Reimbursing Doctors For Doctor Consultations About End-Of-Life Care With Private Insurers And Maybe With Medicare

Coverage For End-Of-Life Talks Gaining Ground by Pam Belluck.  The New York Times.  August 30, 2014.

New Drug To Address The Leading Cause Of Hospitalization In The U.S.

New Novartis Drug Effective In Treating Heart Failure by Andrew Pollack.  The New York Times.  August 30, 2014.

App To Measure Tremor Strength Has Potential Broad Applications

Is That A Real Patient Or A Junkie?  Now There's An App For That.  Science 2.0.  August 29, 2014

Official Definition Of 0 Trans Fat May Allow Some Trans Fat

Consumers Beware:  Misleading Labels May Hide Trans Fats by Bahar Gholipour.  CBS News.  August 29, 2014.

Mental Health Urgent Care Centers (Crisis Stabilization Units) Designed to Address Increase In Mental Illness In Emergency Rooms

Urgent Care Centers Opening For People With Mental Illness by Anna Gorman.  Kaiser Health News.  August 28, 2014.

Decision To Decline Medicaid Expansion Puts Texas Hospitals At A Competitive Disadvantage With Urgent Care Facilities

Hospitals Losing Insured Patients To Urgent Care by Alexa Ura.  KETK.  August 29, 2014.

Treadmill System Teaches Elderly How To Avoid Falls; Unconscious Learning Used To Address 30 Billion Dollar A Year Medical Problem

Scientists Tripping Seniors On Purpose To Stop Future Falls.  by Lindsey Tanner.  Associated Press.  CTV News.  August 28, 2014.

Implications For Medical Professionals?

Over-Confident People Are Seen As Smarter. Even When They're Not by Charlotte Alter.  Time.  August 28, 2014.

Georgia, With A Large Number Of Medicaid Eligible Children Who Are Not Insured, Still Has 27,000 Still In Limbo About Coverage

One-Third Of Georgia's Medicaid Applicants Still In Limbo by Virginia Anderson.  The Atlanta Journal Constitution/Kaiser Health News.  August 27, 2014.

Global Geography Of Heart Disease Shifts Away From The United States And Toward China And Others

The Global Geography Of Heart Disease by Andrew Giambrone.  The Atlantic.  August 23, 2014

Based On Intermediate Measures Of Health, Key Government Agency Recommends Behavioral Counseling For Overweight With Cardiac Risk Factors

Agency Advises Counseling For Overweight With Cardiac Risk by Laird Harrison.  Medscape.  August 26, 2014.

Parents Perceive Their Overweight Child As "About Right" Misperception As Possibly A Key Impediment To Treating Childhood Obesity

More Parents Think Their Overweight Child Is 'About Right'  by Kathryn Doyle.  Reuters.  August 26, 2014.

Weight Loss Not The Only Factor In The Importance Of Breakfast

Study Turns Tables On Value Of Breakfast, Weight Loss by Michelle Healy.  USA TODAY.  August 25, 2014.

Gaming The System, Incomplete Information, Self-Reported Data Leads To Misleading Nursing Home Rankings

Medicare Star Ratings Allow Nursing Homes To Game The System by Katie Thomas.  The New York Times.  August 24, 2014.

Billionaire Former New York Mayor Focuses On Global Public Health Issues Including Smoking, Sugared Drinks, Traffic Deaths

Michael Bloomberg's Harder Sell by Landon Thomas Jr. The New York Times.  August 23, 2014.

Consumer-Grade 3D Printer Used To Fabricate Implantable Drug Delivery Systems That Can Be Reabsorbed By The Body

3-D Printers Used To Create Custom Medical Implants That Deliver Drugs, Chemo.  Science Daily.  August 21, 2014.

Blood Industry Sees Declining Demand With Minimally Invasive Surgery And Changing Professional Guidelines

Blood Industry Shrinks As Transfusions Decline by Matthew L. Wald.  The New York Times.  August 22, 214

Creating A Healing Hospital Environment Thru Art

More Hospitals Use The Healing Powers Of Public Art by Laura Landro.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 18, 2014.

