Graduate Medical Education Could Change Significantly Under New Recommendations From Institute Of Medicine

Expert Panel Recommends Sweeping Changes To Doctor Training System by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  July 29, 2014.

Report Touches Off Fight Over Future Of Doctor Training Program by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  July 30, 2014.

Subscription Access To Physicians Over The Internet

HealthTap's Video Chatting Doctors Want To End Your WebMD Meltdowns by Issie Lapowsky.  Wired.  July 30, 2014.

The Psychological Toll, For Both Patients And Medical Professionals, of Ebola In Sierra Leone

The Psychological Toll Of Ebola In Sierra Leone by Mirren Gidda.  Time.  July 31, 2014.

Blood Test May Indicate Genetic Proclivity To Inability To Deal With Stress As Well As Suicide

Blood Test Could Predict Risk Of Suicide by Caelainn Hogan.  The Washington Post.  July 30, 2014.

Role Of Virus In Control Of Gut Bacteria May Hold A Key To Obesity And Diabetes

The Super-Abundant Virus Controlling Your Gut Bacteria by Azeen Ghorayshi.  New Scientist.  July 25, 2014.

Technology, Including Infrared Breathing Sensors, May Offer Possibility To Prevent Kid's Car Heathstroke

If Cars Can Monitor Left-On Headlights And Rear Obstructions, They Should Be Able To Save Trapped Kids Lives by Susan Pepperdine.  Time.  July 29, 2014.

15 Diseases Doctors Often Get Wrong; Often Inflammation Is Involved

15 Diseases  Doctors Often Get Wrong.  Health Com/yahoo.com.  July 29, 2014.

New Google Project Hopes To Detect Changes In Body Before Illness Symptoms

What Does A 'Healthy Human' Look Like?  Google Wants To Know by David McNamee.  Medical News Today.  July 29, 2014.

50% Of Americans Over 65 Have Incontinence Issues; Implications For The Workplace And Health

Bathroom Break Controversy:  Is 'Holding It'  Bad For Your Health by Jessica Firger.  CBS News News.  July 18, 2014.

Indoor Tanning Directly Linked To 6,000 New Cancer Cases A Year; Skin Cancer Continues To Rise

Surgeon General:  Stop Tanning And Save Your Skin by Kim Painter. USA Today.  July 29, 2014.

Fear Of Ebola Breeds A Terror Or Physicians; Importance Of Trust In Medicine

Fear Of Ebola Breeds A Terror Of Physicians by Adam Nossiter.  The New York Times.  July 27, 2014.

Study: False Memories May Result From Lack Of Sleep

Lack Of Sleep 'Increases Risk Of False Memories' by Honor Whiteman.  Medical News Today.  July 27, 2014.

No Screening Program For Cancers Showing Rapid Rise For Women And Men Under 45

Anal, Throat Cancers On The Rise Among Young Adults.  Health Day/ Medicalxpress.  July 25, 2014.

Six Part NY Times Series On Marijuana

Let States Decide On Marijuana by David Firestone.  The New York Times.  July 26, 2014.

NY Times Calls For Repeal Of Ban On Marijuana

Repeal Prohibition, Again by The Editorial Board.  The New York Times.  July 27, 2014.

Georgia State Agency Bypassed On Family Planning Services Grant; Merger Of Family Planning With Medical Homes Cited As Possible Reason

State Agency Loses Federal 'Family Planning' Grant by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  July 18, 2014.

Multiple Chronic Health Conditions In Elderly Present Treatment Challenges, Increase Likelihood Of Shortened Lifespan

Life Expectancy Gains Threatened As More Older Americans Suffer From Multiple Medical Conditions.  Science Daily.  July 23, 2014.

Stigma And Fear Created By Anti-Gay Laws Aids And Abets HIV

Anti-Gay Laws Can Fuel Spread Of HIV, Research Finds by Karen Weintraub.   USA TODAY.  July 23, 2014.

