Do Devices that Monitor or Zap the Brain Live Up to Their Claims?
Dozens of companies are selling wearable neurotechnologies—gadgets that typically work by either recording brainwaves using electroencephalography (EEG) or by stimulating the...
Do Pro Football Players Have a Higher Risk of Dying Earlier?
As fans across the country anticipate Sunday’s big game, a new study finds that career NFL players have a 38 percent higher risk of dying younger compared with those who...
Doctor Shortage Under Obamacare? It Didn’t Happen
When you have a health problem, your first stop is probably to your primary care doctor. If you’ve found it harder to see your doctor in recent years, you could be tempted to...
Doctors use social media as a way to combat disinformation, stay in touch with patients
In this virtual forum, Inselman met other people who were struggling with the same issues she was, and she began to feel less alone. Inselman lost 60 pounds during the first...
Doctors working while sick is bad enough in ordinary times. During the Covid-19 outbreak it could be catastrophic
By Steve Joffe: Earlier this winter, before the coronavirus outbreak, I spoke by phone with a colleague who was about to start work for two weeks as an attending physician...
Does Connectivity Help — or Hurt — the Doctor-Patient Relationship?
Christian Terwiesch, a Wharton professor of operations, information and decisions, has co-authored two new studies related to technology and health care. The first, which...
Does Disclosure of Pharma Payments Harm Patient Trust in Doctors?
On GSK's decision to reverse its payment ban policy last year, Dr. Kanter replied: "It's certainly understandable as a strategic business decision. It may be hard to do it...
Does Warren Have a Plan for the Reaction to Her Medicare For All Plan?
Architect of Obamacare Ezekiel Emanuel helps explain the math behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s long awaited proposal to overhauling health care.