Is your sleep tracker keeping you awake?

In 2023, 41.4% of people worldwide used sleep trackers, a $2.22 billion market. Promising better rest, experts warn they might fuel anxiety instead. So, while they claim to enhance your slumber, are sleep trackers your secret to sweet dreams or just data-driven drama?

Can We Teach Compassion?

When a nurse says “The doctor will see you now,” the doctor might not really be seeing you. According to a 2013 study by Johns Hopkins University, a large majority of young doctors fresh out of medical school failed to use common communication skills with hospitalized...

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Is There a Doctor in the House?

According to the Health Resources and Services Administration in May 2013, there was a shortfall of primary care physicians totaling 16,000. And that was before the Affordable Care Act was expected to add 30 million additional insured people to the healthcare system...

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Medical Education is Changing Too

Trends in medical education are being affected by the collision of two big numbers—30 million and 76 million. Thirty million represents the number of formerly uninsured people who are expected to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act a.k.a....

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