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Health & Veritas

Mar 31, 2022

Howie and Harlan discuss a new study showing that moderate drinking doesn’t have health benefits after all. Then they’re joined by Dr. Daniel Stein, CEO of Embold Health, which uses clinical data to identify the best-performing doctors and give feedback to those whose treatment isn’t based on the...


Mar 24, 2022

Howie and Harlan are joined by Yale operations expert Edward Kaplan, who uses mathematical models to understand a variety of processes. They discuss Kaplan’s ongoing research tracking COVID-19 infections through sewage, which bypasses the biases inherent in data from testing and even hospitalization.


Mar 17, 2022

Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, chief of pediatric hematology and oncology at the Yale School of Medicine and an expert on sickle cell disease. They discuss promising new treatments that can effectively cure the painful disease for some patients. 


Mar 10, 2022

Howie and Harlan are joined by Dr. Kristin Mattocks, a researcher at the University of Massachusetts and the Department of Veteran's Affairs. They discuss her research on the complexities of healthcare for the growing number of women veterans. 


Mar 3, 2022

Howie and Harlan talk with Dr. Mandy Cohen, former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the CEO of Aledade Care Solutions. They discuss how to create the incentives and infrastructure needed for better outcomes for all patients.