Off to the Galapagos

Byadmin November 22, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends, and a great week to the rest of you. I will not be blogging for a bit, because I’ll be vacationing in the Galapagos, with my favorite evolutionary biology books no doubt at my side.

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If You Read Arabic
Byadmin January 25, 2011

You might be interested in some coverage my research team got in Qatar, for our study on oncology decision making. (Link) Maybe one of you can translate it for me?

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White Castle Wars?
Byadmin May 14, 2012

When New Jersey decided to hike its minimum wage by some 20 percent in 1991, David Card and Alan Krueger recognized a tremendous opportunity to test how the minimum wage affects employment.
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On Healthy Soldiers
Byadmin September 18, 2013

In World War II, soldiers were reminded regularly to take their anti-malaria pills. One soldier summarized this practice as follows: “Like fat cattle who are pampered to the very doors of the slaughterhouse, it was important that if and when we died we should be in good health.” Gulp. (Click here to view comments)

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Big Data: Will It Work in Healthcare?
Byadmin June 6, 2013

I was recently struck by two news headlines that hit my email inbox on the same day: “Most Doctors Don’t Meet U.S. Push for Electronic Records” and “Sebelius touts new emphasis on healthcare data“. Do you see the problem here? If we really want to leverage “big data” to improve health care, we need physicians…

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Want narcotics just ask for them?
Byadmin April 2, 2014

A very disturbing new study was just published, in which physicians viewed a video of a patient with back pain asking for OxyContin. Twenty percent of docs said they would prescribe that med under that circumstance: …Too often, doctors prescribe potentially dangerous medications to patients who shouldn’t be getting them, and what they prescribe is…

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A New Look at Self-Deception
Byadmin May 13, 2014

As a behavioral scientist, I have long been interested in self-deception. But I’ve never thought about it this way before, as pictured in a tremendous drawing by Jonathan Bartlett: (Click here to view comments)

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Off to the Galapagos

If You Read Arabic

White Castle Wars?

On Healthy Soldiers

Big Data: Will It Work in Healthcare?

Want narcotics just ask for them?

A New Look at Self-Deception

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