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FHC #60: Don Berwick on ‘breaking the rules for better patient care’
Returning to the podcast this week is a household name in medicine, Dr. Don Berwick, who made his first appearance on the show in season one. Back then, Don said ...
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Jul 26, 2022
CTT #63: What causes ‘Covid-19 rebound’ after Paxlovid?
Dr. Anthony Fauci recently credited the antiviral drug Paxlovid with keeping him out of the hospital. That was after he tested positive a second time for Covid-19. Following a course ...
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Jul 17, 2022
FHC #59: Diving deep into SCOTUS rulings & drug-industry rules
This Fixing Healthcare podcast series, “Diving Deep,” probes into some of healthcare’s most complex topics and deep-seated problems. On today’s episode, hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr dive deep ...
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Jul 10, 2022
FHC #58: An unfiltered look at inauthenticity in medicine
“I wish I was more authentic, more transparent, more myself from the very beginning (rather) than trying to create a character or a persona,” said Dr. Zubin Damania (aka ZDoggMD) ...
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Jul 3, 2022
FHC #57: Dr. Rod Rohrich on how to change the rules of medicine
Dr. Rod Rohrich has broken the unwritten rules of medicine across his career. He turned a traditional paper-only, medical journal into a digitized force, full of videos and evidence-based rankings ...
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Jun 26, 2022
CTT #62: Has the pandemic ‘frozen’ kids emotionally, socially?
The New York Times surveyed 362 school counselors on the effects of the pandemic on children. The results were both predictable and troubling. Not only have kids fallen behind in ...
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Jun 22, 2022
FHC #56: Diving deep into odd pandemic behaviors and overpriced drugs
This Fixing Healthcare podcast series, “Diving Deep,” features a robust and probing discussion into some of healthcare’s most complex subjects and deep-seated problems. On today’s episode, Dr. Robert Pearl and ...
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Jun 12, 2022
FHC #55: Is it time for doctors to temper their career expectations?
Said ZDoggMD: “Oh, man, OK. You said, hey, let’s do a podcast together, Z. It’ll be fun, you said. It’ll be easy. It’ll be flow. Then you ask a question ...
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Jun 6, 2022
FHC #54: The incredible rulebreakers of medicine’s past
Author and historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris is fascinated with medicine’s grisly past and the extraordinary physicians who changed the profession by breaking the rules. One of those rule-breaking doctors of ...
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May 30, 2022
CTT #61: Is the Covid-19 pandemic over? Is a monkeypox pandemic next?
About a month ago, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that the United States is “out of the pandemic phase,” but he later clarified that the country is, “out of the full-blown ...
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May 22, 2022
FHC #53: Diving deep into physician burnout and America’s views on Covid-19
Welcome back to the Fixing Healthcare series, “Diving Deep,” which features a robust and probing discussion into some of healthcare’s most complex subjects and deep-seated problems. In this episode, Dr. ...
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May 15, 2022
FHC #52: The future of medical misinformation, education and motivation
Welcome back to Unfiltered, a show that features two iconic voices in healthcare for a half hour of unscripted, hard-hitting talk. Dr. Robert Pearl has twice appeared on The ZDoggMD ...
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May 8, 2022
FHC #51: Eric Topol on breaking the rules and putting patients in charge
One hard part about interviewing Dr. Eric Topol is knowing where to begin. Topol wears a seemingly infinite array of hats: He is the director of Scripps Research Translational Institute. ...
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May 1, 2022
CTT #60: Will mask mandates return to planes and trains?
The biggest Covid-19 news of the last month came out of Florida, where a federal judge struck down the CDC’s mask mandate on planes, trains and in transportation hubs. As ...
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Apr 24, 2022
FHC #50: Diving deep into physician intuition and hospital prices
Welcome back to the Fixing Healthcare series, “Diving Deep,” which features a robust and probing discussion about some of healthcare’s most deep-seated problems. In this episode, Dr. Robert Pearl Jeremy ...
