Medicine at 250 Years: Putting Patients Back in Charge
Texas family physician Dr. Kat Lindley shares how direct primary care cuts out the middlemen and puts patients back in charge of their healthcare.
Texas family physician Dr. Kat Lindley shares how direct primary care cuts out the middlemen and puts patients back in charge of their healthcare.
The question is whether medicine can preserve scientific rigor without losing the independent physician, the informed patient, and the human relationship at the center of care.
What did 250 years of American medicine build, what did it lose, and what must the next era restore? From the home visit to the insurance portal, this episode asks how we get back to what matters.
As America marks 250 years, Dr. Joseph Varon reflects on medicine's roots and calls for restoring trust, consent, and the doctor-patient relationship.
National physician network warns a 12-month wind-down for drugs and biologics leaves these unsafe products on the market far too long.
Before medicine became a system, care was personal, local, and built on relationships. As America marks 250 years, IMA explores what modern medicine must restore.
The largest oncology society in America just recommended against ivermectin and fenbendazole in cancer. Dr. Marik argues the evidence standard was never built for these drugs.
IMA President Dr. Joseph Varon and fellow speakers head to Bali for the 30th Asia Pacific Symposium on Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, July 31–Aug. 2.
IMA's cancer research continues to expand and sharpen. In this webinar, Dr. Marik and Dr. Cole walk through what patients should know about diet, vitamin D, repurposed drugs, and reducing metastatic risk around surgery.
Dr. Ryan Cole explains a new gene therapy entering human trials for age-related eye disease, plus natural compounds and light therapy that support healthy aging.
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