Saturday, May 31, 2014
Photographic Evidence That Smoking Ages People Prematurely
The Well Smoking Quiz: Who Looks Older. Well Blog. January 10, 2014.
Doctor Shortage Is Cited In Delays At V.A. Hospitals
Doctor Shortage Is Cited In Delays At V.A. Hospitals by Richard A. Oppel Jr. and Abby Goodnough. The New York Times. May 29, 2014.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Teen Birth Rate--Dropping; Older Women Birth Rate--Rising
U.S. Birth Rate Hits Lows For Teens, Rises Among Older Women by Ellen Wulfhorst. Reuters. May 29, 2014.
Sex-Reassignment Surgery Will Be Evaluated For Reimbursement by Medicare On A Case-By-Case Basis; Implications For Private Insurance Seen
Medicare Ban On Sex-Reassignment Surgery Lifted--Update by Stephanie Armour. The Wall Street Journal. May 30, 2014.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Q And A About Care For Veterans And Military
FAQ: VA And Military Care Are Different, But Are Often Confused by Julie Rovner. Kaiser Health News. May 29, 2014.
Obesity Rates Jump Worldwide; U.S. Has The Highest Proportion of The World's Obese
Obesity, Overweight Rates Jump Worldwide: Report. Health Day/WebMD. May 28, 2014.
Risk Of Heart Attack Can Triple Without Early Blood-Thinning Medication Following Stent
Many Delay Blood Thinners After Stents, Risk Death by Maureen Salamon. Health Day. May 28, 2014.
Mouse Study: Low Power Laser Shown To Stem Cells To Repair Teeth
Low-Power Laser May Trigger Tooth Repair. Health Day. May 28, 2014.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Study Sees Bigger Role For Placenta In Newborns' Health
Study Sees Bigger Role For Placenta In Newborns' Health by Denise Grady. The New York Times. May 21, 2014.
Even If Surge In Medicaid Has Not Already Occurred, Georgia Can Expect One Soon
State Disputes Report Of Big Jump In Medicaid by Andy Miller. Georgia Health News. May 27, 2014.
Cancer Care Costs: Insurance Companies Develop Protocols Raising Physician Concerns About Individual Care
Insurers Push To Rein In Spending On Cancer Care by Anna Wilde Mathews. The Wall Street Journal. May 27, 2014.
Insurers Try To Curb Oncology Costs By Regulating Cancer Treatment by Aileen Graef. UPI. May 28, 2014.
Insurers Try To Curb Oncology Costs By Regulating Cancer Treatment by Aileen Graef. UPI. May 28, 2014.
"Food Democracy", Agroecology, Feeding The World Completely And Well": The Visions Of UN Food Official
Food's Big-Picture Guy by Mark Bittman. The Opinion Pages. The New York Times. May 25, 2014.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Monday, May 26, 2014
In States Expanding Medicaid, Safety-Net Hospitals See Dramatically Improved Revenue Because Of Drop In Uninsured Patients
An Obamacare Winner: Safety-Net Hospitals by Phil Galewitz. Kaiser Health News/USA Today. May 24, 2014.
To Encourage Enrollment Under Subsidized Coverage Of Obamacare, Some Hospitals Limit Charity Care
Hospitals Look To Health Law, Cutting Charity by Abby Goodnough. The New York Times. May 25, 2014.
Bioelectronics As A Method To Harness The Nervous System To Inflammation
Can The Nervous System Be Hacked by Michael Behar. The New York Times Magazine. May 23, 2014.
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Five Predictions About The Future Of Reproduction: More Diverse Parents; More Similar Children?
Making Babies: Five Predictions About The Future Of Reproduction by Alexis C. Madrigal. The Atlantic. May 21, 2014.
Less Than 20% Of Medical Schools Teach Students How To Talk With Disabled Students--A Barrier To Care
Doctors' Ignorance Stands In The Way Of Care For The Disabled by Leana Wen. National Public Radio. May 17, 2014.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Natural Immunity To Malaria Fosters Hope For Vaccine For Disease That Killed 627,000 in 2014.
Novel Antigen Holds Promise For Malaria Vaccine by Honor Whiteman. Medical News Today. May 23, 2014.
Georgia Ranks 40th on Seniors' Health Measures
Georgia Scores Low In Senior Health by Andy Miller. Georgia Health News. May 22, 2014
Physical Exams Receive Renewed Emphasis In Some Medical Schools
Patients Lose When Doctors Can't Do Good Physical Exams by Sandra G. Boodman. Kaiser Health News. May 20, 2014.
