
Welcome to “Intention to Treat,” a podcast exploring the critical issues shaping medicine today. In a new 8-week series, The Race Equation, we confront harmful assumptions about race in clinical medicine—from diagnostic algorithms to guidelines—exploring how these practices took hold, why they endure, and what it will take to change them.
Hosted by health care journalist Rachel Gotbaum, the “I... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 48 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | MedicineScienceHealth & Fitness | |||

The use of race in medicine is harming patients. What is being done to move away from these practices and to change a culture of medicine based on the false premise that race is biological?
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We now know that humans are more than 99.9% genetically alike. So why does medicine still link certain diseases to race? And what do genetics actually tell us about race, ancestry, and disease?
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How did a drug for congestive heart failure get approved and marketed for Black people only?
A full transcript of this episode is available at www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2601978.
The story of the pulse oximeter demonstrates that sometimes consideration of race is critical to diagnosis and treatment — as came starkly into light during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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I am a PhD epidemiologist trained 35 years ago and knew none of this and both shocked and saddened at the racist assumptions that inference medical thinking.
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The content explored focuses on pressing and multifaceted issues within the medical field, ranging from innovative research breakthroughs to the emotional journeys of patients and their caregivers. Episodes often highlight personal narratives intertwined with scientific inquiry, creating an informative and empathetic perspective on healthcare advancements. Listeners can expect to encounter discussions on topics such as brain-computer interface technology for ALS patients, the implications of race in medical diagnoses, and the challenges surrounding long COVID, among others. This unique combination of personal stories with cutting-edge medical knowledge makes it a compelling resource for healthcare professionals and interested listeners alik... more
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