Doctors Portrayed In Popular Music

Healer, Dealer, Heart Stealer:  Portrayals Of The Doctor In Popular Music by Rob Stepney.  British Medical Journal.  December 11, 2014.

Walgreens Eyes Global Pharmacy Expansion With Acquisition of Alliance Boots

Walgreens Closes Deal, Begins New Era In Global By Bruce Japsen.  Forbes  December 31, 2014.

Health Reform Still Presents Affordability, Capacity, And Utilization Questions: The Case Of Kentucky

Success Of Kentucky's Health Plan Comes With New Obstacles by Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  December 29, 2014.

Liability Caps Impact Auto Safety And Accident Deaths

Victims Of G.M. Deadly Defect Fall Through Legal Cracks by Barry Meier And Hilary Stout.  The New York Times.  December 29, 2014.

Poverty Impact On Diabetes Control Illustrates Role Of Social Conditions On Health

Poverty Makes Diabetes Care Tougher, Study Reports by Steven Reinberg.  Health Day/ US News.  December 29, 2014.

When Parents Start Companies To Cure Their Children

When Parents Start Companies To Cure Their Children by Amy Dockser Marcus.  Wall Street Journal.  December 26, 2014.

Risks In Using Social Media To Spot Signs Of Mental distress

Risks In Using Social Media To Spot Signs Of Mental Distress by Natasha Singer.  The New York Times.  December 26, 2014.

Study Indicates That Gallbladder Removal Not Associated With The Benefit Of The Procedure

To Remove The Gallbladder Or Not:  That Is The Question.  Science Daily.  December 23, 2014.

By Spotting Precursor To Alzheimer's MRI Technique Offers Hope

New Non-Invasive Method Can Detect Alzheimer's Disease Early.  Science Daily.  December 22, 2014.

Mechanism Associated With The Beneficial Effects Of Dietary Restriction Identified

Molecular Mechanism Behind Health Benefits Of Dietary Restriction Identified.  Science Daily.

5 Health Challenges for 2015:

5 Health Challenges The World Will Face In 2015.  by Julia Belluz and Steven Hoffman.  Vox.  December 23, 2014.

Precisely Targeted Cold Medicines Could Eliminate Taking Unnecessary And Perhaps Harmful Drugs; Most Take Too Many Drugs For Colds

The Cold-Medicine Racket by James Hamblin.  The Atlantic.  December 19, 2014.

Independent Physicians Fear Being Swallowed by Large National Groups And Hospital Systems

Independent Physicians Under Attack, Says Doctor by Jon Gillooly.  Marietta Daily Journal.  December 21, 2014.

Georgia Hospitals, Including Some Of The Largest, Are Penalized For Hospital-Acquired Infections And Preventable Injuries

Feds Punish 29 Ga. Hospitals Over Harm To Patients by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  December 22, 2014.

Grady Hospital And Blue Cross Locked In Bitter Dispute

Grady Hospital Takes Fight With BlueCross To The Public by Bradley George.  Georgia Public Broadcasting.  December 15, 2014.

Gene Mutations May Explain Why Autism Is Never Identical

Gene Mutations May Determine Severity, Type Of  Autism by Robert Preidt.  WebMd.  December 22, 2014.

Caught In The Middle Of Drug Makers And Insurance, Doctors Losing Influence Over Patient Treatment

Gilead's Price Dispute With Insurers Leaves Doctors On Sidelines by Caroline Chen.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  December 22, 2014.

Survey: Affordability, Out-Of-Pocket Expenses, Doctor Role In Discussing Cost

How The High Cost Of Medical Care Is Affecting Americans by Elisabeth Rosenthal.  New York times.  December 18, 2014.

Study Of TV Medical Shows Illustrates The Importance Of Curated Medical Information

Real-World Doctors Fact-Check Dr. Oz, And The Results Aren't Pretty by Karen Kap[lan.  The Los Angeles Times.  December 19, 2014.

Repeat Caesareans Difficult To Reduce Due To Liability, Staffing, And, Safety Concerns

A Type Of Childbirth Some Women Will Fight For by Sumathi Reddy.  The Wall Street Journal.  December 8, 2014.

More Competition Results In Low Costs And Higher Enrollments for Obamacare In SW Georgia

Even In SW Georgia, Momentum For ACA Signups by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  December 15, 2014.

On A Diverse Set Of Measures, States Are Often Unprepared For Infectious Disease Outbreaks; Georgia Scores 5 Out Of A High Score Of 10

Report Gives USA Low Grades On Preparing For Disease by Liz Szabo.  USA TODAY.  December 18, 2014.

Report Faults GA., Other States On Fighting Disease by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  December 19, 2014.

Testing Has Become To The Medical System What Liquor Is To The Hospitality Industry

Odd Math Of Medical Tests:  One Scan, Two Prices, Both High by Elizabeth Rosenthal.  The New York Times.  December 15, 2014.

Success Of Weight Loss, Depends On How Often You Weigh

Weigh-In Once A Week Or You'll Gain Weight.  Science Daily.  December 17, 2014

European Court rules That Obesity Can, But Not Always, Be A Disability

Obesity 'Could Be A Disability'- EU Courts Rule.  BBC.  December 18, 2014.

Clot-Snagging Stent Key To Treating Severe Strokes

For First Time, Treatment Helps Patients With Worst Kind Of Stroke, Study Says by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  December 17, 2014.

Babies With Genetic Material From Three People The Subject Of New Rules In The UK

Rules For Babies 'From Three People' by James Gallagher.  BBCDecember 17, 2014.