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Apr 18, 2022
FHC #49: An unfiltered chat about ‘the slap,’ emotional doctors, and more
Welcome to Unfiltered, a new show that brings together two iconic voices in healthcare for an unscripted, hard-hitting half hour of talk. Dr. Robert Pearl has twice appeared on The ...
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Apr 10, 2022
FHC #48: Marty Makary on breaking the rules of medical education
Season seven of the Fixing Healthcare podcast focuses on the unwritten and outdated rules of American healthcare—many of which Dr. Marty Makary would badly like to see broken. In this ...
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Apr 3, 2022
CTT #59: What does Covid-19 infection do to the brain?
A group of researchers in the UK examined hundreds of brain scans that were taken both before and after people became infected with the coronavirus. The study, published in Nature, ...
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Mar 27, 2022
FHC #47: Diving deep into primary care & health-tech
Welcome back to the Fixing Healthcare series, “Diving Deep,” which features a robust and probing discussion about some of healthcare’s most deep-seated problems. In this episode, Dr. Robert Pearl Jeremy ...
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Mar 21, 2022
FHC #46: An unfiltered look at medicine’s generational clash
Welcome to Unfiltered, a new show that brings together two iconic voices in healthcare for an unscripted, hard-hitting half hour of talk. Twice, Dr. Robert Pearl has appeared on The ...
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Mar 13, 2022
FHC #45: Drs. Alexa and Siri? A healthcare futurist weighs in.
The Fixing Healthcare podcast welcomes back Ian Morrison, a globalist, futurist and popular returning guest who, in Season 1, taught us that “every healthcare system sucks in its own unique ...
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Mar 6, 2022
CTT #58: Are Covid-19 restrictions gone for good?
After more than two years of Covid-19 restrictions, most parts of the country are dropping mask mandates per new CDC guidance. It seems government officials are more confident than ever ...
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Feb 27, 2022
FHC #44: Diving deep into how we select and pay American doctors
Welcome to the new Fixing Healthcare series, “Diving Deep,” which features a robust and probing discussion about some of healthcare’s most deep-seated problems. With cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy ...
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Feb 21, 2022
CTT #57: How do Covid-19 vaccines alter fertility, childbirth, menstrual cycles?
Research on 4,000 women over six months found that Covid-19 vaccines are linked to a small increase in menstrual cycle length. Such a delay is common when a woman’s body ...
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Feb 13, 2022
FHC #43: Malcolm Gladwell on breaking the rules of healthcare
Some of medicine’s greatest breakthroughs began as seemingly crazy ideas. In the 1950s, for example, Dr. Emil Freireich hypothesized that the only way to cure childhood leukemia was to take ...
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Feb 6, 2022
FHC #42: Google’s chief doctor previews the health tools of tomorrow
When it comes to healthcare, the digital hands of Google reach far and wide. Medical school students and residents use Google Search to find obscure case reports and make difficult ...
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Feb 1, 2022
CTT #56: Is an Omicron vaccine coming soon? Will it help?
Drug makers Pfizer and Moderna are testing a new vaccine specific to the Omicron variant—with an ETA around summer 2022 or even later. The timing is important as scientists recognize ...
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Jan 18, 2022
CTT #55: Can I trust the results of at-home Covid-19 tests?
These days, it seems just about every decision comes with risk: Should I invite friends or family over? Should I dine out? Can I safely return to work or school? ...
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Jan 4, 2022
CTT #54: What can we expect from Covid-19 in 2022?
Greetings and happy-ish New Year. If you’re here for the latest information on Omicron, check out episode #53 or tune in for episode #55 on January 18, 2022. For now, ...
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Dec 21, 2021
FHC #41: New Cerner CEO says Epic isn’t his biggest competitor
This week’s guest is Fixing Healthcare alum David Feinberg. In August 2021, Dr. Feinberg was named CEO of Cerner, a leading provider of “electronic health records” or EHRs. Just four ...
