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The Public's Health
Much attention is focused on precision medicine - tailoring drugs to specific diseases. But the bigger public health issue is chronic disease often related to socio-economic factors. Are we properly allocating resources to improve...
The Wall Street Journal
Venture Bets In Health Care
As investors pour billions into health and biotech, two prominent venture capitalists share perspectives on the sector and what they're betting on now.
Healthcare Triage
The Harms of Marijuana
We've talked in the past about the positives of Marijuana use. What are the harms? From pregnancy effects to impaired driving to memory and concentration, Aaron will tell you how pot might hurt you.
Healthcare Triage
Health News Round Up - February 2020
We’ve seen so many interesting stories and important data coming out that we couldn’t cover just one thing this week!
Healthcare Triage
Some Unpleasant Facts about Research Priorities
Sickle Cell Disease affects 100,00 Americans, and has been pretty well understood for a long time. So, why are there only two drugs available for the condition? Why are so few research dollars allocated to the problem? Well, the answers...
Healthcare Triage
Juice: It's Sugary, It's Caloric, and It's Not Great for You
We know that sugary drinks can contribute to a host of health problems, including obesity and diabetes. So, why do fruit juices, which can have as much or more sugar than soda, get a pass? We serve them to kids as a healthy option, but...
Healthcare Triage
Is the Apple Watch a Health Device or What?
The latest and greatest gadget from Apple, the Watch Series 4, has doubled down on the health monitoring game, and is sporting an electrocardiogram, or ECG, function. But how useful is this thing? Does it make sense to monitor lots of...
Healthcare Triage
Medicaid And The Opioid Epidemic: Correlation is not Causation
Recently, Ron Johnson (R) of Wisconsin launched an investigation into whether the Medicaid expansion that was part of Obamacare caused America's opioid crisis. Healthcare Triage has looked at the evidence, and we think it's a dubious claim.
Healthcare Triage
The Various Plans for Medicare for All
Now that we’ve set the ground rules, and the five main questions to consider, let’s look at the various plans. At the time we taped this episode (in mid February), there were ten that we could get full answers for. How they break down is...
Healthcare Triage
Should You Worry About Covid Vaccine Side Effects?
As the vaccine to protect against Covid-19 continues to roll out to more and more people, interest in side effects is high. This can lead to lots of media coverage when people experience side effects, particularly when serious side...
Healthcare Triage
Are Night Terrors Contagious? And Other Questions with Dr. Carroll
This week on the podcast, Aaron is talking about the flu, Idaho's extra-legal insurance experiment, and Medicaid work requirements. He's also going to answer a bunch of your questions, including finally knowing whether you can catch...
Healthcare Triage
Buprenorphine Regulations and Better Treatment of Addiction
We face a lot of obstacles on the road to ending the opioid crisis, and one of them revolves around access to evidence-based addiction treatments. The X-waiver, a waiver physicians must obtain to prescribe the partial opioid agonist...
Healthcare Triage
Does Better Education Mean Better Health?
Many, many studies have associated better and more education with better health outcomes? But which way does the causality go? Do people attain more education because they're healthy? Or maybe those who are in a economic position to...
Healthcare Triage
The Many Attempts to Improve the Value of Medicare
There have been a lot of innovations in Medicare over the last decade or so, with the intent of improving the program's value. There have been some successes, but there is still a lot to be done.
Healthcare Triage
New Research On Plant-Based Diets and Mortality
A new study out this month claims plant-based diets are associated with lower risk of not only cardiovascular disease and mortality but of all-cause mortality as well. Can this be so?
Healthcare Triage
Marijuana and The Risk of Stroke
Sources like WebMD would have you believing that smoking pot drastically increases your risk of stroke. Let’s see what sources like Healthcare Triage think about that.
Healthcare Triage
How and When Will We Get A Coronavirus Vaccine?
Racial inequality runs deep in healthcare and has pervasive, devastating outcomes. Because our expertise here at Healthcare Triage is in health, that is where we feel we are best suited to shine a light on racial disparities. What is...
Healthcare Triage
The ACA Insurance Exchanges Are Open! Go Get Insured!
While Obamacare is has been under legislative threat all year, it's still the law of the land, which means the exchanges are open for business for 2018. So if you don't get insurance through your employer or Medicare or the VA, you...
Healthcare Triage
Coronavirus Questions and Answers
Aaron Carroll answers your coronavirus questions. We'll be doing more Q&As in the future.
Healthcare Triage
Why Have Doctors Been So Slow to Embrace Email?
Medicine has been slow to catch up with the idea of email communication in the workplace. Electronic consultations are less expensive and can be more convenient than in-person visits, but they aren’t without cost.
Healthcare Triage
Who Invented Vaccines? A History of Variolation and Innoculation
Part one of our six-part series on vaccinations, supported by the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, dives into the history of variolation, exploring the beginning of the long road that led to vaccines as we know...
Healthcare Triage
Should You Get a Covid Vaccine Booster?
As booster shots become available in the United States, many Americans are scrambling to get them. But are these shots the best use of our resources? Who really benefits from them and what is the most prudent way to use our vaccine...
Healthcare Triage
The Trump Administration Has Many Options to Undermine Obamacare
While the Senate and the House haven't been very effective in passing repeal of Obamacare, the ACA's provisions are still at risk. There's a lot that Donald Trump's administration can do (or not do) to undermine Obamacare's provisions...
Healthcare Triage
More Medicaid News, but This Time Its Not All Terrible!
This week, Seema Verma announced that the administration would not approve several requests by states to place lifetime limits on Medicaid benefits. How about that? The CMS doesn't do much to protect benefits these days, but this is a...