Layla Parast, PhD
Layla Parast is a statistician.
Meds
Driving around, searching for children's Tylenol and a pharmacy that had the antibiotics my son needed, was not how I wanted to spend the holidays. I am not alone - shelves are bare, and antibiotics are in short supply as…
Driving around, searching for children’s Tylenol and a pharmacy that had the antibiotics my son needed, was not how I wanted to spend the holidays. I am not alone – shelves are bare, and antibiotics are in short supply as we head into the new year in the midst of a triple threat of COVID-19, flu, and RSV.
While this drug shortage is incredibly frustrating, at least there is …
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Timely treatment decisions: the promise of surrogate markers
Conditions
Have you ever felt as if your doctor wasn’t really listening to you or was just rushing through your appointment? Have you ever felt as if your doctor didn’t understand the pain you were in or didn’t take it seriously?…
Have you ever felt as if your doctor wasn’t really listening to you or was just rushing through your appointment? Have you ever felt as if your doctor didn’t understand the pain you were in or didn’t take it seriously?
Most health care providers are evaluated based on the experience their patients had, and their payment is often based on those patient experience scores. A major component of patient …
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It’s time to address pain despite the opioid crisis
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