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Dec 21, 2021
CTT #53: How dangerous is Omicron, based on the latest data?
CTT #53: How dangerous is Omicron, based on the latest data? Omicron, the mysterious new variant accounting for nearly 3 of every 4 new cases in the United States, is ...
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Dec 13, 2021
FHC #40: How venture-backed tech is transforming U.S. healthcare
Medical professionals and budding entrepreneurs love to talk about the technologies that will someday revolutionize patient care. Our guest on Fixing Healthcare is already funding and fashioning those technologies to ...
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Dec 7, 2021
CTT #52: What do scientists know about Omicron?
This week, America has Omicron on the mind. Listeners flooded the CTT inbox with questions about the new variant. Among them: Is Omicron more transmissible or lethal than Delta? Are ...
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Nov 23, 2021
CTT #51: Will the definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ change with boosters?
Americans who’ve received two shots of Pfizer or Moderna, or the single-dose J&J vaccine, are considered “fully vaccinated” … for now. That could change, depending on the data, according to ...
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Nov 14, 2021
FHC #39: Paying for healthcare is out. Buying healthcare is in.
George Halverson was CEO of Health Partners in Minnesota for 18 years and CEO of Kaiser Permanente for 12. As a health-plan leader, he spent 30 years fixing healthcare. He ...
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Nov 8, 2021
CTT #50: Is Covid-19 here to stay?
There was time when Coronavirus: The Truth cohosts Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl assumed the show would be irrelevant and retired by episode 20. This week, which marks the ...
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Oct 26, 2021
CTT #49: Can I get my flu shot and Covid-19 booster at the same time?
In this episode of Coronavirus: The Truth, Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl tackle more than a dozen timely and tricky Covid-19 questions. This week: What should listeners know about ...
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Oct 13, 2021
CTT #48: Is Merck’s anti-Covid pill really the ‘holy grail’?
Merck’s new oral antiviral medication (molnupiravir) has been labeled a “huge, huge advance” in the fight against Covid-19 by a Harvard Medical School virologist. The pill also has been called ...
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Oct 10, 2021
FHC #38: More male nurses, nurses of color needed says ANA president
Our guest today is Dr. Ernest Grant, president of the American Nurses Association (ANA). He is the first male president in the organization’s 125-year history. And his passion for nursing ...
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Sep 27, 2021
CTT #47: How are the Covid-19 numbers still this bad?
Data points, alone, never tell the whole story. Numbers are often used and misused to confirm our personal biases rather than to inform or reform our thinking. No matter how ...
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Sep 13, 2021
CTT #46: Why are people taking Ivermectin to treat Covid-19?
A listener wrote in about Ivermectin—a drug used to kill worms and parasitic infections—because her friends had recommended it for treating Covid-19. To date, 14 studies have concluded that Ivermectin ...
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Sep 13, 2021
FHC #37: The future of the American hospital
Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, envisions a future where the iconic “H” comes to symbolize much more than a building where people go for acute ...
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Aug 24, 2021
CTT #45: Do vaccine mandates actually work?
A while back, Houston Methodist hospital gave its 26,000 employees an ultimatum: Get vaccinated or get a new job. All but 100 or so workers complied and, now, hospital leaders ...
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Aug 9, 2021
CTT #44: How does the Delta variant affect kids?
“As you know my son starts kindergarten in a couple of weeks,” Jeremy Corr said to his cohost Dr. Robert Pearl in this episode of Coronavirus: The Truth. “I know ...
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Aug 9, 2021
FHC #36: How physician teamwork makes the dream work
Goodbye, Marcus Welby, M.D., that lovable TV doctor from the early ‘70s whose humble private practice dealt with everything from impotence to Alzheimer’s disease. Hello to integrated, team-based, 21st-century medicine ...
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Jul 28, 2021
CTT #43: To booster or not to booster?