Designing Hospitals for Health Promotion, Error Prevention, Cost Control

In Redesigned Room, Hospital Patients May Feel Better Already by Michael Kimmelman.  The New York Times.  August 21, 2014.

Gender Bias Shown In Ebola Treatment; Reflects Wider Bias In Infectious Disease Generally

Why Are So Many Women Dying From Ebola by Lauren Wolfe.  Foreign Policy.  August 20, 2014.

Sustained Care Program Effective In Help Hospital Discharged Patients To Quit Smoking

Extended Support Help Patients Stay Smoke-Free After Hospital Discharge.  Medical Xpress.  August 19, 2014.

Still With A Much Higher Teen Birth Rate Than Other Nations, U.S. Rate Falls Significantly

Teen Birth Rate Has Dropped Dramatically by Dennis Thompson.  WebMD News from HealthDay.  August 20, 2014.

Clear Benefit For Individuals Taking Statins Questioned; Tradeoff Between Side Effects And Risk Reduction

More Docs Wonder If Statins Are Worth The Risks.  By Brenda Goodman.  WebMD.  August 18, 2014.

Plummeting Rates Of Autopsies Poses Serious Risks For The Quality Of Medicine And Public Health

We Don't Have Enough People Trained To Examine Dead Bodies by Tara Culp-Ressler.  ThinkProgress.  August 19, 2014.

Without Autopsies, Hospitals Bury Their Mistakes by Marshall Allen.  ProPublica.  December 2011.

Diagnoses Of Neurodevelopmental Or Mental Health Conditions Among Children In High Income Households Rise Dramatically; Role Of Socio-Economic Conditions?

Parent-Reported Cases Of Disability In Children Rise by Michelle Healy.  USA TODAY.  August 18, 2014.

Economic Devastation In Africa In The Wake Of Ebola

Drains Budgets As Bills Fund Virus Fight:  Africa Credit by Chris Kay.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  August 18, 2014.

Medical Professionals Deploy Along Border In Operation Lone Star

The Other Texas Border Deployment:  Doctors, Dentists, Opticians by Jon Herskovitz.  Reuters.  August 14, 2014.

Declining Resources For Mental Health Led To Warehousing Mentally Ill Patients In Emergency Rooms; Washington State Deals With A Growing National Problem

Ban On Boarding Mentally Ill In ERs Could Force The Release Of Many by Andy Mannix.  Seattle Times.  August 14, 2014.

Number of Procedures Performed By Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Raises Questions Of Proper Utilization

In Study, Questions About Who Should Perform In-Office Surgeries by Shefall Luthra.  Kaiser Health News.  August 18, 2014.

Lack Of Basic Medical Supplies Proves Deadly In Fight Against Ebola

Ebola Virus:  For Want Of Gloves, Doctors Die by Drew Hinshaw.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 16, 2014.

Body Mass Index: Strengths And Limitations

Much-Criticized Body Mass Index Endures As A Fatness Guide by Jo Craven McGinty.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 15, 2014.

Ultraviolet Camera Shows Skin Damage Before It Becomes Visible To The Eye

WATCH:  Here's What The Sun Is Actually Doing To Your Skin by Bijan Stephen.  August 17, 2014.

Contrary To Widespread Belief, Only 10% Of Medicaid Enrollees Visited Emergency Departments For Nonurgent Reasons

Only 10% Of Medicaid Enrollees' ED Use Is Unnecessary by Marcia Frellick.  Medscape.  August 11, 2014.

West Does Not "Get It" Concerning Ebola

You Are Not Nearly Scared Enough About Ebola by Laurie Garrett.  Foreign Policy.  August 14, 2014.

Context Is Key To Efforts To Reduce Traffic Deaths

A Psychological Speed Limit:  How The Power Of Suggestion Can Slow Speeding Drivers.  by Tom Vanderbilt.  The New York Times.  August 14, 2014.

