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Income volatility and heart health

Income volatility has a significant impact on financial security, which can affect heart health as well, according to new research.

The frequency and harms of care cascades

How often do care cascades happen, and what harms do they cause?

Prioritizing what patients care about

What a new study tells us about implementing shared decision making for older adults with multiple chronic conditions.

Is medical education too focused on the “right answer”? Or not enough?

Some doctors say that medical school is focusing too much on social issues and not enough on curing patients. But others say the changes to medical education haven’t gone far enough.

Can value-based care help reduce waste in health care?

Even though proven interventions exist to reduce waste on the clinical side, implementing them on a large scale is easier said than done…

The RCT blind spot

Randomized controlled trials are known as the “gold standard” in medical research–but they also have a significant down-side…

News story or advertisement? Advertorials obscure hospital sponsor

A new series of articles in the Boston Globe touts the generosity and quality of Boston Children’s hospital. But who’s funding these articles…?

Incidence vs mortality: Which cancers are we overdiagnosing?

A new analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine shows how some cancers are being effectively prevented or treated, while others are being overdiagnosed.