Can Watching TV Improve Your Health?
Public health wonks have figured out how to influence Hollywood writers: Don't call them, they'll call you.
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Health Care Is a Huge Business, but It’s Not the Doctors Who Are Making the Most Money
The anti-Obamacare rhetoric has railed against a “government takeover” of medicine but it’s not the government that’s coming between doctors and patients, it’s the insurance companies.
Digging Through the Medicare Data Dump: Billing Outliers Often Have Disciplinary Problems, Too
As news organizations analyze data on Medicare payments, doctors with disciplinary records keep popping up.
Hallucinogens, Starvation, and Magnets: A New Cure for Depression?
The standard treatment—SSRIs—doesn’t work for an estimated 20 to 40 percent of the millions who suffer from depression. Luckily, researchers have been exploring new alternatives that might just do the trick.
A Lifetime of Intellectual Stimulation Staves Off Dementia
Turning to brainy pursuits in later years also helps delay the onset of the dreaded condition, according to a new study.
I’d Never Admit That to My Doctor. But to a Computer? Sure
New research finds patients are more likely to respond honestly to personal questions when talking to a virtual human.
HIV Research Hopes
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi shares her views on three exciting areas of HIV research.
Undermining the Doctor-Patient Relationship
To provide the best level of care, physicians need to spend as much time as they can with their patients. So why are we asking them to put so much effort into keeping electronic records?
‘I Look Like a Virus. My Face Is Like HIV’: A Conversation With Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Patrick Strudwick talks to Françoise Barré-Sinoussi about how she identified HIV as the cause of AIDS; her receipt of the Nobel Prize; and the latest efforts to prevent, treat, and manage HIV.