http://www.peterubel.com on Science, Policy, Health, Well-Being and Ethics Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:13:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 on Science, Policy, Health, Well-Being and Ethics Peter Ubel no on Science, Policy, Health, Well-Being and Ethics http://www.peterubel.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.peterubel.com/category/behavioral_economics/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/06/sleepless-in-the-hospital/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/06/sleepless-in-the-hospital/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:39:24 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=1016 I don't think Tom Hanks will be starring in the movie version of my latest blog post, but click on this link to see an essay I wrote in a medical magazine about how to use insights from behavioral economics to improve patients' sleep in the hospitals.]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/06/sleepless-in-the-hospital/feed/ 4 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/05/sounding-off-on-sound-medicine/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/05/sounding-off-on-sound-medicine/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 14:36:45 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=997 I had a chance to talk to the host of the public radio show, Sound Medicine. You might want to listen to the broadcast. Then again, you might want to enjoy the spring weather (if you are in the Northern Hemisphere). Your choice!]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/05/sounding-off-on-sound-medicine/feed/ 0 I had a chance to talk to the host of the public radio show, Sound Medicine. You might want to listen to the broadcast. Then again, you might want to enjoy the spring weather (if you are in the Northern Hemisphere). Your choice! I had a chance to talk to the host of the public radio show, Sound Medicine. You might want to listen to the broadcast. Then again, you might want to enjoy the spring weather (if you are in the Northern Hemisphere). Your choice! Peter Ubel no 2:27 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/tough-decision-take-it-piece-by-piece/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/tough-decision-take-it-piece-by-piece/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:52:15 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=963 Brian Zikmund-Fisher took the lead on a study published this week in which we found evidence that when people face tough decisions, it helps for them to break the decision into smaller pieces, and take it one step at a time. Here is a link to some media coverage in India.]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/tough-decision-take-it-piece-by-piece/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/do-patients-need-the-numbers/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/do-patients-need-the-numbers/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:52:06 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=952 An interesting article by Peter Schwartz in the latest Hastings Center Report on whether patients, facing difficult medical decisions, ought to get precise numbers on the risks and benefits of their alternatives. I contributed a commentary, urging researchers to keep developing better ways to help patients make rational use of the numbers.]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/do-patients-need-the-numbers/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/jonah-lehrer-ready-for-a-shove/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/jonah-lehrer-ready-for-a-shove/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:57:52 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=920 The Wall Street Journal article linked below discusses why changing behavior may take more than the kind of nudges some behavioral economists have been promoting. As Lehrer points out, this is an idea I have been pushing (but not shoving, of course!) for a while. Is 'Nudging' Really Enough? - WSJ]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/jonah-lehrer-ready-for-a-shove/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/what-would-you-do-doc/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/what-would-you-do-doc/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:21:58 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=909 This Marketplace report is worth listening to. Check out the 'News and Press' page for links to some of the other reports.


]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/04/what-would-you-do-doc/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/03/when-less-is-more/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/03/when-less-is-more/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:25:30 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=902 Here is a news article discussing a paper I wrote with Michael Volk, in which we try to find ways to keep doctors from harming patients by finding and then getting all worked up over what we in medicine call incidentalomas--unexpected and ultimately benign findings that show up with unnecessary tests. The article is in the Archives of Internal Medicine this week.]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/03/when-less-is-more/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2011/03/duke-office-hours-webcast-2/ http://www.peterubel.com/2011/03/duke-office-hours-webcast-2/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:15:14 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=887 Check out my recent webcast interview with Duke University "Office Hours" ]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2011/03/duke-office-hours-webcast-2/feed/ 1 http://www.peterubel.com/2010/12/age-and-happiness/ http://www.peterubel.com/2010/12/age-and-happiness/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:35:38 +0000 admin http://www.peterubel.com/?p=768 See this recent news article which talks about some of my old, ahem, research on aging and happiness. ]]> http://www.peterubel.com/2010/12/age-and-happiness/feed/ 0 http://www.peterubel.com/2010/10/does-the-obama-administration-want-your-gas-guzzler-to-give-you-sticker-shock/ http://www.peterubel.com/2010/10/does-the-obama-administration-want-your-gas-guzzler-to-give-you-sticker-shock/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:26:16 +0000 peter http://www.peterubel.com/2010/10/does-the-obama-administration-want-your-gas-guzzler-to-give-you-sticker-shock/ http://www.peterubel.com/2010/10/does-the-obama-administration-want-your-gas-guzzler-to-give-you-sticker-shock/feed/ 0