Mental Health Care in 2032
Mental health care in 2022 is good but not great. If we compare the progress of mental health care to the progress of the automobile, we just figured out the assembly line to get more cars to more people. Given that I recently finished my psychiatry clerkship and May is Mental Health Awareness Month, I…
Read MoreHealthcare Supply Chain Gone Haywire
SUPPLY CHAIN Healthcare Supply Chain Gone Haywire Hospitals are grappling with yet another serious, pandemic-induced supply chain shortage. This time: intravenous contrast. GE Healthcare’s production site in Shanghai shut down in April after the city went into another Covid-19 lockdown. Return to production has been slow. The company estimates the site is now operating at around…
Read MoreHealthcare Supply Chain Gone Haywire
SUPPLY CHAIN Healthcare Supply Chain Gone Haywire Hospitals are grappling with yet another serious, pandemic-induced supply chain shortage. This time: intravenous contrast. My ThoughtsGE Healthcare’s production site in Shanghai shut down in April after the city went into another Covid-19 lockdown. Return to production has been slow. The company estimates the site is now operating at…
Read MoreThe Other Epidemic
PUBLIC HEALTH The Other Epidemic By the time you finish reading this newsletter, at least one American will have died from an opioid overdose. Overdose deaths have increased nearly 50% since the pandemic began, according to new data from the CDC. 2021 alone saw a record 108K overdose deaths, likely driven by fentanyl-laced drugs. The DeetsWhile the…
Read MoreThe Next Frontier of Migraine
Fresh off a profitable fiscal year, Pfizer will use its cash to acquire Biohaven Pharmaceuticals for $11.6B—their largest acquisition since 2016. Biohaven focuses on neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases like migraines, which are often overlooked and untapped in therapeutics. The DeetsThe $11.6B deal will give Pfizer access to Biohaven’s innovative calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-targeting migraine medications: Rimegepant (Nurtec): FDA-approved for prevention and…
Read More“Roe was egregiously wrong”
POLICY “Roe was egregiously wrong” Leaked documents from the Supreme Court reaffirmed what many expected but wished would never happen: a strike down of the Roe v Wade decision. Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have…
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