The Paradocs Podcast with Eric Larson

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The Paradocs is a fun and lively discussion with a couple of docs on the practice of medicine. Occasionally serious, other times lighthearted, and accidentally informative. A show for physicians to le... more

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September 11, 2019 Episode 061: Why Government Run Health Care Serves the Poor Poorly. A Discussion with Dr. Rebekah Bernard
Serving the poor in health care is a mission that many enter medicine to do. Whether that is through medical missions, working free clinics, or in some other way - doctors are doing what they can to help the poor receive care. Some choose to work in underserved regions of the country both urban and rural that are paid in part by the federal government. These clinics are called federally qualified health centers. The question we must ask is if these clinics are the best way to serve the poor.

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49min
September 04, 2019 Episode 060: An Irish Doctor Compares the UK's NHS to the US Medical System. A Discussion with Dr. Clodagh Ryan
Irish doctor Clodagh Ryan worked in the UK's NHS and US as a family doctor. She says the NHS has some advantages but they come at a cost to patient care. Among those are excessive wait times, reduced innovation, and poorer outcomes in certain treatments.

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1h
August 20, 2019 Episode 059: Allergist Says Direct Care Is Nothing to Sneeze At. A Discussion with Dr. Nikhila Schroeder
Direct care is a newer way of providing care to patients. It is a cash system without insurance. Direct care is now becoming more common for specialists. My guest is an allergist who has adopted this model and practices medicine the way she wants that isn't rushed or filled with bureaucratic paperwork.

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1h 8min
August 09, 2019 Episode 058: Is Self Care the Best Care? With Dr. Wayne Jonas
Self Care is the term used to describe how patients can take care of themselves and use techniques to improve their health and healing. Utilizing self care is a component of integrative health where traditional medical services are combined with other strategies to help patients recover from illness or deal with chronic conditions.

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59min
July 30, 2019 Episode 057: Men Have More Heart Disease Than Women, Really They Do. A Conversation with Dr. Anish Koka
February marks the month designated by the American Heart Association as its "Go Red for Women" campaign to raise awareness of the real risk of heart disease in women. Too often, men are seen as the victims of heart attacks and people forget that women can suffer from heart disease as well. In fact, women die more from heart disease than men, right?
Well, not exactly. And that's what we discuss in the show.

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46min
July 24, 2019 Episode 056: Getting Ripped Off by Health Insurance
Everyone needs health insurance, right? Health insurance keeps you from going bankrupt, right? But what if it ends up costing you more for basic expenses?
In this episode, I recount my experience getting a 2000% markup on a laboratory test. I explain how this is a perfect example of so much that is wrong with our health care market.

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35min
July 19, 2019 Episode 055: Surviving the Zombie Lab Scandal with Dr. Molly Rutherford
Zombies aren't real, but sometimes they sure seem like it. Especially when it involves medicine and the law. Health Diagnostics Laboratories (HDL) went into bankruptcy after being discovered it was ripping off patients by overcharging them and providing kickbacks to doctors and health organizations for using their services.

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1h 1min
July 09, 2019 Episode 054: Abortion and Catholic Hospitals with Stephanie Slade
The topic of abortion seems to have gained more momentum in the news cycle of late with states passing laws relaxing or loosening restrictions on the practice. It feels like the 1973 ruling of Roe v. Wade might actually come before the US Supreme Court.

As a physician and hospital, the social and ethical questions that surround abortion are both personal and professional. What is the obligation of institutions to perform abortions? How about the physicians or nursing staff?

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50min
July 02, 2019 Episode 053: The UK's NHS - Love It or Leave It? Dr. Philip Booth of IEA
National health care policy is always at the forefront of the political discussion in the US. Democratic candidates are offering their visions of what the US system should look like and point to other countries in the world. One held up is the United Kingdom and its National Health Service (NHS). But is it better than what we have here?

My guest today is Philip Booth. He has written on the health care policy in the UK and is able to describe the UK system and how it differs from the US and Europe.

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41min
June 25, 2019 Episode 052: Bringing Joy to Medicine with Dr. Amaryllis Sanchez Wohlever
Physician wellness has come to the forefront today as health systems deal with ever increasing numbers of physicians dealing with mental illness and even suicide. There is no shortage of explanations nor ways the health systems are trying to fix these docs. Dr. Sanchez Wohlever has personally dealt with burnout and offers her own prescription for solving the problem. Its systematic approach is both simple and personal.

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41min

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