Several years ago, the New York Times ran a headline, Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice. While nobody is suggesting Americans eat fewer vegetables, which are undoubtedly healthy, there is more evidence that meat isn’t the boogeyman we once thought it was.
Category: Cost of Healthcare
Depressing News About Organ Transplants
The bad news in this post comes to us via Alex Tabarrok at the Marginal Revolution blog.
Thursday Links
- Studies: hugs are good for you.
- Regular mammograms identify 87% of breast cancers. AI programs can boost that detection rate by 20%, and the cost is $40 – $100 extra. Is that worth it?
- Study: There is no evidence that buying and then forgiving medical debts that are in collections improved on average beneficiaries’ finances, access to credit, or their physical or mental health. People were even less likely to pay existing medical bills after their debt was eliminated.
- PFAS are called “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down for thousands of years, if at all. Turns out, they are everywhere, including our drinking water, and that could be hazardous to our health.
- The FDA has approved a test that predicts a patient’s risk of becoming addicted to opioids. Why is that controversial?