Primary Care Today
Primary Care Today features conversations with clinical experts representing a wide range of medical specialties to highlight the latest trends in primary care practice, from clinical pearls to updated guidelines, health informatics, and practice management. This series is hosted by Dr. Brian McDonough, a nationally recognized clinical expert, teacher, and public speaker in primary care.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Episodes
- 382
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
A Fresh Approach to Tackling Obstacles of Obesity
Guest: Louis J. Aronne, MD, FTOS
Obesity rates have been rising for years, resulting in a constant influx of books claiming to have the cure for this…
A Fresh Approach to Tackling Obstacles of Obesity
Guest: Louis J. Aronne, MD, FTOS
Obesity rates have been rising for years, resulting in a constant influx of books claiming to have the cure for this…
Fight or Flight: Understanding Our Body's Response to Adrenaline
In a time when humans walked among wild animals, the fight-or-flight response could've been the difference between eating dinner or being dinner. Today, …
Fight or Flight: Understanding Our Body's Response to Adrenaline
In a time when humans walked among wild animals, the fight-or-flight response could've been the difference between eating dinner or being dinner. Today, …
Eliminating the Stigma of Opioid Addiction
Guest: Lorina Marshall-Blake, MGA, FAAN
Complicating the already-complex issue of the opioid epidemic is the stigma that it often comes with, which d…
Eliminating the Stigma of Opioid Addiction
Guest: Lorina Marshall-Blake, MGA, FAAN
Complicating the already-complex issue of the opioid epidemic is the stigma that it often comes with, which d…
Increasing Workplace Wellness for Positive Productivity
Guest: Joy Stephenson-Laws
According to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, approximately two million workers fall subject to workp…
Increasing Workplace Wellness for Positive Productivity
Guest: Joy Stephenson-Laws
According to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, approximately two million workers fall subject to workp…
Natural Fix: Rediscovering 'Valuable' Foods Our Bodies Need
Have we been fed misinformation about how our food choices affect our bodies? Listen in as Dr. Brian McDonough speaks with mythbuster and co-founder of t…
Natural Fix: Rediscovering 'Valuable' Foods Our Bodies Need
Have we been fed misinformation about how our food choices affect our bodies? Listen in as Dr. Brian McDonough speaks with mythbuster and co-founder of t…
Is the Rise of Allergies Due to Missing Gut Microbiomes?
Guest: Tanya Altmann, MD
To investigate the concerning rise in both asthma and allergies in children, Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Dr. Tanya Altm…
Is the Rise of Allergies Due to Missing Gut Microbiomes?
Guest: Tanya Altmann, MD
To investigate the concerning rise in both asthma and allergies in children, Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Dr. Tanya Altm…
Detecting Depression: How to Assess Patients & the Benefits of TMS Treatment
With a wide spectrum of symptoms, treating depression often becomes frustrating—not only for the patient, but for the primary care physician as well. Joi…
Living with Heart Disease: How a Patient Gave Her Diagnosis Meaning
Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Dr. Mark Zucker, Director of the Cardiothoracic Transplantation Program at RWJBH/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, and …
Living with Heart Disease: How a Patient Gave Her Diagnosis Meaning
Dr. Brian McDonough is joined by Dr. Mark Zucker, Director of the Cardiothoracic Transplantation Program at RWJBH/Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, and …
Detecting Depression: How to Assess Patients & the Benefits of TMS Treatment
With a wide spectrum of symptoms, treating depression often becomes frustrating—not only for the patient, but for the primary care physician as well. Joi…
Is Emotional Baggage an Underlying Cause of Your Patient's Illness?
Is it possible that our emotional baggage is undermining our physical health? Dr. Bradley Nelson, holistic doctor and author of The Emotion Code, joins D…
Is Emotional Baggage an Underlying Cause of Your Patient's Illness?
Is it possible that our emotional baggage is undermining our physical health? Dr. Bradley Nelson, holistic doctor and author of The Emotion Code, joins D…
The Real Cost of Smoking: Medical, Financial, and Societal Considerations
Tobacco use accounts for nearly half a million deaths in the U.S. each year and is the leading cause of lung cancer, according to the American Lung Assoc…
The Real Cost of Smoking: Medical, Financial, and Societal Considerations
Tobacco use accounts for nearly half a million deaths in the U.S. each year and is the leading cause of lung cancer, according to the American Lung Assoc…