In this episode of Coronavirus: The Truth, Jeremy Corr and Dr. Robert Pearl dive deep into the ever-thickening plotline around booster shots. Drug companies like Pfizer are pushing for them. ...
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Jul 12, 2021
CTT #42: How dangerous is the Delta variant?
“How worried should people be about the Delta variant?” asked one listener of Coronavirus: The Truth. The answer: Very. “Data published online this week shows the Delta variant spreads 225% ...
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Jul 12, 2021
FHC #35: The AMA vs. chronic disease, racism & physician burnout
This episode kicks off season 6 of the Fixing Healthcare podcast and, this time around, cohosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr are flipping the show’s format on its head. ...
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Jun 28, 2021
CTT #41: Are kids birthday parties the biggest super-spreader events?
A close look at data from 2.9 million households revealed something bizarre about birthdays. Results of a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine indicated a 31% higher frequency of Covid-19 ...
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Jun 17, 2021
CTT #40: Was social distancing a waste of time?
As the pandemic winds down, scientists and pollsters are looking closer at public health decisions in hindsight. A new Axios-Ipsos poll looked into whether masking and social distancing actually saved ...
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Jun 13, 2021
Season 5 recap: Fixing the culture of medicine
The first four seasons of the Fixing Healthcare podcast focused on how to fix the U.S. healthcare system—its perverse payment model, clunky computer systems and regulatory dysfunctions. However, contrary to ...
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Jun 1, 2021
CTT #39: What’s the truth about Covid-19’s origins?
Several recent news stories have revived the debate over whether the novel coronavirus was first transmitted from a bat to a human via a wet market in Wuhan, China, or ...
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May 18, 2021
CTT #38: Masks in classrooms for students this fall?
Dr. Anthony Fauci recently called for schools to reopen “full blast,” with in-person classes five days a week. Meanwhile, CDC officials said that schools should resume in-person learning as soon ...
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May 9, 2021
FHC #33: Marty Makary on eliminating waste in medical education
Marty Makary, a nationally renowned surgeon and educator at Johns Hopkins, goes about life as if having ingested a truth serum for which there is no antidote. Hear him speak ...
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May 3, 2021
CTT #37: Will pandemic stress cause clinicians to quit medicine?
Co-host Dr. Pearl spoke with several critical care physicians in a recent Forbes article. One of those doctors described waking up regularly before sunrise, covered in sweat. Another seasoned physician ...
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Apr 20, 2021
CTT #36: Is the J&J vaccine scare an overreaction or scientifically valid?
The FDA has recommended a temporary pause of the J&J vaccine until scientists can sort out what’s causing a rare (and, in one case, fatal) blood clot in a six ...
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Apr 19, 2021
FHC #32: A patient with terminal cancer opens up about her doctors
Alison Hadden is a lifelong athlete, an adventurer and was, by age 38, a marketing executive at three different billion-dollar tech companies. But in 2018, Alison says “life burst through ...
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Apr 7, 2021
CTT #35: How young is too young to be vaccinated?
As vaccines get rolled out to younger and younger Americans, parents have questions and are raising serious concerns. Polls show just half of U.S. parents plan to get their children ...
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Mar 25, 2021
CTT #34: What happened after Dr. Pearl’s ‘Covid-19 flight from hell’?
On Forbes, Dr. Robert Pearl wrote about his recent trip from San Diego to New York, which he referred to as the “Covid-19 Flight From Hell.” The article has been ...
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Mar 15, 2021
Episode 31: Dr. Jen Gunter vs. sexism, pseudoscience & the wellness-industrial complex
Dr. Jen Gunter is known by many titles. She’s been called Twitter’s resident gynecologist, the Internet’s OB-GYN, and medicine’s fiercest advocate for women’s health. In her writing for The New ...
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Mar 8, 2021
CTT #33: Why aren’t we producing generic vaccines?
Moderna, Pfizer and now Johnson & Johnson have emerged as surprising heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic—pulling our nation out of this pandemic one vaccine shot at a time. This week, ...
