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Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

the public health promise of vaping - Doctors Without Boredom

Smoking is very, very bad. It’s in everyone’s interest to cut it back. And it looks like e-cigarettes might be helpful as smokers try to quit! And then the kids started doing it… and then the kids found the juul. Cigarette […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

what kind of diet should we eat? - Doctors Without Boredom

I’ve never seen a better, more succinct Q&A on what a good diet means, so I’m sharing this one: I feel smarter, but what happens when new information comes out, like, tomorrow? How can I stay up to date? It seems […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

what kind of diet should we eat? - Doctors Without Boredom

I’ve never seen a better, more succinct Q&A on what a good diet means, so I’m sharing this one: I feel smarter, but what happens when new information comes out, like, tomorrow? How can I stay up to date? It seems […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyHealth & Medicine

life and death for black mothers and their babies - Doctors Without Boredom

Black mothers & their children die at higher rates than their white counterparts, even when controlling for income and education. What can be done?

Matthew LoftusFamilyHealth & Medicine

life and death for black mothers and their babies - Doctors Without Boredom

Black mothers & their children die at higher rates than their white counterparts, even when controlling for income and education. What can be done?

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

performance improvement: if all you measure is garbage, you will get garbage - Doctors Without Boredom

Everybody thinks performance improvement for doctors. The problem is deciding what you're going to measure.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

performance improvement: if all you measure is garbage, you will get garbage - Doctors Without Boredom

Everybody thinks performance improvement for doctors. The problem is deciding what you're going to measure.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

let's stop asking doctors to text while driving - Doctors Without Boredom

Using an EMR while talking to patients is like texting while driving. There's got to be a better way.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

let's stop asking doctors to text while driving - Doctors Without Boredom

Using an EMR while talking to patients is like texting while driving. There's got to be a better way.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

overselling the value of fistula surgery - Doctors Without Boredom

It turns out that fistulas aren't always as easy to fix as we thought, and sometimes the surgical "success" data are manipulated.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

overselling the value of fistula surgery - Doctors Without Boredom

It turns out that fistulas aren't always as easy to fix as we thought, and sometimes the surgical "success" data are manipulated.

Matthew LoftusCultureEconomicsHealth & Medicine

there are reasons why poor people eat what they eat - Doctors Without Boredom

Diet and socioeconomic status are closely linked because poverty fosters a sense of nihilism about health and the future.