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9. Why Fridays May Be Dangerous for Your Health

Freakonomics, M.D.

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The Friday Effect Isn't Just About Short Term Stock Performance or Avoiding Headlines

Louis diestra hopes the study makes it clear that the friday effect isn't just about short term stock performance or avoiding headlines. That realization could change the incentives for how regulators and drug makers behave, he says. Ben barber: The safety alerts themselves are fairly complicated, so i don't necessarily think that patients are going o be even look at them.

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