Study Examines Why Drug Prices In U.S. Are "Extraordinarily High" As Compared With Other Countries

New Study Offers Drug Pricing Lessons From Abroad, Urges Changes In U.S. by George Lauer.  California Healthline.  May 28, 2015. 

F.T.C. Settlement Indicates Determination To Increasing Competition In The Pharmaceutical Industry

Teva Settles Cephalon Generics Case With F. T.C. For $1.2 Billion by Rebecca R. Ruiz And Katie Thomas.  May 28, 2015. 

Pricing Misstep Has Implications For Humana's Georgia Obamacare Participation

Obamacare Setback Has Humana Attempting Georgia Turnaround  by Zachard Tracer.  Bloomberg Business.  May 20, 2015. 

Dental Care In Georgia Ranks Low In Number of Dentists; Barriers To Dental Care Numerous

Report:  Georgia Ranks Low In Availability Of Dentists by Michelle Wirth.  WABE.  May 29, 2015. 

Immunotherapy Becomes Established Along With Surgery, Radiation, And Chemotherapy As Cancer Fighting Tool; Genetic Tools Can Predict Effectiveness

New Immunotherapy Drug Outperforms Chemotherapy For A Form Of Lung Cancer by Lenny Bernstein.  May 29, 2015. 

Auditory and Visual Hallucinations Occur To About 5% At Some Point

Hallucinations And Delusions More Common Than Thought.  University of Queensland/Science Daily.  May 27, 2015. 

3-D Printer Generates Realistic Model Of Cancerous Tumor; More Effective Testing Of Anti-Cancer Drugs Possible

3-D Printer Generates Realistic Model Of A Cancerous Tumor.  IOP Publishing/Science Daily.  May 27, 2015. 

Colorectal Cancer In Young People Is Rising; New Chemotherapies May Be Required

Colorectal Cancer Genetically Different In Older And Younger Patients.  University Of Colorado Denver/Science Daily.  May 29, 2015. 

Technology Used By Hospitals To Spot Decompensations Which Foreshadow Fast Developing Conditions

Hospitals Find New Ways To Monitor Patients 24/7 by Laura Landro.  The Wall Street Journal.  May 25, 2015.

Adequate Staffing Of Nurses Is Critical For Patient Outcomes

We Need More Nurses by Alexandra Robbins.  The New York Times.  May 28, 2015

New Understanding Of The Genetic Mechanisms Of Pain May Offer New Treatment Options

Uncomfortably Numb:  The People who Feel No Pain by Mo Constandi.  The Guardian. May 25, 2015. 

Caution Advised On Genetic Tests; Results Vary; Significance Of Findings Often Unclear

Study Reveals Flaws In Gene Testing;  Results Often Conflict by Marilyyn Marchione.  Associated Press/Denver Post.  May 28, 2015.

Diseases Associated With Tick Bites Get New Emphasis; Lyme Disease Is Just A Small Part Of The Problem

New Hopkins Center To Focus On Lyme Disease by Meredith Cohn.  The Baltimore Sun.  May 25, 2015. 

Longevity Through Optimizing Our Surroundingss: What Centenarians In Epicenters Of Longevity Can Tell Us

Want Great Longevity And Health?  It Takes A Village by Dan Buettner.  The Wall Street Journal.  May 22, 2015. 

Skipping Meals Sets Body Up For Insulin/glucose Fuctuations And Fat Gain

Skipping Meals May Increase Belly Fat, Study Finds by Paula Cohen.  CBS News.  May 21, 2015. 

The "Wink And Nod" And Physician Assisted Suicide

The Gray Areas Of Assisted Suicide by April Dembosky.  KQED/Kaiser Health News.  March 21, 2015. 

Oxytocin, The "Love Hormone," And Alcohol Have Similar Behavioral Effects Even While Impacting Different Brain Receptors

The Sober Science Behind 'Drunk in Love' by Charlotte Lytton.  The Daily Beast.  May 21, 2015. 

Senior Health Ranked By State: Vermont Leads; Georgia 39th

How Healthy Are Seniors In Your State?  by Kimberly Leonard.  U.S. News.  May 20, 2015. 

Case Of Cancer Fundraising Fraud Shows How Illness Provides Criminal Opportunities For some

Major Cancer Charities Shut Down Amid $187 Million Donation Scam by Liz Fields.  Vice.  May 20, 2015. 

Prevalence Of Metabolic Syndrome Has Seemed To Stablize; Demographics May Foreshadow Future Rise However

Prevalence Of Metabolic Syndrome In The U.S. Has Stabilized.  Can It Last?  by Karen Kaplan.  The Lost Angeles Times.  May 19, 2015. 

Suicide Rate For Black Boys Doubled Over Last Two Decades; Rate For White Children Dropped

Suicide Rates Among Young Black Boys On The Rise by Carina Storrs.  CNN.  May 19, 2015. 

