Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Why do dangerous medical practices persist even after evidence of harm? In this episode, Dr. Hartman examines how healthcare systems resist correction, and what that pattern means for patients trying to navigate their own care.
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📖 UnCURABLE: From Hopeless Diagnosis to Defying All Odds
For everyone medicine has let down → UnCurableBook.com
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From historical examples like lobotomies and smoking to modern concerns like vaping and medical error rates, a troubling pattern emerges: recognition does not always lead to correction. This episode explores how systems, incentives, and culture can delay change even when the stakes are high. It's a core principle of REAL Medicine that awareness alone is not enough, and that understanding these dynamics is the first step toward advocating for better care.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 — If we know it's wrong, why doesn't it change
01:15 — Extreme examples of medical blind spots
03:10 — The smoking delay and what it reveals
05:00 — When evidence isn't enough
06:30 — Medical error and system incentives
08:10 — Why healthcare struggles to self-correct
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ABOUT AARON HARTMAN, MD
Aaron Hartman, MD is a triple-board-certified physician, bestselling author of UnCURABLE: From Hopeless Diagnosis to Defying All Odds, and founder of Richmond Integrative & Functional Medicine. Dr. Hartman is known as the champion of the medically abandoned, helping people once labeled "uncurable" find REAL health and hope through the body's natural abilities to heal and repair.
AaronHartmanMD.com
Why do dangerous medical practices persist even after evidence of harm? In this episode, Dr. Hartman examines how healthcare systems resist correction, and what that pattern means for patients trying to navigate their own care.
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📖 UnCURABLE: From Hopeless Diagnosis to Defying All Odds
For everyone medicine has let down → UnCurableBook.com
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From historical examples like lobotomies and smoking to modern concerns like vaping and medical error rates, a troubling pattern emerges: recognition does not always lead to correction. This episode explores how systems, incentives, and culture can delay change even when the stakes are high. It's a core principle of REAL Medicine that awareness alone is not enough, and that understanding these dynamics is the first step toward advocating for better care.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 — If we know it's wrong, why doesn't it change
01:15 — Extreme examples of medical blind spots
03:10 — The smoking delay and what it reveals
05:00 — When evidence isn't enough
06:30 — Medical error and system incentives
08:10 — Why healthcare struggles to self-correct
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ABOUT AARON HARTMAN, MD
Aaron Hartman, MD is a triple-board-certified physician, bestselling author of UnCURABLE: From Hopeless Diagnosis to Defying All Odds, and founder of Richmond Integrative & Functional Medicine. Dr. Hartman is known as the champion of the medically abandoned, helping people once labeled "uncurable" find REAL health and hope through the body's natural abilities to heal and repair.
AaronHartmanMD.com
