We talk Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, Bell's Palsy, anaphylaxis, why this vaccine wasn't "rushed," reinfection, and MUCH more. Transcript, video, and links: https://zdoggmd.com/covid-vaccine-12-16 Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apparently the "Head of Pfizer Research" thinks so. Except he isn't. And it doesn't. Here's the science, and some tips to spot misinformation before it fools you. Links, video, transcript, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vaccine-sterilization Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://facebook.com/zdoggmd Instagram: http://instagram.com/zdogg...
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FDA vaccine advisory committee member Dr. Paul Offit returns to answer our questions on the new COVID vaccines. This is a must-listen, folks. We talk about the new mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna and their safety and efficacy, how they work, their effect on human DNA, the risk of antibody dependent enhancement, whether Phase 3 trials are enough data to feel comfortable with these vaccines, whether we should immunize those who've previously been infected, the volunteer bias in these trials,...
When we change how we look at the world, the world changes how it looks at us. The secret is compassion, both for ourselves and others. Dr. James Doty is a Stanford neurosurgeon, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and best-selling author of Into The Magic Shop. He is the director and founder of the Center For Compassion And Altruism Research And Education (CCARE). This is an intense and oftentimes emotional interview that I profoundly enjoyed, and I think you will too. The second half gets ESPECIALLY...
Public-private partnerships, genomic epidemiology, and a national EMR among other things made little Iceland a big deal in the science of the pandemic. Article link, transcript, video, and more: zdoggmd.com/iceland-covid-science Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Website: https://ZDoggMD.com Podcast: https://ZDoggMD.com/podcasts Facebook: http://faceb...
Two docs talk LIVE about the dangers of medical black & white thinking when it comes to COVID-19. Links, video, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/vinay-prasad-4 We talked Danish mask study, Thanksgiving public health absolutism and harm reduction strategies, the latest ways to think about the new COVID vaccines, scientific censorship, political polarization in science, Dr. Scott Atlas, and much more. Vinay Prasad MD MPH is a practicing hematologist-oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine ...
Can diet, exercise, sleep, stress reduction, supplements, and breath training help you beat COVID-19 like a boss? Dr. Ronesh Sinha teaches us how to optimize our chances. Links, transcript, video, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/ron-sinha-2 Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd PayPa...
Dr. Christiane Northrup went viral with some interesting claims about the mRNA COVID vaccines. Here's what's REALLY going on. Links, transcript, video, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/northrup-vaccine-lies Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd PayPal (single donation): https://www.pa...
Here's how we can make sense of (and do something about) the rising cases and hospitalizations. Transcript, links, and full video: https://zdoggmd.com/covid-winter Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch!...
Here's how to interpret the latest news on Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. Links, transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/pfizer-vaccine Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertri...
Meatpacking plants, nursing homes, schools…here’s how we can get back to work while lowering coronavirus transmission risk. Dr. Bob Harrison, MD is a clinical professor of medicine at UCSF and an occupational and environmental medicine specialist. He’s a specialist in preventing coronavirus spread in the workplace environment. In this interview we talk about the tiers of protection that can help prevent workplace COVID exposure, the relevance of face masks, ventilation and testing, the importanc...
"Stories are how we make sense of the world." Novelist and Stanford Professor of Medicine Dr. Abraham Verghese reminds us that story matters, now more than ever. Transcript, links, full video, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/abraham-verghese Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/pay...
Cases rising, news orgs banging the drums of doom, yet Americans seem to be throwing up their hands. Here's what's up with #pandemicfatigue, LIVE. Transcript, video and more: https://zdoggmd.com/pandemic-fatigue-explained/ Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patre...
The UCSF professor & Chief of Head & Neck Oncologic Surgery returns to talk about van Halen, thyroid nodules, head & neck cancer screening, COVID, and more. Links to other episodes with Dr. Patrick Ha, transcript, video, CME conference links, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/patrick-ha Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Fa...
I'm a rationalist, skeptic, and a doctor, and meditation is a central part of my life. Here's why. Originally recorded LIVE to Facebook. Links, video, and more: https://zdoggmd.com/why-meditate/ Subscribe and click the notification bell so you never miss our videos! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFyRz1N_T-rnSkbaAH_TFAw?sub_confirmation=1 Your support keeps this content independent and awesome, so join the Supporter Tribe to get exclusive videos, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTub...
