<description>&lt;p&gt;A new book reveals how chance can change the course of a person's health, life, and death.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory &amp; Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Covenant of Water&lt;/em&gt;, Abraham Verghese, MD; https://www.abrahamverghese.org/books/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, Joseph P. Newhouse Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Random Acts of Medicine&lt;/em&gt;. Anupam B. Jena and Christopher Worsham. Penguin Random House. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708150/random-acts-of-medicine-by-anupam-b-jena-md-phd-and-christopher-worsham-md/&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You may also like:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;https://www.medscape.com/twic&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For questions or feedback, please email: news@medscape.net&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Medicine and the Machine

Medscape

Left-Digit Bias and Other Random Acts of Medicine

SEP 7, 202339 MIN
Medicine and the Machine

Left-Digit Bias and Other Random Acts of Medicine

SEP 7, 202339 MIN

Description

A new book reveals how chance can change the course of a person's health, life, and death.

This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.

To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:

https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine

Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California

The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese, MD; https://www.abrahamverghese.org/books/

Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, Joseph P. Newhouse Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Random Acts of Medicine. Anupam B. Jena and Christopher Worsham. Penguin Random House. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708150/random-acts-of-medicine-by-anupam-b-jena-md-phd-and-christopher-worsham-md/

You may also like:

Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology

https://www.medscape.com/twic

Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show

https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington

For questions or feedback, please email: [email protected]