Healthcare Triage
The Health System of Taiwan: HCT Healthcare of Many Nations
Every once in a while, we like to take a moment and focus on health systems around the world. Today, we're looking at Taiwan, which made the transition to a single payer system kind of suddenly, and pretty recently.
Healthcare Triage
Covid-19 is NOT the Flu
One argument we continue to hear about the reaction to Covid-19 is that “it’s just another flu”, and that we can move forward with life as usual, much like we move forward with life during flu season. While we wish that were true, it...
Healthcare Triage
Rethinking Testing for Covid-19
PCR tests for Covid-19 are pretty accurate. But they're often very slow and they can be hard to get. Results sometimes aren't available in time to be useful. Faster tests can be less accurate. As we try to reopen schools and businesses...
Healthcare Triage
Are Swimming Pools Safe? Is there a second wave of infection? COVID-19 Questions and Answer
Aaron Carroll answers more of your Covid19 questions. Click on a time code to jump to a question. 0:00 - start 0:10 - Do exhalation valves on masks defeat the purpose of wearing a mask? 0:40 - Are antibody tests accurate enough to bother...
Healthcare Triage
Time Zones May Not Be Great for Your Health
A brand new study indicates that where you live in a time zone can reduce how much you sleep, and have general negative impact on health. So, do we actually need time zones?
Globalive Media
Beyond Innovation: Episode 22
Clothing becomes digitally connected, robots serve drinks and medical scanners spot diseases. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with a professor developing brainwave-activated passwords. Hosted by venture capitalist Anthony Lacavera and...
Healthcare Triage
Blood Pressure Guidelines Have Changed, and PANIC!
Actually, don't panic. Or maybe do panic. I don't know. The American Heart Association released new blood pressure guidelines late last in 2017. New coverage was breathless, and claimed millions of Americans suddenly had high blood...
Healthcare Triage
Are Daycare Rules Driving Overtreatment of Kids
Lots of parents in the United States rely on paid childcare so that they can do things like go to work, or get things done in a reasonably efficient manner. Daycare provider rules that keep sick kids at home for things like pink eye or a...
Healthcare Triage
Do Early Childhood Interventions Work?
Last week we started our deep dive into the RAND Corporation’s comprehensive report on early childhood programs. We talked about how they’re defined, and how they’re targeted. Great. But do they work? What are the outcomes they improve?...
Healthcare Triage
Why A Spike in Vaping Deaths and Illnesses?
Electronic cigarettes, like Juul, have been in use in the United States for over a decade now, so what’s up with the sudden spike in e-cigarette related illnesses? SPOILER: We wish we knew more.
Food Farmer Earth
Food Matters: Mark Bittman
From the archives: In this interview with Mark Bittman at Portland's Powells Books, author of How to Cook Everything, he talks about his more recent book, Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating, that touts the benefits of home...
IDG TECHtalk
Balancing patient security with healthcare innovation | TECH(talk)
Healthcare organizations are one of the most targeted verticals when it comes to cyberattacks. While those organizations must work to secure patients' sensitive data, it can also be helpful to analyze that data to improve patient...
IDG TECHtalk
Why is the state of medical IoT so scary?
Security is the Achilles’ heel of all modern IoT technology, but the consequences of medical IoT hacking, in particular, can be disturbingly serious. A look at the state of the connected devices commonly found in hospitals, and why you...
Healthcare Triage
Mask Promotion and Covid Prevention
Mask-wearing is one of a set of measures that helps slow the spread of respiratory disease. This is particularly important in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, but mask uptake has been low in some areas. In today’s episode we discuss a...
Curated Video
Are There More Men Or Women In The World?
While the population statistic is around 102 men : 100 women, the birth rate is more skewed. Approximately 107 men are born for every 100 women. However, over time that number seems to even out. Over the course of millions of years of...
Healthcare Triage
The Cost of Funding CHIP Just Went from $8 billion to $800 million. But It's Still Not Funded.
Thanks to a ridiculous accounting trick enabled by the new tax law, the cost of funding the Children's Health Insurance Program went from $8 Billion to $800 million. How is this possible? And how is it still not funded? Dr. Aaron Carroll...
Healthcare Triage
RAND and the Moral Hazard: Healthcare Triage #10
As we've explained in previous episodes, insurance is complicated. Even John gets confused (watch the video!). But there's a reason we have all these deductibles, co-pays, and co-insurance. It's because of the moral hazard, and a very...
Healthcare Triage
Relative Risks of Acetaminophen, ADHD, and Autism
You’ve probably heard before that acetaminophen during pregnancy is associated with symptoms of ADHD and Autism in offspring. Well, we’ve got another study on that association. In today’s episode, we examine that study and revisit why we...
Healthcare Triage
Empowering Pharmacists to Address Excess Medications
For a lot of patients, prescriptions build up over time, and older people end up taking A LOT of different drugs. Doctors don't always have the time or will to assess these mounting prescriptions. Empowering pharmacists to recommend...
Healthcare Triage
Beef Isn't Great for the Environment
New studies indicate that beef is not really all that bad for your health, as long as you eat it in moderation. BUT, don't think you're off the hook yet. The production of beef turns out to have a lot of environmental downsides....
Healthcare Triage
Stop It! Why It's Tough to get Doctors to Drop Treatments
It takes a lot of ongoing training to get doctors to take up new treatments and techniques in their practice. But it turns out it's REALLY difficult to get docs to stop using treatments when later studies show that treatment to be...
Healthcare Triage
Is Morning Exercise More Effective?
You may have seen news stories this week saying that if you exercise in the morning, you’ll lose more weight. Can this be true?
The Wall Street Journal
David Miliband on Rethinking the Global Aid System
The president and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee discusses how the U.S. and other major economies should adapt aid efforts in the age of competing, large-scale crises.
Globalive Media
Beyond Innovation: Episode 12
An algorithm designs the perfect website, an exoskeleton puts a spring in your step and a scanner sees inside your food. Plus, the entrepreneur who invented the mouse reveals his next big idea. Hosted by venture capitalist Anthony...