Break Down Of Fat For Energy Results In Atoms That Expelled By The Lungs

Fat 'Breathed Out' Of Body Via Lungs Says Scientists  by Michelle Roberts.  BBC.  December 16, 2014.

Feeling Younger, Even When Other Factors Are Eliminated, Is Found To Be Linked To Lower Death Rate

Mind Over Matter:  Feeling Younger Linked To Lower Death Rate by Alan Neuhauser.  US News.  December 15, 2014.

163 Participant Study Finds Reducing Carbs, Not The Glycemic Index Of The Carbs, Is Key To Heart Health

Here's What Low-Carb Diets Do To Your Heart by Alice Park.  Time.  December 16, 2014.

British Study: Midwives Safer Than Doctors For Uncomplicated Pregnancies

Are Midwives Safer than Doctors?  by The Editorial Board.  The New York Times.  December 14, 2014.

In "Congressional Directive" The Legislature Forbids Consideration Of Environmental Impacts In Dietary Guidelines

Congress To Nutritionists:  Don't Talk About The Environment by Dan Charles.  NPR.  December 15, 2014.

Material Developed That Can Sense Touch; Could Be used To Give Artificial Limbs Feeling

Artificial Skin that Senses, And Stretches Like The Real Thing by David Talbot.  Technology Review.  December 9, 2014.

Major Scandal Addressed By Research: Why Are Magazines In Doctors' Offices So Old?

Shock!  Scandal!  Waiting room People Pilfered by Kim Painter.  USA TODAY.  December 12, 2014.

Georgia Prisons Hire Physicians Sanctioned For Patient Deaths, Injuries

Prison Docs Have Troubled Pasts by Danny Robbins.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  December 14, 2014.  Available in physical newspaper and by online subscription

Innovation In Ebola Treatment: Grand Challenge Contenders Include Cooling Undergarments And Antiseptic Skin Gell

Contest Seeks Novel Tools For The Fight Against Ebola by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  December 12, 2014.

Medical Students Protest No Indictments With "White Coats For Black Lives"

Medical Students Stage #WhiteCoats4BlackLives Protest by Abby Phillips.  Washington Post.  December 11, 2014.

Visual Beauty Of The Brain Inspires Surgeon/Painter

A Surgeon As Comfortable With A Paintbrush As She Is With A Scalpel by Corey Kilgannon.  The New York Times.  December 11, 2014.

Sugar Vs. Salt: Which One Is The More Harmful For Blood Pressure?

Blood Pressure:  Sugar Worse Than Salt by Salynn Boyles.  Medpage Today.  December 12, 2014.

With Most Evidence In Medicine Weak, Efforts to Homogenize Health Care Are Misguided

Don't  Homogenize Health Care by Sandeep Jauhar.  Opinion.  The New York Times.  December 10, 2014.

Tax Credits for Health Plans For 4.5 People At Stake In Upcoming Supreme Court Decision

Predicting the Fallout From King v. Burwell--Exchanges And The ACA by Nicholas Bagley, David K. Jones, and Timothy Stoltzfus Jost.  The New England Journal Of Medicine.  December 10, 2014.

Sleep Neglected For More Work, Commutes

Many U.S. Workers Are Sacrificing Sleep For work Hours, Long Commutes.  American Academy of Sleep Medicine.  December 11, 2014.

Injectable 3-D Vaccines Could Be Programmed To Stimulate Immune System Attack On Cancer

Injectable 3-D Vaccines Could Fight Cancer, Infectious Diseases.  Science Daily/ Wyss Institute For Biologically Inspired Engineering/Harvard.  December 8, 2014.

Why So Many Health Articles You Read Are Junk

Why So Many Health Articles You Read Are Junk by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  December 10, 2014.

Who's Is Receiving Coverage By Obamacare And Who is Left Out: Young People Gain, Those In States Not Expanding Medicaid Lose

Who Is Getting ACA Insurance--And Who Isn't by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  December 4, 2014.

Workplace Wellness Programs: Do They Work? Why Are They Popular

Wellness At Work:  Popular But Unproven by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  December 9, 2014.

Predicting The Flu Like Predicting The Weather

Predicting The Flu So You Can Avoid It by Jen Christensen.  CNN.  December 10, 2014.

Systemic Issue In American Healthcare--Failure To Adopt New Research: The Case Of Breast Cancer

How We Treat Breast Cancer Exposes A Huge Systematic Issue In American Health Care by Sarah Kliff.  Vox.  December 10, 2014.

Continuing Effort To Rescue Rural Georgia Hospitals, Six Of Which "Could Go Tomorrow Due To Low Cash;" Medicaid Expansion Still Off The Table

Sagging rural Hospital Tries To Get An Urban Boost by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  December 9, 2014.

Psychologists, Paid 80m by CIA To Devise Torture Techniques, Employed Concept Of Learned Helplessness

CIA Paid Psychologists $80m To Devise And Use Torture Techniques by Rob Crilly.  The Telegraph.  December 9, 2014.

U.S. Senate Report Confirms Health Professionals' Complicity In CIA Torture.  Physicians For Human rights.  December 9, 2014.

Hoping To Duplicate The Success of His Brain Science Institute, Paul Allen Funds Massive Study Of Cells And How They Change

Billionaire Paul Allen Donates $100m To New 'Industrial Scale' Effort to Understand Human Cells by Arianna Eunjung Cha.  The Washington Post.  December 8, 2014.

Health-Cost Slowdown Reflects Basic Change In Health Care System

The Health-Cost Slowdown Isn't Just About The Economy by David Leonhardt.  The Upshot.  December 5, 2014.

Immunotherapy For Cancer

Cancer's Super-Survivors by Ron Winslow.  The Wall Street Journal.  December 4, 2014.

