Karen Shakerdge

Karen Shakerdge appears in the following:

When Patient Safety Falls by the Wayside

Monday, November 06, 2023

From the makers of the podcast Imminent Danger, the story of one doctor who was deemed an 'imminent danger' in New York, but went on to practice elsewhere.

Imminent Danger Ep 3: One Doctor and a Trail of Injured Women

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Imminent Danger, a new series from NYC NOW, looks into the role state medical boards had in how one doctor was allowed to keep practicing despite consistently bad outcomes.

A Dying Man's Wish To Donate His Organs Gets Complicated

Monday, December 26, 2016

Dying in America doesn't always go the way we plan. One terminally ill man's hope to be disconnected from his respirator and donate his organs was almost thwarted, despite his best laid plans.

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Doctors Need A New Skill Set For This Opioid Abuse Treatment

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Practicing surgery on a piece of pork — that's how some doctors are learning to implant a new drug that curbs opioid cravings. It's not a skill set typically used in addiction medicine.

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An Artist Takes Selfies of His Microbiome

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Scientists are still discovering how the bacteria in our microbiome affect our health. But how would they look on Instagram?
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The Neuroscience of Creative Flow

Thursday, March 17, 2016

What exactly is going on in our brains when we’re being creative? What’s happening when we’re “in the zone”? Neuroscientist Heather Berlin explains.

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