Perverse Incentives Hamper Efforts To Match Drug Development With Needs

A Dearth In Innovation For Key Drugs by Eduardo Porter.  The New York Times.  July 22, 2014.

Efforts To Block Implementation Of Obamacare Perhaps Could Lead To Significant Health Consequences For Red States

Two Americas On Health Care, And Danger Of Further Division by Margot Sanger-Katz.  TheUpshot.  The New York Times.  July 23, 2014.

Newly Discovered Genetic Links For Schizophrenia Include Immune System and Smoking

Schizophrenia  Has Clear Genetic Ties, New Study Finds by Karen Weintraub.  USA Today.  July 22, 2014.

Measure Of "Food Insecurity" Shows That 1 In 6 Americans Have Trouble Staying Fed

Shift To 'Food Insecurity' Creates Startling New Picture Of Hunger In America by Tracie McMillian.  National Geographic.  July 16, 2014.

With Preventable Patient Harm The Third Leading Cause of Death In the U.S. Experts Call For Public Reporting Of Harms

Health Safety Experts Call For Public Reporting Of Medical Harms by Marshall Allen.  NPR.  July 18, 2014.

More Systematic Reporting Of Drug Side Effects Is Evolving

Big Data Peeps At Your Medical Records To Find Drug Problems by Nell Greenfieldboyce.  NPR>  July 21, 2014.

New Discipline, 'Mental Health Science', Proposed To Combine The Benefits of Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology

Experts Urge New Discipline Combining benefits Of Neuroscience, Psychology Treatments.  Science Daily.  July 18, 2014.

Comprehensive Approach To Health And Poverty Involves Lawyers

When Poverty Makes You Sick, A Lawyer Can Be The Cure by Tina Rosenberg.  The New York Times.  July 17, 2014.

Robots: Resource To Meet Shortages In Eldercare

The Future Of Robot Caregivers by Louise Aronson.  The New York Times.  July 19, 2014.

Media Potrayls Of CPR May Lead to Unrealistic Expectations

The CPR We Don't See On TV by Dhruv Khullar.  Well Blog.  The New York Times.  July 17 2014.

Chillier Bedrooms Found To Provides Metabolical Advantages

Let's Cool It In The Bedroom by Gretchen Reynolds.  Well Blog.  The New York Times.  July 17, 2014.

Doctor Characteristics May Be More Influential In Determining Prostate Cancer Treatment Than Patient Condition

Doctor Characteristics May Influence Prostate Cancer Treatment by Andrew M. Seaman.  Reuters.  July 14, 2014.

Handy Brief Reference Of Current Litigation Regarding Obamacare

Health Advocate:  ACA Litigations Continues:  A Primer Of Major Cases by Jane Perkins, Dipti Singh.  July 14, 2014.

Leader In Affordable HIV/AIDS Treatments For Poor Nations Killed in Malaysia Airlines Crash

Leading AIDS Researcher Killed In Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Crash by Thomas Erdbrink and Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  July 18, 2014.

Nurses Delaying Retirement; Workforce Exceeds Government Predictions

Nursing Workforce Spikes Despite Projected U.S. Shortage by Sonali Basak.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  July 17, 2014.

Using Stem Cells To Reawaken Heart Cells Damaged In Heart Attack

Can Heart Attack Damage Be Reversed?  by Caleb Hellerman.  CNN.  July 14, 2014.

Georgia's Gun-Carry Law Creates Uncertainty For Many Hospitals

How Will Broader Gun-Carry Law Affect Hospitals?  by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  July 16, 2014.

Medical Conspiracy Theories Believed By About Half Of Americans; "..Easier To Understand Than Complex Information"

You're Not Alone:  Medical Conspiracies Believed By Many by Andrew M. Seaman.  Reuters.  March 18, 2014

Gene Therapy Converts Ordinary Heart Tissue Into Biological Pacemaker

Gene Therapy Creates Biological Pacemaker Cells For The Heart by Will Dunham.  Reuters.  July 16, 2014.