Big Data Useful In Targeting Audiences For Public Health Campaigns

Big Data Offer New Strategy For Public Health Campaigns by Shefali Luthra.  Kaiser Health News.  December 3, 2014.

Film To Highlight Work Of Remote Area Medical, An Organization Aimed At Serving The Underserved

Delivering Health Care To the Uninsured For $15 A Pop by Allison Bruzek.  GPB News.  December 5, 2014.

Dating With A Mental Illness

Dating With A Mental Illness by Amir Khan.  U.S. News.  December 5, 2014.

Fighting Malaria Assists Fight Against Ebola

Sierra Leone Gives Out Malaria Pills In Fight Against Ebola.    AFP/Mail Online.  December 5, 2014.

Depression Treatment Levels Do Not Match Severity Of Problem

7.6% Of Americans Are Depressed But Few Seek Mental Health Treatment by Karen Kaplan.  The Los Angeles Times.  December 3, 2014.

Male Smokers Risk Loss Of Y Chromosomes and Increased Cancer Risk

Scientists Find Why Male Smokers May Run Even Higher Health Risks by Kate Kelland.  Reuters.  December 4, 2014.

PriceWaterhouseCooper Report On Top 10 Healthcare Issues For 2015

Top Health Industry Issues Of 2015.  PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute.

Multiple-Drug Resistant Superbugs Threaten India And The World

'Superbugs' Kill India's Babies And Pose An Overseas Threat by Gardiner Harris.  The New York Times.  December 3, 2014.

FBI Uniform Crime Report On Police Killings Not Reliable; Most Reliable Source--Facebook Page

Reminder:  The FBI's 'Police Homicide' Count Is Wrong by Reuben Fischer-Baum.  Fivethirtyeight.com.  November 12, 2014.

Growth In U.S. Health Spending In 2013 Is Lowest Since 1960; Recession And Affordable Care Act Contributed

Growth In U.S. Health Spending In 2013 Is Lowest Since 1960 by Mary Agnes Carey.  Kaiser Health News.  December 3, 2014.

Indian Women With Mental Disabilities Treated "Worse Than Animals" According To Human Rights Watch Report

Indian Women At Risk In Mental Institutions by Muneeza Naqvi.  Associated Press/ABC News.  December 3, 2014.

Mediterranean Diet Found To Slow The Process Of Telomere Shrinkage, A Biomarker Of Aging

Eating The Mediterranean Diet May Lead To A Longer Life by Christina Lee.  CNN Health.  December 3, 2014.

New Understanding Of Stress Trigger And Process May Lead to Treatments For PTSD And Depression

'Trigger' For Stress Processes Discovered In The Brain.  Medical University Of Vienna.  Medical Express.  November 27, 2014.

Improvements Noted Though Hospital Acquired Conditions Still Are At Almost 10 Percent

Hospital-Acquired Conditions Drop  17% Over 3 Years by Joyce Frieden.  MedPage Today.  December 2, 2014.

Biomarker Testing For Drunk Drivers Offers New Approach To Old Problem

Biomarker Tests Help Monitor Repeat Drunken Drivers by Katie Golden.  USA TODAY.  December 1, 2014.

Under Pressure From Antiretrovirals, HIV May Be Evolving To Cause AIDS Less Frequently

HIV May Evolve To Cause AIDS Less Frequently, Researchers Find by Oliver Staley.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  December 1, 2014.

HIV's Ability To Cause AIDS is Weakening Over Time, Study Finds by Kate Kelland.  Reuters.  December 1, 2014.

Myths About Aging Exploded

Why Everything You Think About Aging May Be Wrong by Anne Tergesen.  The Wall Street Journal.  November 30, 2014.

Selfies Seem To Be Driving Demand For Eye-lid lifts and Nose Jobs

The Selfie Is Driving A Huge Demand For Plastic Surgery In The US.  Reuters/Business Insider.  November 30, 2014.

C-Section Practice In Georgia Hospitals Featuring Atlanta's Northside Hospital

Spike In C-Section Rates Draws Concern by Carrie Teegardin.  The Atlanta Journal Constitution.  November 30, 2014.    Article available in physical newspaper and by subscription online

Wounds Of War That Never Heal: A Quarter Of PTSD VA Patients Are Early Wars, Mainly Vietnam

Vets Seek Help For PTSD Decades After War by Clare Ansberry.  The Wall Street Journal.  November 28, 2014.

21 Maps And Charts That Explain The Obesity Epidemic

21 Maps And Charts That Explain The Obesity Epidemic by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  November 17, 2014.

The Case Against Early Cancer Detection

The Case Against Early Cancer Detection by Christie Aschwande.  Five Thirty Eight.  November 24, 2014.

Investing In Hospital Design Can Promote Health

Building Healthier Hospitals by Lucy Maddox.  Mosaic Science.  November 25, 2014.

The 3-D Printing Revolution In Medicine

Print Thyself by Jerome Groopman.  The New Yorker.  November 24, 2014.

Smoking, Killer Of More Than 1 Million Chinese Each Year, Is Now Banned Indoors In Beijing

Beijing Passes Tough Anti-Smoking Rules In Smokers' Paradise by Calum MacLeod.  USA TODAY.  November 28, 2014.

Mass Incarceration And Its Impact On Public Health

Mass Imprisonment and Public Health by The Editorial Board.  The New York Times.  November 26, 2014

New F.D.A. Rule: Calorie Counts On Restaurants, Movie Theaters, Pizza Parlor Menus

F.D.A. To Require Calorie Count, Even For Popcorn At The Movies by Sabrina Tavernise and Stephanie Strom.  The New York Times.  November 24, 2014.

