#34: Why Our Medical System is Broken and How to Take Back Your Health | Dr. Lucy McBride
Two Percent with Michael EasterShow Notes
Michael speaks with Dr. Lucy McBride, a Harvard-trained physician and author of Beyond the Prescription, about why modern medicine overlooks the whole patient and how to become the CEO of your own health. They discuss:
0:00 Preview0:52 Why patients feel dismissed5:13 Why healthcare focuses on damage control10:23 Why Dr. McBride left the system15:58 The question she asks every patient20:09 Where medicine ends and wellness begins26:44 How to become the CEO of your health38:46 What AI can and cannot do in the exam room44:39 How to prepare for a doctor's appointment48:19 Prenuvo scans, blood tests, and CGMs
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