Each week, physician, economist, and author of "Random Acts of Medicine" Dr. Bapu Jena will dig into a fascinating study at the intersection of economics and healthcare. He takes on questions like: Why do kids with summer birthdays get the flu more often? Can surviving a hurricane help you live longer? What do heart surgery and grocery-store pricing have in common?

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The Economics of Everyday Things: Animal Urine 2023-07-21
Tom Brady, A.D.H.D., and a Really Bad Headache (Bonus) 2023-07-11
78. Do Kids Cause Divorce? 2023-03-31
77. They Make Minimum Wage. They Could Save Your Life. 2023-03-24
76. Is a Spoonful of Sunlight the Best Medicine? 2023-03-17
75. What Is Sugar Really Doing to You? 2023-03-10
74. How Does Playing Football Affect Your Health? 2023-03-03
73. Who Pays for Multimillion-Dollar Miracle Cures? 2023-02-17
72. What’s Stopping Us From Curing Rare Diseases? 2023-02-10
71. What Do COVID-19 and Cancer Have in Common? 2023-02-03
70. Why Are There Still So Few Female Surgeons? 2023-01-27
69. Home Sweet … Hospital? 2023-01-20
68. The E.R. Doctor’s Dilemma 2023-01-13
What Can We Do About the Hardest Patients? (Ep. 51 Replay) 2023-01-06
67. Why Did This 60-Year-Old Man Collapse at the Supermarket? 2022-12-30
66. Does Health Insurance Make You Healthier? 2022-12-23
65. How Do Pandemics Change Health Care? 2022-12-16
64. Is Facebook Bad for Your Mental Health? 2022-12-09
63. What Medicine Gets Wrong About Race 2022-12-02
Why Don’t We Have a Cure for Alzheimer’s? (Ep. 49 Update) 2022-11-25
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