Mass Layoffs Linked To Increased Teen Suicide Attempts

Mass Layoffs Linked To Increased Teen Suicide Attempts.  Science Daily.  August 14, 2014.

Recommendations For Best Tooth-Brushing Method Lack Research Basis

Even Dentists Differ On The Best Tooth-Brushing Method by Ronnie Cohen.  Reuters.  August 15, 2014.

If Refusal To Expand Medicaid Was Evaluated Like A Business Decision

A Deal Too Good To Turn Down, Unless, It's Medicaid by Uwe E. Reinhardt.  The Upshot.  The New York Times.  August 12, 2014

Study: Georgia's Decision To Opt Out Of Medicaid Expansion Costs $33.7 Million Over the Next Decade

Study:  Georgia Opting Out Of Medicaid Expansion Carries Heavy Price Tag by Dave Williams.  Atlanta Business Chronicle.  August 11, 2014.

Explaining Suicide Even When, As In Robin Williams's Case, The Problem Was Recognized

Robin Williams's Death Shows The Power Of Depression And The Impulsiveness Of Suicide by Lenny Bernstein, Lena H. Sun And Sandhya Somashekhar.  The Washington Post.  August 12, 2014.

Overall, Fewer Unmarried Women Having Babies; Steepest Decline In Single Teens; Increase In Older Singl Women

Fewer Unmarried Women Having Children, CDC Reports by Steven Reinberg.  US News/HealthDay.  August 13, 2014.

Number Of Bites, Eating Speed, And Length Of Chewing Activity May Hold The Key To Fighting Obesity

How Many Bites Do You Take A Day?  Try For 100 by Sumanthi Reddy.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 11, 2014.

Efforts To Eliminate Genetically Modified Ingredients From Food Products Present Problems Of Market, Cost, Supply, Public Concerns

The GMO Fight Ripples Down The Food Chain by Annie Gasparro.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 7, 2014.

Brain Model Developed That Demonstrates Grey/White Compartmentalization, Providing A Superior Model Of Brain Function

Bioengineers Create Functional 3-D Brain-Like Tissue:  Tissue Kept Alive For Months.  Science Daily.  August 11, 2014.

10 Of The Healthiest Places To Live In America

10 Of The Healthiest Places To Live In America by Sahaj Kohil.  Huffingtonpost.  August 6, 2014.

"Venture Fund" Under Obamacare Spurs Innovative Approaches To Patient Care, Health, And Costs

Feds Spend Billions To Kickstart Health Care Innovation by Jay Hancock.  Kaiser Health News/ PBS Newshour. August 11, 2014.

Emory And C.D.C Doctors Speak Out On Ebola And Infectious Diseases

Doctors Inside Emory's Ebola Unit Speak Out by Alexandra Sifferlin.  Time.  August 10, 2014.

Emory Nurse Defends Treatment Ebola Victims: "The Right Thing To Do"

U.S. Nurse:  We're Treating Americans With Ebola Because 'It's The Right Thing' by Eleanor Goldberg.  Huffington Post.  August 8, 2014.

New Cancer Classification Based On Molecular Signatures Could Result In Reclassification of 50% Of Tumors

New Tumor Classification Could Change Therapy For Many Patients by Alexander M. Castellino.  Medscape.  August 7, 2014.

Cancer Fails To Stop Some Victims From Smoking

Many Cancer Survivors Balk At Kicking The Smoking Habit by Roxanne Nelson.  Medscape  August 6, 2014.

Walmart Moves Beyond Acute Care Clinics Into Primary Care, Chronic Disease Management

In Ambitious Bid, Walmart Seeks Foothold In Primary Care Services by Rachel Abrams.  New York Times.  August 7, 2014.  

Mental Costs Of Vietnam War Often Persist For A Lifetime

Combat Stress Among Veterans Is Found To Persist Since Vietnam by Benedict Carey.  The New York Times.  August 7, 2014.

Bidding For Medical Services: A New Alternative For Patients Seeking Cheaper Care

Patients Seeking Cheaper Care Are Soliciting Bids From Doctors Online by Sandra G. Boodman.  Kaiser Health News.  August 5, 2014.