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Feb 25, 2021
CTT #32: Is herd immunity almost here?
A respected doctor recently published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal predicting, “We’ll have herd immunity by April.” Many other respected doctors took to social media to contradict him, ...
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Feb 15, 2021
Episode 30: ‘Diagnosis’ doctor Lisa Sanders examines medical culture
When the producers of Fox first reached out to Dr. Lisa Sanders with the idea of turning her New York Times column into a TV show called House, she was ...
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Feb 9, 2021
CTT #31: How long do Covid-19 symptoms persist? What’s a normal recovery?
A listener of this show wrote in with a question about her ongoing coronavirus symptoms. A month after testing positive, she’s still not back to feeling like herself. According to ...
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Jan 27, 2021
CTT #30: Are the mutant strains of Covid deadlier?
Variants (or mutant strains) of the coronavirus have popped up in the U.K., South Africa and Brazil. These strains are highly transmissible, sparking concerns that the variants could be more ...
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Jan 17, 2021
Episode 29: Leana Wen discusses COVID-19 and the culture of medicine
American doctors have it rough these days. Not only are they fighting to keep Covid-19 patients alive as hospitalizations surge, but they are also struggling to navigate the ever-changing and ...
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Jan 11, 2021
CTT #29: What went wrong with the vaccine rollout? Is it fixable?
In a Northern California hospital, a freezer containing over 800 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine suddenly broke down. Local leaders realized they had less than two hours to administer the ...
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Dec 28, 2020
CTT #28: Are coronavirus mutations in the UK cause for concern in the US?
It has been a busy two weeks for news outlets covering the coronavirus pandemic. The holidays brought a surge in new cases and deaths. A coronavirus mutation was reported in ...
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Dec 14, 2020
CTT #27: Now that a Covid-19 vaccine is approved, what’s next?
On Friday, the FDA authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. The announcement marked a major milestone in the fight against the coronavirus. Still, there’s a lot left to be sorted out in ...
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Dec 13, 2020
Episode 28: Eric Topol sees the future of medicine as ‘man plus machine’
American doctors have gained a reputation for resisting the types of technologies that could make healthcare more convenient and cost-effective. But have physicians really earned their technophobic stigma? This episode ...
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Nov 30, 2020
#26: Listeners had lots of questions about the ‘conspiracy theory’ episode
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, co-hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr dedicated Episode #25 to addressing the most prevalent conspiracy theories about Covid-19. The show dove deep into the ...
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Nov 16, 2020
#25: Is there any truth to these Covid-19 conspiracy theories?
Welcome to episode 25 of “Coronavirus: The Truth,” a podcast that focuses on the facts surrounding COVID-19. Today’s show breaks from our traditional format. It is dedicated to addressing the ...
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Nov 15, 2020
Episode 27: Dr. Amanda Calhoun on white coats and Black Lives
Back in June, a young Black physician stood outside the Sterling Hall of Medicine at Yale University with a sign in her hands that read: “Stop Killing Black People.” Then ...
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Nov 2, 2020
#24: Are the kids alright? What about their parents?
Podcast cohost Jeremy Corr is the father of a four-year-old son. Like many parents, Jeremy is inundated with information (much of it conflicting) about the coronavirus, its spread among children ...
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Oct 19, 2020
#23: Should I cancel my Thanksgiving plans?
Last Thursday, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Americans to rethink their Thanksgiving plans. Reactions have been mixed. Some people agree with public health officials. Others are outraged. Regardless of the reaction, ...
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Oct 11, 2020
Episode 26: ZDoggMD diagnoses the culture of medicine
In this episode, Fixing Healthcare hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr welcome their first returning guest, Zubin Damania, a physician and entertainer known to his legions of followers as ...
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Oct 5, 2020
#22: What do (and don’t) we know about Trump’s illness and treatments?
President Donald Trump tweeted today that he will soon leave Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he has been receiving treatment for Covid-19. Trump’s physician said the president is ...
