The ZDoggMD Show

There's a 25-year body of evidence that sleep is crucial for teens and adults...yet our culture robs us of it at every turn. Pediatrician Dr. Blair Duddy, MD joins us again to talk about what not nearly enough of us are talking about. If there's a big body of evidence that our teens need more sleep, why does school still start so early? Full video and ways to join The Supporter Tribe at zdoggmd.com/incident-report-248 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when you don't know what you don't know? Video and ways to support the show: zdoggmd.com/dunning-kruger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Once again, the worst for-profit corporate healthcare destroys caregivers AND patients. My rant on the closure of Hanhemann Hospital in Philadelphia. zdoggmd.com/incident-report-247 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our brand-new StoryTime series! This episode chronicles a medical school tale of treating a family member...even when they aren't particularly human. Video and more at zdoggmd.com/chameleon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We routinely misinterpret patients' wishes around medical interventions. Emergency physician Dr. Fred Mirarchi may have a way to fix that. #MedicalStrangerDanger Links to his research, the MIDEO app, the full video interview, and more at zdoggmd.com/incident-report-246 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know that annual TB skin test those administrators keeps hassling you to get under threat of termination? Yeah, turns out they aren't necessary if you're low risk. From the New England Journal of DUH. Send this to your institution's leadership and maybe we can get one more piece of BS busywork off our plate. Links to studies, CDC guidelines, and more at zdoggmd.com/tb-testing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boyz are back in town. #Vegas zdoggmd.com/podcasting/morning-roundz-11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Doug Farrago is a direct primary care doctor, inventor, and OG medical satirist who was one of the earliest inspirations for what eventually became "ZDoggMD." We talk about fitting into a conformist system when you just plain don't, inventing the Cryohelmet and other cool things, his work on The Placebo Journal (a humor magazine for healthcare people) and the Authentic Medicine blog, what it's like to be a creative type in the conformist matrix of healthcare, and much more. PS links, full video, and more at zdoggmd.com/podcasting/doug-farrago Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our secret shame: we suck at checking blood pressure right. Here's how to fix that and save lives. http://zdoggmd.com/measuring-blood-pressure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Logan join ZDogg up in the Bay Area of California for Morning Roundz. I completely forgot what we talked about, so just listen and enjoy ;-) zdoggmd.com/podcasting/coming-out-antivax Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices