Healthcare Triage
The Unequal Mental Impact of Climate Change
We’ve been on a Climate Change and Health kick lately but so far, we’ve focused on the threats that our physical health faces on a warming planet. However, the looming cloud of climate change is tough on our mental health, too, and we...
Healthcare Triage
Aspartame and Autism?
What's the deal with Aspartame and Autism? Whenever you see a study claiming that a single ingredient has a specific link to a specific health outcome, you should immediately feel wary. That’s because it is nearly impossible to conduct a...
Healthcare Triage
Public Health Solutions to Climate Change Problems
Much of the conversation around climate change centers on things like lowering carbon emissions, which is obviously critical, but we think the public health response to climate change should be a larger part of the conversation. Whatever...
Healthcare Triage
Zoloft, Mounjaro, and Social Stigma
Drugs that do a pretty good job of easing symptoms of depression and drugs that really help people struggling with obesity have a couple things in common. The first is that we have almost no idea how they work, and the second is that...
Healthcare Triage
Artificial Sweeteners and Cancer
When we released a recent episode about the artificial sweetener erythritol, many of you brought up questions about recent news on other artificial sweeteners – sucralose and aspartame – so we went to take a look and That’s the topic of...
Healthcare Triage
Do Food Dyes Make Kids Hyperactive?
Avoiding certain food dyes to help improve a child’s behavioral issues is common advice, and not just on TikTok! Several doctors stand behind this recommendation as well. But several doctors also prescribe vitamin D, and that’s usually...
Healthcare Triage
Do Processed Foods Lead to Depression?
Healthcare Triage is no stranger to dissecting studies about processed foods, but we were recently alerted to a study linking them to depression, and since we haven’t dissected that yet, that’s the topic of this week’s Healthcare Triage.
Healthcare Triage
Fraud, Abuse, and Malfeasance in the American Health System AWARDS
The 2023 Shkreli Awards from the Lown Institute have been released! Dysfunction in healthcare is one of the foundational pillars here at Healthcare Triage, and these awards highlight some of the worst examples.
Healthcare Triage
Do Oreos Lower Cholesterol? No.
According to a recent study, “Oreo Cookie Treatment” is better at lowering LDL cholesterol (the “bad” cholesterol) than high-intensity therapy with cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins. ARE OREOS A HEALTH FOOD NOW?!
Healthcare Triage
Ten Years Later: The HPV Vaccine is Still Incredible & Lifesaving
We love some good vaccine data, and we were pretty excited to see a new, long-term study published this month on cervical cancer outcomes after the HPV vaccine.
Healthcare Triage
Painful Truths the U.S. Can Learn from Global Healthcare
The American healthcare debate is often a pendulum swinging between two extremes: maintaining the status quo and adopting a single-payer system. But what if we're asking the wrong questions? What if the answers lie not in the extremes...
Healthcare Triage
Why Is Measles Making a Comeback?
Measles is really contagious and can easily spread in pockets of unvaccinated people. In February 2024 a health advisory was issued by the Florida Department of Health in Broward County to warn the public about several confirmed cases of...
Healthcare Triage
A Drug to Treat Food Allergy Reactions
If you or someone you love has a life-threatening food allergy, you have to remain constantly vigilant for even the slightest exposure to that food, making even an outing to a restaurant an impossibility for some people. It can be...
Healthcare Triage
New Obesity Drugs May Impact Mental Health
In mid to late 2023 there was a flurry of news reports about patients taking new weight loss drugs reporting associated mental health concerns, including suicidal thoughts. There's still a lot of research to be done to fully understand...
Healthcare Triage
Does Intermittent Fasting Increase Heart Attack Risk 91%?
Sigh. Nutrition research is often bad, and how we talk about it is even worse. If you believe the hype from the past several years, intermittent fasting doesn’t only help you lose weight, it may go so far as to prolong your life. So what...
Healthcare Triage
What Kind of Exercise Is Best for Depression?
We already know exercise is good for us, including our mental health, but we still have some questions. Like, what kind of exercise is best? And at what intensity?
Healthcare Triage
The Drug Shortage Putting Newborns at Risk
For some women, a simple shot during pregnancy and then right after labor can prevent a huge amount of suffering for both parents and future children. So what happens when there’s a shortage that prevents that shot from happening?
Curated Video
Pros and Cons of Traveling Abroad for Surgery
What exactly is medical tourism? How safe is it to travel to another country for a medical procedure? And what about mixing a little vacation with some dental work? As of 2020, approximately 1 in 10 people in the US under the age of 65...
Professor Dave Explains
Types of Insurance (Health, Life, Property, and Auto)
Continuing with personal economics, everyone will have to get some kind of insurance at some point. What is insurance exactly? Let's go over some of the main types of insurance: health insurance, life insurance, property insurance, and...
Let's Tute
Types of insurance and the difference between insurance and Investment
In this video you will learn about Types of Insurance. There are various types of Insurance. We will explain you in detail. We covered Following Insurance in This session like: 1] Loss Protection 2] Life Insurance 3] Non life Insurance...
Let's Tute
Meaning and Benefits of Insurance
Today we learn the what is the Insurance? You also know about the Insurance 1] Defination of Insurance 2] why it is important and 3] where we use this insurance policy. 4] How does the insurance works? 5] What is the type of Insurance?...
MarketWatch
Open enrollment: how to pick the right insurance plan
Health insurance and medical care are expensive, but you can take steps to make these costs more manageable. Here’s what to consider when choosing your insurance plan.
MarketWatch
How to use deductions to make the most of your paycheck
Paycheck deductions can feel confusing, especially when your pay stub is filled with numbers you can't make sense of. Here's how to use those deductions to maximize your financial benefits.
PBS
Why Are Prescription Drugs SO Expensive?
Why are prescription drugs so expensive in the United States? Why does the same medication cost significantly less in other countries around the world? Today Danielle examines the history of pharmaceutical regulation in America and how...