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Sep 21, 2020
#21: Do these coronavirus statistics surprise you?
There has been no shortage of surprising statistics to emerge from this pandemic. Dr. Robert Pearl’s upcoming Forbes article, “Three Misleading, Dangerous Coronavirus Statistics” (available here on Tuesday, Sept. 21), ...
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Sep 20, 2020
Episode 25: Why U.S. doctors provide low-value care
No expert has gained more insight into the organizational factors associated with physician and health-system performance than Stephen M. Shortell. He is a graduate school professor and dean emeritus of ...
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Sep 7, 2020
#20: What’s the truth about super spreaders, saliva tests and vaccine safety?
In this, the 20th episode of Coronavirus: The Truth, hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr address the most pressing questions concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. What are “super spreaders”? Will ...
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Aug 24, 2020
#19: What’s the most promising scientific development so far?
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Americans have time and again seen highly touted solutions fall short of their hype. Remdisivir, once thought to be a miracle treatment, was recently determined to ...
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Aug 11, 2020
#18: Where to go for nonpartisan COVID-19 info?
Fans of Coronavirus: The Truth have lauded the show’s unbiased, fact-based approach to delivering COVID-19 news and information. But finding unbiased, fact-based info isn’t easy amid today’s politically charged news ...
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Aug 9, 2020
Episode 24: Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe talks COVID-19 testing, your genes and the future of medicine
Anne Wojcicki is a biologist, entrepreneur and the CEO of 23andMe, the leading consumer genetics and research company with more than 12 million customers worldwide. On this episode, Wojcicki spoke ...
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Jul 27, 2020
#17: Will Covid-19 sway the November elections?
“Voters look to elected officials to lead in times of war,” says co-host Dr. Robert Pearl in this episode of Coronvirus: The Truth. “In the minds of most Americans, this ...
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Jul 13, 2020
#16: What are Americans still getting wrong about COVID-19?
Four months after President Trump announced a “state of emergency,” Americans are still as confused as ever about the true state of the pandemic. Our confusion starts with the news: ...
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Jul 12, 2020
Episode 23: How the U.S. coronavirus response went wrong and how to make it right
Exactly what went wrong? Exactly when? Exactly how did we fail and exactly what could have been done to prevent it? Exactly which errors did U.S. healthcare officials make between ...
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Jun 29, 2020
#15: Is it too soon for sports?
“One step forward, two steps back,” is how Dr. Robert Pearl describes the recent rise in coronavirus cases throughout the country. He notes that further attempts to hurry the nation’s ...
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Jun 15, 2020
#14: How will historians look back on our nation’s handling of the coronavirus?
Looking back on the coronavirus pandemic and the national response, Dr. Robert Pearl says, “I believe that historians will judge the American people well and nearly all of our leaders ...
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Jun 14, 2020
Episode 22: Former FDA commissioner on ending the COVID-19 pandemic
As head of the Food and Drug Administration from 1990 to 1997, Dr. David A. Kessler went to war with cigarette companies, approved life-saving HIV/AIDS medications, and introduced consumers to ...
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Jun 8, 2020
#13: Can we trust scientific research in the era of COVID-19?
For prestigious, peer-reviewed medical journals, the retraction of an article is an incredibly rare event. Last week, it happened twice: in The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine. ...
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Jun 1, 2020
#12: How does racial inequality fuel the coronavirus crisis?
Recent demonstrations and violence sparked by the death of George Floyd are “like a river,” as Dr. Robert Pearl puts it, with many streams coming together to form a powerful ...
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May 24, 2020
#11: Is a COVID-19 vaccine almost ready?
The past week brought promising news from Moderna, a biotech company that announced the results of its early vaccine trials—an announcement that sent the firm’s stock price up 30%. However, ...
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May 18, 2020
#10: What will the ‘new normal’ look like next year based on current facts?