Better Control Of Risk Factors Seems To Be The Cause Of 20-Year Decline In Stroke risk And Death Rates

Study Finds A 20-Year Decline In Stroke Risk And Death Rates by Marie Ellis.  Medical News Today.  Wednesday 16, 2014.

Walgreen Considers An Unprecedented Move For A U.S. Retailer

Walgreen Weighs Riding Tax-Inversion Wave by Paul Ziobro.  The Wall Street Journal.  July 15, 2014.

Who's Smoking: 40 Million Strong; Social Smokers, LGBT, Poor, Lower Education Levels

America's Smokers:  Still 40 Million Strong by Mike Esterl, Karishma Mehrotra, and Valerie Bauerlein.  The Wall Street Journal.  July 15, 2014.

Parental Measurement Confusion Leads To 40% Error Rate For Children's Medication In Study

Child Medication Measurements Confuse Parents by Caitlin Schmidt.  CNN.  July 14, 2014.

Cutting Edge AIDS Drug Raises Questions About Adherence and Behavior

Truvada, The Drug In Cuomo's AIDS-Eradication Plan, Spurs Debate by Mike Vilensky.  The Wall Street Journal.  July 13, 2014.

Changes In Smell And Retina May Presage Alzheimer's

Key To Detecting Alzheimer's Early Could Be In The Eye by Shirley Wang.  The Wall Street Journal.  July 13, 2014.

The Evolving, And Increasingly Impoverished, Vocabulary Of Pain

How To Talk About Pain by Joanna Bourke.  Sunday Review.  The New York Times.  July 12, 2014.

Side Effects, Real Or Imagined, Often Results In Noncompliance With Medications

Side Effects:  Telling The Real From The Imagined by Sumathi Reddy.  The Wall Street Journal.  July 7, 2014.

Huge, Tropical, Low Income, Rapidly-Growing Urban Areas Present Challenges

For Biggest Cities Of 2030, Look Toward The Tropics by Floyd Norris.  The New York Times.  July 11, 2014.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Associated With Urbanizations; Those Growing Up On Livestock Have Half The Risk

Growing Up On Livestock Farm Halves Risk Of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.  Science Daily.  July 11, 2014.

Unmotivated, Unenjoyable Exercise Harms Ability To Avoid Junk Food

Unwelcome Dieting News:  Forcing Yourself To Exercise Will Make You Reach For More Dessert by Venessa Wong.  July 11, 2014.

Physician Misconceptions About Statistics Often Stand In The Way of Selecting The Most Effective Treatment

Do Doctors Understand Test Results?  by William Kremer.  BBC World Service.  July 6, 2014.

Discovery of H.I.V. In Child Previously Thought To Be Cured Points To Difficulty of Uncovering Hiding Places For The Virus

Evidence Of H.I.V. Found In A Child Said To Be Cured by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  July 10, 2014.

New Era Of Respect For Primary Care Physicians?

Will Health Reform Bring New Role, Respect To Primary Care Physicians?  by Jay Hancock.  Kaiser Health News.  July 10, 2014.

Significantly Fewer Working-Age Adults Uninsured After Obamacare; The Young Drove The Decline

Gaining Ground:  Americans' Health Insurance Coverage And Access To Care After The Affordable Care Act's First Open Enrollment Period.  Commonwealth Fund.

Survey Finds Americans Gaining Health Insurance Coverage And Access To Care.  Commonwealth Fund.

Erosion Of Support Services Contributes To 80% Unemployment Among Mentally Ill

Report:  Adults With Serious Mental Illnesses Face 80% Unemployment By Jenny Gold.  Kaiser Health News/ Washington Post.  July 10, 2014.

Violence In Central American Impacts The United States

Fleeing Gangs, Children Head To U.S. Border By Frances Robles.  The New York Times.  July 9 2014.

New Frontier In Medical Transparency: Open Therapist Notes

What The Therapist Thinks About You by Jan Hoffman.  Well Blog.  The New York Times.  July 7, 2014.

