Join Elsa and Riya for the final episode of season 4 where they conclude their discussion of Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal’s book. Elsa and Riya will talk about the true importance of screening for disease, medical technology such as FitBits and Apple Watches, and the pros and cons of telemedicine. Thank you for listening and enjoy the final episode! 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only.🚨

Are you looking for a more efficient way to get medication? Should doctors work more collaboratively to improve patient experience? Join Elsa and Riya as they continue discussing financial issues in healthcare, specifically as it relates to insurance and obtaining medication. Listen to the potential solutions that Dr. Rosenthal proposes on both an individual and societal level, and Elsa and Riya’s perspective on their plausibility. 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only.🚨

Join Elsa and Riya this week as they discuss tips on how you can save money in your doctor’s visits and hospital trips. The content is based on Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal’s book “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back”. Listen as Elsa and Riya discuss the importance of asking questions and paying attention to the affiliation of the facility, the professionals you come in contact with, and the type of visit you are having - observation or admission. Elsa and Riya also discuss topics such as doctors self-referring to their own labs and the need for malpractice law reform. Finally, they discuss the Michelin Guide of healthcare and call for more governmental action. If you are in need of financial savings in healthcare, this is not an episode you will want to miss! 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only.🚨

Join Elsa and Riya as they continue discussing Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal's book "An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became a Big Business and How You Can Take it Back". One would think that innovations in healthcare would be beneficial for patients and doctors, as it should cut costs and give doctors more time to focus on other tasks. However, financial incentives for hospitals such as innovative technology, outsourcing dialysis treatment, and private hospital rooms seem to be having the opposite effect in a lot of scenarios. Elsa and Riya discuss the Affordable Care Act and a few ways national policy can change to make healthcare better in America. 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only.🚨

Join Elsa and Riya as they discuss Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal’s book “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became a Big Business and How You Can Take it Back”. Elsa and Riya explain how insurance has become profitable by discussing its history. Reasons for outrageous hospital bills are explored as Elsa and Riya discuss various patient experiences. If you find American Healthcare confusing, listen in to Elsa and Riya as they try to work through the mud. 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only.🚨

Join Elsa and Riya this week as they discuss the stories of two individuals with distinct, but common experiences in healthcare regarding their gender identity. When it comes to pregnancy, it is important to remember that people can be pregnant, not just women, as written by a transgender man who experienced an uphill battle during his second pregnancy. Elsa and Riya also discuss the inadequacies in healthcare surrounding mental health, especially to those in the LGBTQ+ community. Tune in this week to learn more! Warning: This episode contains behaviors, feelings and stories regarding suicide. If you or someone you know are having thoughts of self harm, use the Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255 or dial 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Hotline. 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only.🚨

Join Elsa and Riya as they discuss excerpts from “The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Healthcare” edited by Zena Sharman. Elsa and Riya wanted to bring to light the voices of those in the LGBTQ+ community who have experienced mistreatment by their healthcare providers. By learning about these individual’s perspectives, Elsa and Riya tried to empathize and learn how they could go about providing more culturally-competent care. Join the conversation with them by tuning in! 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only.🚨

From surgeon to patient, Dr Kalanithi experienced many drastic changes in his life. When five good years dwindled down to mere months, Dr. Kalanithi was forced to see life from the patient’s perspective. When so much is out of our control, we try to hang tight to the few things we have, but in this final episode of “When Breath Becomes Air”, Elsa and Riya discuss how Dr. Kalanithi learns to let go so he could focus on his family. He leaves this world with a beautiful message to his daughter and also to the whole world. Tune in this week to hear more!🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only.🚨

Join Elsa and Riya as they explore Dr. Paul Kalanithi’s cancer progression and how it affects all aspects of his life from his career to family decisions. Listen as Dr. Kalanithi gains a new perspective on death - now as someone directly facing the phenomena - and compares it to his relationship with death as a doctor. His honest reflection is sure to capture your heart as it did Elsa and Riya’s. 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only.🚨

Welcome back for season 4 of the podcast! We’re super excited to be starting off with “When Breath Becomes Air” by Dr. Paul Kalanithi. Dr. Kalanithi is a renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist whose life and death made a huge impact on his readers. Tune in as we discuss Dr. Kalanithi’s professional and personal life and the different takeaways that we find applicable to the healthcare field, such as the importance of mental health of doctors, patient autonomy and empathy towards others. 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only.🚨