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Three-Quarters Of Fourth-Year Report Personal Involvement In Medical Error; What Happens Then?
When Medical Students Make Errors by Dhruv Khullar. Well Blog. The New York Times. May 15, 2014.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Gene For ADHD May Be Adaptive Or Maladaptive Depending On Environment
Is ADHD An Advantage For Nomadic Tribesmen? Science Daily. June 10, 2014.
Dogs, With About 200 Million Olfactory Cells, Demonstrate Ability to Smell Prostate Cancer In Urine
Dogs Can Sniff Out Prostate Cancer In Urine by Bridgett Novak. Reuters. May 19 2014.
Bacteria Find Airplanes Are Friendly Environments; Can Live For Up To A Week; Cleaning And Hand Sanitizers Needed
Deadly Germs Can Live In Aircraft Cabins For A Week by Jessica Firger. CBSNEWS.COM. May 20, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
"Words and Pictures" Film Review: Artist With Rheumatoid Arthritis--Passion And Pain In Each Stroke
Actress, Artist, Sometimes Both At Once by Mekado Murphy. The New York Times. May 16, 2014.
Pancreatic Cancer Projected To Be 2nd Deadliest Cancer by 2030; Difficulty In Diagnosis, Lack Of Research Funding Cited As Reasons
Pancreatic Cancer: 2nd Deadliest Cancer by 2030? by Alan Mozes. WebMd. May 19, 2014.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Overseeing The Business Of Medicine Commands Highest Compensation, Not Patient Care; Executives Compensation At This Level Unique To U.S. Healthcare
Medicine's Top Earners Are Not The M.D.s by Elisabeth Rosenthal. Opinion. The New York Times. May 17, 2014.
Studies are cited that administrative costs make up between 20 to 30 percent of the United States health care bill.
Studies are cited that administrative costs make up between 20 to 30 percent of the United States health care bill.
Accumulation Of Fat Said To Cause Overeating Not The Reverse, Article Suggests
Always Hungry? Here's Why By David S. Ludwig And Mark Friedman. Opinion. The New York Times. May 16, 2014.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
"Bones Don't Lie"--Distinguished Forensic Anthropologist Showed The Importance Of Bones In Life And Health
Clyde Snow, A Sleuth Who Read Bones From King Tut's To Kennedy's, Is Dead at 86 by Robert D. McFadden. New York Times. May 16, 2014.
Friday, May 16, 2014
Women Often Unaware Of Benefits Under The Health Law
Survey: Many Women Unaware How Health Law Benefits Them by Lisa Gillespie. Kaiser Health News. May 15, 2014.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Health Insurance Giants Team To Provide Healthcare Cost Transparency; Website To Be Available In 2015
Health Insurances Want To Make Medical Prices Easier To Discover by John Tozzi. Bloomberg Businessweek. May 15, 2014.
N.I.H Warns Scientists That Females Cannot Be Ignored In Testing Biomedical Advances
Labs Are Told To Start Including A Neglected Variable: Female by Roni Caryn Rabin. The New York Times. May 14, 2014.
As a result of the systematic exclusion of females and female tissues from biomedical testing "researchers know far more about (drug or treatment) effect on males than on females."
As a result of the systematic exclusion of females and female tissues from biomedical testing "researchers know far more about (drug or treatment) effect on males than on females."
CDC Propose New Drug Strategy For AIDS Infection Prevention; Condoms Though Effective Are Widely Unpopular
CDC Backs Daily Pill To Help Prevent AIDS Infection By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Boston Globe/New York Times. May 15, 2014.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Piedmont Hospitals Partnership With Urgent Care Reflects More Access To Health Insurance
Latest Partnership Reflects Trend In Urgent Care by Andy Miller. Georgia Health News. May 12, 2014.
No Wonder Agent For Heart Health In Red Wine Or Any Food For That Matter
Why The Doctor Might Be Wrong About The Good In Red Wine by Alice Park. Time. May 12, 2014.
The headline immediately above conflicts with the last paragraph of the article which argues that the role of red wine or any food is a complex question.
The headline immediately above conflicts with the last paragraph of the article which argues that the role of red wine or any food is a complex question.
Linking Psychology And Physiology, Study Finds Linkage Between Being Victim of Bullying and Inflammation
Bullying Linked To Increased Inflammation: Study by Kathryn Doyle. Reuters. My 12, 2014.
