Laura Landro
@LauraALandro
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Former Wall Street Journal reporter/editor, now a freelance contributor. Author, “Survivor: Taking Control of Your Fight Against Cancer
Joined September 2013
An honor to be present when my hero Dr. Rainer Storb of @fredhutch received this lifetime achievement award yesterday at #ASH25 and see this great tribute https://t.co/UxzbFJ2sHH
With Dr Storb receiving the Wallace H. Coulter Award at #ASH25, this is the perfect moment to revisit his story. Discover the origins of a true pioneer in @TheIACH interview: an inspiring journey from post-war childhood to shaping modern hematology. https://t.co/F6fzmknGY3
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My latest story for @WSJ on the advances in diagnosing and treating autoimmune diseases, and better understanding their cause
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Scientists are making progress in understanding and treating these disorders, which can go unrecognized for years.
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Can't find a doctor? @LauraALandro from @WSJ explains how generative AI can help. @GordonDeal #AmericasFirstNews
https://t.co/g4ILKcWq57
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My latest story for @WSJ: The doctor shortage is leading patients to AI chatbots, home devices and direct-to-consumer lab tests to get the medical answers they need. https://t.co/IVy1k912Au via @WSJ
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Patients increasingly take on their own healthcare amid long waits for doctors’ appointments and a rise in self-care options
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New #SoundPractice episode! A former @wsj “Informed Patient” columnist addresses ambient listening tech in healthcare: what it does, how it works, and why ethics matter. https://t.co/zdEvenePKF
#HealthcareTech #DigitalHealth #AmbientAI #PhysicianLeadership #Podcast
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In this episode of SoundPractice, we dive into an engaging and informative discussion on the future of AI in healthcare and its implications for both doctors and patients. Host Mike Sacopulos is...
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My story for @WSJ’s Future of Everything series about the growing use of #AI Scribes- as ambient listening technology makes more inroads in medicine with
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New systems for documenting outpatient visits are adding features and moving into hospitals. “We are just scratching the surface,” one doctor says.
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My latest story for @WSJ on how #AI and genetic science are ushering in a new era in blood testing to detect and manage disease- earlier, faster and less invasively https://t.co/S4vz7a1kJk
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A wave of diagnostic tests—some here, some coming—can identify cancer and Alzheimer’s at earlier stages and predict flare-ups of other conditions
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My ‘Valley of Forgetting’ Review: In Pursuit of the Mystery of Alzheimer’s https://t.co/De3npbxA7F via @WSJBooks
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A mountainous region in Colombia was the site of many cases of early-onset Alzheimer’s. One researcher saw an opportunity to discover the genetic triggers of the disease.
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Kudos to longtime personal finance columnist Jonathan Clements, who, facing a terminal cancer diagnosis, gets his affairs in order - and offers practical advice for planning ahead even if you feel like you are going to live forever.
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The former Wall Street Journal columnist faces a terminal cancer diagnosis the only way he knows how—with practical suggestions about family finances.
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My latest for @WSJ on why it’s still so hard for patients to navigate their electronic medical records - even with all those portals and apps. Interoperability will offer some answers …in the meantime, some practical tips
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The digitization of healthcare information was supposed to make it all so easy. It hasn’t yet, but it’s getting there.
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Longevity may be a hot topic, but @AmyDMarcus has a reality check: Better health has extended life expectancy, but researchers believe we might be reaching the bounds of our biology. “It seems this is the end.”
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How long we might live is more hotly debated than ever.
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A deep dive by @WSJ : how Medicare Advantage drives up taxpayer costs by adding diagnoses for which patients received no treatment, or that contradicted their doctors’ views..sometimes using #AI to review charts then send nurses to patient homes
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Questionable diagnoses of HIV and other maladies triggered extra Medicare Advantage payments. “It’s anatomically impossible,” said one doctor about some cataract diagnoses.
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Mayo Clinic’s Cancer Care Beyond Walls program is transforming care delivery for cancer patients, replicating hospital-quality care from the home to improve quality of life and pave the way for more flexible care options for patients at scale:
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Mayo Clinic's Cancer Care Beyond Walls program allows some patients to receive part of their cancer care at home.
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Private equity’s push into health care has spawned a “harmful arms race that has helped drive prices increasingly higher without improving care” per a 3-part @WSJ Heard on the Street series; pain for both docs and patients as lawmakers zero in.
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Private-equity investors have poured billions into healthcare but often game the system, hurting both doctors and patients. This is the first in a three-part series on concentration in American...
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Must read: a beautiful family memoir interwoven with a deep dive into #CancerResearch on genetic origins in @WSJ by Lawrence Ingrassia, adapted from his forthcoming book A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed A Deadly Medical Mystery. https://t.co/BevL8yhRVm
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For decades, Lawrence Ingrassia wondered why so many of his loved ones got cancer. Then a team of dedicated researchers discovered the gene p53.
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Another wide ranging health and medicine report from @wsj includes stories on new blood thinners to prevent clots, the toll of dementia, high impact marriage counseling- and my story on why it’s so frustrating to see doctor and new strategies to help https://t.co/rq6Ca74cIs
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My story for @WSJ on the frustrations of trying to score a doctors appointment and get timely care and follow-up amid a mounting shortage of physicians- and some of the solutions that could help make it better for patients https://t.co/R9MA4Tq9ya via @WSJ
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You struggle to make an appointment. You sit and sit in the waiting room. You get barely any face time with the doctor. Why is it so difficult?
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Today’s @WSJ Encore section -a more apt title than ‘retirement’, which we rarely fully do - has some great stories on finding love after 60, why we prefer to be called something groovier than grandma, and my piece on new ways to treat chronic back pain!
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The latest retirement coverage from The Wall Street Journal
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My latest for @WSJ : for millions of adults suffering from chronic lower-back pain, new research-driven approaches to treatment aim to provide relief- and avoid opioid use and abuse https://t.co/HXo9D2fpZ6 via @WSJ
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Researchers say nonsurgical interventions can be more effective and less expensive than surgical treatments.
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My story in today’s @WSJ: AI is expected to radically improve healthcare diagnoses. But researchers are learning there are limits. And ChatGPT isn’t going to replace your doctor anytime soon. #AI #ChatGPT
https://t.co/pwJWWytyzt via @WSJ
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The answer is yes, but only if doctors follow some clear lessons that researchers are learning.
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