Rising Demand For Appointments And More Students Arriving Taking Medication, Demand For Student Mental Health Services Rise

Mental-Health Crunch On Campus by Melissa Korn And Angela Chen.  The Wall Street Journal.  April 28, 2015. 

National Assessment: Many ERs Are Ill-Equiped To Treat Children Though There Has Been Improvement

Many Hospital ERs Aren't Ready To Treat Children by Laura Landro.  The Wall Street Journal.  April 27, 2015. 

Women Are Driving The Overall Increase In Heavy Drinking; Women's Bing Drinking Increased 36 Percent Between 2002 and 2012

Americans Are Drinking More Heavily , Especially Women by Barbara Feder Ostrov.  Kaiser Health News.  April 23, 2015. 

Biomarkers For Obesity Identified In Urine: Gut Metabolities Important; Skeletal Muscles Of Obese Use Energy Differently

What Urine Reveals About Obesity by Melissa Healy.  Los Angeles Times.  April 26, 2015. 

Life Expectancy Variance By Zip Codes: Atlanta Ranges From 84 In North Atlanta To 71 In Vine City

Same City, But Very Different Life Spans by Sabrina Tavernise And Alert Sun.  The New York Times. 

Study Indicates That Genes And Response Of Left Ventrical May Be Key To Body's Response To Aerobic Exercise

Exploring Why Some People Get Fitter Than Others by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York Times.  April 29, 2015. 

Gluten Sensitivities, More Common Than Realized, Fuels Effort To Find Drugs And Measure Effectiveness

As Celiac And Gluten Sensitivities Gain Prominence, Drug Companies Race To Find Treatments by Andrew Pollack.  The New York Times. 

Two Thirds Of The World's Population Have No Access To Affordable Surgery; Millions Die From Appendicitus, Fractures Or Obstructed Labor

Two Thirds Of The World's Population Have No Access To Affordable Surgery.  The Lancet/Science Daily.  April 27, 2015. 

Saturated And Unsaturated Fatty Acids Differ Radically In Impact On Cardiac Muscle Cells

Oil Or Fat?  Saturated Fatty Acids Might Directly Damage Your Heart.  De Gruyter/Science Daily.  April 27, 2015. 

Change In Culture, Medicare Reimbursement Policy, Patient Expectations Fuel Trend Toward Involving Patients In Decision Making

Hospitals Increasingly Turn To Patients For Advice by Shefali Luthra.  Kaiser Health News.  April 27, 2015. 

By One Year Of Age, One In Seven Toddlers Use Cell Phones Or Tablets; Implications For Health Are Possible

Getting Started Early:  Babies As Young AS 6 Months Use Mobile Devices For Up To An Hour Each Day by Kristin Magaldi.  Medical Daily.  April 25, 2015. 

Sugar, Carbs Behind Obesity Surge; Diet Responsible for More Illness than Physical Inactivity, Alcohol, And Smoking Combined

Sugar And Carbs, Not Physical Inactivity, Behind Surge In Obesity, Say Experts.  British Journal Of Sports Medicine.  April 22, 2015. 

Isolated Tribes Show Greater Gut Microbe Diversity As Well As "Alarming" Antibiotic Resistance

Microbiome Marvels:  Tribes' Gut Bacteria Reveal Biological Surprises by Alan Boyle.  NBC News.  April 17, 2015 

Effort To Edit Human Genes Permanently Altering Them Ends In Failure, Raising Safety And Thical Issues

Chinese Scientists Edit Genes Of Human Embryos, Raising Concerns by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  April 23, 2015. 

Nursing Homes Are Steadily Upgrading Services Lessening The Need For Hospital Admissions; Staffing and Reimbursement Practices Stand In The Way

Nursing Homes Are Starting To Supplant Hospitals As Focus Of Basic Health Care by Paula Span.  The New York Times.  April 24, 2015. 

HIV, Hepatitis C Outbreak Rural Indiana Reflects Decline Of Rural Communities and Flood Of Prescription Opioids

Health Officials Worry As HIV Cases In Indiana Grow by Alexandra Sifferlin.  Time.  April 24, 2015. 

Food Technologists Cite 8 Nutrients To Protect The Aging Brain

Eight Nutrients To Protect The Aging Brain.  Institute Of Food Technologists/Science Daily.  April 15, 2015. 

Happiness Index Ranks Countries; Switzerland #1, USA #15 Behind Mexico

What's The World's Happiest Country?  Does It Matter?  by Douglas Main.  Newsweek.  April 23, 2015. 

