Doctor draws on cartoons for persuasive public health messaging

Wrestling with a health care conundrum: how to get people to listen?

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 29, 2021 ~7 min

Revision of aspirin regime needs nuanced approach, says expert

The Gazette spoke with Andrew Chan, director of cancer epidemiology at the Mass. General Cancer Center, about the new thinking around aspirin.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 22, 2021 ~8 min


Are Google and smartphones degrading our memories?

It's been 20 years since Daniel Schacter first published his groundbreaking book on memory errors. In a recent talk he discussed some of those new findings, including how technology is helping and hurting.

Colleen Walsh • harvard
Oct. 21, 2021 ~7 min

Easing medical debt may get people to the doctor

People with unpaid health care bills are less likely to seek needed medical care, according to research that indicates the inverse is also true.

Stanford • futurity
Oct. 19, 2021 ~9 min

An excerpt from Suzanne Koven’s ‘Letter to a Young Female Physician’

In this excerpt from her new memoir, Suzanne Koven traces her progress as a medical student through her notes on one cancer patient.

Suzanne Koven • harvard
Oct. 12, 2021 ~8 min

Medical errors keep killing patients – but there are laws, incentives and mindset changes that could reduce the death toll

Mistakes at the hands of health care providers are the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. And many of the blunders are a byproduct of the system.

Michael J. Saks, Regents Professor, Arizona State University • conversation
Oct. 12, 2021 ~9 min

Life-support saved fewer COVID patients as 2020 wore on

The life-support system ECMO offers sickest COVID patients a chance to survive, but a slimmer one than previously thought, according to new research.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Oct. 8, 2021 ~8 min

What's on the menu matters in health care for diverse patients

Some older patients forego the food provided at their health care facility because it isn’t aligned with their religious and cultural preferences.

Minakshi Raj, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • conversation
Oct. 7, 2021 ~10 min


Parents want more info about the costs of kids’ hospital care

Most parents with children in the hospital want to learn what the stay will cost, but few are having conversations about money with financial counselors.

Erin Digitale-Stanford • futurity
Sept. 24, 2021 ~9 min

Heart attack survivors had less hospital readmission risk using new app

Heart attack survivors who used an app to help with medication management and lifestyle changes were far less likely to be readmitted to the hospital.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
Sept. 24, 2021 ~9 min

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