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Selected samples of editorial work

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Offcall •

Here's How I Found My Dream Job in Medicine After Quitting Residency

I remember the night I hit my limit: In late 2021, I was seeing patients in the ob-gyn ER at a large medical center in Israel. I had just returned from maternity leave and was working as a “PGY-1." (In Israel, there’s a mandatory post-graduate internship year before residency programs officially start.) I took basic histories, reviewed charts, and made quick decisions about who needed immediate attention.At some point, as I tried to add lab results to a patient’s chart, the EMR crashed. Again. F...
LMNT Electrolytes •

The science of hydration timing for exercise performance

Electrolytes like sodium, potassium, and magnesium make this fluid regulation possible: Here’s how each electrolyte optimizes hydration to keep you performing at your peak. Sodium is the main regulator of fluid balance outside cells — and the primary electrolyte lost through sweat. It helps you hold onto water in your bloodstream, which keeps plasma volume high enough to deliver oxygen and keep your body temperature and heart rate stable during...
Doctor Mike •

Does Your BMI Even Matter?

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Contact Email: DoctorMikeMedia@Gmail.com
Executive Producer: Doctor Mike
Production Director and Editor: Dan Owens
Managing Editor and Producer: Sam Bowers
Editor and Designer: Caroline Weigum
Editor: Juan Carlos Zuniga

* Select photos/videos provided by Getty Images *

** The information in this video is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images, and information, contained in this video is for general information purposes only and does not replace a consultation with your own doctor/health professional **
Doctor Mike •

How Dangerous Are Lululemon Leggings?

I'll teach you how to become the media's go-to expert in your field. Enroll in The Professional's Media Academy now: https://www.professionalsmediaacademy.com/

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse group of thousands of chemicals used in hundreds of types of products. PFAS in the environment can enter the food supply through plants and animals grown, raised, or processed in contaminated areas. It is also possible for very small amounts of PFAS to enter foods through food packaging, processing, and cookware.
Because exposure to some types of PFAS has been linked to serious health effects, we are working to better understand PFAS in foods.
- FDA

Listen to my podcast, The Checkup with Doctor Mike, here:
Spotify: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/spotify/CheckUpSpotify
Apple Podcasts: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/applepodcast/ApplePodcasts

Help us continue the fight against medical misinformation and change the world through charity by becoming a Doctor Mike Resident on Patreon where every month I donate 100% of the proceeds to the charity, organization, or cause of your choice! Residents get access to bonus content, exclusive live streams, and many other perks for just $10 a month Become a Resident today:

https://www.patreon.com/doctormike

Let’s connect:

IG: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/instagram/DMinstagram
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TikTok: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/tiktok/DMTikTok
Reddit: https://go.doctormikemedia.com/reddit/DMReddit

Contact Email: DoctorMikeMedia@Gmail.com
Executive Producer: Doctor Mike
Production Director and Editor: Dan Owens
Managing Editor and Producer: Sam Bowers
Editor and Designer: Caroline Weigum
Editor: Juan Carlos Zuniga

* Select photos/videos provided by Getty Images *

** The information in this video is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images, and information, contained in this video is for general information purposes only and does not replace a consultation with your own doctor/health professional **
Future •

How Recommendation Algorithms Actually Work

In 2016, I led a small team at Instagram that designed and built one of the largest content distribution experiments in history: the introduction of a personalized ranking algorithm to the platform’s (then) 500 million users. Anticipating controversy, we spent the next several years scientifically measuring differences between people receiving this evolving “recommendation algorithm” (as it’s sometimes called) and a small randomly chosen group receiving the reverse-chronological feed employed si...
Future •

Info Diet: Kajabi President Sean Kim

Info Diet offers a peek into the personally curated feeds and media habits of the people shaping the future. In each installment, a different builder spends two days chronicling everything they read, follow, listen to, and watch in order to stay ahead of the curve. This time: Sean Kim, president and chief product officer at Kajabi, a platform for knowledge creators to publish, market, and sell online courses, live coaching, newsletters, and podcasts. Sean lives in Playa Vista, California.

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Future •

A Guide to Decentralized Biotech

American biotech has traditionally been a centralized industry, with most companies clustered in a handful of cities and operating with teams of in-house scientists.

When biotech first gained its footing in the 1980s, there were good reasons for its centralized structure, including geographic proximity to the universities supplying talent and intellectual property. But recent changes — related to funding trends, an increasingly globalized workforce, the real estate market, and the popularity of...
The Paper Gown •

A Clinical Trial, Where You're the Only Participant - Healthcare Trends

Let’s say, during a checkup, you find out your blood pressure is too high. You follow your doctor’s advice to overhaul your diet and lace up your running shoes a few times a week. Unfortunately, lifestyle changes don’t do the trick, which means it’s time to try medication. Your doctor chooses one that most patients tolerate well, explaining that many different drugs are used to manage blood pressure, and finding the right one may take trial and error. You’re supposed to come back for a follow-up...
The Paper Gown •

A Guide to Primary Care for Transgender Patients - Guides

The term “trans healthcare” might bring to mind hormones and surgery. While those are vital pieces of the puzzle, they’re not everything. Trans patients don’t only need to go to the doctor for reasons related to gender affirmation. Like anyone else, they need primary care throughout their lives. 
But, while efforts to improve healthcare for the transgender community have increased, primary care is often overlooked. When transgender people go to the doctor, research suggests their visits focus mo...
The Paper Gown •

Why Don't Men Have Their Own Specialists? - Healthcare Trends

One day in 2006, Bob Krüse developed a throbbing pain in his testicles. After a week of feeling like “he’d been kicked down there,” Krüse went to see his primary care doctor. Tests revealed the 20-year-old college student had testicular cancer. 
The news blindsided him. Until that visit, Krüse had never talked to a doctor about his testicular health. While testicular cancer is relatively rare, Krüse’s ignorance surrounding reproductive health is commonplace.
The importance of reproductive health...

