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Panama Papers: Why Words Matter When Talking About Inequality
Panama Papers: Why Words Matter When Talking About Inequality
When we categorize people as poor, we dehumanize them and it makes it easier to shut your eyes to their plight.
Pat Salber, MD, MBA
Apr 6
3 Reasons Why Americans Die Young
3 Reasons Why Americans Die Young
It turns out we have a lower life expectancy at birth — not because we are dying of diseases, but because of increased mortality at younger
Pat Salber, MD, MBA
Mar 8
Letter from an Expat: The Unexpected Benefits of a Single-Payer System
Letter from an Expat: The Unexpected Benefits of a Single-Payer System
Single-payer is alive & well in “socialist” countries as Canada, the UK, France, Japan, South Korea & Switzerland.
Pat Salber, MD, MBA
Mar 2
People Prefer Electric Shocks over Being Alone With Their Thoughts
People Prefer Electric Shocks over Being Alone With Their Thoughts
Like nature, our minds abhor a vacuum so much that people would elect to shock themselves than be alone with their thoughts.
Dov Michaeli, MD, PhD
Feb 25
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Pat Salber, MD, MBA
Feb 24
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A Utopian Way to Hyper-Personalize Cancer Care
Eliaso’s approach does not offer up wonder drugs or…
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Dov Michaeli, MD, PhD
Feb 14
3 min read
What is Love, Exactly? Let Neurobiology Explain
For all of you lovelorns, your love is not that much…
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Pat Salber, MD, MBA
Feb 11
3 min read
Doctors are Using “Automated Empathy” to Check Up on Patients
HealthLoop is well positioned to take…
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Pat Salber, MD, MBA
Oct 11, 2015
5 min read
Tech That Will Disrupt Healthcare in the Next 10 Years
Technology is poised to shake up just about…
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Pat Salber, MD, MBA
Oct 25, 2015
7 min read
Is There a Neanderthal Lurking in Your Genes?
I ask the question: Did they have sex with each other?
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Pat Salber, MD, MBA
Dec 13, 2015
7 min read
Is Inequality in Our Genes?
From ancient times, human societies have had people who are “more equal…
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Pat Salber, MD, MBA
Jan 26
6 min read
How much money do US doctors make?
The 2015 Medscape Physician Compensation Survey answers the…
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