Looking over the horizon of the current coronavirus pandemic, it’s hard to get a clear picture of the “new normal” everyone seems to be talking about. As Dr. Robert Pearl ...
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May 11, 2020
#9: A practical survival guide to COVID-19
Each week, Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr receive dozens of questions from friends, colleagues and listeners. Most questions are about practical, everyday concerns. “Can my son visit his girlfriend?” ...
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May 10, 2020
Episode 21: Ex-Apple CEO talks tech and the rise of the healthcare consumer
John Sculley, the former CEO of PepsiCo and Apple, now has his “head in the cloud” as chairman of the Boston-based health-tech company RxAdvance. In this, the fourth season of ...
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May 4, 2020
#8: Testing, testing: Which COVID-19 test is best?
“I find this study to be one of the most encouraging since this pandemic began,” says Dr. Robert Pearl, referring to research out of Yale that confirms new saliva-based testing ...
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Apr 27, 2020
#7: Is it time to get back to work?
Dr. Robert Pearl, co-host of this show, struck a chord this week with his most recent Forbes column, “3 Coronavirus Facts Americans Must Know Before Returning To Work,” which quickly ...
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Apr 20, 2020
#6: What did scientists learn this week?
It was a big week for science in our nation’s ongoing quest to better understand and combat the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers from Stanford University released findings from a study indicating ...
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Apr 13, 2020
#5: Can we ‘crush the curve’ of this pandemic?
Over the past two weeks, high-profile leaders in the worlds of business, politics and health have put forth plans to reopen the country, mitigate further damage from the coronavirus and ...
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Apr 12, 2020
Episode 20: Siddhartha Mukherjee on COVID-19, genes and physician sacrifice
Welcome to the first episode of season 4. This season of the Fixing Healthcare podcast focuses on finding big ideas and the people behind them. The journey begins with Dr. ...
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Apr 6, 2020
#4: Is this the week the pandemic peaks?
Physician and bestselling author Dr. Robert Pearl fears the nation is in denial about the trajectory of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic: “Many people I speak with and nearly all of ...
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Mar 30, 2020
#3: Why can’t we accept the painful truth about COVID-19?
In this episode of Coronavirus: The Truth, hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr delve into a “surprising” topic. That is, why do the news media and public seem so ...
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Mar 23, 2020
#2: When will the coronavirus pandemic end?
In the second episode of Coronavirus: The Truth, hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr examine several difficult but important questions surrounding the future of the coronavirus pandemic in the ...
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Mar 16, 2020
#1: Why are we afraid of the coronavirus?
From the hosts of the Fixing Healthcare podcast comes a new and necessary show that focuses on the facts surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19). This podcast offers science-based updates on the ...
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Mar 10, 2020
Episode 19: Former VA Sec. explains why it’s so hard to serve your country
In the final episode of season three, we welcome Dr. David Shulkin, the ninth U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs. For most of his career, David was a physician and then ...
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Feb 8, 2020
Episode 18: Eric Swalwell on whether Congress can pass a bipartisan healthcare bill
In this episode, we welcome Representative Eric Swalwell, from California’s 15th Congressional District. A former presidential candidate and a rising star in the democratic party, Eric serves on several House ...
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Jan 12, 2020
Episode 17: Talking healthcare politics with James Carville
In this episode, we welcome James Carville, one of the most recognizable figures in American politics. Carville came to fame as the lead strategist on Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign ...
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Dec 13, 2019
Episode 16: ‘The House of God’ author Samuel Shem
Stephen Bergman, who goes by the pseudonym Samuel Shem, took the medical and literary worlds by storm in 1978 when he published his provocative satire “The House of God,” based ...
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Nov 10, 2019
Episode 15: Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz
After eight months of working at his first job out of college, Tyler Shultz was at a crossroads. He realized the device that he was hired to engineer was a ...
