6 weeks? Moms get bad advice about sex after birth

When it comes to resuming sex after childbirth, "there is not one strict recommendation or guideline that applies to everyone."

Joseph Paul-Purdue • futurity
Feb. 4, 2019 ~4 min

There really is value in having a primary care doctor

The value of primary care has remained unclear, but a new study sorts it out. In short, you should probably get on board.

Marla Paul-Northwestern • futurity
Feb. 4, 2019 ~4 min


Machine learning cuts false alarms in I.C.U.

Medical devices send a warning almost 700 times per ICU patient per day. Machine learning could help distinguish real problems from false alarms.

Fabio Bergamin-ETH Zurich • futurity
Jan. 24, 2019 ~3 min

Opioid marketing drives prescription and overdose rates

A county-by-county study reveals the connections among the marketing of opioids, the rate at which doctors prescribe them, and overdose deaths.

Kat McAlpine-Boston • futurity
Jan. 22, 2019 ~1 min

In areas without enough doctors, nurse practitioners step in

In low-income and rural areas without a lot of doctors, nurse practitioners are filling the gap to provide primary care.

Patrick Broadwater-Rochester • futurity
Jan. 15, 2019 ~4 min

U.S. health care spending is way higher than other countries

"It's not that we're getting more; it's that we're paying much more."

Barbara Benham-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Jan. 8, 2019 ~5 min

Primary care docs can do it all (with 6 extra working hours)

A new study says primary care doctors should add 6 more hours to their days to meet all their patients' needs. It's satire, but the time crunch is real.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Dec. 19, 2018 ~7 min

How will A.I. change medicine?

Artificial intelligence could change the way medicine works, but what will that mean for patient privacy, doctors' routines, and preventative medicine?

Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL • futurity
Dec. 16, 2018 ~2 min


Why doctors say gun violence is ‘their lane’

"As a physician and a researcher, I know that it doesn't have to be this way."

Mollie Rappe-Brown • futurity
Dec. 6, 2018 ~4 min

The vast majority of people fib to the doctor. Why?

Ever lie to the doctor, withhold health information, or fail to admit you don't understand something? If so, you're far from alone.

Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan • futurity
Dec. 6, 2018 ~5 min

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