Simulated Invisibility Through Virtual Reality May Offer Treatments For Social Anxiety and Phantom Limb Illusions

Anxious?  Consider Invisibility by Nathan Collins.  Pacific Standard.  April 23, 2015. 

Heroin Use, Associated With HIV And Hepatitis C, Is Stabilizing At High Levels

Heroin Use Levels Off In U.S. But Still High by Robert Preidt.  WebMD News/Health Day.  April 23, 2015. 

Immune Therapy Drugs Continue To Show Meaningful Results In Cancer Treatment

Merck Cancer Drug Shines Against Skin, Lung Cancer by Matthew Herper.  Forbes.  April 19, 2015. 

Georgia Per Capita Spending On Public Health Exceeds Mississippi But Less than Half Of Alabama; Overall Ranking: 37th

Center For Medicare Services Ranks Hospital Customer Satisfaction; Georgia Hospitals Receiving Highest Ratings Might Be A Surprise

Only 251 U. S. Hospitals Receive Top Ranking On Patient Experience by Sabriya Rice.  Modern Healthcare.  April 16, 2015. 

College Drug Abuse Transferred To Workplace

Workers Seeking Productivity In A pill Abusing A.D.H.D. Drugs by Alan Schwarz.  The New York Times.  April 18, 2015. 

Germanwings Crash Raises Questions For Health Professionals

Germanwings Crash Exposes History Of Denial On Risk Of Pilot Suicide by Nicholas Kulish and Nicola Clark

ResearchKit From Apple Is Facilitating Medical Monitoring For Clinical Trails, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes

Apps To Track Exercise, Sleep Help Patients Participate In Clinical Studies by Ron Winslow.  The Wall Street Journal

New MCAT Focuses New Attention On Psychology, Sociology, Behavior; Interdisciplinary Emphasis

Medical-College Entrance Exam Gets An Overhaul by Melinda Beck.  The Wall Street Journal.  April 15, 2015. 

Repealing Obamacare No Longer Seems To Be Top Priority For GOP

Obamacare Repeal Falls Off Republicans' To-Do List As Law Takes Hold by Noam N. Levey.  The Los Angeles Times.  April 18, 2015. 

Rabies Takes A Toll on Asia And Africa

Preventable Rabies Kills 160 People Per Day.  BBC News.  April 17, 2015. 

New Momentum Toward HIV Cure: Costs And New Approaches Provide Incentives

Increasing Optimism Over HIV Cure by Michael Smith.  Medpage Today.  April 17, 2015. 

Link Between Sugar And Stress Reduction Found; Could Stress Be A Reason For Overconsumption of Sugar?

Sugar Suppresses Body's Stress Response by Parker Brown.  Medpage Today.  April 17, 2015. 

E-Cigarette Use Tripled Among Teens Raising Health And Regulatory Issues

E-Cigarette Use Tripled Among Teens--A "Staggering" Increase, CDC Reports by James Hood.  April 16, 2015. 

Delivery Units In Georgia Hospitals Continue To Close; Rural Areas Hit hardest; Only 75 Of 180 Hospitals In Georgia Have Delivery Units

2 More Hospitals Closing Baby Delivery Units by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  April 13, 2015. 

Board Recertification And Fees Anger Doctors But Often Required For Hospital Hires

Board Certification And Fees Anger Doctors by Joshua A. Krisch.  The New York Times.  April 13, 2015. 

How Much Exercise Is Enough? Can You Get Too Much Exercise?--Two Studies Address Issues

The Right Dose Of Exercise For A Longer Life by Gretchen Reynolds.  Well/New York Times.  April 15, 2015. 

5 Sunburns Doubles The Risk Of Melanoma, A Cancer That Can Strike Young People, Especially Women

Skin Cancer:  Young Adults Get It, Too by Kathleen Doheny.  WebMD/Health News.  April 14, 2015. 

Diabetes Plus Depression Raises Dementia Risk by 107 Percent

Depression Plus Diabetes May Boost Dementia Risk by Kathleen Doheny.  HealthDay/WebMD.  April 15, 2015. 

Counting Calories Is Not The Most Effective Strategy For Weight Loss; Avoiding Red Meat, Increasing Intake Of Foods Such As Yogurt, Nuts Is More Effective

Choice Of Protein- And Carbohydrate-Rich Foods May Have Big Effects On Long-Term Weight Gain. Tufts University/Science Daily.  April 9, 2015. 

Tango Found To Be Helpful In Improving Balance And Functional Mobility in Parkinson's Disease

Tango Dancing Benefits Parkinson's Patients.  McGill University/Science Daily.  April 13, 2015. 

