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Getting answers from a chatbot: Empowering patients through artificial...
Last year, I posted about Alexa being able used to access complex health information. Microsoft, on the other hand, has taken a different approach to the use of a chatbot/AI for healthcare. Instead of...
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The planetary diet: How humans need to eat to sustain a population of 10 billion
We’re reaching a breaking point as a species, with our population growth rapidly outstripping what the Earth is capable of supporting. UN population estimates state that, in the last fifty years, our...
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New year, new trends: What to watch for in healthcare in 2019 (Part 2)
Last week, I discussed the five biggest health trends to keep an eye on in 2019. To recap, the first three items were: Putting patients at the centre of our healthcare system Using data effectively to...
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New year, new trends: What to watch for in healthcare in 2019 (Part 1)
As we start a new year, every company and healthcare professional starts to think about what innovations the new year could bring. While some have very positive and innovative results, there are also...
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CES 2019 – Healthcare innovations to look out for
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is an annual event that attracts over 180,000 attendees each year, showcasing the most cutting edge, revolutionary technology imaginable. Of interest to readers of...
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Googling for health information: A needle in a very, very, large haystack
Previously, I talked about smart speakers , how they can be used as a way to find health information, and some of the implications this has for the delivery of healthcare. I want to switch gears a...
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Guest Post: How climate action can save global health
By Junaid Nabi, MD, MPH, is a Research Associate in Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Boston (Twitter: @JunaidNabiMD). Thilmeeza Hussain is a former deputy ambassador of the Maldives to the United...
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Alexa, diagnose my cough
About a year ago, my wife and I got a Sonos Beam for our house. With built-in Amazon Alexa, I thought this would be a pretty awesome way to interact with the TV, and would allow me to live out my dream...
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The Humility of Expertise
Ed note: Today we welcome Junaid Nabi back to the blog. For more about Junaid, please see the bottom of this post. Photo by Margarida CSilva The following is adapted from a speech that was delivered...
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How coffee shop racism harms black patients
Ed note: Today we welcome Junaid Nabi back to the blog. For more about Junaid, please see the bottom of this post. Photo credit: James Motter A couple of weeks ago, two black men entered the...
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Day Zero: The impact of Cape Town’s water shortage on public health
A story that’s been making the rounds recently is the impending water shortage in Cape Town. Multiple years of droughts have resulted in lower and lower water levels in the reservoirs that supply the...
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Sanitizing public health language: A response to the CDC language controversy
0000-0002-8715-2896 PLOSBLOGS Network & Public Health Perspectives are pleased to present this guest post discussing a public health controversy that, because it occurred late in December of...
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Thoughts and advice for the class of 2021
Last week, I saw someone ask a very simple question on Facebook: “If you could give one piece of advice to those starting undergrad next week, what would it be?” The comments were interesting. Several...
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Five for fighting, three to six for mumps: Controlling disease outbreaks in...
Editorial note: This piece was co-written by Atif Kukaswadia, PhD, and Ary Maharaj, M.Ed. Atif is a writer for the Public Health Perspectives blog on the PLOS network, and Ary is a writer for Silver...
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Five for fighting, three to six for mumps: Controlling disease outbreaks in...
Editorial note: This piece was co-written by Atif Kukaswadia, PhD, and Ary Maharaj, M.Ed. Atif is a writer for the Public Health Perspectives blog on the PLOS network, and Ary is a writer for Silver...
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Sickle Cell Awareness Day: Navigating the political process (Part 2)
Today, we’re continuing our interview with Senator Jane Cordy, a Senator from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and Mrs. Lanre Tunji-Ajayi, President & Executive Director of the Sickle Cell Disease...
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Sickle Cell Awareness Day: Creating a national day of action (Part 1)
Today, we’re welcoming Senator Jane Cordy, a Senator from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and Mrs. Lanre Tunji-Ajayi, President & Executive Director of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Canada to the...
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Visualizing public health: How bad is the drug overdose epidemic?
In healthcare we’re data rich, but information poor. There are lots of surveys, studies, and healthcare data available to us through different programs, but very rarely do we see it presented in way...
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Mark Zuckerberg supports universal basic income
Last week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg received an honorary degree from Harvard University. At the commencement, he promoted the idea of a basic income guarantee, joining several other tech...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional monologue about his newborn son’s heart surgery
“I have a story to tell about something that happened to our family last week.” With those words, Jimmy Kimmel opened his show. Using a combination of vulnerability and humour, he told us about the...
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