With Rural Georgia Hospitals In Crisis, Panel Doesn't Discuss Medicaid Expansion

State Panel Meets Over Ailing Rural Hospitals by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  November 20, 2014.

Some Experts Dispute Claims Of Looming Doctor Shortage; New Methods To Organize Healthcare May Avert Crisis

Some Experts Dispute Claims Of Looming Doctor Shortage by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  November 24, 2014.

You Are Not What You Eat, You Are What You Save From What You Eat

'Rise Of Saturated Fat In Diet Does Not Raise Fats In Blood' by James McIntosh.  Medical News Today.  November 22, 2014.

Illustrating The Impact Of Entertainment On Health, Home-Birth Film Redelivered

Home-Birth Film By Ricki Lake Prepares For Redelivery, Worldwide by Christine Haughney.  The New York Times.  November 23, 2014.

McKinsey Report Addresses Obesity, A Condition Affecting 2.1 Billion People

How The World Could Better Fight Obesity.  McKinsey Global Institute.  November 2014.

The Whole World Is Fat! And That Ends Up Costing $2 Trillion A Year.  NPR.  November 14, 2014.

Other Than Ebola, Tropical Diseases--Chagas, Chikungunya, Dengue--Pose Threat To U.S.

More Than Ebola, Other Tropical Diseases Pose Growing Threat To U.S. by Katherine Hobson.  National Geographic.  November 19, 2014.

To Limit Withholding Of Unfavorable Studies, New Rules For NIH's ClinicalTrials.gov Are Proposed

U.S. Government Proposes More Transparency In Clinical Trials by Sharon Begley.  Reuters/Yahoo News.  November 20, 2014.

Research: Most Heavy Drinkers Are Not Alcoholics, Suggesting New Approaches To Modify Behavior

Study:  Heavy Drinkers Are Rarely Alcoholics by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore.  USA Today.  November 21, 2014.

7 Shocking Consequences Of One Billion People Not Having A Toilet

7 Shocking Consequences Of One Billion People Not Having A Toilet by Beenish Ahmed.  Think Progress.  November 19, 2014.

Opinion: Perverse Incentives Undermining Care

How Medical Care Is Being Corrupted byPamela Hartzband and Jerome Groopman.  The New York Times.  November 18, 2014.

Use Of Dental Services Tends To Foreshadow Economic Trends

The Dental Index suggests Economic Pain Ahead by Eric Chemi.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  October 9, 2014.

Preterm Birth Identified As Leading Cause Of Death In Young Children

Preterm Birth Identified As Leading Cause Of Death In Young Children by Honor Whiteman.  Medical News Today.  November 17, 2014.

Emory University Physician Called America's Best Ebola Doctor By Time Magazine

Meet America's Top Ebola Doctor by Alexandra Sifferlin.  Time.  November 17, 2014.

Prelimary Research Results: Combination Of Nonstatin And Statin Shows Statistically Significant Heart Benefit

Surprise!  Vytorin Works.  Here Are Five Things You Should Know by Matthew Herper.  Forbes.  November 17, 2014.

AHA:  IMPROVE-IT Proves Ezetimibe Benefit by Peggy Peck.  MedPage Today.  November 17, 2014.

Anxiety And Stress Shown To Speed Cognitive Decline, Alzheimer's

Anxiety Speeds Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease by Kristen Fischer.  Healthline.  November 12, 2014.

Most Americans Are Not Healthy Or Financially Secure Enough To Donate A Kidney

Most In U.S. Aren't suitable Kidney Donors, Study Says by Kathleen Doheny.  Healthday.  November 14, 2014.

Thought-Controlled Gene Expression Offers At Some Point The Possibility Of New Therapies

Controlling Genes With Your Thoughts.  Science Daily.  November 11, 2014.

Physical Symptoms Suggest That Depression Could Be Reclassified As An Infectious Disease

Could Depression Actually Be A Form Of Infectious Disease?  Science Daily.  November 14, 2014.

Smoking Is A Driver Of TB; Research Reveals Why Smokers Are More Vulnerable

Crucial Mechanism Driving Colliding Epidemics Of Smoking, TB Unlocked By Scientists.  Science Daily.  Science Daily.  November 14, 2014.

Premature Infants Exposed To Unsafe Levels Of Chemical Used In Numerous Medical Products

Premature Infants Are Exposed To Unsafe Levels Of Chemical In Medical Products Use To Save Their Lives.  Science Daily.  November 13, 2014.

Health Literacy Linked To Internet Literacy Among Elderly

Older Americans Unversed In the Internet 'Know Less About Health' by Catharine Paddock.  Medical News Today.

Whether Psychology Organization Colluded With Torture Interrogations Will Be Subject Of Probe

Psychologists To Review Role In Detainee Interrogations by James Risen.  The New York Times.  November 13, 2014.

Ebola In The Context Of The Globalized And Hyperconnected World

Ebola Outbreak Is Latest Example Of Globalization's Risks by Ian Goldin.  PBS Newshour.  November 13, 2014.

Born In Rebellion, Doctors Without Borders Brings Dedication, Decentralized Organization, Flexibility, And A Passion For Meet The Most Challenging Needs To Ebola Fight

Ebola:  Doctors Without Borders Shows How To Manage A Plague by Brad Wieners And Makiko Kitamura.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  November 13, 2014.

Opinion: Ignored Facet Of Public Health: Food Workers

Protect Those Who Protect Our Food by Jacob E. Gersen and Benjamin I. Sachs.  The New York Times.  November 12, 2014.

