Affordable Care Act Provides Role For Patients In Clinical Trials

Design Power:  Patients Play Researchers In Drug Trails by Amy Dockser Marcus.  The Wall Street Journal.  September 29, 2014.

Georgia Physicians Critique And Praise Electronic Health Records

Doctors:  EHRs A Good Idea That Needs Improvement by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  September 26, 2014.

Hospitality Industry Expertise And Attitude Increasingly Applied To Health Care

Taking Patient 'Happiness' More Seriously by Dan Gorenstein.  Marketplace.  September 26, 2014.

Medical Device Approvals Often Fails To Meet Requirements of Law; Publicly Available Safety Evidence Lacking

Medical Devices Lack Safety Evidence, Study Finds by Thomas M. Burton.  The Wall Street Journal.  September 29, 2014.

Women Heart Attack; Often Different Symptoms; Neglected In Research

The Woman's Heart Attack by Martha Weinman Lear.  The New York Times.  September 26, 2014.

Doctors Employed By Hospitals Leads To Shifts In Drug Marketing Efforts

As Doctors Lose Clout, Drug Firms Redirect The Sales Call by Jonathan D. Rockoff.  The Wall Street Journal.  September 24, 2014.

Citizen Hackers Tinker With Medical Devices To Meet Personal Needs

Citizen Hackers Tinker With Medical Devices by Kate Linebaugh.  The Wall Street Journal.  September 26, 2014.

New Firm Building The Largest Survey Ever Of Americans Drug Experiences

To Gather Drug Data, A Health Start-Up Turns To Consumers by Steve Lohr.  The New York Times.  September 23, 2014.

Evolution To The Team Concept Leads To A Cascade Of Changes

ACOs, Other Delivery Reforms Shift Job Roles At Hospitals by Melanie Evans.  Modern Healthcare.  September 20, 2014.

Study: Type 2 Diabetes Risk Clearly Associated With Long Hours And Status Of Job

Long Hours In Low-Status Jobs Raises Type 2 Diabetes Risk by Becky McCall.  Medscape.  September 26, 2014.

Turmeric Compound May Further Neuronal Regeneration

Promising Drug Candidate For Alzheimer's Found In Turmeric Compound by Marie Ellis.  Medical News Today.  September 26, 2014.

Savannah Hospital Tries Personal Approach With Chronic Disease Sufferers

Personal Attention Seen As Antidote To Rising Health Costs by Sarah McCammon.  Kaiser Health News/Georgia Public Broadcasting.  September 25, 2014.

Call For A Global Emergency Health Corp

We Need A Global Health Emergency Corp To Fight Ebola by Jack C. Chow.  Time.  September 25, 2014.

Georgia Senate Candidates Offer Differing Perspectives on Rural Healthcare

What Nunn, Perdue Have To Say On Rural Care Crisis by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  September 18, 2014.

Counterfeit Drugs Increasingly Peddled To Health Professionals

FDA Warns Doctors To Beware Fake Drug Distributors by Associated Press.  September 23, 2014.

How Do Hospitals Dispose Of Ebola Waste?

Insight-US Hospitals Unprepared To Handle Ebola Waste by Julie Steenhuysen.  Reuters.  September 24, 2014.

Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare Is The Subject Of New Book

Book Review:  "Greening Health Care" By Kathy Gerwig. The Wall Street Journal.  September 23, 2014.

Deep South States Not Expanding Medicaid Have The Highest Fatality Rates From HIV/AIDS In The Nation

Southern States Are Now Epicenter Of HIV/AIDS In The U.S by Teresa Wiltz.    The Washington Post.  September 22, 2014.

Overweight And Obese Individuals Have Higher Levels Of Stress-Induced Inflammation

Obesity And Stress Pack A Double Hit For Health.  Science Daily.  September 22, 2014.

Application Of Control Theory To Heart Beat Regularity Could Be Important In Medical Monitoring

Variability In Heart Beat Keeps The Body In Balance.  Science Daily.  September 22, 2013.

The Famous Can Present A Minefield For Doctors

The Famous Can Present A Minefield For Doctors by Anemona Hartocollis.  The New York Times.
September 21, 2014

Paleo Lifestyle Carries Implications For Nutrition, Sleep, Beauty

Paleo Lifestyle:  The Way, Way, Way Back by Alex Williams.  The New York Times.  September 19, 2014.

Surgical Consultants And Assistants Sometimes Produce Charges That Are Surprising and Perhaps Unneeded

After Surgery, Surprise $117,000 Medical Bill From Doctor He Didn't Know by Elisabeth Rosenthal.  The New York Times.  September 20, 2014.

