Michael Bennett (Beth Israel Deaconess) writes about his experience working with patients with moderate to severe mental illness over the past 30 years.
A recent survey of 15,800 physicians across the United States found that 40 percent of physicians reported having biases toward certain groups of patients. Joseph Betancourt (Mass General) is quoted.
A medical program for low-income first-time mothers combines social services with the latest in brain science. Charles Nelson (Boston Children’s) is interviewed.
A new study led by Alexi Wright (Brigham and Women’s) suggests that families of patients dying of cancer felt their loved one had better care and quality of life when they died in a hospice rather than in a hospital’s intensive care unit.
Though prior research warns that sleep deprivation may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, a new, small study suggests that “catch-up” sleep might reverse that risk in the short-term. Frank Scheer (Brigham and Women’s) is quoted.
Doctors are divided over whether yearly checkups are needed even as the Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover annual exams free of charge. Ateev Mehrotra (HMS) and Allan Goroll (Mass General) are quoted.
Low-income adults in Kentucky and Arkansas have had similar improvements in access to medical care under the Affordable Care Act, a new study found. Benjamin Sommers (Brigham and Women’s) conducted the research for this study.
