The Best Articles in Health Care
The most useful articles in Health Care from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
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.
Trending
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The entrepreneur dreaming of a factory of unlimited organs
Martine Rothblatt sees a day when transplantable organs and 3D-printed ones will be readily available, saving countless lives—including her daughter’s.
We Have to Make Organ Donors Whole
I’m alive because of kidney donations, but there wouldn’t be an organ shortage if we made it easier for those willing to literally give a piece of themselves. New York is taking a good first step.
DARPA Wants to Find a Drug That Makes You Impervious to Cold
The agency is funding research projects to find ways to boost people's resilience to extreme cold.
Would You Sell One of Your Kidneys?
Each year thousands die because there aren’t enough organs for transplants, and I may be one of them. It’s time to start compensating donors.
The Inflated Risk of Vaccine-Induced Cardiac Arrest
Damar Hamlin’s collapse on Monday Night Football calls attention to a medical myth that will not die.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles in Health Care—all under 10 minutes.
CRISPR cancer trial success paves the way for personalized treatments
‘Most complicated therapy ever’ tailors bespoke, genome-edited immune cells to attack tumours.
A Drone Flew a Human Lung Across Toronto for Emergency Transplant
Flight time to go from one hospital to the other was about five minutes. Upon arrival, the lung was transplanted into a 63-year-old patient.
Looking into the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare
Andrew Davies from the Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI), explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare.
A Universal Cancer Treatment?
A medicine that disrupts the DNA replication of cancer cells may be within reach.
How AI is helping people with therapy
Mental health services around the world are chronically under resourced – but there are hopes that artificial intelligence might offer a solution.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Health Care.
Charted: Healthcare Spending and Life Expectancy, by Country
This graphic looks at average life expectancies in countries around the world, compared to each country's healthcare spending per capita.
Why experts are terrified of a human-made pandemic — and what we can do to stop it
As biology gets better, biosecurity gets harder. Here’s what the world can do to prepare.
The Power and Peril of the ICU
Covid-19 showed us what the ICU was made to do—but we must grapple with the reality that it has a dark side too.
Pandemic prevention as fire-fighting
Fire has almost disappeared as a cause of death in the developed world. A similar approach could do the same for infectious diseases.
The Second Coronavirus Surge Is Here
The U.S. has seen more cases in the past week than in any week since the pandemic began.
Thought Leaders
We monitor hundreds of thought leaders, influencers, and newsletters in Health Care, including:
Kevin Pho, M.D.
Physician | http://KevinMD.com | The Podcast by KevinMD
nature
Research, News, and Commentary from Nature, the international journal of science. For daily science news, get Nature Briefing: http://go.nature.com/naturebriefing
Ed Yong is on sabbatical
Science writer at The Atlantic. Many words; some awards. Author of AN IMMENSE WORLD. Married to Liz Neeley. Parent to Typo. http://edyong.me (he/him)
STAT
Reporting from the frontiers of health & medicine. Sign up for any of our 10 free newsletters here: http://statnews.com/signup
Care Policy and Evaluation Centre
Leading research centre in long-term (social) care, mental health, developmental disability & other health issues to inform & influence global policy & practice
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Health Care, including:
MIT Technology Review
Our in-depth reporting on innovation reveals and explains what’s really happening now to help you know what’s coming next. http://technologyreview.com/newsletters
STAT
Reporting from the frontiers of health & medicine. Sign up for any of our 10 free newsletters here: http://statnews.com/signup
Vox
Understand the news. Support Vox with a contribution: http://vox.com/give-now
Nautilus Magazine
Experience science, don't just read about it. Deep, undiluted, narrative storytelling brings science into the most important conversations we are having today.
Our World in Data
Data and research to understand big global problems and make progress against them. Based out of @UniOfOxford, founded by @MaxCRoser. @ourworldindata@vis.social
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