Archive - Your Doctor Friend by Mara Gordon

When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail

When the problems and solutions don't match up in medicine

Jun 15 • Mara Gordon, MD

Why is taking care of your pelvic floor so hard?

A surprisingly fun conversation about incontinence, pain, and a very stigmatized region of the body

Jun 4 • Mara Gordon, MD and Cait Van Damm

1:00:29

May 2026

You should probably stop using albuterol

A case study about why change is hard in medicine

May 27 • Mara Gordon, MD

Why are "longevity bros" so icky?

And what can real doctors learn from them?

May 21 • Mara Gordon, MD

I thought motherhood might make me less ambitious. I was wrong.

It has only sharpened it.

May 9 • Mara Gordon, MD

Kids can learn to love raw oysters

And other fun facts from a conversation with "Picky" author Helen Zoe Veit

May 1 • Mara Gordon, MD

April 2026

"I'm not a runner!" (And other lies that hold me back)

I picked up my son from a playdate this weekend and was chatting with his friend’s mom.

Apr 29 • Mara Gordon, MD

"Mommy, is pepperoni healthy?"

From the Your Doctor Friend archives

Apr 23 • Mara Gordon, MD

Medical gaslighting, trust between doctors and patients, and diagnostic uncertainty

A discussion with the inimitable Jessica Slice

Apr 20 • Mara Gordon, MD and Jessica Slice

1:03:16

I was invited to "debate" GLP1s at a cardiology conference. I said no.

A few weeks ago, I got an email inviting me to speak at a cardiology conference.

Apr 16 • Mara Gordon, MD

Why I can't stop thinking about the mission to the moon

Can medicine hire the Artemis II public relations team?

Apr 10 • Mara Gordon, MD

March 2026

Like an episode of the Pitt, except without designer scrubs

Join me for one of my "long days" in primary care clinic

Mar 31 • Mara Gordon, MD