Opinion | What Does AI Say About the Claims on Ivermectin for COVID?
Teres is a critical care physician and clinical instructor in public health and community medicine. Oppenlander is an associate professor of statistics and bioethics. Strosberg is a professor of healthcare policy and bioethics. Science is like baseball. To score a run — to convincingly show that a drug or intervention is safe and effective — […]
Read This If You Drink Ginger Ale To Soothe An Upset Stomach
Illustration: Jianan Liu/HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images Does ginger ale actually have health benefits, or is it a myth we’ve been buying into? If you had an upset stomach when you were a kid, there was one home remedy that parents, grandparents and other caregivers seemed to recommend time and time again: ginger ale. In fact, […]
Switching to vegan or ketogenic diet rapidly impacts immune system
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health observed rapid and distinct immune system changes in a small study of people who switched to a vegan or a ketogenic (also called keto) diet. Scientists closely monitored various biological responses of people sequentially eating vegan and keto diets for two weeks, in random order. They found that […]
Opinion | Value-Based Care: Filling Critical Gaps in Care and Clinician Leadership
David Nash is the Founding Dean Emeritus and Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson College of Population Health. He is a board-certified internist. Follow The value-based care (VBC) model was conceived in the early 2000s in response to the spiraling healthcare costs and suboptimal health outcomes. Now […]
Idaho Medical Group May Close if It’s Not Sold
As the healthcare landscape continues to shift nationwide, Idaho’s Saltzer Health, which was recently acquired by Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, is set to shutter by the end of March if its operations cannot be sold. Saltzer Health has more than 450 providers serving the Treasure Valley region of Idaho, including Boise, Meridian, and Nampa. […]
Opinion | The Truth About What Health Information Exchanges Can and Cannot Do
Turbow is a primary care physician and health services researcher. Ali is a family physician and vice chair of research. Most people think their doctor has access to all their health information, no matter where they were seen. You’ve probably experienced this firsthand: a patient arrives for an appointment, only for you to lack access […]
Cameroon Starts World’s First Malaria Vaccine Program For Children
Health officials prepare to vaccinate residents of the Malawi village of Migowi, on Dec. 10, 2019, where young children become test subjects for the world’s first vaccine against malaria. AP Photo/Jerome Delay Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. The […]
Opinion | Would You Switch a Patient’s Medication If You Knew the Cost?
Sloan is a primary care physician and health services researcher. Goss is an associate professor of emergency medicine and clinical informatics. Sinaiko is a researcher and assistant professor of health economics and policy. Put yourself into your patients’ shoes for a moment. Imagine you are visiting your primary care provider (PCP) today to follow up […]
Scientists identify how dietary restriction slows brain aging and increases lifespan
Restricting calories is known to improve health and increase lifespan, but much of how it does so remains a mystery, especially in regard to how it protects the brain. Buck scientists have uncovered a role for a gene called OXR1 that is necessary for the lifespan extension seen with dietary restriction and is essential for […]
Dining Out? Check the Bill for a ‘Health Insurance’ Surcharge
A restaurant in Atlanta took some heat on social media for adding a 4% health insurance surcharge to customers’ bills, but it wasn’t the first and likely won’t be the last. Restaurant owner Emily Chan told CNN that the fee covered almost all health insurance costs for employees. “We feel like there’s a pretty huge […]