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The Struggle to Breathe: The Devastating Impact of Pneumonia on Families in Developing Countries
The Struggle to Breathe part 4/8: The video highlights the struggles of families dealing with pneumonia in different parts of the world. It follows the story of Nazario and Mary, both suffering from severe pneumonia, and their families'...
Healthcare Triage
The Research on Ivermectin and Covid
Interest in the antiparasitic drug Ivermectin has increased drastically as of late thanks to the belief that it can help to prevent and/or treat Covid-19. In today’s episode we examine recent data on the efficacy of Ivermectin as an...
The Wall Street Journal
Apps Are a Key Tool for Changing Behavior, Noom CEO Says
Saeju Jong, head of weight-loss app Noom, explains how technology transformed our relationship with food and exercise during the pandemic.
The Wall Street Journal
Finding the Next Health Tech Unicorn
Dive into where the top investors and venture capitalists are placing their bets when it comes to health technology.
Healthcare Triage
Alcoholics Anonymous vs Other Treatments
Alcoholics Anonymous has long been a treatment for alcoholism, and many, many addiction experts and people in recovery swear by the 12 step process. But what does the research show? How does AA stack up against other treatments for...
TLDR News
67% of Americans Oppose these New Laws: The New Anti-Transgender Laws Explained - TLDR News
In recent months, states across the US have debated and begun to introduce a slew of new laws relating to transgender people. These laws often relate to trans health (especially for young people) and trans sports; both though are widely...
The Wall Street Journal
AI Revolution
Will AI change the world? Where will it be felt first in the economy and society, and how will society regulate its development?
Healthcare Triage
Can Text Messages Increase Vaccination Rates?
Remember last week’s episode on the exercise megastudy? Well, there’s another megastudy in existence! This time on using text message reminders to encourage people to get vaccinated for the flu. We’ve got the deets for you on today’s...
Healthcare Triage
That Booze News? Look Past the Headlines and Don't Panic
The recent alcohol study made a lot of breathless headlines along the lines of "no amount of alcohol is safe!" Well, it turns out, there's some value to looking at the nuances of the study. Aaron Carroll takes a look at the details. Soak...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Vice President Biden at Baldrige Award Ceremony
Vice President Joe Biden addresses the 2009 Recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award-the nation's highest honor for performance excellence and innovation-on December 16, 2010. He applauds five recipients, Honeywell...
Healthcare Triage
Lessons from Singapore and Reopening The United States
Singapore had one of the world's most robust and effective responses to coronavirus and COVID19. Despite that, the country still had to enter lockdown and struggled to control the spread of the disease. What can this tell us about how...
Healthcare Triage
Does CBD Have Any Value as a Treatment?
Last week we covered CBD and mental health, finding that data to backup health claims are scarce and consumer CBD products are often sketchy. In this week’s episode on CBD and other health ailments, we find that many of the same caveats...
The Wall Street Journal
Growth Trends
Where is Japanese business seeing the best prospects for growth and investment globally?
Healthcare Triage
Dissemination: Get Out There and Strut Your Stuff!
Let's say you're in the habit of doing scientific research. Or maybe you're an expert in a field who can concisely and coherently discuss research. Disseminate! There are more avenues than ever before to make your voice heard, and share...
Healthcare Triage
An Anti-viral Pill to Treat Covid?
Molnupiravir is a broad-spectrum antiviral that has been in development for quite some time - it was first tested as an Ebola drug and is now showing promise against Covid-19. In this episode we take a look at what we know so far and...
Healthcare Triage
Which Food is Going to Kill You?
A few nutrition studies have been circulating social media lately and need some clearing up.
Healthcare Triage
The Facts About Vaccine Passports
Vaccine passports are a big topic right now, even though “passport” might be the wrong word. We take a look at what they are and what they aren’t, and dig deeper into the concerns most commonly voiced about them.
Healthcare Triage
Residency and the 80 Hour Work Week
Performative overwork is more and more common in the United States, and long hours have long been the norm in medicine. During residency, doctors have traditionally been asked to work for up to 100 hours per week. A rule in 2003 capped...
Healthcare Triage
How's This Coronavirus Gonna Play Out?
We're still firmly on the "Don't Panic" message with the Coronavirus outbreak. This week we're going to look at a couple of scenarios for how this thing could play out.
The Wall Street Journal
Anne Wojcicki on Covid-19 and Genetics: Discovering Clues in Big Data
23andme CEO Anne Wojcicki discusses the potential for crowdsourced data to help provide new insights into the coronavirus at WSJ Tech Live.
Healthcare Triage
Lawsuits as a Tool to Stifle Research
Health research is difficult for a bunch of reasons. One of those reasons is the practice of using lawsuits to stifle research. A researcher finds that a product is harmful, and the producers of that product attack the researcher in...
Healthcare Triage
Can You Get Reinfected with Covid?
Reports have surfaced of individuals being re-infected with Covid-19, raising questions about immunity via natural infection as well as questions about the utility of vaccines. Here we take a look at the data to see how common...
The Wall Street Journal
The China Market
China wants to lead in critical areas of medical research. Where is this effort already bearing fruit, and how can major drug companies best navigate a big market that has a different approach to regulation and privacy?
Healthcare Triage
Covid Treatment Research, Toilet Plumes, and Increasing Cases 6-23-2020
There's a study coming out of the UK about using a steroid called Dexamethasone to treat COVID19 symptoms. The initial reports look good, but we'll hold judgement until we see the full study. Toilet plumes are also in the news....