Our pandemic response has generated untold fear and untold harm to our most vulnerable communities. Here's a possible way out. Dr. Monica Gandhi is a UCSF professor of Medicine in the division of HIV, infectious diseases, and global medicine. Her current research involves masks and their effects on COVID disease severity. In this interview we talk about the effects masks and mask mandates may have (distinguishing correlation from causation), masks and herd immunity, how our current climate of fe...
The President's disease course can teach us a LOT about risk, treatment, and more. Streamed live 10/4/20. Video, links to related shows, and more at https://zdoggmd.com/trump-covid Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https:/...
COVID-19 doesn't spread like flu; it "clusters." Could this be a key to stopping it? Video, links to the Atlantic article, transcript, and more: zdoggmd.com/superspreaders Love our show and wanna support us just for a single donation? paypal.me/zdoggmd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why a data-driven, holistic, and nuanced approach to our COVID-19 response is long overdue. Vinay Prasad MD MPH is a practicing hematologist-oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. He studies cancer drugs, health policy, and clinical trials and better decision making and hosts the Plenary Session podcast. In this encore podcast we talk about the first presidential debate and the foibles thereof, the goals of healthcare reform and single payer...
Is social media tearing society apart? Here's a doctor's live take on the new Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma. Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get...
What if our response to COVID-19 was minimally effective but inflicted a TON of harm? Why do those who dare to ask this question run afoul of the academic establishment? Dr. Eran Bendavid is associate professor of medicine at Stanford and an infectious disease specialist and health outcomes/health policy researcher. He is co-author of the Santa Clara and Los Angeles COVID-19 antibody prevalence studies. We dive into: what is the actual infection fatality rate of COVID-19 (and on what factors doe...
When we empathize with a story, we can lose sight of the bigger picture. Video: https://zdoggmd.com/covid-irrational Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get 2...
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a Stanford physician and economist and co-author of several seroprevalence studies on COVID-19. In this must-hear interview we talk about EVERYTHING. Including the true infection fatality rate, comparisons to influenza, drama around his Santa Clara antibody trial, reinfections, vaccine development, economic and social impacts, why we MUST reopen schools NOW, the horrors of censorship of scientists and opposing dialog, how Stanford is contributing to the problem of stiflin...
What if masks acted to reduce severity of COVID-19 infection for the WEARER, fostering immunity like a vaccine and allowing a full societal reopening? UCSF medicine professor Dr. Monica Gandhi recently proposed just such a theory in the New England Journal of Medicine. Links to papers, transcript (coming soon), and more at https://zdoggmd.com/monica-gandhi Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https:...
Zak Holdsworth creates technology—and community—that just might drive healthcare's next revolution: Direct Primary Care. Register for the Hint Summit (and automatically get $50 off using this link or the code "ZPAC50": https://go.hint.com/3jddPIn Transcript, video, links, and more on Direct Primary Care at: https://zdoggmd.com/hint Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zd...
This outrage is yet another symbol of the utter brokenness of our healthcare system 😡 Time to stop playing these money games NOW. Link to the ProPublica article, video, full transcript, and more at zdoggmd.com/covid-money-games Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayP...
Norman Wang...#MedBikini...do white docs kill black babies? Triggered yet? Applying a rationalist framework to emotionally charged "research" should be a priority for everyone, but too often we're failing. Dr. Vinay Prasad, UCSF hematology-oncology maven and host of the Plenary Session podcast, returns for a truly authentic discussion on the LACK of authenticity in healthcare. This is required listening for anyone pursuing a career in medicine. Dr. Prasad has written two books, Ending Medical Re...
Cases up, deaths less so...why? And should you get a flu shot and WHEN? Video at zdoggmd.com/covid-update-9-7 Your support makes what we do possible! Join the SuperPac and get exclusive content, live discussions, and other crazy perks: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zdoggmd/join Facebook: http://facebook.com/becomesupporter/zdoggmd Patreon: http://patreon.com/zdoggmd PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/zdoggmd Merch! https://supportertribe4lyfe.com/ (Facebook and YouTube supporters get 25% off)...
Two docs go deep on the failures of our research infrastructure during the COVID-19 war. If you're a fan of our current system, be prepared to be triggered. We talk about convalescent plasma, the tyranny of institutional review boards (IRBs), the failures of peer review, hydroxychloroquine, and much more. Dr. Marty Makary is Editor-in-Chief of Medpage Today and is Professor of Surgery and Health Policy at Johns Hopkins. He's the author of best sellers Unaccountable and The Price We Pay. Links to...
