we dive into the basis of his new book- Covid 19 and the Global Predators We discuss the big picture with the events before and during...

What do you call a psychiatrist with over 50 years in clinical Medicine, who fought for the ending of lobotomies and huge reforms in mental health? Tim has labelled him “The Godfather of BS Free Medicine!! His passion for science and justice has earned him the title of ‘The Conscience of Psychiatry”. His work as patient advocate and expert witness helped take down psychosurgeries ( the lobotomy) a...

Dreaming of a career outside clinical Medicine? Want to work remotely, expand your medical horizons, do some research and try a NEW type of Medical Consulting that can replace your income? Welcome to the world of Medical/Legal Consulting Coaching!  I never even KNEW this existed! Our guest this week is Dr. Armin Feldman. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He completed...

Imagine that one moment you are going about your everyday life, the next instant you experience your child’s life vanishing in front of you. This is the story and journey of grief recovery from our dear guest Dr. Marcy Larson. She graciously shares her personal story, how it affected her ability to practice Medicine and how she created a podcast to help not only her personal healing but others as...

We know you’ve been waiting.. Yes, it's Doctales! ICD codes are the bane of a doctor’s life. We languish in our pain with the most absurd ICD-10 codes we have heard of. If it has happened, it exists as a billing code: walked into lamp post, sucked into jet engine, attacked by orca, problem with the in-laws?  Yes these make their way into the insurance companies hands to process the cause of your v...

To vaccinate or not vaccinate, that’s the question when it comes to our children and Covid-19. While the controversy has been huge, we discuss the evidence and data on early Covid treatment in everyone and also  infections, morbidity, and risk to kids from infections as well as vaccines. At the time of this interview, rates of myocarditis in healthy young adults are now being correlated  with the...

Let's talk “Herd Immunity ”. Not the cow kind of herd… think posse, gaggle, squad, or mass …. The Cambridge English Dictionary definition for a whole lot of people! We are diving into the specifics on Covid infection and herd immunity. Hear how we have reached herd immunity long ago in the USA and how the current push is more focused on vaccination rates. Our guest this week is Dr. Harvey Risch. H...

This week we are talking about “drugs”, specifically the world of PBMs with Dr. Lee Strandberg. Pharmacy Benefit Managers(PBM)  are the middlemen between your pharmacist and your prescription and your insurance company. Yep.. more middlemen. If you have never heard of the term PBM, well you are not alone. Most people have no clue that they exist, how they work and how the cost or medications is co...

Fire up the BBQ, get the burgers and dogs ready, cause IT’S INDEPENDENCE DAY! Join us celebrating this week with our guest Dr. Eric Larson. He is a fellow Doctor Podcast Network member and host of his own show - The Paradocs Podcast .  When is the pandemic “OVER”?  Can it be Now?  Is it when your state reaches 70% vaccination status? Is it herd immunity in the USA ? …. Or are we waiting for the en...

What if you became the patient of the very thing you fought? Hear this amazing story from Dr. Reema Batra, our guest this week in our 3rd installment in our series of “The Doctor as Patient”. Dr. Batra is a Board Certified Medical Oncologist and Hematologist. Her story is not only ironic but provides a unique perspective, having recently been diagnosed and treated for early stage breast cancer. Sh...

Cheers to you if you are surviving the insanity wherever you live! The entire world is filled with the craziest rules, laws and regulations employed to “help” stop Covid-19. From forbidding sales of open toed shoes and short sleeve shirts  in South Africa to “banning pillows on your Brazilian...flight that is!  Canada has cracked down yet again with roadblocks and fines at  “Covid check points”. O...

What if you were walking to work in the morning and your life suddenly changed? Do you have everything in place to protect your assets, your family, your future plans? Sometimes physicians are taken by surprise when they become the patient, and denial is something we are all vulnerable to  This weeks continuation of the Doctor as Patient series is a wild ride of how we can  instantly be facing our...

Hang on to your seats, this is a long one! This week is a continuation from our podcast last week with Dr. Peter McCullough regarding   Covid-19!  Last week  we discussed  evidence based treatments for Covid-19 , best practices to avoid hospitalizations and death plus what resources we have. This week is all about the vaccines, safety, adverse events and RISK!. Plus is there a bigger theme in all...

This week is just the beginning of some AWESOME discussions around  Covid-19!  Get ready since we have an amazing guest and world renowned expert who is a leading expert on the subject of Covid-19 and  has the most citations in the National Library of Medicine.   Not only is he humble and gracious but very wise and  passionate about helping and treating our PATIENTS first!  Aside from being an exp...

Today’s episode is the first in our series on “The Doctor as Patient”. So many times at work I have been shocked when patients find out I had the flu, had surgery or experienced a “real medical” problem. No we aren’t superheroes, and we DO share your pain.  When the doc becomes the patient, they often will experience the same struggles ,vulnerabilities and fears. This can be a very eye opening exp...

Yippee it’s time for another Doctales with Cocktails! Cheers AND…..today we are diving into the beginning of our series on the “Doctor as Patient”.  We love to poke fun at ourselves, so we are sharing a few ‘memoirs” from our morbid past. Did you know Tim tried to be stoic beyond his common sense? Yep and he managed to land up with extended “staycation” at the hotel hospital, experiencing the plea...

It seems our fans are enamoured with our relationship and how we interact.  After 30 years together our marriage is thriving, the nagging has ceased. the socks on the floor don’t matter and we have solved the dishwasher argument. Most importantly we still LIKE each other. Guess what? Storybooks and Hollywood are fake! Relationships are not all saccharin perfection and you DON”T have to pull the pl...

No we aren’t swearing mad! This week we are sharing our 4 F’s to success and what priorities need the most attention and balance in everyone’s life: Faith- yes everyone believes in something even if it’s nothing. How you see the world through your unique moral lens will shape everything you are. Family- love ‘em or hate ‘em, small or large, blood or your close tribe- everyone has relationships.  H...

We have a SPECIAL announcement and we are super psyched to have you in our secret!  Not only are we over the moon excited about our latest adventure, we are walking on air now that we can share it with the rest of the world. Even our FAMILY doesn’t know what we are putting out into the Podcast space. This is gonna be a blast! As risk takers we decided to change our trajectory from BURNOUT to BURN...