Innholdsfortegnelse for 03/29/2019 i Newsweek International

OBESITY TAKES A DECADE OFF A PERSON’S life span, on average, and it afflicts a third of Americans. That means it’s on track to rob the current U.S. population of a billion years of life. Dr. Jamy Ard wants to use digital technology to win some of those years back. Patients who participate in the weight-loss program he runs at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, get a digital scale for home that transmits daily weigh-ins to Ard and his team. It also tracks physical activity, food choices, water intake, sleep and other factors. Average weight loss after six months is 10 percent of body weight, and 44 percent of patients lose 15 percent of body weight or more. “If we’re going to move the needle on prevention…

1 The Mayo Clinic THE ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA–BASED MAYO CLINIC HAS PROVIDED PATIENTS WITH comprehensive medical care for over 150 years. Now with centers in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota, as well as over 19 hospitals in five states, its health system serves more than 1.3 million people annually. But it’s the nonprofit’s peerless educational arm, including the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and 57 research centers, that sets it apart, providing vital innovation for the entire medical community (more than 7,200 peer-reviewed publications to date). That, along with superb patient support, earns the Mayo Clinic Newsweek’s top spot for 2018–19. ► MayoClinic.org 2 Cleveland Clinic The Cleveland Clinic—site of the world’s first total facial transplant—is among the largest medical providers in the world, with over 7.6 million patient visits in…

“WHEN THE WORLD ENDS, I HOPE I GO DOWN DANCING,” SAYS GLORIA Bell, the titular character in director Sebastián Lelio’s new American film—a cover version, as he has described it, of his “secret musical,” the 2013 Chilean film Gloria. In both movies, the character is a mother of two grown kids who lives alone and works a mundane job. She is a free spirit who smokes weed, does yoga and dances her nights away in clubs, where, in Gloria Bell, she hooks up with a new man (played by the terrific John Turturro). Simple enough. But as often happens when the Oscar-winning Julianne Moore is the star, the ordinary becomes sublime. Her performance has been heaped with praise, and the opening weekend box office was second only to Captain Marvel…

A fortress built of wooden pallets is set ablaze during a celebration for Maslenitsa on March 9. The Eastern Slavic folk holiday—a farewell to winter—takes place the week before the start of Russian Orthodox Lent and involves the burning of a large effigy (this one representing the Bastille, a symbol of the French Revolution). The abandoned village of Nikola-Lenivets, about 140 miles southwest of Moscow, is now an art park.…

OF ALL THE INDUSTRIES ON THE THRESHOLD OF TRANSFORMATION, none is more politically contentious, tightly regulated, scientifically significant or economically important than health care. Hospitals around the globe will drive—and be shaped by—much of this disruption. NEWSWEEK has spent the better part of nine decades covering every aspect of health care, and we are committed to helping our readers make sense of the changes sweeping this industry. As part of that commitment, we partnered with Statista Inc., a global market research and consumer data company, to develop a groundbreaking ranking of the world’s best hospitals. The hospitals on this list are at the forefront of adapting to these new challenges while providing top-notch patient care. They range from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, with its peerless educational arm; to…

Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge, United Kingdom CUH.NHS.uk SPECIALTIES* Cardiology, General and Visceral Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology Ajou University Hospital Suwon, South Korea Hosp.AjouMC.or.kr SPECIALTIES Cardiology, General and Visceral Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology The Alfred Melbourne, Australia AlfredHealth.org.au SPECIALTIES Cardiology, General and Visceral Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology Asan Medical Center Seoul, South Korea AMC.Seoul.kr SPECIALTIES Cardiology, General and Visceral Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri BarnesJewish.org SPECIALTIES Cardiology, General and Visceral Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, Massachusetts BrighamAndWomens.org SPECIALTIES Cardiology, General and Visceral Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Seoul, South Korea CMCSeoul.or.kr SPECIALTIES Cardiology, General and Visceral Surgery, Neurology/ Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California Cedars-Sinai.org SPECIALTIES Cardiology,…

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH UNCON­ trolled blood pressure are having their vital signs monitored remotely by doctors at Ochsner Health System, an academic medical center in New Orleans. Patients are sent home with a smartphone app and a wireless, automatic blood-pressure cuff. If the readings start to climb, someone from Ochsner’s team gets in touch. Compared with conventional treatments, the program has more than doubled the rate at which patients keep their blood pressure under control. “The digital program was cheaper, more convenient and had better outcomes,” says cardiologist Richard Milani, the medical center’s chief clinical transformation officer. “We’re doing what you can’t do in a 15-minute office visit.” Newsweek contributor David H. Freedman talked with Milani about the program and the advantages of digital health. Q. Where does the…

THE NAME IS NOT WHAT YOU think. On a humid day in 2016, four rappers in search of a tag were listening to beats in a studio in Chengdu, China. One of them noticed their Haier Group air conditioner’s logo, the Haier Brothers. The electric company introduced the robot brothers (symbolizing wisdom and power) in a 1996 cartoon, and in the ensuing series, the massively popular Haier mascots traveled the world, saving humanity from natural disasters. “We were inspired to write a song imagining that as our future,” one of the friends, MaSiWei, tells Newsweek. “We wanted to become as famous as the Haier Brothers.” That choice proved auspicious. The internationally acclaimed Higher Brothers are, indeed, traveling the world. Saving humanity is on hold, at least for now. If hip-hop…