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is this something that i want you at home thinking about absolutely not my god we as doctors learn a lot about the world from our patients sometimes it's not so useful information but sometimes it's absolutely necessary for our survival today we're going to go through a reddit thread that talks about just that different specialties talk about their own experiences and takeaways that they've incorporated into their own lives dermatology consultant refusal to wear a normal swimsuit for outside swimming instead uses a full wetsuit and wears maximum factor sunscreen on face hands feet etc my advice wear some high spf as long as it's not super pricey cover up when possible and stay in the shade you don't need a wetsuit although it kind of looks cool michael phelps there are actually three predictive values that i use in my office for skin cancer risk one is do you go indoor tanning very high risk do you have over 50 moles in your body high risk and if you had over five sunburns in your life as you get more of each of these the higher your risk but if you can avoid them all together do it just do it do it pom won't ever pick up another cigarette critical care will always tell my loved ones what my wishes are and update them if they change oh my god these are so right never smoke a cigarette on my third year rotations as a medical student i was working in coney island hospital on the internal medicine floors any time i was taking care of patients almost all of them who were admitted had a significant smoking history but if there's something you could do one thing immediately to improve your life stop smoking it will improve your skin your sex life your athletic performance your cognitive abilities stop smoking and you get all these benefits please do it stop stop for me it's not for you stop for your family it's not for dan and as far as critical care goes this is also a must there's been so many times where i saw family members doing something for a patient that i would not want done to me that was happening because there was a good communication about end of life care so whether you're 20 years old or 120 years old make your wishes known if not to your family put it in your will put in your power of attorney make sure it's down somewhere be in control of your medical choices general surgical resident always pee before getting in a car what they're saying here is if you have a full bladder and you get into a traumatic accident your bladder can rupture and you actually are gonna have urine all across the inside of your abdominal cavity and you're gonna have to have a bladder rupture repair is this something that i want you at home thinking about absolutely not my god can you imagine you're about to get in a car or you're in a car and that health anxiety creeps up on you and you're like i need to pee right now because if we crash my bladder will rupture no don't think about that think about focusing on the road don't hold your urine for too long in general there's a video about that down below but focus on the driving theodora lynn i once asked a pediatrician how his professional influenced the way he raised his kids he said that it only changed one thing he wouldn't let his kids near dogs when they were babies infants he said he had seen way too many cases of little kids getting bitten by dogs that people swore were completely gentle and harmless i guess little kids don't recognize cues as well when the dog gets angry absolutely true bear's a sweet dog i love bear will i leave bear unattended around an infant or a toddler never and it has nothing to do with bear's personality he's a great dog he's super gentle but at the end of the day he's a dog and he may not know or he may not be fully competent to know how gentle you have to be with a toddler so never never never leave your child unattended with a dog jaralis public health wash your hands get your vaccines stay active and don't listen to a damn thing gwyneth paltrow says scoop is poop don't listen to anything that is said on that website do not buy any of their products because you are literally supporting a misinformation front they have somehow created a multi-million if not billion dollar industry selling you products that are useless potentially harmful that distract you from real meaningful treatments for your conditions there is no shortcut to good health goobers poop everyone's got good answers here i'm just trying to make sure my belly button is clean general rule before you go in to get cut open you wash yourself with soap any brand unbranded and get inside the belly button there's stuff in there many neurosurgeons i know are absolutely nuts about maintaining good posture i'm not so bad enough my kids have never been allowed on a trampoline i've had to deal with way too many liver and spleen injuries i will always live close to a tertiary level hospital never let my kids play american football there's a lot to say here tertiary level hospital cool the problem is you can get into accidents and stuff not near your home what are you going to do then the trampoline thing is too much that's the equivalent of me saying i will not live near an area where my child has to cross the street because i've seen way too many car accidents yes but at the same time why football tough subject new evidence coming out that chronic traumatic encephalopathy does happen what that means for you is a personal decision do you want your child to face those risks or can you have them or encourage them to play another sport where they don't have to hit their heads just know that the risks that you're facing like educate yourself on those risks and also know that the risks aren't perfectly yet well established we still have a lot more research to do before we know what's what psych addiction medicine smash your sleep cycle smash keep in touch with five important people even if you have said calendar alerts and schedule phone calls only take mild altering substances yes including coffee and alcohol i'm that boring for a specific purpose who lives life like that oh should i have a coffee today what is the purpose of this beverage oh a wine with dinner oh what is the purpose of this beverage we cannot all live lives in such a structured detail-oriented manner just won't work for everybody it's not really practical so while good advice a little too i don't even know what i'm doing right now and i still know what smash your sleep cycle is by keeping in touch with five important people setting alerts i absolutely dig that forensic pathology just enjoy your life it can be over very soon oh my god yes i'm an internist in the same for me i've seen patients of mine die so many ways over the past 20 years i learned to do my best but don't obsess over health which is what i've been saying this whole time car accidents are bear in their sleep aneurysm bear in their sleep i hope bear doesn't do me into my sleep i have a couple of my own that have changed based on me actually being a family medicine doctor one is never be afraid to ask the doctor that you're seeing how much experience they've had in treating someone with your diagnosis if you have diabetes ask them how many diabetic patients they've seen if you're getting a surgery ask them how many times they've performed this given surgery it's really important to gauge the confidence level of the doctor that you're seeing because otherwise you're just sort of taking a chance second is to never become sedentary when you don't move when you're constantly seated or lying down not moving around or exercising a lot of things start to go wrong mental health starts to suffer aches and pains start to begin stiff back difficult to move arthritic knees weight gain all of these things start happening all at the same time and it's very difficult to break out of that once you've already established a sedentary lifestyle so do everything in your power to at least go for a walk several times a day if you're sitting for like 30 minutes to an hour just get up and go get get a glass of water movement is the treatment for many many many of my patients complaints it's incredible but it actually works always stay happy and healthy videos for you to click on which one you're going for pranking doctors my personality you want to know my personality [Music] you

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