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Sep 23, 2019
Episode 14: John Delaney wants to be first president with ‘any experience’ in healthcare
Presidential hopeful John Delaney joined the Fixing Healthcare podcast to spell out his plan for the future of American healthcare policy. In this, the second episode of season three, physician ...
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Sep 8, 2019
Episode 13: David Blumenthal gives Medicare-for-all ‘zero chance’
Welcome to a new season of the Fixing Healthcare podcast. As co-hosts Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr turn their attention to the politics of American healthcare, they were eager to ...
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Aug 9, 2019
Bonus episode: The best of ‘Fixing Healthcare’ so far
In this “bonus episode,” co-hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr offer their take on the best ideas and most promising solutions from seasons one and two of the Fixing ...
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Jul 6, 2019
Episode 12: Kevin Pho, social media’s No. 1 physician voice
Welcome to the final episode of season two. This season has welcomed guests from outside of the medical mainstream. Season two’s final guest is Dr. Kevin Pho, a primary care ...
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Jun 6, 2019
Episode 11: Modern lessons from medicine’s grisly past with Dr. Fitzharris
Consistent with the theme of Season 2, in which we look outside of traditional walls for medicine for ideas to fix healthcare, our guest this month comes to the Fixing ...
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May 11, 2019
Episode 10: Dr. Zeev Neuwirth’s roadmap for disrupting healthcare
In a career that spans three decades, Dr. Zeev Neuwirth has held many roles: primary care physician, medical educator, medical director and physician executive. Over the years, he’s observed one ...
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Apr 7, 2019
Episode 9: Elisabeth Rosenthal on how patients can fight the system
Season 2 of Fixing Healthcare welcomes leaders from outside of the medical mainstream to deliver practical solutions for our nation’s deepening healthcare crisis. Elisabeth Rosenthal did not disappoint. She is ...
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Mar 11, 2019
Episode 8: Chip Heath on what US healthcare can learn from one-click ordering
As a Stanford business professor and author of four bestselling books, Chip Heath knows a thing or two about what motivates human behavior and organizational change. This month, he’ll put ...
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Feb 11, 2019
Episode 7: India’s top doctor has a message for American healthcare
Welcome to Season Two of Fixing Healthcare. In this eye-opening episode, Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr welcome Dr. Devi Shetty, India’s leading heart surgeon and founder of Narayana Health, which ...
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Jan 6, 2019
Episode 6: Ian Morrison says every healthcare system ‘sucks in its own unique way’
Season One of the Fixing Healthcare podcast concludes this month, along its search for a candidate worthy of becoming the first-ever “Leader of American Healthcare.” Our sixth and final guest ...
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Dec 9, 2018
Episode 5: Don Berwick brings a global perspective to fixing US healthcare
This month, co-hosts Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr agree our nation could learn so much from our next guest, Dr. Don Berwick. Few healthcare leaders have as much global experience, ...
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Nov 7, 2018
Episode 4: Dr. Eric Topol says ‘step one is providing healthcare to all citizens’
Fixing Healthcare co-hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr thought they new a lot about their latest guest, Dr. Eric Topol. They’d both read his bestselling books and closely followed ...
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Oct 9, 2018
Episode 3: Dr. David T. Feinberg says fixing healthcare is ‘the simplest thing we can do’
The Fixing Healthcare podcast continued its quest this month for a candidate worthy to fill the highly coveted (and totally fictitious) role of “Leader of American Healthcare.” Dr. David T. ...
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Sep 8, 2018
Episode 2: Dr. Halee Fischer-Wright wants to unify all the healthcare players
The Fixing Healthcare podcast is back with a new candidate for the highly coveted (and totally fictitious) job of “Leader of American Healthcare.” Dr. Halee Fischer-Wright is author the national ...
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Aug 8, 2018
Episode 1: ZDoggMD has a plan to fix American healthcare
The Fixing Healthcare podcast debuted its first episode by welcoming to the show one of healthcare’s most brilliant and entertaining leaders, Dr. Zubin Damania, MD. Dr. Damania is known throughout ...
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