Circumstances--Temptation, Biology, and Psychology--Combine To Make Weight Loss Difficulty; Lack Of character Not The Reason

You Should Never Diet Again:  The Science And Genetics Of Weight Loss by Dr. Traci Mann.  Salon.  April 9, 2015.

Brain Activation Patterns In Response To Speech Could Be Key To Autism Treatment And Prognosis

In Autism, The Brain's Response To Speech Speaks Volumes by Melissa Healy.  The Lost Angeles Times.  April 9, 2015. 

Untreated Mismatches between Culture and Evolution Are Causing Much Modern Disease

From Diabetes To Athlete's Foot Our Bodies Are Maladapted For Modern Life by Jeff Wheelwright.  Discover.  May 2015.  This article is not available online without a subscription.  Available in the print edition.  

Apple Watch Could Have Substantial Impact On Medicine And Health

Can The Apple Watch Really Keep The Doctor Away?  by Steve Brozak.  Forbes.  April 9, 2015. 

Hype, Hope And Harm in Medicine's Digital Age

Health IT:  "We Were Bound To Be Disappointed" by Shara Yurkiewica MD. An Interview With Robert Wachter, MD.  MedPage Today.  April 9, 2015. 

Study: Height Gene Seems to Affect Cholesterol Leading To Increased Heart Attacks Among Short Men

Heart Disease Risks May Be Linked To short People's Genes by Marilynn Marchione.  The Associated Press.  April 10, 2015. 

Group Wants To Ban The Word Diet From Diet Sodas

Group Wants To Ban The Word Diet From Diet Sodas by Mandy Oaklander.  Time.  April 9, 2015.

Nearly 1 In 10 Adults Have Impulse Anger Issues And Access To Guns: Study

Nearly 1 In 10 Adults Have Impulsive Anger Issues And Access To Guns.  Duke University Medical Center/Eurekalert.  April 8, 2015. 

White House Tackles Health Impacts Of Climate Change

White House Announces Plan To Tackle The Health Threats Of Climate Change by Kate Valentine.  Think Progress.  April 7, 2015. 

North Carolina Effort To Eliminate Abortion Training In OB-GYN Programs Reflects Broader Trend

Abortion Opponents Are Quietly Going After One Of The Top Medical Schools In The Country by Tara Culp-Ressler.  Think Progress.  April 7, 2015. 

Georgia Legislature: Quick Summary Of Health Winners And Losers

Health Legislation--Who Won And Who Lost?  by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  April 6, 2015. 

Spread Of HIV Similar to Computer Worms; "Hybrid Spreading" Model Suggest New Treatment Method

HIV Progression 'Like Internet Malware' by Hannah Nichols.  Medical News Today.  April 6, 2015. 

Billionaires Reshape Biomedical Research Priorities

Tech Titans' Latest Project Defy Death by Magda Jean-Louis and Eddy Palanzo.  The Washington Post.  April 4, 2015. 

Certificate Of Need Requirement Impacts Availability Of Care In Georgia

Laws May Be Limiting Medical Care In Georgia by Sarah Fay Campbell.  Coweta Times Herald.  April 5, 2015. 

New Hormone Treatment For Transgender Georgia Inmate Supported By Justice Department; Viewed As Necessary Medical Care

Transgender Inmate's Hormone Treatment Lawsuit Gets Justice Department Backing by Matt Apuzzo.  The New York Times.  April 3, 2015. 

Emory And Aetna Establish Accountable Care Organization

Emory, Aetna Create Latest ACO Care Model by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  April 2, 215

$3 Billion In New Federal Money For Medicaid Expansion Finds No Takers In Georgia

The Red State Solution On Medicaid:  Georgia's Not Part Of It by Misty Williams.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Kaiser Health News.  April 1, 2015. 

Surprise And Destruction Of Expectations Found To Be Key To Learning

Here's A New Trick To Learn Faster by Alice Park.  Time.  April 2, 2015. 

Exploration For Drugs To Fight Antibiotic Resistance Extends To Ancient Times

Ancient Remedy Could Be The Key To Defeating Superbugs by Brian Wu.  Science Times.  April 2, 2015. 

Stanford Study Looks At 11 High-Performing Primary Care Teams

Uncovering America's Most Valuable Care.  Peterson Center On Healthcare/Stanford Medicine-Clinical Excellence Research Center

Sharing Medical Information With Patients Has Clinical Benefits; Is In Line With Trends Toward Accountable Care

The Healing Power Of Your Own Medical Records by Steve Lohr.  The New York Times.  March 31, 2015. 

Income Level Found Associated With Brain Surface Area, An Area Linked With Academic Success

Being Poor Affects Kids Brains, Study Finds by Maggie Fox.  NBC News.  March 30, 2015.