Podcast

The Podcast by KevinMD

Author: Kevin Pho, MD
Feed episode count: 2202
Official site: https://www.kevinmdpodcast.com/
RSS: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/rss
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Summary

Social media's leading physician voice, Kevin Pho, MD, shares the stories of the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard from. 15 minutes a day. 7 days a week. Welcome to The Podcast by KevinMD.

Episodes

Jul 13, 2026 · not_requested

Why the cure for physician burnout is seeing fewer patients

Duration seconds: 1137
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-the-cure-for-physician-burnout-is-seeing-fewer-patients

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Jul 10, 2026 · not_requested

How credentialing fears harm physician mental health

Duration seconds: 1065
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/how-credentialing-fears-harm-physician-mental-health

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Jul 9, 2026 · not_requested

Why medicine makes doctors feel they are never enough

Duration seconds: 866
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-medicine-makes-doctors-feel-they-are-never-enough

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Jul 8, 2026 · not_requested

Why patient engagement platforms must reduce staff burden

Duration seconds: 1089
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-patient-engagement-platforms-must-reduce-staff-burden

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Jul 7, 2026 · not_requested

Numbness after a mastectomy no one warns you about

Duration seconds: 919
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/numbness-after-a-mastectomy-no-one-warns-you-about

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Jul 6, 2026 · not_requested

Why your treatment plan falls apart after you leave the doctor

Duration seconds: 886
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-your-treatment-plan-falls-apart-after-you-leave-the-doctor

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Jul 3, 2026 · not_requested

How fear of the stock market quietly costs doctors a million dollars

Duration seconds: 1403
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/how-fear-of-the-stock-market-quietly-costs-doctors-a-million-dollars

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Jul 2, 2026 · not_requested

Why physicians stay in jobs they could afford to leave

Duration seconds: 1220
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-physicians-stay-in-jobs-they-could-afford-to-leave

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Jul 1, 2026 · not_requested

When local doctors disappear, patients pay the price

Duration seconds: 993
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/when-local-doctors-disappear-patients-pay-the-price

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Jun 30, 2026 · not_requested

How immersive travel can reshape identity and habits

Duration seconds: 1103
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/how-immersive-travel-can-reshape-identity-and-habits

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Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested

Why physician is not the same as provider

Duration seconds: 1006
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-physician-is-not-the-same-as-provider

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Jun 26, 2026 · not_requested

Patient involvement and the future of clinical research

Duration seconds: 1427
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/patient-involvement-and-the-future-of-clinical-research

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Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested

How Medicare's new cut is closing private doctor practices

Duration seconds: 1023
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/how-medicares-new-cut-is-closing-private-doctor-practices

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Jun 24, 2026 · not_requested

How true crime is radicalizing your kids online

Duration seconds: 1011
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/how-true-crime-is-radicalizing-your-kids-online

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Jun 23, 2026 · not_requested

How Medicare is breaking nursing home care

Duration seconds: 1108
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/how-medicare-is-breaking-nursing-home-care

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Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested

Why "failed cycle" and "poor responder" wound infertility patients

Duration seconds: 1158
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-failed-cycle-and-poor-responder-wound-infertility-patients

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Jun 20, 2026 · not_requested

Dark money is writing your health care laws

Duration seconds: 1129
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/dark-money-is-writing-your-health-care-laws

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Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested

Why the people funding health care startups have never treated a patient

Duration seconds: 1364
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-the-people-funding-health-care-startups-have-never-treated-a-patient

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Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested

Why doctors burn out connecting with patients, and how to fix it

Duration seconds: 1276
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-doctors-burn-out-connecting-with-patients-and-how-to-fix-it

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Jun 17, 2026 · not_requested

What's actually behind medical students using AI

Duration seconds: 1350
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/whats-actually-behind-medical-students-using-ai

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Jun 16, 2026 · not_requested

Why most methylene blue cases came from anesthesia, not pills

Duration seconds: 1295
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-most-methylene-blue-cases-came-from-anesthesia-not-pills

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Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested

Low T treatment is silently destroying sperm counts

Duration seconds: 1315
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/low-t-treatment-is-silently-destroying-sperm-counts

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Jun 14, 2026 · not_requested

Why your ER doctor doesn't know your medical history

Duration seconds: 1007
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-your-er-doctor-doesnt-know-your-medical-history

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Jun 12, 2026 · not_requested

Why the risk aversion that makes you a good doctor wrecks your finances

Duration seconds: 1119
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-the-risk-aversion-that-makes-you-a-good-doctor-wrecks-your-finances

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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

Physician burnout is not your fault, and here's why blaming yourself keeps you stuck

Duration seconds: 1087
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/physician-burnout-is-not-your-fault-and-heres-why-blaming-yourself-keeps-you-stuck

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May 15, 2026 · not_requested

Why your patient's biggest barrier isn't pain. It's walking through the door.

