Straight Talking Doc Unhinged
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!
Podcasting since 2021 • 31 episodes
Straight Talking Doc Unhinged
Latest Episodes
Weight loss drugs: What's the problem with a taking a shot?
People are losing weight on the new drugs, but at what cost? First there is the financial cost: we're paying $35 billion a year for these drugs, and don't be fooled, all of us are paying. While insurance pays nothing for nutrition o...
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19:10
The Dangers of Specialty Care: How misplaced incentives lead to high cost and poor outcomes
Alan and Andy discuss specialty care and its inherent dangers. We tell about specific patient examples, why excessive specialization seems appealing but results in over-testing and over-treatment, and how we can instantly change policy to...
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19:14
PSA Screening
Alan Roth and Andy Lazris discuss screening for prostate cancer to explain how screening can be less beneficial, and more dangerous, than advertised. Just finding it early doesn't mean you've done yourself a service.
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13:58
The Impact of the Pharmaceutical Industry on healthcare
The Drug Industry was front and center in the creation of our health care industry. The reforms that created modern healthcare in 1911 and beyond were predicated on developing a research infrastructure in medical schools and in the medica...
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13:58
How to Fix our Messed Up Health Care System: Lower cost = Better health outcomes.
In our book, A Return to Healing, we dissect what is wrong with our health care system, and show how you as a patient can better advocate for your own health in a system that often deceives you for profit. But too, we want to fix the syst...
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