Bloomberg—How big is the coronavirus outbreak? A lot bigger than we were initially told, it turns out. On Thursday, confirmed cases of Covid-19 in China’s Hubei Province—the epidemic’s epicenter—jumped by almost 15,000. It’s not that there was a sudden wave of new infections. Rather, the increase reflects a change in how China counts patients; it… Read More »
By KHURRAM NASIR MD, MPH, MSc In the industrialized world and especially in United States, health care expenditures per capita has has significantly outgrown per capita income in the last few decades. The projected national expenditures growth at 6.2%/year from 2015 onwards with an estimated in 20% of entire national spending in 2022 on healthcare,… Read More »
Aine O’Connor. Photo: Steve Humphreys Giving up for good: Aine O’Connor, today. Photo: Steve Humphreys Aine 19 years ago. Photo: Tony Gavin ‘Ditch the calorie counter’ ‘I tried every diet known to man – and blamed everything for failing. Until one day I hit upon something that changed me forever’ – Aine O’Connor Independent.ie I… Read More »
Another such review examined how the number of prenatal visits affected infant mortality. Seven studies involved more than 60,000 women in countries of varying income. There was no difference in high-income countries in the number of deaths of those who had more or fewer visits (although the number of deaths over all was low). In… Read More »