Second Opinion with Dr. Dua Hassan

James here, the periodic contributor to Atoms vs. Bits. Over the past couple of months, Uri and I have been working with our friend Dr. Dua Hassan on her podcast "Second Opinion with Dr. Dua Hassan".

Dua is a physician at Boston Children's hospital and in the show she takes the time to explain the "Why" behind different medical interventions that a baby or child goes through in a way that you never really have time for in the normal course of business.

The first season of the show is about the first 24 hours of life and the key interventions that most babies have: the Vitamin K shot, the Eye Goop, the PKU test, the Hep B shot, and the first feeding.

I've been through this first 24 hours three times as a father and I like to think of myself as prepared (I read the books before the first baby was born) and I learned a tremendous amount doing the show with Dua, both about the science and about how we decided what the standard protocol for babies should be. The real world is detailed and messy in delightful ways.

Worth checking out if you are a new parent, a soon-to-be parent, or just interested in learning about this corner of the world. You can find it on Spotify here, Apple Podcasts here, or on YouTube here.