Sleep Deprivation Leads To Schizophrenia-Like Symptoms; Finding May Help With Drug Development To Treat Psychoses

Sleep Deprivation Leads To Symptoms Of Schizophrenia, Research Shows.  Science Daily.  July 7, 2014.

Study: There Seems To Be Consistent Weight/Size Standard For Healthy, Normal-Sized Babies Throughout The Word

Healthy Moms Around The World Give Birth To 'Similar' Sized Babies:  Study.  CTV News.  July, 7, 2014.

No Wait Time In America For Appointments?

The Health Care Waiting Game by Elisabeth Rosenthal.  The New York Times.  July 5, 2014.

Breaking The Link Between Profitability and Volume May Be The Key To Antibiotic Resistance

How To Fix A Broken Market In Antibiotics by Ben Hirschler And Kate Kelland.  Reuters.  July 6, 2014.

Partnership Of Two Central Georgia Hospitals Allows Sharing Of Resources, Preservation Of Referrals

Two Central Georgia Hospitals Look To Team Up by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  July 1, 2014.

Stocking Eyeglasses In Facilities That Treat The Elderly Help Deal With Cognitive Decline

For Elderly Patients, A Sharper Focus by Paula Span.  The New York Times.  June 26, 2014.

A Different Path To Fighting Addiction

A Different Path To Fighting Addiction by Gabrielle Glaser.  The New York Times.  July 3, 2014.

Medicaid Expansion Demonstrates Continued Benefits Even In The Face Of Some States Refusing Expansion

Who Benefits In This Crucial Obamacare Market?  by Bruce Japsen.  Motley Fool.  July 4, 2014.

Steroid Injections For A Common Cause Of Back Pain May Not Help

Common Back And Leg Pain Treatment May Not Help Much, Study Says by Pam Belluck.  The New York Times.  July 2, 2014.

Posture: Physical And Psychological

How Bad Sitting Posture At Work Leads To Bad Standing Posture All The Time by Jeanne Whalen. The Wall Street Journal.  June 23, 2014.

Does Employer-Based Health Insurance Make Sense?

The Illogic Of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance by Uwe E. Reinhardt.  The Upshot.  Opinion.  July 1, 2014.

Cost Of To Fully Vaccinate A Child With Insurance Has Risen From $100 in 1986 to $2,192

The Price Of Prevention:  Vaccine Costs Are Soaring by Elisabeth Rosenthal.  The New York Times.  July 2, 2014.

Maps And Graphs Of The South Show Prevalence Of Poverty

The South Is Essentially A Solid, Grim Block Of Poverty by Mark Gongloff.  The Huffington Post.  July 2, 2014.

These 9 Maps Should Absolutely Outrage Southerners by Emily Cohn.  The Huffington Post.  March 6, 2014.

With Millions In The West Using Chinese Medicine, The Need For Good Translation Of Text Is Addressed In New Resource

'Lost In Translation' Issues In Chinese Medicine Addressed By Researchers.  Science Daily.  July 2, 2014.

Unintentional Injury, Suicide, and Homicide Are The Top Causes Of Death For Those Under Thirty; 180,000 Die Each Year From Preventable Injury

Nearly 80 Percent of U.S. Deaths In The First Three Decades of Life Are Due To Unintentional Injury Or Violence.  Science Daily.  July 1, 2014.  

Survey: Antibiotics Often Prescribed Even When Not Appropriate

Doctors, Patients Rely On Antibiotics by Ashley Hayes.  WebMD.  June 27, 2014.

Supreme Court Decision Is Said To Apply To "Closely Held" Corporations; According To Some Definitions That May Include Walmart

Court Ruling Geared To 'Closely Held' Firms, But What Is That? by Jay Hancock.  Kaiser Health News.  June 30, 2014.

After Supreme Court Decision, Contraceptive Options And Costs

After SCOTUS:  The Hunt For Cheap Birth Control By Marine Cole.  The Fiscal Times.  June 30, 2014