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What I Read: What If You Never Get Better From Covid-19?

By Andrew Fairless on February 21, 2021January 25, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/magazine/covid-aftereffects.html FeatureWhat If You Never Get Better From Covid-19?Some patients could be living with the aftereffects for years to come. Recent research into another persistent, mysterious disease might help usContinue readingWhat I Read: What If You Never Get Better From Covid-19?

What I Read: Covid Survivors, Lingering Health Issues

By Andrew Fairless on February 17, 2021January 18, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/health/Covid-survivors-longterm.html 6 Months After Leaving the Hospital, Covid Survivors Still Face Lingering Health IssuesA large study of patients from a Wuhan, China hospital showed that a half-year later, three-quarters wereContinue readingWhat I Read: Covid Survivors, Lingering Health Issues

What I Read: long-term symptoms of Covid-19

By Andrew Fairless on February 14, 2021January 18, 2021

https://www.vox.com/22166236/long-term-side-effects-covid-19-symptoms-heart-fatigue The many strange long-term symptoms of Covid-19, explainedby Lois ParshleyDecember 15 2020 9:27 PM “…preliminary research suggests that somewhere between 10 percent and 88 percent of Covid-19 patients willContinue readingWhat I Read: long-term symptoms of Covid-19

What I Read: US Government Will Pay Doctors to Use AI Algorithms

By Andrew Fairless on February 13, 2021January 14, 2021

https://www.wired.com/story/us-government-pay-doctors-use-ai-algorithms/ Tom SimoniteBusiness11.10.2020 07:00 AMThe US Government Will Pay Doctors to Use These AI AlgorithmsThe artificial intelligence programs can diagnose eye disease in diabetics and complications in stroke patients. “TheContinue readingWhat I Read: US Government Will Pay Doctors to Use AI Algorithms

What I Read: Why is life expectancy in the US lower?

By Andrew Fairless on February 12, 2021January 14, 2021

https://ourworldindata.org/us-life-expectancy-low Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich countries?by Max RoserOctober 29, 2020 “Why do Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in otherContinue readingWhat I Read: Why is life expectancy in the US lower?

What I Read: Covid Survivors Long-Term Symptoms

By Andrew Fairless on February 10, 2021January 13, 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/health/covid-long-term-symptoms.html Covid Survivors With Long-Term Symptoms Need Urgent Attention, Experts SayIn a two-day meeting sponsored by the N.I.H., officials acknowledged an insufficient understanding of the issues and warned of aContinue readingWhat I Read: Covid Survivors Long-Term Symptoms

What I Read: How balance drug prices and innovation (part 2)

By Andrew Fairless on January 30, 2021January 5, 2021

https://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/how-other-countries-balance-drug-prices-and-innovation-part-2/ How other countries balance drug prices and innovation (part 2)by Liam BendicksenOctober 5 2020 2:02 PM “Across party lines, Americans generally agree that prescription drug prices in the USContinue readingWhat I Read: How balance drug prices and innovation (part 2)

What I Read: AI Can Help Patients If Doctors Understand It

By Andrew Fairless on January 27, 2021January 1, 2021

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-help-patients-doctors-understand/ Tom SimoniteBusiness10.02.2020 08:00 AMAI Can Help Patients—but Only If Doctors Understand It Algorithms can help diagnose a growing range of health problems, but humans need to be trained toContinue readingWhat I Read: AI Can Help Patients If Doctors Understand It

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