The Best Articles in Health Care
The most useful articles in Health Care from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Health Care Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Health Care by Refind users in 2024 so far.
Trending
These links are currently making the rounds in Health Care on Refind.
The world’s mental health is in rough shape — and not getting any better, a new report…
Guess where the US ranks?
A guide to starting your mental health journey
From choosing the right therapist to figuring out how to pay.
United Healthcare’s ransomware attack shows why supply chains are under siege
Healthcare supply chains are facing a digital pandemic, with the latest UnitedHealth Group breach showing the power of an orchestrated ransomware attack to shut down supply chains.
Why Everyone Hates The Electronic Medical Record
Medical recordkeeping was originally a way to chart a patient’s course of illness and support clinicians in finding the best course. Now, electroni...
How can doctors use technology to help them diagnose?
Opinion in the medical establishment is sure to be divided as to whether AI helpers are a good thing or just a flashy toy.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in Health Care—all under 10 minutes.
Micro-medical machines like "The Magic Schoolbus" are being developed, but safety concerns remain
From plaque cleaning to drug delivery, nanoelectronics are rapidly developing, with major implications for medicine
24 hours in an invisible epidemic
Watch 24 hours of an American day, and the invisible crisis hiding in plain sight
How Generative AI Could Help Us Predict the Next Pandemic
A Harvard AI called EVEscape is a kind of machine “oracle” for viral evolution, allowing us to predict new variants before they arrive.
Patients don’t know how to navigate the US health system — and it’s costing them
A crisis of confusion is making health care more expensive for many Americans.
Why the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your job
Nobody would build a system like America’s on purpose.
«the US is locked into a system of employer-sponsored insurance, a quirk of history that sets our system apart from those of our economic and cultural peers.»
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Health Care.
A vaccine for depression
One sunny day this fall, I caught a glimpse of the new psychiatry. At a mental hospital near Yale University, a depressed patient was being injected with ketamine. For 40 minutes, the drug flowed into…
«even if drug companies steered ketamine through the expensive approval process as an antidepressant, doctors could still prescribe the cheap»
You’re Invited to a Colonoscopy!—Asterisk
Colonoscopies are the first-line method for preventing colorectal cancer in America —and almost nowhere else. But do they work? We finally have a comprehensive trial, but it’s left gastroenterologists…
How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits
A vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, has never been closer to reality, with the potential to save millions of lives. But its development slowed after its corporate…
End-of-Life Dreams
“In a high-tech, evidence-driven world of contemporary medicine, it was a dream that led a physician to conclude that my wife was dying. How was that possible?”
Should we abandon the idea that cancer is something to ‘fight’?
Is it time to abandon the century-old idea that cancer is best met with a ‘fight’ from patients and their doctors alike?
Thought Leaders
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