National cardiology meetings on Twitter always remind me of this 2015 study that found mortality goes down during these periods Vinay Prasad MD MPH Anupam Jena

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This week in Random Acts of Medicine, we shine some light on a clever new study examining one of the hazards of total #eclipse tourism:
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Check out Chris Worsham & my newsletter this week on solar eclipses and mortality #randomactsofmedicine

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Thank you to Anupam Jena for a fantastic Lucy Squire presentation this morning on “Random Acts of Medicine” at #AUR24 ! Dr. Novelline & all of us truly enjoyed it! AUR Harvard Medical School MassGeneral Medicine

Excellent thought provoking Lucy Squire lecture at #AUR24 by Anupam Jena. Fascinating natural experiments ranging from hospital mortality during marathons and likelihood of a traffic ticket when the officer shares your first name.

An essay by Richard H Thaler and yours truly on Danny Kahneman and Amos Tversky, his greatest collaborator.
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Hidden biases influence the healthcare we receive. In this #TEDMEDConversation , Anupam Jena , MD, PhD, Economist, Physician, & Author. Discuss how natural experiments reveal hidden patterns in health and medicine.

Don’t miss out on the full conversation: youtu.be/YpcJJNaWLQg

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Once you turn 18 you have a higher chance of being prescribed an Opioid compared to someone who is 17 and 11 months. Anupam Jena , MD, PhD, Economist, Physician, & Author discusses in the full conversation: youtu.be/YpcJJNaWLQg.
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Watch the recent TEDMED talk with HCP Professor Anupam Jena where he discusses how reaching the age of 18 can impact the likelihood of receiving opioid prescriptions.

Why turning 18 might change the frequency of opioid prescriptions. Anupam Jena Dives deeper in the full #TEDMEDConversation :

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The older the patient, the less likely doctors want to intervene.

In this #TEDMEDConversation , Anupam Jena MD, PhD, Economist, Physician, & Author of Random Acts of Medicine, discusses further in the full conversation:
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How does left-digit bias influence our healthcare? Anupam Jena , MD, PhD, Economist, Physician, & Author of #RandomActsofMedicine , discusses how natural experiments reveal hidden patterns. Don’t miss out: youtu.be/YpcJJNaWLQg. #Health #Health care #Medicine #Health Economics

Why do kids with summer birthdays (and their families!) get the flu more often? This snippet from last week's Friday Fireside Chat features my guest Anupam Jena and his research into this phenomenon. (1/2)
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Have you read LOOK AGAIN: The Power Noticing What Was Always There?

Two of my favorite thinkers, Tali Sharot affective.brain and Cass Sunstein, explain why we are wired to habituate, and how we can dishabituate if and when we choose.
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Tune in at 12 pm EST today for my conversation with Anupam Jena on today's Friday Fireside Chat! He's the Joseph P. Newhouse Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and a physician in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, (1/2)

Congratulations to my incredible friends Tali Sharot and Cass Sunstein on the publication of their new book LOOK AGAIN! It’s a marvelous tour of the science behind habituation, which can dull our happiness and our humanity. Don’t miss it! 📖

Anupam Jena and I have known each other since 2007 when we were third year students. Great to meet in Boston.