The ZDoggMD Show

You know that annual TB skin test those administrators keeps hassling you to get under threat of termination? Yeah, turns out they aren't necessary if you're low risk. From the New England Journal of DUH. Send this to your institution's leadership and maybe we can get one more piece of BS busywork off our plate. Links to studies, CDC guidelines, and more at zdoggmd.com/tb-testing Learn more about...

The boyz are back in town. #Vegas zdoggmd.com/podcasting/morning-roundz-11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Doug Farrago is a direct primary care doctor, inventor, and OG medical satirist who was one of the earliest inspirations for what eventually became "ZDoggMD." We talk about fitting into a conformist system when you just plain don't, inventing the Cryohelmet and other cool things, his work on The Placebo Journal (a humor magazine for healthcare people) and the Authentic Medicine blog, what it's...

Our secret shame: we suck at checking blood pressure right. Here's how to fix that and save lives. http://zdoggmd.com/measuring-blood-pressure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Logan join ZDogg up in the Bay Area of California for Morning Roundz. I completely forgot what we talked about, so just listen and enjoy ;-) zdoggmd.com/podcasting/coming-out-antivax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fix primary care and you pretty much fix all of medicine. Here's one path to Health 3.0. http://zdoggmd.com/turntable-health-story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Price gouging patients at their most vulnerable, it seems the air ambulance industry is long overdue for a reckoning. Links to Dr. Makary's new book, the full video, and more at zdoggmd.com/air-ambulance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and I discuss the response to our earlier video on abortion laws...LIVE. http://zdoggmd.com/incident-report-243 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

55% of nurses are overweight or obese compared with 35% of the general population. Is it time we moved beyond judgement and towards real solutions? First we have to understand the root causes. zdoggmd.com/fat-nurses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This may well trigger pretty much everyone, but let's talk about it (and please listen to the whole thing...there's more nuance than you may think). I released this to the Supporter Tribe on Facebook and the discussion there has been respectful, emotional, and ridiculously productive. Join us: facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Video and more at zdoggmd.com/abortion Learn more about your ad choi...

We've discussed how "burnout" really isn't. But here's some more I needed to get off my chest. zdoggmd.com/moral-injury-2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're experimenting with Facebook's new "tip jar" called Stars...but more importantly, we talk flat earthers and GoT/Endgame spoilers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Dr. Kathy Travnicek, a 30-something pain doctor, had a sudden severe headache, she quickly learned what happens when a physician becomes a patient in our ridiculously dysfunctional healthcare system. This story will make your jaw drop and offers lessons in how we can, and must, build a more connected Health 3.0. Links and more at zdoggmd.com/podcasting/kathy-headache Learn more about your ad...

Dr. Sunita Puri is Medical Director for Palliative Care at the Keck Medical Center of USC and author of the remarkable book "That Good Night - Life and Medicine In The Eleventh Hour" — a visceral ride that gives readers a true feel for what palliative medicine and hospice means to a vision of Health 3.0. Video here: https://zdoggmd.com/incident-report-241/ Video show archive, audio podcasts, music...

When pediatrician Todd Wolynn MD found his pediatric practice in the crosshairs of a concerted attack by antivaccine cult members, he decided the fight back and fight back hard. Now he wants to share resources that every healthcare practitioner can use when they are fraudulently attacked and their reputations and livelihoods are threatened. This show streamed live to Facebook supporters and can be...

With measles outbreaks right here in the US, many people are asking if they should get revaccinated. The answer? Listen in. Video, links and more at zdoggmd.com/measles-booster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#ForceFriday returns...recorded LIVE! Video and more at zdoggmd.com/force-friday-5-3-19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This live episode contains ALL the Game of Thrones Ep. 3 and Avengers spoilers so be warned! We mostly focus on a discussion of Elizabeth Warren’s assertion that racist healthcare providers are responsible for worse outcomes in African American women. Video, links, and more at ZDoggMD.com/incident-report-239 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They tell us that more empathy is what we need to prevent "burnout" and provide better care for our patients. They're wrong...and here's why. Video, links, and more at zdoggmd.com/empathy-is-wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Given the recent Rock 'n Play controversy, what's the best way to keep infants safe during sleep? Video, links, and ways to support the show at zdoggmd.com/sids Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the LIVE morning show just for supporters (and on the replay for podcast folks with audio only)! We talk Game of Thrones, that Washington senator and her playing cards, my conversation with the author of House of God, getting my parents back on the show, why I get accused of racism by white people, and much more! https://zdoggmd.com/podcasting/morning-supporter-roundz-4/ for links and more! L...

We feel like there's a little person sitting behind our eyes, pulling the strings and making decisions consciously. We're wrong. Video, links and more here. There’s a general consensus among those in the know that free will is a kind of illusion. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t behave as if we DO have free will. Accountability, who we surround ourselves with, and our ability to know our own min...

And she finished her shift. #silentnomore The coroner has now ruled this a homicide. Links and video at zdoggmd.com/incident-report-238 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A live show streamed just to Facebook and Patreon supporters! Y'all get the audio here, if you want the video, subscribe at facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd or patreon.com/zdoggmd Supporters get exclusive uncensored content and CME credits for select videos. Current supporters can access this video here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDoggMD/videos/619479468520632/ Patreon: https://www.pa...

Here is the most important advice I can give students of healthcare. zdoggmd.com/medical-money for links, video, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices