Few older adults talk to docs about stuff like yoga and meditation

Many older adults go beyond conventional medicine to ease health symptoms, but few talk to their doctors about it. Here's why they should.

U. Michigan • futurity
July 26, 2022 ~6 min

How much for an amputation or checkup? It takes a complex formula and a committee of doctors to set the price for every possible health care procedure

A health policy researcher explains how doctors determine their pay rates, and the system that lets them do it.

Simon F. Haeder, Associate Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University • conversation
July 6, 2022 ~9 min


‘Village doctors’ can improve blood pressure for rural patients

Training "village doctors" to help patients manage high blood pressure helped people in hard-to-reach rural areas in China lower their blood pressure.

Keith Brannon-Tulane • futurity
May 17, 2022 ~7 min

Pandemic health workers faced rates of ‘moral injury’ similar to combat vets

"Moral injuries can happen when health care workers’ values and beliefs conflict with their actions or the ways they witness others acting."

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
April 7, 2022 ~7 min

The 1 in 10 U.S. doctors with reservations about vaccines could be undermining the fight against COVID-19

Many COVID-19 vaccination campaigns encourage doctors to serve as a trusted source of vaccine information. But certain vaccine-hesitant providers may stymie these efforts.

Timothy Callaghan, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Managment, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University • conversation
April 5, 2022 ~8 min

‘Deciding not to decide’ allows for more informed kidney dialysis choices

People over age 65 with chronic kidney disease who are not candidates for transplant should be able to "decide not to decide" about starting dialysis.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
March 21, 2022 ~4 min

Women less assertive than men in large classes, study finds

A new study finds that women and men physicians participate differently in academic settings, potentially contributing to gender biases that disadvantage female students.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Jan. 21, 2022 ~3 min

Tool could close gap in breast cancer prediction for Black women

There's been a lack of breast cancer prediction tools tailored to Black women. A new simple to use online tool changes that.

Kat McAlpine-Boston • futurity
Nov. 2, 2021 ~4 min


People use mental shortcuts to make difficult decisions – even highly trained doctors delivering babies

It’s human nature to unconsciously rely on quick rules to help make spur-of-the-moment decisions. New research finds physicians use these shortcuts, too, which can be bad news for some patients.

Manasvini Singh, Assistant Professor of Health Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst • conversation
Oct. 14, 2021 ~10 min

App to link trans patients with safe healthcare providers

A new app called TranZap aims to connect trans people with gender-affirming healthcare providers. It beta launches this month.

Modesta Alobawone • futurity
Oct. 1, 2021 ~3 min

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