How 'The Pitt' Isn't Just Another ER Drama

How 'The Pitt' Isn't Just Another ER Drama

Up next

AI Is in Your Healthcare Now. Here’s What to Know

More people are turning to AI for health advice. But how reliable is it? Dr. Sanjay Gupta sits down with Dr. Bob Wachter, author of A Giant Leap, to unpack how AI is already helping patients and doctors, where it can go wrong, and how to use these tools safely without over relyin ...  Show more

Will Mocktails Help Reduce Your Cancer Risk?

We all know drinking alcohol is bad for our health, but how much can it reduce our risk of cancer if we drink less or even cut it out entirely? This week, Dr. Sanjay Gupta digs into the correlation between consuming alcohol and risk of cancer as well as alternatives to alcohol if ...  Show more

Recommended Episodes

How Real Doctors Brought ‘The Pitt’ To Life
Science Friday

We go inside the scientifically accurate ER world created for the TV show with one of its medical consultants.

What is it actually like to work in an emergency room? To deal with overcrowded waiting rooms, a shortage of hospital beds, and a constant flow of life-and-deat ...

  Show more

How “The Pitt” Diagnoses America's Ills
Critics at Large | The New Yorker

“The Pitt,” which recently began streaming on Max, spans a single shift in the life of a doctor at an underfunded Pittsburgh hospital where, in the course of fifteen gruelling hours, he and his team struggle to keep up with a seemingly endless stream of patients. The show has ...

  Show more

The Pitt
Pop Culture Happy Hour

The Max hospital drama The Pitt stars ER veteran Noah Wyle. It takes some elements that are common to the medical genre and mixes them with some very contemporary thinking about health care and an inventive structure. Each episode follows one hour in the ER over the course of a v ...  Show more

Dr. K Chats with @aliabdaal
HealthyGamerGG

In this episode, Dr. K interviews Ali Abdaal, a fellow doctor turned content creator, about the struggles and process of writing a book, and touches on the dissolution of ego and his relationship with imposter syndrome. Check out more mental health resources here! https://bit.ly ...  Show more