September 2024 - The Olympics, poverty and breast cancer detection

Welcome to the eight episode of Health Econ on the Go. In this episode, we will cover three papers from August 2024, reflecting on energy poverty effects on an aging population, review a combined medical-microfinance intervention for managing hypertension in Kenya, and take a look into how AI-based technology is being evaluated for breast cancer screening in the UK. We launched this podcast with the moto "finish not perfect", so please leave me your comments and questions at healthecononthego@gmail.com

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Papers discussed on this episode:

1. ⁠Calls for the Olympics to end harmful Coca-Cola sponsorship: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01638-6/abstract
2. ⁠"The impact of energy poverty on the health and welfare of the middle-aged and older adults” available here: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/publichealth/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1404014/full
3. "Cost-effectiveness of group medical visits and microfinance interventions versus usual care to manage hypertension in Kenya" available here: https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2214-109X%2824%2900188-8
4. "Cost-Effectiveness of AI for Risk-Stratified Breast Cancer Screening” available here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/282325
5. "Limitarianism" Goodreads link (follow-up from last episode): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141310682-limitarianism
6. This Podcast Will Kill You: https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/