Friday Links

Impact of the Great Recession on health. A loneliness epidemic? Medicaid’s increasing pressure on state budgets. Physician reimbursement to decline 3.4%. Are children spending too much time on enrichment activities?

Mid-week Links

ABIM on physician certification. 70.4% of physicians worked while on vacation on a typical vacation day Is Science a public good? Healthcare job growth reached three-decade high. Is there a future for digital therapeutics?

Friday Links

No cervical cancer cases in HPV-vaccinated women. Neuroimaging and mental health care. Syphillis cases on the rise. Dengue Fever vaccine soon to arrive? School spending: “Spending on basic infrastructure (such as HVAC) or on the removal of pollutants raises test scores but not house prices; conversely, spending on athletic facilities raises house prices but not…

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How to use Chat GPT. Caregivers: ‘I Wish I Had Known That No One Was Going to Help Me’ 4 health issues for the 2024 Presidential Election. Issues with HDHPs. Measles outbreak in the UK.

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Milton Friedman’s thermostat. CDC: Low vaccination rates for COVID, flu and RSV. Are minorities more commonly misdiagnosed? Does economic insecurity cause obesity? Do wellness programs work?

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Why does a $7000 drug sell more than an identical $1000 drug? New ViH editor-in-chief. PACT Act explained. Costs of elder care soar. AI discovers new class of antibiotics.

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Hallucination as an LLM feature. Impact of HPSA. FDA global drug inspections: before and after COVID. Optum employs(?) more doctors than any other organization Cause of morning sickness discovered.

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Generative AI for economic research. Food = medicine? Drug importation stalling in Colorado. Facts about the economy.. Worse than embarrassing for my alma mater

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How CADTH thinks about equity. FDA-approved pharmaceuticals for dogs. State Freedom Index.  Ho-hum: another $10 billion deal in pharma. Sociopath or saint?

Thanksgiving Links

Be prepared to say “Go”. Dana Farber to build stand-alone cancer center in Boston. Robots will pick fruit in the future. Proximity to fast food and weight gain. Pharma CEOs summoned to the Hill. mRNA patents being disputed. Mental health and being grateful.