Gambling As A Public Health Issue

Gambling With America's Health by Elaine Meyer.  Pacific Standard.  September 15, 2014.

Brain Mapping Technique May Offer Clue To Effectiveness of Antidepression Drugs

Antidepressants Rapidly Alter Brain Architecture, Study Finds by Geoffrey Mohan.  The Los Angeles Times.  September 18, 2014

Measuring Age By Characteristic (Hand Grip) Rather Than Years

On New Measurements Of Aging by Judith Graham.  The New Old Age.  The New York Times.  September 16, 2014.

Malnutrition Among Elderly A Common Problem OftenEncountered In ER

In The Emergency Room, A Hidden Ailment by Judith Graham.  New Old Age.  The New York Times.  September 11, 2014.

Over 54% Of Americans Have Abdominal Obesity

The Expanding American Waistline by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times.  September 19, 2014.

Normalizing End Of Life Planning Is The Emphasis Of Institute Of Medicine Report

Dying In America Is Harder Than It Has To Be, IOM Advises by Jenny Gold.  Kaiser Health News.  September 17, 2014.

Evidence Found In Mice Studies That Artificial Sweeteners Change The Composition Of Gut Bacteria; Implications For Humans Uncertain

Artificial Sweeteners Aren't The Answer To Obesity:  Here's Why by Alice Park.  Time.  September 17, 2014.

A Call For Action On The Most Common Non-Communicable Disease In The World

Dental, Nutrition Experts Call For Radical Rethink On Free Sugar Intake.  Science Daily.  September 15, 2014.

Microbiome As A Clue To Drug Discovery

Mining For Antibiotics, Right Under Our Noses by Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  September 11, 2014.

6 Innovative Ways We're Reinventing Birth Control

6 Innovative Ways We're Reinventing Birth Control by Matt Petronzio.  Mashable.  September 10, 2014.

Gene Clusters, Not Individual Genes, Provide Method To Define Schizophrenia As Made Up Of Eight Specific Genetic Disorders

Schizophrenia 'Made Up Of Eight Specific Genetic Disorders' by Honor Whiteman.  Medical News Today.

Overdiagnosis Of Cancer Increasingly Seen As Problem; Early Detection Emphasis Questioned

Some Cancer Experts See 'Overdiagnosis,'  Question Emphasis On Early Detection by Melinda Beck

Coping With Current Marriage Realities

Beyond Marriage by Isabel V. Sawhill.  The New York Times.  September 13, 2014.

Dissolving Stent Produces Less Angina And Comparable Results To Leading Stent

ABSORB II Study Shows Abbott's Dissolving Heart Device Comparable To The World's Leading Heart Stent.  Market Watch.  September 14, 2014.

FDA Regulation Presents Challenges For "Wearable" Medical Applications And Gagdets

Silicon Valley Struggles To Speak FDA's Language by Matthew Perrone.  Ap.  September 12, 2014.

NFL Document: Football Players Sustain Brain Injuries At Higher Rate Than Population

Brain Trauma To Affect One In Three Players, N.F.L. Agrees by Ken Belson.  The New York Times.  September 12, 2014.

What The Ebola Outbreak Is Like In Pictures

Chilling Photos From The Front Lines Of The Ebola Outbreak by Doug Bierend.  Wired.  September 12, 2014.

Undiscussed Risks Of Ebola And What Can Be Done

What We're Afraid To Say About Ebola by Michael T. Osterholm.  The New York times.  September 11, 2014.

Romanticized Vision Of The Family Meal Confronts A Stressful Reality

Farewell, Family Meal?  Stress Of Cooking May Outweigh Benefits by Joan Raymond.  Today.  September 5, 2014.

Debate On Over-The-Counter Contraceptives Reveals Concerns About Cost, Access, Safety As Well As Politics

New Discord Brews On Over-The-Counter Contraceptives by Thomas M. Burton and Natalie Andrews.  The Wall Street Journal.  September 10, 2014.

Open Doctor Notes Trend Begins To Take Hold

Reading Your Doctor's Notes by Kellie Schmitt.  California Health.  September 4, 2014.

Privacy Issues Confront Healthcare App's

Does Apple's HealthKit App Have A Nude Celebrity Problem? by John Tozzi.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  Septeber 3, 2014.

Apple Smart Watch Could Bring 3 Major Changes

If Apple's Smartwatch Succeeds Here's How It Will Change Health by Gregory Ferenstein.  VentureBeat.  September 7, 2014.