Opinion: Public Policy Failing Teens On Birth Control

Politicians, Teens And Birth Control by Nicholas Kristof.  The New York Times.  November 12, 2014.

How Much Sugar Is Too Much? The Average American Consumes 19.5 Teaspoons Of Added Sugar A Day

How Much Sugar Is Too Much?  A New Tool Sheds Some Light by Lisa Aliferis.  NPR.  November 10, 2014.

Sewage Monitoring As Real-Time Epidemiology

What Our Sewage Can Teach Us by Joshua A Krisch.  Well Blog.  The New York Times.  November 10, 2014

AIDS, Ebola Outbreaks Offer Eerily Similar Reactions

Epidemics Of Confusion by Lawrence K.  Altman, M.D.  The New York Times.  November 10, 2014.

Lack Of Hygiene May Be An Important Reason For Stunting--Unicef Conference

Talks In India To Focus On Link Between Hygiene And Growth by Gardiner Harris.  The New York Times.  November 10, 2014.

The Ebola Epidemic--The Psychology Of Helping, Or Not Helping

Why Your Brain Wants To Help One Child In Need--But Not Millions by Shankar Vedantam.  NPR.  November 5, 2014.

Marijuana: Usage And Growing Activity By State

Where Americans Smoke And Grow Marijuana (Maps) by Bahar Gholipour.  Live Science.  November 4, 2014

A Vision Of The Future Of Reproduction From The Inventor of the Contraceptive Pill

Sex Will Soon Be Just For Fun, Not Babies, Says Father Of the Pill by Sarah Knapton.  Montreal Gazette.  November 9, 2014.

Robots To Treat Ebola Patients Discussed At White House Conference

Ebola-Tackling Robots To Be Discussed By The White House by Jen Copestake.  BBC.  November 6, 2014.

Multiple Strategies To Avoid Falling, An Increasing Cause Of Emergency Room Visits

Steps To Avoid An Accident by Katie Hafner.  The New York Times.  November 3, 2014.

Massive Department Of Veterans Affairs Has Need For A Range Of Medical Professionals

Needing To Hire, Chief Of V.A. Tries To Sell Doctors On Change by Richard A. Oppel Jr.  The New York Times.  November 8, 2014.

Western Medicine Seeks To Emulate Chinese Medicines Holistic View, Back Approach With Science And Data

A Push To Back Traditional Chinese Medicine With More Data by Shirley S. Wang.  The Wall Street Journal.  November 3, 2014.

CDC Addresses Ebola Concerns In Georgia Schools

CDC Urges Schools To Take More Measured Approach About Ebola by Aimee Jones.  Rockdale Citizen.  November 7, 2014.

Georgians Will Be Hit Hard If Supreme Court Rules Against Health Care Insurance Subsidies On Federal Exchanges

Latest ACA Court Case Reverberates In Georgia by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  October 7, 2014.

Medical Nanotechnology Explored For Proactive, Not Just Reactive, Approaches To Health Problems

Google's Newest Search:  Cancer Cells by Alistair Barr and Ron Winslow.  The Wall Street Journal.  October 29, 2014.

In Leader Selection Healthy Outweighs Smart

What Do Most People Consider In Choosing A Leader?  Healthy Or Smart Looks by Alfred Kristoffer A. Guiang.  Science Times.  November 7, 2014.

Potential Obamacare Ruling By The Supreme Court Could Make Health Insurance Unaffordable For Millions, Undermine Structure Of Program

Obamacare Challenge Gets High Court Review, With Crucial Tax Credits At Stake by Greg Stohr.  Bloomberg.  November 7, 2014.

Viewing Violent Injury As A Chronic Disease Suggests Intervention Timing

Is Violent Injury A Chronic Disease?  Study Suggests So, And May Aid Efforts To Stop The Cycle.  Science Daily.  November 6, 2014.

Circumventing Mutation, New Technology Kills Bacteria Without Antibiotics

Revolutionary New Antibiotic Alternative Could Save The World From Superbug 'Apocalypse' by Amelia Smith.  Newsweek.  November 6, 2014.

Election Dims Further Medicaid Expansion Prospects In Georgia And Other States

Republican Gubernatiorial Victories Make Medicaid Expansion Unlikely In 5 States by Phil Galewitz.  Kaiser Health News.  November 5, 2014.

Opinion: Political Impact On Health Illustrated By Case Study Of Arkansas And Georgia

Arkansas Vs. Georgia:  Proof That Politics Matters by Jay Bookman.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  November 4, 2014.

5 Problems For Rural Health In Georgia And 10 Potential Solutions For Communities

5 Problems For Rural Health In Georgia And 10 Potential Solutions For Communities by R. Ross burns.  Nelson Mullins.  November 4, 2014.

Irregular Work Hours Impact Ability To Think--Research Study

Study:  Long-Term Shirt Work Lessens Brain Power by Laura Smith-Spark.  CNN.  November 4, 2014.

Google Decision To Supplement Google Flu Trends And CDC Data Provides Case Study For Big Data In Healthcare

Google Flu Trends Update Shows Underlying Issues Of Big Data by Darius Tahir.  Modern Healthcare.  November 3, 2014.

Falling, A Threat For An Aging Population, Is Addressed With Design And Policy

Bracing For The Falls Of An Aging Nation by Katie Hafner.  The New York Times.  November 2, 2014.

Data Set Suggests That Three Million People Would Have Health Insurance If Medicaid Expansion Weren't Optional

Who Would Have Health Insurance If Medicaid Expansion Weren't Optional by Kevin Quealy and Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  November 3, 2014.

Obama's Health Law: Who Has Helped Most

Obama's Health Law:  Who Has Helped Most by Kevin Quealy and Margot Sanger-Katz.  The Upshot.  The New York Times.  October 29, 2014.

