Dhruv Khullar
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New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Dhruv:
Three Star Science Writers Discuss the COVID-19 Beat—and How the Media Will Cover a Vaccine
“The moment I learned it was a coronavirus, something shifted in my head.” → Read More
3 Actions Congress Can Take to Reduce Drug Prices
Saving patients money doesn’t have to hurt business. → Read More
Food for thought — and health. The right diet for patients can improve outcomes and reduce costs.
Evidence from studies and programs shows how crafting a meal can counter heart ailments, diabetes and other medical problems. → Read More
Treating Regret
Despite the pervasiveness of regret, doctors often overlook it. → Read More
Good Leaders Make Good Doctors
Most people think of doctors as scientists, caregivers or educators. But we must also understand doctors as leaders. → Read More
What Happens When New Supermarkets Open in Food Deserts? Not What You May Think.
Recent evidence contests the idea that watering America’s food deserts will solve its obesity crisis, says WSJ Health Expert Dhruv Khullar. → Read More
Caregiving for a sick loved one can be stressful, harrowing, depressing — and rewarding
Physicians could do more to recognize and support the unique circumstances, concerns and needs of the friends and family members who aid patients. → Read More
When the future is running out, narrating the past helps to prepare
A growing body of work suggests that storytelling creates a sense of mattering. → Read More
Health care needs less #innovation
Health care, famously resistant to change, suddenly can't stop innovating — or at least saying it is. But the industry needs less #innovation and more imitation. → Read More
What Is Single Payer, Anyway? It Depends Who You Ask.
In 2008, no serious Democratic presidential candidate backed a single-payer health system. In 2020, they all might. → Read More
How Community Health Workers Could Create Less-Costly, Higher-Quality Care
Health systems in the U.S. are considering whether community health workers could improve health-care outcomes, says WSJ Health Expert Dhruv Khullar. → Read More
A.I. Could Worsen Health Disparities
In a health system riddled with inequity, we risk making dangerous biases automated and invisible. → Read More
The Hospital’s Gift of Downtime
The hospital, especially during the holidays, crystallizes an unavoidable truth: There’s simply no substitute for being there. → Read More
With drugs, how do we base their medical value vs. out-of-pocket cost?
Patients, doctors and policymakers struggle to find an answer to that question. → Read More
A Profusion of Diagnoses. That’s Good and Bad.
With millions of Americans taking risky medications for questionable diagnoses, have we medicalized everyday life? → Read More
Stigma Against Gay People Can Be Deadly
L.G.B.T. people experience a range of social, economic and medical disparities that jeopardize their long-term health. → Read More
Even as the U.S. grows more diverse, the medical profession is slow to follow
Blacks and Hispanics make up only small percentage of medical school graduates. → Read More
How Modern Medicine Has Changed the Supreme Court
Longer lives, longer terms and tougher nomination fights, as well as a premium on youth. → Read More
How can you tell whether your doctor is any good?
Measurement techniques may grow increasingly sophisticated, but doctors are not ballplayers, and health-care statistics are not as simple as a batting average. → Read More
How can you tell whether your doctor is any good?
Efforts to rate doctor quality include pay-for-performance and online reviews. → Read More