Apple Watch Success Depends On Effective Healthcare Industry Stakeholders

Success Of Consumer-Based Apple Watch Tied To Health Stakeholders by Greg Slabodkin.  Health Data Management.  September 9, 2014.

Nine Of 10 Kids Eat Too Much Salt; Salt Often Inside Store Foods

Nine Of 10 American Kids Eat Too Much Salt:  CDC.  WebMD News From HealthDay.  September 9, 2014.

Rural Areas Present Challenges For Health Law Enrollment

Rural Enrollment Presents Continuing Health Law Challenge by Shefali Luthra.  Kaiser Health News.  September 8, 2014.

Genetic Screening For Healthy Patients Receives Endorsement From "American Nobel" Winner

Lasker Winner Calls For More Genetic Testing For Cancer by Lawrence K. Altman and Roni Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times.  September 8, 2014

Rapid Virus Spread In Buildings When Doorknobs Have Viruses

It Only Takes A Few Hours For A Virus To Spread Through An Entire Office by Anna Almendraia.  Huffington Post. September 8, 2014.

Huge Public Health Donation Demonstrates Importance Of Asia And Separation Of Elite Schools From The Pack

Harvard Gets Largest-Ever Donation by Douglas Belkin.  Wall Street Journal.  September 8, 2014.

Taxis Play A Role Dealing With Ebola Outbreak

Deadly Disappointment Awaits At Ebola Clinics Due To Lack Of Space by Drew Hinshaw.  The Wall Street Journal.  September 7, 2014.

Freestanding Emergency Departments Target Wealthy, Insured Suburbs, Not Rural Areas

Freestanding ERs Target Suburbs Rural Panel Told by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  August 25, 2014.

Identifying Those With Natural Immunity To Ebola May Offer Clues To Preventing The Disease

Many In West Africa May Be Immune To Ebola Virus by Donald G. McNeil Jf.  The New York Times.  September 5, 2014.

Apple Smartwatch, HealthKit, and iOS 8 Mark New Emphasis On Health Monitoring

Apple's Next Big Focus:  Your Health by Elizabeth Dwoskin And Daisuke Wakabayashi.  Wall Street Journal.  September 5, 2014.

$77,000 A Month New Type Of Cancer Drug Uses Immune System To Combat tumors

Merck Wins Approval To Sell The First In A New Type Of Cancer Drug by Peter Loftus.  The Wall Street Journal

Unicef Report Details Endemic violence Against Children

Unicef Report Details Endemic Violence Against Children by Somini Sengupta. The New York Times.  September 4, 2014.

Why Do Doctors Commit Suicide?

Why Do Doctors Commit Suicide?  by Pranay Sinha.  The New York Times.  September 4, 2014.

8 Facts That Explain What's Wrong With American Health Care

8 Facts That Explain What's Wrong With American Health Care by Sarah Kliff.  Vox.  September 4, 2014.

Could The Dentist/Hygienist Model Provide An More Productive Relationship for Doctors and Nurses?

The Key To Healthcare Innovation Is Empowering Nurses by Ibanga Umanah and Adam Winski.  Quartz.  September 1, 2014.

How Dubious Racial Assumptions Are Built Into Medicine And Even Medical Devices

How Racism Creeps Into Medicine by Hamza Shaban.  The Atlantic.  August 29, 2014.

Enrolling People In Obamacare Who Have No 'Concept Of Insurance'

Enrolling People In Obamacare Who Have No 'Concept of Insurance' by Marissa Evans.  Kaiser Health News.  September 3, 2014.

The State Of Research In ALS

ALS Q&A:  What's On The Horizon?  by Brenda Goodman.  WebMD Health News.  August 27, 2014

Policy, Food System Changes Seen As Key To Bridging Growing Dietary Gap Between Rich And Poor

Gap In Diet Quality Between Wealthiest And Poorest Americans Doubles, Study Finds by Tracie McMillan.  September 1, 2014.

Study Indicates That Cutting Carbs Is Key To Weight Loss; Fats Role Not As Harmful As Often Thought

A Call For A Low-Carb Diet by Anahad O'Connor.  The New York Times.  September 1, 2014.

Healthier Diets, Reduced Food Waste Viewed As Needed To Avoid Dangerous Climate Change

Changing Global Diets Is Vital To Reducing Climate Change, Researchers Say.  Science Daily.  August 31, 2014.

Doctors: Disillusioned But The Hope Offered By "Human Moments"

Why Doctors Are Sick Of Their Profession by Sandeep Jauhar.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 29, 2014.