Healthcare Triage
Wellness Programs Don't Really Work
The gold standard of medical research, the randomized controlled trial, has been taking a bit of a beating lately. An entire issue of the journal Social Science and Medicine was recently devoted to it, with many articles pointing to...
Healthcare Triage
Covid-19 and Long-term Recovery
Most of the world has been working on the assumption that when a person recovers from Covid-19, everything just goes back to normal. As the pandemic progresses though, we're learning about some patients who experience long-term...
Healthcare Triage
Canada's Healthcare System Explained!
Last week we discussed the United States health care system. This week we discuss Canada's. We also take some time to bust some myths about their single payer health care system. Fight about it in the comments below.
The Wall Street Journal
An Rx for Health Care: Part I
It's already part of presidential campaign slogans: "Medicare for all." But how exactly would that work?
The Telegraph
AstraZeneca vaccine benefits outweigh the risks, says Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has said the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh the risks of the jab and is 'safe and effective'. The Prime Minister revealed he will be receiving his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine tomorrow. "The Oxford...
Healthcare Triage
Facts Don't Really Change Minds
GMOs. Vaccines. Death Panels. There are a lot of "beliefs" circulating about a wide variety of health policy issues. Luckily, these are all pretty well researched areas. Thanks to thorough investigations, we can conclude with certainty...
Healthcare Triage
Dates, Raspberry Leaf Tea, and Myths about Labor and Delivery
Pregnancy comes with a lot of advice concerning everything from how to determine the sex of the baby to how to ease both pregnancy symptoms and the oft-dreaded task of labor and delivery. Most of these stand on little to no evidence, but...
Healthcare Triage
Carrot vs Stick: The Social Safety Net, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Work Requirements
In the next year and a half, we here at Healthcare Triage are going to take some deep dives into issues of health policy, especially those that touch on social determinants of health and health equity. The episodes that do so will be a...
Healthcare Triage
What Does the Microbiome Have to do with Allergies?
Allergies and atopic disease are on the rise. Especially food allergies in kids. A HUGE new study has looked at how changes to the microbiome can lead to allergies.
Healthcare Triage
But, But, Medicaid Recipients Are Already Working
Recently, the Trump administration put forward plans to force all the able-bodied lazy people with Medicaid coverage to finally get jobs. The problem with this is that pretty much all the Medicaid recipients who can work already have...
Healthcare Triage
Backwards Car Seats are Pretty Swede, but We Can Do More to Keep Kids Safer
Rear-facing car seats do keep kids safer, but they can be hard to use for larger children. In Sweden, kids stay in backward facing seats a lot longer, and have fewer injuries. The study that encouraged American parents to turn their car...
The Wall Street Journal
Strategy Planning in the Time of Covid-19
Martina Bozadzhieva, head of research at FrontierView, provides CFOs perspective on the global economy in 2021.
Healthcare Triage
Your Questions Answered!
Aaron Carroll and Tiffany Doherty address viewer questions about tobacco research, vitamin D, Coronavirus, breast milk production, and whether sports drinks help with a fever!
Healthcare Triage
What's Happening with the Hydroxychloroquine Study Retraction?
A significant study on the safety of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 has been retracted. So, what does this mean? What does it say about using the drug to treat COVID? What does it say about the way we do science?
Healthcare Triage
Aduhelm is FDA Approved for Alzheimer's, But Does it Work?
Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease that affects millions of people in the US alone, so there was a lot of excitement about recent news headlines of a drug approved to treat the disease. However, the approval was met with an outcry from...
Globalive Media
Beyond Innovation: Episode 11
A patient moves a prosthetic limb with his thoughts, a personal submarine dives to the ocean’s depths and a venture capitalist finds genius outside Silicon Valley. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with a company launching a flying taxi...
Healthcare Triage
Do Antidepressants Work or What?
A huge meta-analysis came out recently looking at how effective antidepressants actually are. It turns out, the results are complicated, and we had a hard time reducing all the stuff in this study to a headline. So, the title's a...
Healthcare Triage
ACA Risk Adjustment is out of Danger. For Now.
A few weeks ago, we were critical of the Trump administration's handling of ACA risk adjustment payments. We're fair-minded types around here, so we though you should know that they've taken steps to fix it.
Healthcare Triage
Dark Chocolate is not a Superfood
Dark chocolate has gained a health food reputation, but is the hype too good to be true? Is it possible that a daily dose of something so delicious can improve cognitive function and heart disease risk? Let’s take a look at the science -...
Science360
AI helps medical professionals interpret, perform ultrasounds – Bay Labs
Bay Labs, a small business funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), uses artificial intelligence to help medical professionals perform and interpret ultrasounds. Bay Labs is using deep learning technology to enable a wider range...
Science360
Helping health care technologies communicate: Smart America Expo
Julian Goldman, a physician at Mass General Hospital, knows better than most the frustrations that doctors face when they're confronted with computer systems and devices that just won't communicate with each other. His lab has been a...
Healthcare Triage
Paul Romer's Coronavirus Testing Plan
Testing for coronavirus has been one of the most contentious aspects of the pandemic response in the United States. This week we're talking to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer, who has developed a plan to roll out Coronavirus...
Healthcare Triage
Indiana's COVID-19 Testing Study and What it Means for Reopening
What’s the true infection rate of COVID-19? So far, we’ve had no real idea, which means most states are flying blind into reopening. But not Indiana, where a new statewide study is the first to provide the kind of data we’ll need to make...
Healthcare Triage
COVID-19 Surveillance and the Difficulty of Contact Tracing
We definitely need to be tracing the contacts of people who have tested positive for coronavirus, so that we can know who else has been exposed. This is a herculean task, but we have to do it. And there are some ideas and practices that...