by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Health, Healthcare Ethics
After approximately a year off from blogging—a year spent reading and taking courses on subjects as diverse as python programming and ethics—I have decided to resume blogging. Over the next year, I hope to write mostly about the confluence of three subject areas:...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Digital Platforms, Health, Wearables
I’ve just finished reading a book called “The Blue Zones”, by Dan Buettner. It summarizes the similarities and differences between the lifestyles of centenarians who live in communities with a high prevalence of people who not only live much longer...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Social Media, Uncategorized
Does awareness of a health issue, either personally or at the population level, improve health? I am not convinced it does. For example, consider the problem of smoking – which was clearly identified as a health concern in the early 1960s. Or how about the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health
John Locke (1632 – 1704) is both the Father of Liberalism (Two Treatises on Government) and the Grandfather of Empiricism (An Essay Concerning Human Understanding). But he wasn’t just a great philosopher. He was also a physician, and not surprisingly, ...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health
Is a 29-year-old winner of the wheelchair division of The Seattle Marathon healthier then an obese 22-year-old video game player? Is a competitive triathlete taking a cholesterol-lowering medication healthy? Is there such a thing as a healthy 75-year-old? How about a...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Healthcare 3.0, Social Media
For most people, most of the time, digital technology is unhealthy. By most people, I mean 95% of adults. If I meant children, it would be 99%. By most of the time, I mean 99%. By digital technology, I mean 1.0 technology – which includes TV, 2.0 technology...
