Including price information in TV advertisements may lead consumers to avoid care or may misrepresent the actual cost of care, a Stanford scholar writes.
Author: Beth Duff-Brown
Empowering women in India to improve their health: A Q&A
In this Q&A, Suhani Jalota, a graduate student in health policy, discusses her work helping impoverished women in India.
Poor quality health care leads to 5 million deaths each year in poorer nations
A Lancet commission has found that poor quality health care causes millions of unnecessary deaths; the worst deficits were found in vulnerable populations.
Indirect child casualties of conflict far outnumber direct combatant deaths in Africa
A study's comprehensive analysis reveals the indirect child casualties due to warfare in Africa; their deaths far outweigh direct warfare deaths.
A billion guns worldwide drive public health crisis
The prevalence of suicide by firearm in the U.S. is just one of the many sobering statistics to emerge out of a new investigation of global gun violence.
Black men could be healthier if seen by black physicians, new research suggests
Black men are more likely to get follow up care and to mention other health concerns after visiting a black doctor, a new Stanford study has found.
Most clinical trial participants find benefits of sharing personal data outweigh risks
Most participants in clinical trials believe the benefits of broadly sharing individual data outweigh the risks, a new Stanford study has found.
Outdated equations lead to incorrect prescriptions for cardiovascular conditions
A team of researchers has updated and improved the equations that guide prescribing decisions for physicians in the U.S. regarding cardiovascular risk.
Some men should consider prostate cancer screening, Task Force believes
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is now recommending that men aged 55 to 69 should talk with their doctors about prostate-specific antigen screening.
A look at the Millennium Villages Project
Results from the Millennium Villages Project, an experimental effort to tackle poverty in Africa, are mixed, researchers say.
The link between a mom losing a relative during pregnancy and her child’s mental health
New Stanford research indicates that having a mom losing a loved one during pregnancy may affect the mental health of the child as he or she grows into adulthood.
Stanford gun violence research highlighted in national dialogue
A group of researchers are trying to answer the question: Are you more or less likely to die if you own a firearm? Their work was recently featured in the Washington Post.
Expanding hepatitis C testing to all adults is cost-effective and improves health, new study shows
Even adults who are not considered "high-risk" should be tested to reduce deaths and improve cure rates, new Stanford Health Policy research suggests.
Taking painkillers with sleeping pills is an increasingly risky business
For those of us following the confounding opioid epidemic, there's more bad news. Stanford researchers have determined that taking strong prescription painkillers together with sleeping …
Stanford researchers exploring consequences of Tuskegee syphilis study
I first learned about the secret U.S. government syphilis study conducted on poor black men in Tuskegee, Alabama, during a college class on ethics. The …