Healthcare Triage

15/04/2025

Some indications that the GLP-1 drugs currently getting a lot of attention for weight loss might be useful for other stuff, too!

https://youtu.be/B35G7a2UcDw

21/03/2025

"If you want a health care system that works better for patients and providers, that’s AHRQ"

Our host Aaron Carroll spoke to STAT news about AHRQ, which is facing mass layoffs and is the only federal agency focused on health care quality, outcomes, access, and cost

AHRQ, a small government agency responsible for health care quality research, is feared to be the latest target for mass layoffs by the Trump administration.

21/03/2025

Academia is supposed to operate outside of political influence. When it doesn't, there are big consequences

Since the end of World War II, a robust partnership between the U.S. federal government and academic research institutions has fueled countless scientific br...

03/03/2025

Also seems like a good time to repost this one...

We're very clearly in favor of vaccines here at Healthcare Triage, because they save a LOT of lives. It turns out, the measles vaccine was doing more than we...

03/03/2025

As the trial goes on for the murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO last year, we have some thoughts on American healthcare

In 2022, the United States spent $4.5 trillion on healthcare—an astonishing $13,500 per person. That’s a level of spending no other country can fathom. We ma...

21/02/2025

Medical profiteering, Medicare fraud, cancer treatments for patients without cancer...

The Lown institute keeps an eye on fraud, waste, and dysfunction in American healthcare, and every year they present the Shkreli awards, named for infamous p...

19/02/2025

Another year, another round of Shkreli Awards from the Lown Institute: The top ten American healthcare fiascos (disasters? persisting horrors?) of 2024

The Lown institute keeps an eye on fraud, waste, and dysfunction in American healthcare, and every year they present the Shkreli awards, named for infamous p...

11/02/2025

Hello FB followers! Our sincerest apologies for an extended absence from Facebook. We will spare you all the reasons this happened, but we're back and will post regularly here again alongside our other accounts!

15/12/2023

What’s public health got to do with it?

Much of the conversation around climate change centers on things like lowering carbon emissions, which is obviously critical, but we think the public health ...

09/12/2023

Looks like misleading news on artificial sweeteners is never going to stop…so, neither are we!

What's the deal with Aspartame and Autism? Whenever you see a study claiming that a single ingredient has a specific link to a specific health outcome, you s...

23/11/2023

Happy Thanksgiving! And remember, turkey doesn’t actually make you sleepy, so no excuses when it comes to helping clean that kitchen!

We have Healthcare Triage mugs and posters available at DFTBA.com! http://dft.ba/-HCTmerchWhile Thanksgiving is a time focused mainly on family, friends, and...

20/11/2023

It’s Thanksgiving in America this week! Ever wonder how many calories the average person consumes at Thanksgiving dinner?

Now you can get Healthcare Triage merchandise! We have coffee mugs and posters, and our merch partner, DFTBA.com is having a black Friday sale. Get the deals...

17/11/2023

The eco-anxiety is real.

We’ve been on a Climate Change and Health kick lately but so far, we’ve focused on the threats that our physical health faces on a warming planet. However, t...

03/11/2023

https://youtu.be/jHJq_4-f0tA?feature=shared

It’s the final episode of our three-part series on health misinformation, and we want to spend these few minutes with you talking more about the best strateg...

27/10/2023

It’s the final episode of our three-part series on health misinformation, and we want to spend these few minutes with you talking more about the best strateg...

07/10/2023

During the 1918 flu pandemic, doctors would prescribe whiskey and water to flu patients. That'll fix it, we assume they said.

Misinformation. A recent and major problem facing us all, and one that is pervasive in many realms including medicine and healthcare, which are, of course, f...

06/10/2023

While the internet is the most efficient rumor mill in the history of rumor mills, you may be surprised to learn that quite-untrue-rumors about health and medicine have been haunting us for a loooong time

Misinformation. A recent and major problem facing us all, and one that is pervasive in many realms including medicine and healthcare, which are, of course, f...

05/10/2023

It seems that alarmingly false theories about things like vaccines and fluoride have been creeping up in what we might consider relatively recent history...but is that true?

Misinformation. A recent and major problem facing us all, and one that is pervasive in many realms including medicine and healthcare, which are, of course, f...