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3 days ago | kevinmd.com | Joshua W. Elder |Tamara Scott |George Mathew |Homer Moutran

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Historian and ethicist Nigel Cameron discusses his article, “How DrKoop.com rose and fell: the untold story behind the Surgeon General’s startup.” The conversation chronicles the dramatic history of the iconic dot-com era company, from its modest beginnings as a personal medical record system to its meteoric rise as the world’s top health site.

4 days ago | kevinmd.com | Kayvan Haddadan |Debra Shute |George Mathew |Christopher Foster

In recent years, an alarming trend has emerged within the health care system, one that is eroding the very backbone of medical care delivery: the physician. What once were rules and regulations designed to protect and elevate the standard of medical care are increasingly being exploited by medical authorities as a tool to extort, reprimand, and harass physicians.

1 week ago | kevinmd.com | Emma Fenske |Lynn Marie Morski |Stephen Foley |Nicole King

It was early morning—likely the first appointment of the day. The music in the waiting room had not even been turned on yet, and the smell of coffee was just beginning to meet the air. After a few minutes, I was called back to a room and sat in the exam chair, already in scrubs and mentally preparing to scurry off to work right after. In fact, I was already building a to-do list in my head. I was grateful to have the time to tend to my own health amidst a busy schedule—but also eager to get back.

1 week ago | kevinmd.com | Joshua W. Elder |Tamara Scott |George Mathew |Homer Moutran

A nation that can map the human genome, transplant a face, and land rovers on Mars somehow cannot guarantee its citizens a timely doctor’s appointment. The official story blames “complex market forces,” “geographic maldistribution,” or the ever-handy “burnout.” But beneath the diagnostic babble lies a simpler, more uncomfortable truth: A powerful medical guild has learned that scarcity pays—and it intends to keep the spigot only half-open.

1 week ago | kevinmd.com | Vivek Podder |Natalie Enyedi |Cindy Thompson |Peter Ubel

On June 12, 2025, Air India flight crashed minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad in India. Among the 242 people on board, only one survived: a man seated in 11A. That image has stayed with me—not just because of the miraculous survival, but because of what it reveals about systems. Seat 11A was located near the plane’s wing box, the structurally strongest part of the aircraft, and beside an emergency exit. Experts say this rare combination gave him a chance. Everyone else perished.