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Hed-stat The World of Biomedicine, in Brief
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rita charon

Q: Has there been research to quantify the impact of narrative medicine?

A: We did a study at Columbia after six weeks of narrative seminars. Participants said what they did in the seminar spilled over onto the ward: Things they learned about patients’ situations or about their colleagues’ observations influenced their work.

“Letting drug reps promote off-label indications could lead to trouble.”

Counting the Losses

New York City’s medical research community picks up the pieces after Hurricane Sandy destroys decades of work.

Killing Me Brightly

UV light proves itself as an annihilator of germs.

Defined: Surgical Home

One group wishes to manage a surgical patient’s entire course of care: anesthesiologists.

Kenneth Arrow: Re-examining the Health Care Market, 50 Years On

Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow discusses the current state of the health care industry.

The Off-Label Debate

Physicians routinely prescribe drugs for uses not approved by the FDA. But should drug reps be allowed to tout those uses?

Barbara Natterson-Horowitz: What Veterinarians Can Teach Us

Cardiologist Barbara-Natterson Horowitz explains why the most humanistic medicine today is being practiced by veterinarians.

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60 Percentage increase in U.S. C-section deliveries from 1996 to 2009

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Research has suggested that a novice physician’s ability to empathize with patients wears down during training, and a recent study noted that clinical empathy begins to decline during the third year of medical school.