Primary care physicians need 26.7 hours in the day

In order to follow national recommendation guidelines, primary care physicians would need more than 24 hours in a day, research finds.

Cassandra Belek-UChicago • futurity
Aug. 4, 2022 ~7 min

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


‘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

‘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

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

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

Poll: 59% of Americans say nurses deserve more pay

Results from a recent poll show bipartisan support for paying nurses and health care aides more. Doctors, however, don't find the same support.

U. Chicago • futurity
Aug. 12, 2021 ~6 min


How health care providers can talk about guns

A new set of guidelines could empower health care providers to talk to patients about firearm injuries, a leading cause of death for adults and children in the US.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
July 27, 2021 ~7 min

Many women missed preventive care during COVID-19

COVID-19 knocked many women, especially women from lower-income and higher-minority areas, off schedule for preventive care appointments such as mammograms.

U. Michigan • futurity
July 21, 2021 ~8 min

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