Bob Harringson and former FDA commissioner Rob Califf discuss medical misinformation, its impact on public and individual health, and how to fight against it.

This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a transcript or to comment, visit https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

Is a Long-Simmering Crisis Boiling Over? U.S. Primary Care Today

https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMms2510425

The Global Wellness Economy Hits a Record $6.8 Trillion and Is Forecast to Reach $9.8 Trillion by 2029 https://globalwellnessinstitute.org/press-room/press-releases/the-global-wellness-economy-hits-a-record-6-8-trillion-and-is-forecast-to-reach-9-8-trillion-by-2029/

Life's Essential 8: Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association's Construct of Cardiovascular Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001078

Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(04)17018-9/abstract

Here's What We Know

https://weillcornell.org/heres-what-we-know

Fifth Circuit sides with ivermectin-prescribing doctors in their quarrel with the FDA https://www.courthousenews.com/fifth-circuit-sides-with-ivermectin-prescribing-doctors-in-their-quarrel-with-the-fda/

SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Republican Megabill Is Implemented https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-tracker-people-are-losing-food-assistance-as-the-republican-megabill

Chronic Conditions and Food Insecurity in US Children https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2839376

As Unregulated Peptides Flood the Market, Clinicians Encouraged to Counsel Patients https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/unregulated-peptides-flood-market-clinicians-encouraged-2026a1000e63

Coethia

https://coethia.com/

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Cardiologists Bob Harrington and Lisa Rosenbaum discuss the loss of trust in medicine, how it may reflect patients' desire for agency, and strategies to earn it back.

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Taking Our Medicine — Improving Adherence in the Accountability Era

https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1307084

Full Coverage for Preventive Medications after Myocardial Infarction (MI FREEE trial)

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Dr Rosenbaum's Not Otherwise Specified Podcast

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The Concierge Cure?

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Medical Education in the United States and Canada – Flexner

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.32.810.41

The Importance of Being – Abraham Verghese

https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0837

Evidence-Based Medicine

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7023.71

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Drs Bob Harrington and Bob Wachter discuss the use of AI in healthcare, and Dr Wachter's latest book, A Giant Leap.

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A Giant Leap. How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/776443/a-giant-leap-by-robert-wachter-md/

Revisiting the Time Needed to Provide Adult Primary Care

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07707-x

Bob Wachter, Digital Doctor Author, Interviewed

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/848172

Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.312.7023.71

Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/technology/ai-jobs-radiologists-mayo-clinic.html

What This Computer Needs Is a Physician: Humanism and Artificial Intelligence https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2017.19198

Reliability of LLMs as medical assistants for the general public: a randomized preregistered study

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Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18412

Perceptions and Opinions of Patients About Mental Health Chatbots: Scoping Review

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User Intentions to Use ChatGPT for Self-Diagnosis and Health-Related Purposes: Cross-sectional Survey Study

https://doi.org/10.2196/47564

KFF Health Misinformation Tracking Poll: Artificial Intelligence and Health Information

https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-health-misinformation-tracking-poll-artificial-intelligence-and-health-information/

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