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Join Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, as they interview experts on the hottest topics in healthcare ranging from COVID-19 to social determinants of health to bringing humanity back to medicine.

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Join Medscape editor-in-chief Eric Topol, MD, and master storyteller and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, as they interview experts on the hottest topics in healthcare ranging from COVID-19 to social determinants of health to bringing humanity back to medicine.

    Wisdom From a Scottish GP: The Lost Art of Convalescence

    Wisdom From a Scottish GP: The Lost Art of Convalescence

    The final Medicine and the Machine podcast guest, physician and author Gavin Francis, shares his approach to keeping his occupation rewarding and satisfying.
    This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
    To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:
    https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
    Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
    Gavin Francis, MBChB (Hons), BSc (Hons), Department of Primary Care, Edinburgh University; General Practitioner, Department of Primary Care, Community Clinic, Edinburgh
    Free For All. https://www.gavinfrancis.com/books/free-for-all-why-the-nhs-is-worth-saving/
    Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence. https://www.gavinfrancis.com/books/recovery/
    Adventures in Human Being. https://www.gavinfrancis.com/books/adventures-in-human-being/
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    https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
    For questions or feedback, please email: news@medscape.net

    • 30 min
    His Rare Disease's Cure Was Sitting on the Pharmacy Shelf

    His Rare Disease's Cure Was Sitting on the Pharmacy Shelf

    He's alive thanks to a repurposed drug. Now his dream is to find cures for millions of people from among drugs we already have.
    This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
    To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:
    https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
    Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
    David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Director, Center for Cytokine Storm Treatment & Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Chasing My Cure. https://chasingmycure.com/
    His Doctors Were Stumped. Then He Took Over. - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/business/his-doctors-were-stumped-then-he-took-over.html
    Every Cure. https://everycure.org/
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    https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
    For questions or feedback, please email: news@medscape.net

    • 37 min
    Physicians: Shape Your AI Future or Someone Else Will

    Physicians: Shape Your AI Future or Someone Else Will

    Dr Eric Topol discusses the present and future of AI in medicine with historian and futurist Dr Adam Rodman.
    This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
    To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:
    https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
    Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
    Adam Rodman, MD, MPH, Instructor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Co-director, iMED Initiative, Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
    SHORT CUTS: MEDICINE, Navigate Your Way Through Big Ideas, Adam Rodman, MD, MPH; ISBN: 9781785789946. https://iconbooks.com/ib-title/short-cuts-medicine/
    Bedside Rounds podcast. http://bedside-rounds.org/
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    https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
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    • 27 min
    Left-Digit Bias and Other Random Acts of Medicine

    Left-Digit Bias and Other Random Acts of Medicine

    A new book reveals how chance can change the course of a person's health, life, and death.
    This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
    To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:
    https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
    Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
    Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
    The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, MD; https://www.abrahamverghese.org/books/
    Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, Joseph P. Newhouse Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    Random Acts of Medicine. Anupam B. Jena and Christopher Worsham. Penguin Random House. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708150/random-acts-of-medicine-by-anupam-b-jena-md-phd-and-christopher-worsham-md/
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    https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
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    • 39 min
    How the Modern ICU Was Galvanized By a Polio Epidemic

    How the Modern ICU Was Galvanized By a Polio Epidemic

    The medical and dental students who kept polio patients alive by hand-ventilating them around the clock are among the cast of characters in this incredible story.
    This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
    To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:
    https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
    Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
    Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Toronto; Staff Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    The Autumn Ghost, Hannah Wunsch, MD; https://greystonebooks.com/products/the-autumn-ghost
    Why we can thank a polio emergency for the birth of intensive care; Nature 618, 234-235 (2023), Eric Topol; https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01830-3
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    https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
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    • 34 min
    Bob Wachter's Viral Tweet and Thoughts on AI in Medicine

    Bob Wachter's Viral Tweet and Thoughts on AI in Medicine

    The gig was up, but when he finally got COVID, it was pretty far down on his ER problem list.
    This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.
    To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:
    https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine
    Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
    Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
    The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, MD; https://www.abrahamverghese.org/books/
    Robert M. Wachter, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
    https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter
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    https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington
    For questions or feedback, please email: news@medscape.net

    • 38 min

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