#34: Why Our Medical System is Broken and How to Take Back Your Health | Dr. Lucy McBride

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:

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0:52 Why patients feel dismissed
5:13 Why healthcare focuses on damage control
10:23 Why Dr. McBride left the system
15:58 The question she asks every patient
20:09 Where medicine ends and wellness begins
26:44 How to become the CEO of your health
38:46 What AI can and cannot do in the exam room
44:39 How to prepare for a doctor's appointment
48:19 Prenuvo scans, blood tests, and CGMs

Read The Comfort Crisis in the Doctor’s Office: https://www.twopct.com/p/the-comfort-crisis-in-the-doctors

Two Percent is hosted by Michael Easter. Today's episode was produced by Joey Fischground, Robbie Hiser, Dana Brawer and Julia Nutter. From Kaleidoscope, our executive producers are Mangesh Hattikudur and Kate Osborn and Julia Nutter. From iHeart, our executive producers are Katrina Norvell and Nikki Ettore. Our Head of Video is Maria Paz Mendez Hodes. Our editor is Will Mayo. Our theme music is by the Heater Manager.

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