Medicine and the Machine

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How Medicine Is Failing a Nation in Pain May 20, 2022

Show notes

Pain is central to every specialty, and we all played a part in the opioid crisis, says Dr Haider Warraich, author of The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Haider Warraich, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Director, Heart Failure Program, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA

The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain. https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/haider-warraich/the-song-of-our-scars/9781541675292/

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Animal Reservoirs, Immunocompromised Hosts: COVID Dangers Ahead Apr 21, 2022

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Stanford's Benjamin Pinsky on the potential for even more transmissible and pathogenic versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to arise.

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https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Benjamin Pinsky, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine; Director, Clinical Virology Laboratory; Associate Director, Clinical Pathology for COVID-19 Testing, Stanford Health Care, Stanford Children's Health, Stanford, California

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For questions or feedback, please email: news@medscape.net

Eric Topol: 'I Still Have My Guard Up' Apr 08, 2022

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Why we should be shifting into high gear on treatments for long COVID and a pan-beta-coronavirus vaccine.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

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For questions or feedback, please email: news@medscape.net

The Medical Model Doesn't Work for Mental Health Mar 25, 2022

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Former NIMH Director Tom Insel explains how the medical model has failed the field of psychiatry.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Tom Insel, MD, President, Mindstrong Health, Palo Alto, California

Healing: OUR PATH FROM MENTAL ILLNESS TO MENTAL HEALTH By Thomas Insel, MD https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670329/healing-by-thomas-insel-md/

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Why Test to Treat is Imperative Now Mar 09, 2022

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Epidemiologist-engineer Michael Mina thinks diagnostics belong in the hands of the people.

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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Michael Mina, MD, PhD, Chief Science Officer, eMed Digital Healthcare, Miami, FL

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'Historic Botched Job': The Narrative Mechanics of Failed COVID Communication From CDC and Elsewhere Feb 25, 2022

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Randy Olson on what science can learn from Hollywood about communicating with the masses.

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To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/969151

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Randy Olson, PhD, MFA, Independent filmmaker

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COVID Vaccines for the Under 5's: The 'Finish Line' We Need Feb 17, 2022

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'Your Local Epidemiologist' Katelyn Jetelina translates the COVID science for millions.

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Eric J. Topol, MD; Abraham Verghese, MD; Katelyn K. Jetelina, PhD, MPH

Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE) Newsletter: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/about

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Dr. Glaucomflecken on Why We Can All Use a Laugh Right Now Jan 13, 2022

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Two bouts with cancer and a cardiac arrest at age 35 haven't stopped this ophthalmologist-comedian from becoming a social media phenomenon for hilariously poking fun at medicine and himself.

This podcast is intended for US health professionals only.

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

William E. Flanary, MD, EyeHealth NW, Portland, Oregon

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2021: Where We Succeeded, Where We Failed in Pandemic Year Two Dec 22, 2021

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Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese reflect on 2021's extraordinary podcast guests, and how we excelled in science and healthcare but were tripped up by the vagaries of human behavior.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

For more episodes of Medicine and the Machine

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Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

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Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent, Dr. John M. Mandrola's, This Week In Cardiology https://www.medscape.com/twic

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For questions or feedback, please email: news@medscape.net

Former White House COVID Advisor: We Can All Safely Experience Joy This Holiday Season Dec 14, 2021

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Andy Slavitt believes we've made real progress, despite overselling vaccines and the public's dismay with rapidly changing science.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Andy Slavitt, General Partner, Town Hall Ventures; Former Senior Advisor to the Biden Administration COVID Response

Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165/preventable

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