Monday, May 12, 2014
At Least For The Now, New Patients Under Obamacare Not Overwhelming The Primary Care System
What Surge? Nation's Primary Care System Holding Up Well So Far Under Obamacare by Phil Galewitz. Kaiser Health News. May 12, 2014.
So far, so good. However there could be some difficulties ahead.
So far, so good. However there could be some difficulties ahead.
Decision Not To Expand Medicaid Impacts Community Health Centers and Patients Mostly In The South
States' Medicaid Decisions Leave Health Centers, Patients In Lurch by Phil Galewitz. Kaiser Health News. May 9, 2014.
Significant Quote: "If all 50 states had expanded Medicaid as the law's framers had intended, 5.2 million uninsured community health center patients out of a total of 7.5 million would have been covered, the report projected."
Significant Quote: "If all 50 states had expanded Medicaid as the law's framers had intended, 5.2 million uninsured community health center patients out of a total of 7.5 million would have been covered, the report projected."
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon Of A Faun. A Sublime Dancer And Heroism In The Face Of Polio
Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon Of A Faun. Documentary Film by Nancy Buirski, Director, Producer, Writer. It is playing at Midtown Art Theatre in Atlanta thru May 15.
This film is sublime in so many ways. One of those ways is how it shows a creative artist dealing with a disease that struck her down in her prime.
This film is sublime in so many ways. One of those ways is how it shows a creative artist dealing with a disease that struck her down in her prime.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Google Glass Has Already Offered Some Physicians And Nurses Useful Applications
Why Some Doctors Like Google Glass So Much. by Susan Young Rojahn. Technology Review. May 6, 2014.
Parasitic Infections More Widespread Than Many Think
CDC Targets Five Parasitic Infections. HealthDay/MedicalXpress. May 8, 20-14
Nine Times More Births To Women Over 35 Than in the 1970's
More Older Women Becoming First-Time Mothers by Jessica Firger. CBS News. May, 9 2014.
Friday, May 9, 2014
Modification of Genetic Alphabet Raises Hopes And Concerns
Scientists Add Letters To DNA's Alphabet, Raising Hope And Fear by Andrew Pollack. The New York Times. May 7, 2014.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Spread Of Polio A Public Health Emergency Says WHO
The Comeback Of Polio Is A Public Health Emergency by Jason Beaubien. NPR. May 5, 2014.
Massive Study Of Massachusetts Health Care Law Points To Possibility That Obamacare Will Save Lives
Mortality Drop Seen To Follow '06 Health Law by Sabrina Tavernise. The New York Times. May 5, 2014.
Monday, May 5, 2014
College Graduation and Health Insurance: Options Available
College Graduates Should Consider Options For Health Insurance by Lisa Zamosky. The Los Angeles Times. May 4, 2014.
Losing student-based health insurance could serve as a qualifying event under the Affordable Care Act.
Losing student-based health insurance could serve as a qualifying event under the Affordable Care Act.
Docudrama Mixes Medical and Genetic Science With A Personal History Of Breast Cancer.
On The Trail Of A Gene That Kills by Stephen Holden. The New York Times. May 1, 2014.
This is a film review. The movie is available in theaters and on-demand.
This is a film review. The movie is available in theaters and on-demand.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Device To Scan Food To Determine Fat, Protein, an Carb Amounts
This 'Star Trek'-Style Molecular Sensor Fits In Your Hand, Reads Your Food by Kieron Monks. CNN. May 2, 2014.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Research Trends Away From Saturated Fat As Cause Of Heart Disease; Carbs Increasingly Viewed As The Villian
The Questionable Link Between Saturated Fat And Heart Disease by Nina Teicholz. The Saturday Essay. The Wall Street Journal. May 2, 2014.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Up To 39% of Premature Deaths Preventable; Preventable Deaths Concentrated in The Southeast
Up To 39% Of Premature Deaths Preventable, CDC Says by Larry Hand. Medscape. May 1, 2014.
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Free Screening + Costly Diagnosis: Problem With Obamacare
The Problem With Free Health Care by H. Gilbert Welch. The New York Times. Apri. 30, 2014.
Treating screening, part of preventative care, differently from diagnosis for those with signs or symptoms of disease creates problems that need to be addressed the author argues.
Treating screening, part of preventative care, differently from diagnosis for those with signs or symptoms of disease creates problems that need to be addressed the author argues.
Botched Execution In Oklahoma Engenders Debate About Doctors Participation In Executions
Doctors In The Death Chamber. Room for Debate. The New York Times. May 1, 2014.
This debate presents four points of view.
This debate presents four points of view.
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