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Hosted by Andy · EN-US · 79 episodes
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A podcast by a doctor telling you all the dark and dirty secrets of my profession and how to understand what docs say and use it to become wiser and healthier! I separate myth from truth so you can be a better advocate for yourself.Remember the three keys to health: eat well, exercise, and stay away from doctors!
Andy hosts Straight Talking Doc Unhinged, a health show with 79 episodes published.
We are two primary care physicians with 75 years of collective experience. We both are passionate about what we do, we get to know our patients well, we dig into issues and don't accept protocol robotic medicine, we typi
Alan and Andy both lived through COVID not on the sidelines but in the center of it all. Both took care of patients directly, Alan in a hospital for weeks at a time in the epicenter of the pandemic, Andy in multiple long
The cardiology community is quite adamant about their newest guidelines, whether it's about pushing LDL cholesterol below 70 or driving systolic blood pressure under 120. The patient's age, wishes, symptoms, and even the
We are hearing more and more about amyloid, a protein that can be deposited in the organs of humans and cause great harm. Or is that too simplistic? We now have very expensive and poorly tested drugs that will reduce amy
This week we discuss medical TV shows, such as House and the Pitt and Grey's Anatomy, as well as medical moments on non-medical shows. Studies suggest that the message of these shows--the doctor as hero, the benefit of a
At the ADA Research Convention several members trying to pass out information were forced out after the police were called. They were ADA leaders who wrote an editorial blasting the current Presidential administration fo
Both Andy and Alan have been reported to their respective medical boards, both have had to hire lawyers, both have had to fight for their right to speak and to practice medicine. The Board of Physicians is an extrajudici
Alan and Andy work in different medical environments. Alan works in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the county, one with many who are uninsured, undocumented, who have to work multiple jobs, who have limited food opt
We reviewed what several physician podcasts have to say about the new cholesterol guidelines. We spoke about the guidelines in our March podcast, and also discussed in a later podcast how the local cardiology group in Co
The Emergency Room can be life saving, but also can be a place to be feared. We discuss several cases in which protocols and robotic thinking put patients in precarious positions, exposing them to unnecessary dangers, cr
We talk a lot about Big Pharma throughout this podcast but today we discuss its many tentacles. Soon after making the podcast, Alan watched a hockey game and there was a drug ad on the ice! The Pharma industry controls v
This week Andy was reported to the Maryland Board of Medicine by a local cardiology group because some studies he included in his practice newsletter offended them. These were major studies, peer reviewed, but did not co
The first half of American Medical History ends at the Flexner Report, which entirely morphed American Healthcare into a monolithic corporate entity under the complete control of the AMA. Every aspect of healthcare trans
Dementia tells us a great deal about our healthcare system. Not even noted to be a disease at the time of Medicare's birth in 1965 it is now one of the most onerous and common diseases of the elderly. Why? And why is the
Two pages of the Flexner Report condemned African American medial providers, hospitals, and patients to decades of struggle. Relying on the AMA's medical-racial script, and playing into the atmosphere of Progressive euge
As the medical community scripts new cholesterol guidelines, the media has compliantly announced that our nation's top scientists, most respected medical agencies, and academic centers want to prevent heart disease by sc
Once the AMA and William Welch orchestrated an alliance of Progressive reformers, corporate interests, and state medical licensing agencies, it was time to sanctify the cogs of a new medical system. That is what the Flex
Depression is a very vague concept. How do we determine if someone is depressed? What does depression even mean, and how is it best prevented and treated? The realities of depression veer sharply from how the medical ind
Two of American medicine's pioneers, and co-founders of Johns Hopkins Medical School, represented a fork in the road. William Osler, whose scientific humanism pushed back against a healthcare system teetering between com
Alan and Andy discuss why they are dinosaurs, why primary care is becoming extinct and why its disappearance will instigate harm to the health care system, to patients, to our national debt, and to reason and sanity in h
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Straight Talking Doc Unhinged is hosted by Andy. The show is categorised under health (fitness) and has published 79 episodes.
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