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?
| Title | Date published | ||
| 5. How to Solve a Medical Mystery | 2021-09-03 | ||
| 4. What Do Grocery Store Prices and Heart Surgery Have in Common? | 2021-08-27 | ||
| 3. Why Are Kids With Summer Birthdays More Likely to Get the Flu? | 2021-08-20 | ||
| 2. Do As Docs Say, Not As They Do | 2021-08-13 | ||
| 1. Covid and the “Birthday Effect” | 2021-08-06 | ||
| Introducing “Freakonomics, M.D.” | 2021-07-21 | ||
| Marathons Can Be Deadly — But Not For the Reasons You May Think | 2021-06-10 |