Ever wondered where the term “graveyard shift” originated from? Neither did Elsa or Riya, but they were both amused upon learning about it. Join them this week as they talk about the history of autopsies and how they are viewed today. Do you see the importance in them or are they a practice of the past? 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only. 🚨

The obesity epidemic continues to rage on with no end in sight despite the numerous diet and exercise programs that exist. Medicine offers patients various weight loss surgeries, but do they really work? Listen in this week to hear Elsa and Riya discuss what gastric bypass surgery is and how it changed one man’s life.🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only. 🚨

Your blushing is a minor inconvenience; Her blushing is preventing her way of life. Join Elsa and Riya as they discuss a case of chronic blushing and the extreme measure taken to cure this symptom. Would you have done the same thing as the patient in this case study? Listen in to make your decision. 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only. 🚨

Mind over body is a common phrase often heard in sports, but it is also applicable to one’s personal health. It’s important to stay in tune with your body as it signals to what is wrong so that you discuss these issues with a trusted physician and get the proper treatment. But what happens if the doctor isn’t as receptive as you hoped? Tune in this week to hear Elsa and Riya discuss various medical mysteries, where doctors struggled to crack the case on what was wrong with the patient, and the importance of listening to your patients as a healthcare professional. 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only. 🚨

“You need to help yourself before you can help others” is a common phrase we hear on airplanes, schools and even at home. Often, people turn to physicians for help for psychological and physical problems, but fail to realize that physicians also face problems that can have disastrous effects on their work performance. On this week’s podcast, Elsa and Riya discuss the importance of mental health, strides that have been made to help physicians deal with the anxiety, depression and other common mental illnesses that are prevalent in healthcare and the concept of burnout. Tune in to learn more! 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only. 🚨

Practice makes perfect, but sometimes mistakes are inevitable, especially in medicine. Learning not to dwell on mistakes and instead, learning from them makes doctors and surgeons stronger in their fields, as Dr. Gawande talks from his personal experiences. Advancements in medicine have greatly aided doctors in treating patients, but medicine is still nowhere near perfect. This week, Elsa and Riya dive into the importance of M & M meetings, taking responsibility for one’s actions, and the importance of treating patients as humans rather than statistics. Tune in to learn more! 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only. 🚨

The saying goes “A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of none”, but what if we were talking about doctors? Would you rather an expert doctor specialized in one area or one with experience in multiple specialities? What if the doctors were replaced with robots? Is this the future of medicine as we know it? Tune in this week as Elsa and Riya discuss this and much more! 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only. 🚨

Welcome back! Elsa and Riya start off Season 3 with the book “Complications: A Surgeon’s Note on an Imperfect Science” by Dr. Atul Gawande. You’ve heard the saying practice makes perfect, but can perfection be expected every time? What about the casualties along the way to perfection? For instance, would you let a resident in training operate on your child? Tune in as Elsa and Riya discuss the fallibility of doctors and the importance of practice.🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only. 🚨

Last episode, we talked about the necessity of the annual flu shot. But did you know that's it's actually only 60% effective? What if we could manufacture a vaccine that could be taken once every 10 years? Sounds like a no-brainer, right? Unfortunately, financial agendas would have it otherwise. Dr. Osterholm ends this book with a "battle plan for survival" as he lists the biggest threats to life as we know it, such as pathogens of pandemic potential, dengue, mosquito-borne diseases, AIDS among others. Individually, it will be hard to make a difference but Dr. Osterholm emphasizes that if we allocate our resources and fight together, we could win this war. And the best weapon we have in our arsenal is... education! Tune into the season finale to hear more! If you would like to learn more visit www.cidrap.umn.edu. 🚨 Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only.🚨

Bless you... The annual flu season has become so common in today's world that we just shrug it off and hope the vaccine does the job. Pharmaceuticals and medical industries anticipate the next year's influenza strain and develop the vaccine months in advance. However, Dr. Osterholm cautions the public that the next worldwide disaster that kills millions is very likely to be your common flu. Is the US prepared for a health disaster of this caliber? And are we preparing enough to prevent this from happening? It might be hard to imagine but Elsa and Riya have you covered. Tune in this week to hear about all about influenza and the toll the infectious disease could take. 🚨Disclaimer: Elsa and Riya are not licensed medical professionals and therefore all things discussed in this episode, as well as past and future episodes, are for the purpose of entertainment only. 🚨