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Promoting Population Health through Financial Stewardship
“Promoting Population Health through Financial Stewardship” – The New England Journal of Medicine
With so much recent news about airplane disasters, it’s easy to become frightened about flying. I wonder if a risk graphic like the following will do much to help? As reported on recently in The Economist, the risk graphic comes from a new iPhone app called Am I Going Down? I’m skeptical this will work….
I recognize that correlation does not prove causation. But here is a picture illustrating the correlation between income inequality and the percent of a country’s population that is obese. The findings are provocative, to say the least. Making the relationship somewhat plausible is all the evidence we have now of the toll that income inequality…
“Promoting Population Health through Financial Stewardship” – The New England Journal of Medicine
Here is a report from a study I collaborated on, led by the amazing Reshma Jagsi, a physician at the University of Michigan. It reveals just how common it is for female academic physicians to report experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace. Important but disturbing news: “This is a sobering reminder that our society has…
A JAMA study shows how our diets have changed since 2000. The big winners? Nuts Whole grains Whole fruits The big losers? Sugar sweetened beverages Fruit juice White potatoes Maybe there’s hope for us after all?
“Why It’s Not Time for Health Care Rationing” – Hastings Center Report