A Quarter Of All Elderly Americans Could Become "Elder Orphans"

A Quarter Of All Elderly Americans Could Be Orphans In The Times To Come by Anjali Singh Deswai.  May 19, 2015. 

Study Involving 32,000 Men Shows Association Of Frequent Ejaculation And Reduced Prostate Cancer Risk

Best Evidence Yet!:  Ejaculation Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk by Nick Mulcahy.  Medscape. May 17, 2015. 

L'Oreal To Begin 3D-Printing Skin For Product Evaluation; Firm Ended Animal Testing In 1989

L'Oreal To Begin 3D-Printing Skin by Tracy Staedter.  Discovery.  May 19, 2015. 

States To Lose $721 Billion Over A Decade If The Supreme Court Rules Against Obamacare Subsidies

States Lose $721B SCOTUS Rules Against Subsidies In Obamacare by Brianna Ehley.  The Fiscal Times.  May 17, 2015. 

Experiment Results Confirm That Sexual Reproduction Weeds Out Genetic Flaws, Providing One Answer To The Question "Why Do Men Exist?"

Why Do Males Exist?  The Sex Live Of Beetles Provide An Explanation by Alan Boyle.  May 18, 2015. 

Value Of Unpaid Caregivers Is $450 Billion; Congressional Recognition Of Their Importance Is Developing

It's Time To Champion Unpaid Family Caregivers by Jo Ann Jenkins.  AARP Bulletin.  April 2015.

Reorganizing Work Flow Allows Stroke Patients To Quickly Move From Door-To-Needle And Still Benefit From MRI

Saving Critical Time Diagnosing Stroke Patients With MRI By Borrowing 'Lean' Principles.  MedStar Washington Hospital Center.  May 13, 2015. 

Three-Way Link Between Antibiotic Use, Gut Bacteria, And Later Disease

Infant Antibiotic Use Linked To Adult Diseases.  University of Minnesota, Academic Health Center/Science Daily.  May 13, 2015. 

541,000 Georgians Enroll In This Year's ACA Exchanges; Gwinnett Leads The Way With Over 73,000

Gwinnett, Metro Atlanta Top Exchange Enrollment by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  May 13, 2015. 

Fingerprints Provide Drug-Use Evidence That Cannot Be Faked

Fingerprints Show Success As Cocaine Drug Test Via Chemical Secretion by Chris Weller.  Medical Daily.  May 15, 2015. 

$37 Billion Needed Over Next Ten Years To Spur Antibiotic Development; Antimicrobial Resistance Could Kill 300 Million Prematurely If AMR Is Not Addressed

Multibillion-Dollar Investment Needed To Fight Drug-Resistant 'Superbugs' by Denise Roland.  The Wall Street Journal.  May 13, 2015. 

The "Most Distinctive" Causes Of Death By State

Death In Your State:  What's The Most 'Distinctive' Killer.  Yahoo Health.  May 15, 2015. 

F.D.A. Produces Reference Material to Insure That Genetic Tests Are Accurate And Consistent

U.S. Introduces New DNA Standard For ensuring Accuracy Of Genetic Tests by Robert Pear.  The New York Times.  May 14, 2015. 

Trend In Grip Strength Found To Be Stronger Predictor Of Death Than Systolic Blood Pressure

Get A Grip!  Global Study Shows Grip Strength Is A Simple And Powerful Predictor Of Death.  Forbes.  Larry Husten.  May 14, 2015. 

Penalties Often Work Better Than Pure Reward In Smoking Cessation

Study Asks If Carrot Or Stick Can Better Help Smokers Stop by Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  May 13, 2015. 

Benefits Company Responds To Out-Of-Line Hospital Bills With One Word: No; Computes What Is Reasonable And Pays That Amount

Radical Approach To Huge Hospital Bills:  Set Your Own Price by Jay Hancock.  Kaiser Health News.  May 13, 2015. 

Seasons Appear To Influence Genetic Activity; Inflammation Influenced As Well As Perhaps Several Other Conditions

Seasons May Tweak Genes That Trigger Some Chronic Diseases by Rob Stein.  NPR.  May 12, 2015. 

Medieval Hospital and Mass Grave Under A Supermarket In France Sheds Light On Healthcare And French History

A Grisly Find Under A Supermarket Illuminates Frances Medieval History.  The New York Times.  May 11, 2015. 

Telemedicine And Medical Apps Multiply

An Uber For Doctor Housecalls by Jennifer Jolly.  The New York Times/Wired Well.  May 5, 2015. 

Drinking Recylced Water Presents Marketing Challenge: The "Yuck" Factor

Recycled Drinking Water:  Getting Past The Yuck Factor by John Schwartz.  The New York Times.  May 8, 2015. 

Listeria Impacts Immuno-compromised Individuals Perhaps Pointing to Dimished Microbiome As The Basic Problem

Invite Some Germs To Dinner by Kate Murphy.  The New York Times.  May 9, 2015. 