When Is Treatment Not Worth The Risk? A Question For Hospitals Treating Ebola Patients

Hospitals Wrestle With Extent Of Ebola Treatment by Stephanie Armour.  The Wall Street Journal.  October 31, 2014.

Distrust Of Experts Generally Fuels Public Alarm At Ebola

Alarmed By Ebola, Public Isn't Calmed by 'Experts Say' by Richard Perez-Pena.  The New York times.  October 31, 2014.

Stereotypes About Age Have An Impact On Physical Performance

A Workout For The Mind by Paula Span.  The New Old Age.  The New York Times.  October 30, 2014.

Are There Fat Profits From The Obesity Epidemic?

Investors See Generous Profits In Obesity Epidemic by Constance Gustke.  CNBC.  October 27, 2014.

Health Technology Being Developed To Meet Needs Of Aging Baby-Boomers

Firms Gearing Health-Related Technology Toward Baby Boomers by Luke Yoquinto.  the Washington Post.  October 31, 2014.

Phone Or In-Person Medical Interpreters Play An Important Role In Oregon Healthcare

Reasoning Behind Decision Of Maine Judge Rejected Maine Quarantine Order

Ebola Quarantine:  Why Judge Sided With Nurse Kaci Hickox by Warren Richey.  Christian Science Monitor.  October 31, 2014.

American Academy Of Arts And Sciences Special Collection On The Ebola Epidemic

The Ebola Epidemic.  Science Magazine.

Researchers With Recent Frontline Ebola Experience Barred From Tropical Medicine Conference In Louisiana

Been To An Ebola-Affected Country?  Stay Away From Tropical Medicine Meeting, Louisiana Says by Martin Enserink.  Science Magazine.  October 29, 2014.

Cleveland Clinic Lists Top 10 Innovations For 2015

Top 10 Innovations For 2015.  The Cleveland Clinic/Medical Innovation Summit October 27-29, 2014.

Emory Team Explains Success Treating Ebola

With Good Hospital Practice, Emory Rises To Ebola Challenge by Jim Burress.  WABE/Kaiser Health News.  October 29, 2014.

Hospitals, Nurses, And Physicians Endorse CDC Interim Guidance For Ebola Monitoring

AHA, AMA, And ANA Joint Statement On CDC Interim Guidance For Monitoring And Moving Persons With Potential Ebola Virus.  October 28, 2014.

The New England Journal Of Medicine: Ebola And Quarantine--Governors' Approach Not Scientifically Based

Ebola And Quarantine.  Editorial.  The New England Journal Of Medicine.  October 27, 2014.

Is The Affordable Care Act Working

Is The Affordable Care Act Working?  The New York Times.  October 27, 2014.

Overview Of History's Worst Plagues

Graphic:  As Ebola's Death Tool rises, Remembering History's Worst Epidemics by National Geographic Staff.  National Geographic.  October 25, 2014.

Hospitals Revamp Infection Control Amid Ebola Scare

Hospitals Revamp Infection Control Amid Ebola Scare by Sabriya Rice.  Modern Healthcare.  October 26, 2014.

Symptomless Ebola Nurse Criticizes Her Quarantine In Editorial

UTA Grad Isolated At New Jersey Hospital As Part Of Ebola Quarantine by Kaci Hickox.  The Dallas Morning News.  October 25, 2014.

Review Of Ebola Effort In Progress At CDC

CDC Moves Faster To NY As Ebola Self-Examination Begins by John Lauerman.  Bloomberg.  October 25, 2014.

Symptomless Nurse Quarantined Under New Ebola Guideline In New Jersey/New York Describes Harrowing Ordeal

Health Worker Quarantined In New Jersey Describes Harrowing Ordeal by Josh Margolin and Ben Candea.  ABC News.  October 25, 2014.

How The Nation's Oldest Continuously-Operated Hospital Gears Up For Ebola Case

Ebola Puts Spotlight On Bellevue, Key NYC Trauma Center by Ted Mann.  The Wall Street Journal.  October 23, 2014.

New Technique To Revive "Dead Hearts" For Transplants Promises Expansion Of Number Of Suitable Heart Donors

Australian Doctors Make Heart-Transplant Breakthrough by Rob Taylor.  The Wall Street Journal.  October 24, 2014

No Public Health Without Environmental Health: The Ebola/Deforestation Link

The Ebola-Deforestation Connection.  SustainableBusiness.com.  October 22, 2014.

New Investment Tools Viewed As Way To Expand Funding Of Public Health Efforts

The Latest In Public Health Funding:  Tapping Investors by Anna Gorman.  Kaiser Health News.  October 23, 2014.

Robots Could Possibly Be Used Ebola Containment Effort

Scientists Consider Repurposing Robots For Ebola by John Markoff.  The New York Times.  October 22, 2014.

How Genomics Research Can Help Contain The Outbreak

The Ebola Wars by Richard Preston.  The New Yorker.  October 27, 2014.

While Nationally One In Every 25 Hospitalized Patients Get An Infection, Hospitals Vary In Infection Control

Hospitals' Struggle To Beat Back Familiar Infections Began Before Ebola Arrived by Jordan Rau.

Meta-Analysis Indicates Effective Linking Of Anti-Inflammatory And Antidepressant Drug

Analgesics And Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Have Have Impact On Depression.  Medical Xpress.  October 21, 2014.

Young Female Billionaire Aims To Reshape Medical Testing

She's America's Youngest Female Billionaire--And A Dropout by Rachel Crane.  CNNMoney.  October 16, 2014.

