Photo credit: Aging by BobAuBuchon on Flickr In an archived episode of the always-excellent 1:2:1 podcast from Stanford School of Medicine, Paul Costello and Dr. Laura Carstensen discuss how life is longer than we think. Consider. In the last century, mean life expectancy has increased by twenty years, and yet most of us complain [...]

  I thought it was about time to write a post about the woes of doctor-patient email. Last week, a friend was having some issues with his phone, so his family doctor’s office couldn’t get in touch to inform him of the date of his specialist’s appointment. He didn’t know about the trouble until he [...]