Writing

NextSense •

Why Can't I Sleep? Common Causes and What Actually Helps

When you’re exhausted all day long, the one thing that should be easy is falling asleep at night. But sometimes, even if you’re yawning constantly and counting down the minutes to bedtime, dozing off is difficult.

The dreaded phenomenon of feeling “tired but wired” is a hallmark feature of clinical insomnia. But it’s also something that many people who don’t have a diagnosed sleep disorder struggle with occasionally. Multiple factors might explain why sleepiness and sleeplessness coexist, and s...
The Paper Gown •

Have We Been Measuring Pain the Wrong Way? Some Experts Say Yes

Sitting on the therapy table, with my legs stretched out and an ice pack wrapped around each knee, I told my amiable physical therapist Jeff all about my history of knee pain. I brought up the February run that set off the pain, recalled prior stints in PT and rattled off a list of treatments I’d tried. I told him that both knees hurt, but rarely at the same time, and regaled him with my journey through arch support sneakers and drugstore knee braces.
But when Jeff asked me about the pain itsel...

Why the Buy-a-Nap Industry Never Took Off | Van Winkle's

I didn't know how naked I was supposed to get for a nap. Winston Churchill said he always "took off his clothes and got into bed, sometime between dinner and lunch." But my bed was a 45-minute subway ride away. It was almost noon on a Wednesday in August, and I was standing in a nap "cabin" inside Yelo Spa (pronounced "Yellow"), a
nap-and-refloxology spa in midtown Manhattan that sells sleep for $1-per-minute. I'd gotten my first glimpse of Yelo about a half-hour earlier, when I'd arrived for my appointment, sweaty and wired.
Hone Health •

Perimenopause Fatigue, Exhaustion & Extreme Tiredness

Life gets more complex when you hit midlife. The responsibilities and stressors—job pressures, family needs, aging parents—can be draining, making you more fatigued. But if you fall into an energy slump that won’t let up, or you notice big changes in your mental or physical alertness, it might be perimenopause fatigue.

The dynamic effects of hormone fluctuations can make you feel sluggish, run down, and exhausted during the sometimes decade-long menopause transition. A study of over 3,000 perim...

The Missing Science of How Gay Couples Sleep

Being part of a couple comes with Netflix compromises, reduced closet space, and unsolicited updates on indigestion. But it's a boon to health, according to relationship research. To understand why paired-up people see more birthdays and less disease
than their solo counterparts, scientists have pried into the private lives of twosomes, including what goes down after the PJs come on. Sleep, they've found, is a relevant factor in how partners treat and understand each other. A decade of data has shown that good sleepers feel better about the state of their unions, and that strong unions beget restful nights. Except, the data doesn't apply to all 51 million couples across the country. Same-sex couples have been left out entirely.
Mic •

How to Make Your Date Think You're Hilarious, According to Science

With dating comes dating advice, sometimes unsolicited and often contradictory. Text. Don't text. Text only when texted. Who knows. But if there's anything that really does boost dating success, it's the ability to make 'em laugh. Sense of humor consistently tops the list of desired traits in potential mates, according to all the dating studies and surveys, ever. This is great news for those who can serve up hilarious one-liners on demand, but what about everyone else? Being a riot ain't easy, b...
Mic •

There's a Suicide Epidemic in Utah — And One Neuroscientist Thinks He Knows Why

Living in Utah means packed powder in April, canyoneering in the clouds, snow-capped vistas so vivid they look Photoshopped — and the shortest average work week in the country. So it's not surprising that surveys show how much Utah residents love their outdoorsy, adventure-filled state.But there's another side to Utah that isn't shown in surveys. Despite ranking as America's happiest state, Utah has disproportionately high rates of suicide and associated mood disorders compared to the rest of th...

One Kid’s Love for the Streets Leads to New York’s Penal Colony

On June 17, Ruben Rodriguez got two brightly colored
envelopes in the mail. His grandmother had sent a card with a silly cartoon. His mother wrote a more sentimental message on her card and tucked a folded piece of loose-leaf inside it. It was a letter from a girl letting Ruben
know she was pregnant with his child and planned to get an abortion. Otherwise, the South Bronx teenager spent his 18th birthday as he'd spent the previous 30 days — killing time in punitive segregation, aka "the box," on Rikers Island.
The Atlantic •

Dogs Get Anxiety, Too

On a calm day in December 2011, Stella and I walked home from the Brooklyn Bridge dog park along our usual brownstone-lined route. Stella, my 68-pound pit-lab mix, was a few months shy of three years old and had been dominating some of New York’s finest green spaces for more than two years. My Tennessee-born rescue had dodged her kill shelter fate to become the easiest-going canine in King’s County—until she wasn’t.

That afternoon, as we turned onto a familiar street near my apartment, Stella r...