Sensible Medicine

Mar 07 2025 92 ep. 31 mins 176

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Common sense and original thinking in bio-medicine A platform for diverse views and debate

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Friday Reflection 48: Linguistics, Diagnosis, and Medical Error

Mar 07 2025 6 mins

FH is a 66-year-old woman who comes in for an urgent visit because she has been feeling woozy for two days. She is very anxious, almost distraught, because she thinks these symptoms are the same as the ones that her sister had before she died of a hemorrhagic stroke.Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid sub

A Conversation with Professor Jeffrey Flier Regarding Changes in NIH Funding

Feb 08 2025 47 mins

Professor Jeffrey Flier is a distinguished service professor and Higginson Professor of Physiology and Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the former dean of Harvard Medical School. We talked about the recent (and sudden) change in NIH funding. First a note on Professor Flier. He is not a normal medical school dean. He is active online. He speaks candidly, often critically. H

RFK Jr hearings/ Eulogy Values & NIH delays

Feb 03 2025 37 mins

We are back with a riveting discussion This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sensible-med.com/subscribe

A Conversation with Michael Easter from the TWO/PERCENT

Jan 25 2025 22 mins

I recently recorded a conversation with Michael Easter from the TWO/PERCENT, a Substack and podcast. Michael offers “practical, accurate, and useful health, performance, and mindset information,” and in a space where there is a lot of drive, I find him remarkably thoughtful.Our conversation is on the podcast feed. Below are my notes for our conversation with links to many of th

Friday Reflection 47: Patients Make the Hardest Decisions

Jan 10 2025 6 mins

Doctors often get credit (or blame) for having to make difficult, life-and-death decisions. But really, it is all of us, when we are patients, who make the bravest decisions that carry the highest stakes. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sensible-med.com/subscribe

A conversation with Margaret McCartney, MD, PhD regarding evidence-based medicine and conflicts of interest

Jan 08 2025 45 mins

I have long followed the work of Dr. Margaret McCartney. She is a general practitioner in Glasgow, Scotland, writer, public speaker, and now PhD. She is a fierce advocate for evidence-based medicine. She holds highly skeptical views of screening for disease—which, to my surprise is quite common in the UK. Her recently finished PhD sought empirical evidence regarding declaration o

UCSF hematology oncology interest group

Dec 29 2024 42 mins

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Adam Cifu Interviewed by Michael Easter on the TWO/PERCENT Substack and Podcast

Dec 17 2024 38 mins

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Michael Easter. Michael is behind the TWO/PERCENT Substack where he offers “practical, accurate, and useful health, performance, and mindset information.” I’ve listened to, and read, a bunch of Michael’s content. Not only is it enjoyable but it seems, well, sensible. Our conversation was inspired by my Coming Out Against the Health

A live taping from Wash U, a Sensible Medicine discussion

Dec 07 2024 45 mins

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MAHA and Medical Conservatism

Nov 14 2024 49 mins

What does our philosophy have to do with RFK Jr and MAHA? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sensible-med.com/subscribe