Duration seconds: 883
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-your-patients-biggest-barrier-isnt-pain-its-walking-through-the-door

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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

Why a rheumatologist asks every doctor to remember being six years old

Duration seconds: 1154
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-a-rheumatologist-asks-every-doctor-to-remember-being-six-years-old

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May 13, 2026 · not_requested

One silly mistake can sabotage your medical career before it starts

Duration seconds: 1303
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/one-silly-mistake-can-sabotage-your-medical-career-before-it-starts

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May 12, 2026 · not_requested

You can't stent a capillary: Why aging starts in your smallest blood vessels

Duration seconds: 1156
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/you-cant-stent-a-capillary-why-aging-starts-in-your-smallest-blood-vessels

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May 11, 2026 · not_requested

Bolus or drip? What the DOSE trial actually showed about heart failure

Duration seconds: 1296
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/bolus-or-drip-what-the-dose-trial-actually-showed-about-heart-failure

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May 8, 2026 · not_requested

No nurse is better than a bad nurse in your child's home

Duration seconds: 1488
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/no-nurse-is-better-than-a-bad-nurse-in-your-childs-home

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May 7, 2026 · not_requested

Your doctor saved your life but won't return your call

Duration seconds: 940
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-modern-medicine-misses-the-small-things-that-shape-daily-life

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May 6, 2026 · not_requested

Patients don't need certainty, they need your reasoning out loud

Duration seconds: 953
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/how-structured-language-can-change-the-course-of-patient-care

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May 5, 2026 · not_requested

Your waiting room does what social media cannot

Duration seconds: 1349
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-physician-neutrality-still-matters-in-a-divided-world

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May 4, 2026 · not_requested

I ate plain rice and chicken for six months because no one explained celiac

Duration seconds: 1004
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/how-celiac-disease-turns-everyday-meals-into-social-risk

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May 2, 2026 · not_requested

I Googled my own name and a corporate clinic I've never worked at appeared

Duration seconds: 1179
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-vertical-integration-drives-up-costs-in-us-health-care

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May 1, 2026 · not_requested

AI is already reading your dental X-rays and you probably have no idea

Duration seconds: 859
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/how-ai-is-transforming-the-modern-dental-checkup

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Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested

2026 cholesterol guidelines: LDL goals, Lp(a), and coronary calcium scoring

Duration seconds: 2707
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/2026-cholesterol-guidelines-ldl-goals-lpa-and-coronary-calcium-scoring

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Apr 29, 2026 · not_requested

She was learning to keep others breathing while losing her own air

Duration seconds: 1220
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-rare-diseases-leave-women-without-a-reproductive-playbook

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Apr 28, 2026 · not_requested

He declined routine X-rays and was denied a dental cleaning

Duration seconds: 1063
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/when-patient-rights-collide-with-routine-dental-policy

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Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested

She donated 2,000 hours of unpaid labor before she even noticed

Duration seconds: 1002
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/hidden-cost-of-unpaid-medical-labor-on-physician-burnout

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Apr 24, 2026 · not_requested

His mother-in-law heard "cancer," went home, and was dead within a year

Duration seconds: 1118
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-technically-perfect-medical-visits-often-leave-patients-feeling-abandoned

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Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested

Silence at the chessboard changed how I talk to patients

Duration seconds: 1163
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/how-chess-strategy-transforms-clinical-reasoning-and-humanism

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Apr 22, 2026 · not_requested

Gradually, then suddenly: Dr. Robert Wachter on health care's giant AI leap

Duration seconds: 3213
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/gradually-then-suddenly-dr-robert-wachter-on-health-cares-giant-ai-leap

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Apr 21, 2026 · not_requested

Why cervical cancer screening drops after menopause, and why that's dangerous

Duration seconds: 938
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-cervical-cancer-screening-declines-for-women-during-and-after-menopause

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Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested

I have cerebral palsy and I'm a doctor. Here's what policy cuts mean for patients like me.

Duration seconds: 1054
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-policy-cuts-and-ableist-rhetoric-threaten-the-future-of-health-care

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Apr 17, 2026 · not_requested

Clinicians are failing at value-based care because no one taught them the system

Duration seconds: 1020
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/building-a-clinical-workforce-ready-for-value-based-care

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Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested

Why I would never compromise on withdrawing care until I saw it firsthand

Duration seconds: 982
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-medical-students-struggle-to-reconcile-religious-law-with-end-of-life-care

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Apr 15, 2026 · not_requested

Why your patient isn't filling that prescription (and won't tell you)

Duration seconds: 1137
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-medical-debt-is-a-leading-cause-of-mortality-in-america

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Apr 14, 2026 · not_requested

Silence isn't neutrality: Why medical students can't wait to find their voice

Duration seconds: 1131
Source: https://kevinmd.libsyn.com/why-medical-students-must-stop-staying-silent-in-broken-clinical-systems

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