Cancer in Appalachia | Dr. David Shimm | 88
In this important episode of Creepalachia, JD sits down with Dr. David Shimm, a physician with one of the most impressive educational backgrounds in medicine—Harvard undergrad, Duke-trained internist and hematologist, and radiology resident at Massachusetts General Hospital. Together, they discuss one of the most pressing and under-reported health issues in the region: cancer in Appalachia.
Dr. Shimm offers medical insight into why cancer rates are so devastatingly high across Appalachia, from environmental exposures and poor access to care, to lifestyle risks and broken healthcare systems…
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