Healthcare Triage
Going Hungry is not Great for your Health
About 50 million people in the United States don't have access to enough food to support a healthy lifestyle. The technical term for this is food insecurity, and over 40% of people in the United States will experience it during their...
Weird History
What Life Is Like for an Ex-President
Ever wonder what happens when the President leaves office? What happens to the secret service? And how much money are they making post-White House? Today we're taking all the mystery out of it as we dive deep into life after being the...
Healthcare Triage
Old Drugs, New Tricks: Remdesivir and Other Potential Treatments for COVID19
As the coronavirus and COVID19 pandemic continues, researchers are investigating some older drugs that may be viable treatments for the disease. One drug of interest is remdesivir, a decade old drug intended to treat hepatitis. It was...
Healthcare Triage
Alcohol and Calorie Counts
We've talked about some of the negative health impacts alcohol can have, but we haven't talked about the calories. It's not great news on that front. Booze is calorie dense. Even the "light" stuff.
The Telegraph
Suzanne Moore on left wing puritanism
Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has become the metropolitan elite it was always accused of being. In this week’s Off Script podcast Suzanne Moore joins Steven Edginton to discuss “trans ideology”, Labour’s prospects and freedom of speech.
The Wall Street Journal
Big Tech's Push Into Health Care
From medical equipment to health trackers and biologic drugs, Samsung is investing heavily in health care. The head of the company's health initiatives discusses why one of the world's biggest mobile phone companies is pushing further...
Healthcare Triage
Ketamine Can Be a Fast-Acting Antidepressant
A recent study looked into ketamine, noted animal sedative and party depressant, as a short-term treatment for severe, emergency room level depression. While it can help people who are suffering from suicidal ideation, it is a short term...
Healthcare Triage
Babies Are Hungry, and They're Going to Pig Out
In the United States, there's a lot of worry about babies getting TOO MUCH to eat. Overweight and obesity among children is a real concern, and eating habits established in early childhood are a factor. There's an idea that babies can...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Wendy Brown on Healthcare.
Neoliberalism, warns Professor Wendy Brown, has created a form of reasoning in which human beings are reduced to their economic value and activity, and in which all fields of human activity are treated as markets and institutions,...
Healthcare Triage
Incidents and Criticisms: Vaccine Backlash Part 2
Part five of our six-part series on vaccinations, supported by the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, continues to explore the history of societal backlash against vaccination, with particular attention to...
Healthcare Triage
The US Health Care System Needs Immigrants
By any objective measure, the United States doesn't train enough medical doctors to meet the nation's needs. That means graduates from other countries are needed. Aaron takes a look at foreign medical graduates, an essential element of...
Healthcare Triage
The Trump Administration's Plans for Medicare Premium Support
Senior Trump Administration official Seema Verma has written that Medicare is in financial trouble, and one step in fixing it is giving consumers "incentives to be cost-conscious." This may be coded language for something called premium...
Healthcare Triage
Got a Bad Diagnosis? Talk to Someone Who Has Been Through It
When someone gets a diagnosis, they should get lots of time with their doctors and nurses to talk and learn about the condition. This isn't always possible. Sometimes, it can be useful to talk to patients who have also been through the...
Healthcare Triage
Life Expectancy and the United States' Inequality Problem
Healthcare Triage often notes that lots of health metrics are improving in the US. But that is not the case with life expectancy. Life span is decreasing, and the losses are not equally distributed. The lives of the poor are getting...
Healthcare Triage
Is Vaping Linked to Lung Cancer? We Turn to Mice.
We don’t yet know the long-term health consequences of e-cigarettes, and gaining that knowledge could take decades. However, a recently published study in mice offers new data for consideration.
Healthcare Triage
Coronavirus and Immunity, MIS, and Hydroxychloroquine: COVID News Roundup 5-27-2020
If you've had coronavirus, are you immune or can you catch it again? What's this I hear about Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome? And does hydroxychloroquine work or not? Aaron talks you through the studies and facts about some of the...
Healthcare Triage
U.S. Maternal Mortality is Much Higher for African-Americans
In the US, too many moms are dying around the time of childbirth. Every year, more than 700 mothers die from complications related to pregnancy and delivery, leaving behind grieving families as well as urgent policy questions about how...
Healthcare Triage
Weight Loss Pills, Veggie Tots, and Various Existential Crises with John Green
This week, your host Dr. Aaron Carroll welcomes NYT best-selling author (and Healthcare Triage executive producer) John Green to the show. John and Aaron discuss mental health, the ills of the social internet, and answer your questions.
Healthcare Triage
Women on Web Move to Increase Access to Abortion Pills in the US
Women on Web is an organization that increases access to pharmaceutical abortion services in countries where those options are limited. The organization has now started a separate service that will fill prescriptions in the United States...
Healthcare Triage
New Year, New News: CHiP, taxes, and Obamacare
We're back, and it's 2018, y'all. Let's talk about what's happeing with CHiP, taxes and the individual mandate, and the Obamacare exchanges.
Healthcare Triage
Can I Buy Stuff from China? What About Screen Time? Coronavirus Q&A April 15, 2020
We're answering your questions about coronavirus and Covid-19. Click on the timecode below to go straight to a question. 01:49 How should healthcare professionals clean masks? 2:29 Was this virus made in a lab? 2:57 Does COVID-19 cause...
The Wall Street Journal
The Regulatory Outlook
Roger Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services talked about where cyber regulators are focusing their efforts and how well companies are positioned for compliance.
The Wall Street Journal
Policy And Politics
Everyone has a stake in bringing health-care costs to heel. In what direction is the government's efforts trending?