Tracing Public Trust In Modern Medicine Through Public Reactions to Epidemics Of The Past

Ebola And The Epidemics Of The Past by David Oshinsky.   The Wall Street Journal.  October 17, 2014.

Out-Of-Hospital Medication Errors Common; Most Common--Administering Dosage Twice

Medication Errors Occur Every 8 Minutes In U.S. Children by Tara Haelle.  HealthDay.  October 20, 2014.

U.S. To Replace WHO-Based Protocols With New Ones; Rapid-Response Military Medical Team Formed

WRAPUP7-Using Military And New Protocols, U.S. Ramps Up Ebola  By Anna Driver and Lisa Marie Garza.  Octoner 20, 2014.

Siri Provides Stimulation And Companionship To Autistic Child

To Siri, With Love by Judith Newman.  The New York Times.  October 17, 2014.

Stories As A Complement To Evidence-Based Medicine

Why Doctors Need Stories by Peter D. Karmer.  The New York Times.  October 18 2014.

Ebola Conspiracy Theories Tell Us Much About America

The Ebola Conspiracy Theories by Alan Feuer.  The New York Times.  October 18, 2014.

Five Myths About Ebola

Five Myths About Ebola by Laurie Garrett.  The Washington Post.  October 10, 2014.

Poll Shows Widespread Misconceptions About How Ebola Is Spread

Poll:  Many Unaware How Ebola Is Spread by Phil Galewitz.  Kaiser Health News.  October 16, 2014.

Assisted Suicide Happens In All States Even Those Where It is Illegal

Beyond Brittany:  Assisted Suicides Happen In Every State, Insiders Say by Bill Briggs.  NBC News.  October 18, 2014.

Opinion: Travel Ban Will Not Work But Will produce Unintended Consequences

They May Sound Like A Good Idea, But Travel Bans For Ebola Won't Work by Abby Haglage.  The Daily Beast.  October 18, 2014.

Large Concentrations Of The Uninsured In Congressional Districts Often Impacts Support For Health Care Law

Dem Push For Health Law Rooted In Demographics by Stephen Ohlemacher.  Associated Press.  October 16, 2014.

Georgian Have Diverse And Sometimes Contradictory Views On The Affordable Care Act

Poll:  Georgians Like Expansion, But Not ACA Overall by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  October 9, 2014.

Georgia Responds To Ebola

Is Georgia Doing Enough On Ebola?   by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  Cotober 14, 2014.

Study" Fitness Age Is A Better Predictor Of Longevity Than Chronological Age

What's Your Fitness Age by Gretchen Reynolds.  Well.  The New York Times.  October 15, 2014.

I like this test.  It says I have the fitness age of 24.  

Even With Electronic Medical Records, Talking, Listening, And Repetition Will Be Necessary

With Electronic Medical Records, Doctors Read When They Should Talk by Abigail Zuger, M.D.  The New York Times.  October 13, 2014.

Ebola: Five Ways The CDC Got It Wrong

Ebola:  Five Ways The CDC Got It Wrong by Elizabeth Cohen.  CNN Health.  October 13, 2014.

Growing Brain Cells In Petri Dish Provides New Way To Test Drugs; Method Has Already Supported The Role Of Beta Amyloid

Breakthrough Replicates Human Brain Cells For Use In Alzheimer's Research by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  October 12, 2014.

Monitoring Child Care Can Be Key To Predicting Disease Outbreaks

How Preschoolers Can Predict Disease Outbreaks by Alexandra Sifferlin.  Time.  October 10, 2014.

Implementation Of CDC Infection Control Protocols Key To Ebola Control; Flawless Execution A Must In Effort To Protect Health Workers

As Anxiety Increases, Agency Scrambles To Address Concerns Of Health Workers by Pam Belluck

CDC Infection Preventional And Control Recommendations For Hospitalized Ebola Patients

Infection Prevention And Control Recommendations For Hospitalized Patients With Known Or Suspected Ebola Virus Disease In U.S. Hospital.  Centers For Disease Control  October 6, 2014.

Release Of Ebola Patient Becomes More Questionable In Light Of Fever, Incorrect Accounts, And Contradictions

Ebola Patient Sent Home Despite Fever, Records Show by Manny Fernandez and Kevin Sack.

Evolving With The Disease: Doctors Without Borders Innovates In Staffing, Distribution, Design, And Safety

Doctors Without Borders Evolves As It Forms The Vanguard In Ebola Fight by Sheri fink, Adam Nossiter And James Kanter.  The New York Times.  October 10, 2014.

Neurosurgery Residency: Overview Of Hours And Demands

Can Brain Surgery Be Taught In An 80-Hour Workweek by Dan Browning.  Star Tribune.  October 8, 2014.

Drugs, Especially Antibiotics And Radiocontrast Agents, Cause Most Of The Fatal Allergic Reactions

Drugs Cause Most Fatal Allergic Reactions, Study Finds by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times.  October 6, 2014.

Medical And Fashion Are Linked In Skin-Based Computing Devices

Wearable Technology That Feels Like Skin by Nick Bilton.  The New York Times.  October 8, 2014.

Women Physicians Paid Differently And May Practice Medicine Differently; Evidence--Payments By Drug Companies

Men Dominate List Of Doctors Receiving Largest Payments by Charles Ornstein.  The Upshot.  The New York Times.  October 8, 2014.

How Clinicians Can Handle Information Overload

Can Our Brains Handle The Information Age?  Interview with Daniel Levitin by Bret S. Stetka.  Medscape.  September 24, 2014.

Study: Contact Sports Boost Spread of MRSA's

Study:  Contact Sports Boost Spread Of 'Superbugs'  by Randy Dotinga.  WebMD.  October 9, 2014.

