The power of words and the immigration crisis. Read More
Lab Notes #14: Trump, Coulter, and the In Utero Impact of Anti-Immigration Rhetoric
Lab Notes #13: Play the Long Game … Find Time to Play
The imperative of a work-life balance. Read More
Lab Notes #12: Securing Customers for Life
You’ve seen the news on fitness and the American diet. It’s not good. In “Our Food Is Killing Too Many of Us,” authors Dariush Mozaffarian and Dan Glickman outline the dismal state of the union: More than 100 million adults — almost half the entire adult population — have pre-diabetes or diabetes. Cardiovascular disease afflicts… Read More
Lab Notes #11: What Toddlers Talk About When They Talk About Books
When reading to your kids, paper books work best. With pixelated paragraphs, stuff gets lost in translation. Read More
Lab Notes #10: On Libertarian Paternalism and the Power of a Nudge
Happy sweet 16 to libertarian paternalism. Let’s see how this idea has aged. Read More
Lab Notes #9: Write Makes Right: Pushing the Best Lever for Self-motivation
In a recent study on weight reduction (full text here), researchers found that dietary self‐monitoring correlates strongly with short‐ and long‐term weight loss. When I first heard about the study, I figured: oh, the power of the written word strikes again. Whether your mission is your health or your business, words matter, and words motivate.… Read More
Lab Notes #8: Real Perils in Virtual Healthcare
Is there room in virtual medicine for doctors to honor the Hippocratic oath? Read More
