I’ve been doing an abroad elective in Tanzania for the past month and it is incredible how much heart failure 2/2 htn we see here Despite availability of antihtn meds! Easily preventable more outreach and education needed
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@juadams I just listened to this podcast today. Excellent! -
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@Atul_Gawande is the bomb. Curious, well spoken, thoughtful, unafraid to challenge conventional thinking/processes and to experiment with new ones
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Regarding childbirth/C-sections, you said we're "spending 0.6% of GDP today on this" twice on the show. Could you explain this? Daily spending of 0.6% GDP would net 219% over a year...
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Encouraging to see
@Atul_Gawande prioritises getting enough sleep, breaking the status quo, hubris and ignorance of so many in the medical profession. Hope he can encourage more seeds of change. And he's still productive - because of not in spite of 8 hrs sleepThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I listened to it this weekend and I learned a lot. Thank you.
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"the medications that control blood pressure have been around for decades and cost pennies" The doctors you have to go through to get the medications have also been around for decades and they cost more than pennies....
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Another Freakonomics conversation you might find informative:http://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-true-story-of-the-gender-pay-gap-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ …
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TIL: U.S. airplane pilots been beating their FAA medical's BP reqs for *many* years using a stupid (and expensive) hand squeeze device. What else could incentives to avoid prescription drugs produce?https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/squeezing-your-way-to-lower-blood-pressure …
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Dr Atul Gwande -Didn’t know he s such eclectic scholar. Got the synopsis - insurance , cancer care & dosage.
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