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Why High Drug Prices Persist Despite The Fact Good Medicines Are Lowering Healthcare Spending
Healthcare spending is growing less than expected right now, largely because some excellent medicines are keeping people healthier than they otherwise would be (and thus reducing their need for more expensive medical care).
Will Alzheimer’s disease researchers miss seeing the forest from the trees?
The National Institute of Aging (NIA) just announced $73 million over five years to fund two new research centers. “The Alzheimer Centers for the Discovery of New Medicines are designed to diversify and reinvigorate the Alzheimer’s disease …
From ‘House’ To ‘Diagnosis’: The Evolution of 21st-Century Medicine (As Seen On TV)
TV shows like ‘House’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ introduced 21st-century viewers to the on-screen motif of “doctor as an imperfect God.” Then came the 2019 Netflix docuseries ‘Diagnosis,’ which casts the doctor in a very different light.
These medical students signed up for rural medicine. What happened to them?
The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina opened in 2011 — a one-building campus in the heart of wheat country dedicated to producing the rural doctors the country needs. Now, eight years later, the school’s first graduates are settling into t…
Measles In The Airport Again, This Time It Is Philadelphia
It’s been a good year for the measles virus with more reported cases in the U.S. than in any other year since 1992.
Overspecialization in medical education: Is it hindering physician growth and stifling innovation?
In the recent book, Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, David Epstein makes a strong argument for exploring or sampling different interests and jobs before settling on a career of choice, a process that leads to “match quality,” whic…