To Thread A Political Needle, Hospital Seeks To Craft Plan So That Georgia Uninsured And Hospitals Can See Some Benefit From Available Federal Funds

Grady Outlines Plan To Transform Care For Uninsured by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  May 8, 2015. 

Access To Healthy Food Is Just One Factor In A Healthy Diet; Education, Income, Preferences Contribute

Giving The Poor Easy Access To Healthy Food Mean They'll Buy It by Margot Sanger-Katz. the New York Times.  May 8, 2015. 

W.H.O Urges Illnesses Be Named To Avoid Stigmas, Inaccuracies, And Harmful Reactions

W.H.O. Urges More Care In Naming Diseases by Rick Gladstone.  The New York Times.  May 8, 2015. 

Republican Approaches To Expanding Medicaid Have Significant Implications For The Future Of The Program

GOP-Led Medicaid Expansion States Test Limits Of CMS Flexibility On Waivers by Virgil Dickson.  Modern Healthcare.  May 7, 2015. 

Highly Educated Women Are Less Likely To Remain Childless Into Their 40's

Childlessness Falls, Family Size Grows Among Highly Educated Women by Gretchen Livingston.  Pew Social Trends.  May 7, 2015. 

Criminal And Malacious Attacks Of Healthcare Organizations Up 125% From 5 years Ago

Criminal Attacks Surpass Negligence As Top Data Breach Source, Survey Finds by David Raths.  Healthcare Informatics.  May 7, 2015. 

Extraordinary Growth For Child Diabetes For 2011 to 2013

Healthcare Spending For Privately Insured Children With Diabetes Rises Sharply, 2011-2013.  Medical Xpress.  May 2015. 

Chef Survey Shows Food Trends for 2015

2015 Culinary Forecast.  National Restaurant Association. 

Exercise Plus Diet More Effective Than Either Alone In Diabetes Prevention

Is Diet Or Exercise The Best Way To  Reduce Diabetes Risk?  St. Louis University/Science Daily.  May 6, 2015.

Digital Strategies Reduced Recurrence Of Cardiovascular Illnesses Better Than Statins

Digital Technology Helps Lower Risk Of Heart Attacks by Ann Lukits.  The Wall Street Journal.  May 4, 2015. 

Sea Anemone Venom As Drug For Autoimmune Diseases Illustrates New Approach

Novel Drug From Nature Shows Early Promise by Rachel Pannett.  The Wall Street Journal.  May 5, 2015. 

Panera And Other Chains Respond To Shifting Consumer Tastes And Remove Artificial Ingrediants

Panera To Drop At Least 150 Artificial Ingredients From Menu by Ilan Brat.  The Wall Street Journal.  May 4, 2015. 

Six Georgia Counties Get Failing Grade On Ozone; Some Improvement Notes; Limited Transit System In Atlanta Is A Concern

State's Air Quality Better, But Still Worrisome by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  April 30, 2015. 

State of the Air 2015.  American Lung Association.

Apple, IBM And Japan Post Group Join In Technology Service Aimed At Fast-Growing Older Demographic; May Be Scalable Around The Globe

Apple, IBM And Japan Post See Profit In The Old-Age Market by Steve Lohr.  The New York Times.  April 30, 2015. 

Variation In Telomere Length May Be Forerunner Of Cancer: Possible Prediction Tool

Telomeres Tell The Future:  Scientists Could Use Aging Biomarker As Way To Detect Early Cancer by Chris Weller.  Medical Daily.  May 1, 2015. 

Research Indicates That Mothers Who Breastfeed Are Less Likely To Suffer Cancer Recurrence

Breastfeeding Is Not Only Good For The Baby But Also Highly Beneficial To The Mommy:  Find Out Why by Bob Gore.  Empire State Tribune.  May 2, 2015. 

Asprin A Day May Present More Risks Than Benefits For Most

Maybe You Should Rethink That Daily Aspirin by Maanvi Singh.  NPR>  April 27, 2015. 

Large Insurance Company Covers Video-Based Doctor Visits Just As It Covers In-Person Visits

Video Is About To Become The Way We All Visit The Doctor by Issie Lapowsky.  Wired.  April 30, 2015. 

Possible Key Mechanism In Aging Identified: Alterations In The Structure Of Heterochromatin

Researchers Discover Key Driver Of Human Aging.  Salk Institute/Medical Xpress.  April 30, 2015. 

Even Small Periods Of Light Activity Found To Offer Health Benefits

How To Improve Your Health In Two Minutes by Mary Elizabeth Dallas. CBS News.  May 1, 2015. 

Sloan Kettering CEO Summarizes State Of Cancer Knowledge, Developing Prevention And Treatment Strategies

The Future Of Cancer:  Closer To A Cure by Craig Thompson.  The Wall Street Journal.  April 26, 2015