Looming Requirement Of The Affordable Care Act Requiring Restaurants To Post Calories Next To Prices Provides An Incentive To Cut Calories On New Items

Restaurant Chains Trimming The Fat, Study Shows by Bruce Horovitz.  USA TODAY.  October 8, 2014.

Life Expectancy Hits All-Time High of 78.8; Suicides Increased, Hispanics Provided Exception To Improvement

U.S. Life Expectancy Hits Record High by Steven Reinberg.  WebMd.  October 8, 2014.

Georgia's Health Is Bad And Getting Worse

Georgia's Health Is Bad And Getting Worse by Dr. Harry J. Heiman.  Georgia Health News.  October 2, 2014.

Tumor Seem To Grow Faster At Night; Implication For Timing Medication

Tumors Might Grow Faster At Night.  Science Daily.  October 6, 2014.

The Dynamics Of Fear: Who Is Frightened And Who Is Not

Only 11 Percent Of Americans Are 'Very Worried' About Ebola by Lisa Lerer.  Bloomberg Politics.  October 6, 2014.

Discovery Of "Place Cells" Gain Scientists Nobel Prize; May Shed Light On Alzheimer's

Nobel Prize Honors Researchers Discovery Of Brain's GPS System by Melissa Healy.  The Los Angeles Times.  October 6, 2014.

The Link Between Fat And Cancer; 84,000 Cancer Diagnoses Linked To Cancer Each Year

The Link Between Fat And Cancer by Jacque Wilson.  CNN.  October 1, 2014.

The 6 Biggest Myths About Ebola, Debunked

The 6 Biggest Myths About Ebola, Debunked by Susannah Locke.  Vox.  October 1, 2014.

Projections Of Rapid Growth For Medical Assistants Fuels Demand For Expensive, Often Not Required, Certificates

When Higher Education Doesn't Deliver On Its Promise--Medical-Assistant Programs:  A Case Study by Kevin Carey.  The Upshot.  The New York Times.  October 4, 2014.

Physician Licensing In Georgia Found More Forgiving For Those Barred In Other States

Georgia Board Licenses Doctors Other States Won't by Danny Robbins.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  October 4, 2014.  This article is available only with a subscription or in the physical newspaper.  Definitely worth a read highlighting stories such as one about a physician stripped of his license in Texas for solicitation of capital murder is now practicing in Georgia

America's Limitation Of Access To Healthcare Presents A Vulnerability To Ebola

Obamacare May Hold The Key To Saving The U.S. From Ebola by Laurie Garrett.  Foreign Policy.  October 1, 2014.

Study: Shift To LARC (Long-Acting Reversible Contraception) Would Dramatically Lower Unplanned And Teenage Pregnancy

IUDs And Implants Are The New Pill by James Hamblin.  The Atlantic.  October 1, 2014.

On-The-Ground Epidemiology In Contact Search Of Dallas Ebola Patient

For CDC Team In Dallas, The Search Is On For Those Who Had Contact With Ebola Patient by Amy Ellis Nutt.  The Washington Post.  October 4, 2014.

Electronic Medical Record Glitch Obscured Travel Record From Physicians For Dallas Ebola Victim

Ebola:  Record Glitch Sent Patient Home by Michael Smith.  MedPage Today.  October 3, 2014.

California Pollution Control Strategy Reduces The Average Risk Of Pollution-Associated Cancer by More than 50 Percent

Drastic Drop In California's Cancer-Causing Pollution Levels Found by Annie Hauser.  Weather.com.  October 3, 2014.

Q & A on Enterovirus; Link To Paralysis Cited

6 Things You Need To Know About The Enterovirus 68 Outbreak by Cheri Cheng.  Counsel & Heal.  October 3, 2014.  

Study: Consumerism And Price Transparency Could Impact Nation's Health Bill

Given Choice, Parents Pick Cheaper Medical Procedure For Children by Elisabeth Rosenthal.  The Upshot.  The New York Times.  October 1, 2014.

In Small Study, Indications Of Success In Combination Therapy In Reversing Cognitive Decline

Cognitive Decline "Reversed With Personalized Treatment Plan," Claims Researcher by Honor Whiteman.  October 2, 2014.

Abusers May Not Consider Vicodin/Hydrocodone As Dangerous Since They Are Prescribed By Doctors

Opioid Use High Because Users Distinguish It From Other Street Drugs by Shelly Fraley,  Diabetes Insider.  October 2, 2014.

Modernization And Transportation May Have Spread Aids From Kinshasa Beginning In the 1920's

Early Spread Of AIDS Traced To Congo's Expanding Transportation Network by Brandon Keim.  National Geographic.  October 2, 2014.

Drug-Delivery Capsule May Replace Injections

New Drug-Delivery Capsule May Replace Injections.  Science Daily.  October 1, 2014.

Pentagon Healthcare System Reviewed: 50 Hospitals, 600 Clinics, $50 Billion Budget

Pentagon To Target Its Hospitals Providing Poor Care Following Review by Dan Lamothe.  The Washington Post.  October 1, 2014.

Payments To Doctors Listed Including Research, Speaking, Consulting, Travel

Detailing Financial Links Of Doctors and Drug Makers by Katie Thomas, Agustin Armendariz and Sarah Cohen.  The New York Times.  September 30, 2014.

Lack Of Clear Guidelines, Standards, And Processes Present Obstacles To Hospitalist Responsible Use Of Antibiotics

Hospitalists Adopt Strategies To Become More Responsible Prescribers Of Antibiotics by Kelly April Tyrell.  The Hospitalist.  October 2014.

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.

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.

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.