Basic Questions About Ebola Answered

Q & A What You Need To Know About The Ebola Outbreak.  The New York Times.  August 6, 2014.

Major Study Finds No Conclusive Reason To Recommend P.S.A. Prostate Cancer Screening For All

Cancer Screening Still Not Recommended For All by Tara Parker-Pope.  The New York Times.  August 6, 2014.

More Treatment Is Not Necessarily Better Treatment

In Treatment, There Can Be Too Much Of A Good Thing by Laura Landro.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 4, 2014.

California Insurers Share About 9 Million Digitized Medical Records; Hope To Avoid Unnecessary Treatment

Large California Insurers Invite Others To Join Data Network by Anna Gorman.  Kaiser Health News.  August 6, 2014.

Protein Identified That Could Trigger Nerve Regeneration In Humans; Treatment For Paralysis?

Small Molecule 'Could Treat Paralysis By Triggering Nerve by Honor Whiteman.  Medical News Today.  August 6, 2014.

Atlanta Public Health Efforts To Treat Ebola Victims Garner Hate Mail, Panic

Atlanta Public Health Officials Treating Ebola Victims Are Getting Hate Mail by Kia Makarechi.  Vanity Fair.  August 5, 2014.

Cognitive Decline Linked To Speed Of Visual Information Processing

Intelligence As We Ae Linked To Spotting Things Quickly by Marie Ellis.  Medical News Today.  August 6, 2014.

Survivor Blood Serum And ZMapp: Emory/CDC Researchers Seeing If Something Works With Ebola Victims

American Ebola Victims Are The Subjects Of A Science Experiment by Julia Belluz.  August 5, 2014.

The Physician Assistant Profession: Growing And Reflecting The New Teamwork In Medicine

The Physician Assistant Will See You by Barbara Moran.  The New York Times.  August 1, 2014.

Four-Year Medical Degree Being Reconsidered

The Drawn-Out Medical Degree.  The New York Times.  August 1, 2014.

Health Spending Long-Term Trends Difficult To Predict Based Upon Hospital Earnings And Insurer Per Member Costs

Hospital, Insurer Earnings Show Mixed Message About Health Spending by Jay Hancock.  Kaiser Health News.  August 4, 2014.

Effort to Label The "Added Sugar" in Food Provokes Comment And Controversy

Food Fight Builds As U.S. Regulators Weight 'Added Sugar' Label by Chris Prentice.  Reuters.  August 4, 2014.

Georgia Hospitals Face Financial Turmoil; Margins, Reimbursements, Lack Of Medicaid Expansion Are Contributors

Time Of Change--And Crisis--In The Hospital World by Andy Miller. Georgia Health News.  July 31, 2014

Violence In The Mental Health Workplace; Workers At Greater Risk; Funding Key

Hospital Killing Shows Safety Gap In Mental Health by Michael Rubinkam. Associated Press/ABC News.  August 3, 2014.

Toxin Possibly Related To Algae Bloom In Lake Erie Leads To Warning In Toledo Not To Drink Water

Toledo, Ohio, Area Water contamination Prompts Emergency Declaration by James Queally.  The Los Angeles Times.  August 2, 2014.

Emory University Hospital Receives Ebola Victims; Issues Of Safety And Transportion

First Of Two Americans With Ebola Virus Lands In U.S. by Marie French and Michael Sasso.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  August 2, 2014.

Drug Tests For Doctors On The Table In California

California Asks:  Should Doctors Face Drug Tests.  The New York Times.  August 1, 2014.

French Assumptions About End-Of-Life Medical Care Show The Role Of Culture And Information

French Families Challenge Doctors On Wrenching End-Of-Life Decisions by Scott Sayare.  The New York Times.  July 31, 2014.

Personalized Medicine and Innovation Pitted Against Patient Safety Considerations In F.D.A. Acts to Regulate Lab Testing

F.D.A. Acts On Lab Tests Developed In-House by Andrew Pollack.  The New York Times.  July 31, 2014.