Obamacare's Next 5 Hurdles To Clear

Obamacare's Next 5 Hurdles To Clear.  Kaiser Health News.  June 26, 2015. 

Issues On The Healthcare Policy Horizon After Obamacare Decision

High Court Ruling Offers Chance To Alter Health Law Debate.  The Associated Press/New York Times.  June 29, 2015. 

Virtual Reality To Rehabilitate Stroke Patients, Treat PTSD, And Train Dental Students

6 Innovative Uses For Virtual Reality by Jessica Hullinger.  The Week.  June 28, 2015. 

65,000 Heatstroke Patients Treated Since June 20 in Devastating Pakistan Heatwave

Weeklong Heat Wave In Southern Pakistan Kills 1,233 People.  Associated Press/NY Times.  June 27 2015. 

Gay Marriage Ruling May Lead To Better Mental And Physical Health

Gay Marriage Will Lead To Better Health, Doctors Say by Cameron Scott.  HealthlineNews.  June 27, 2015. 

Diet Guideline Recommendations Do Not Limit Total Fat; Limits Said To Produce Unhealthy Substitutions

Dietary Guidelines For Americans Shouldn't Place Limits On Total Fat Intake.  Tufts University/Science Daily.  June 23, 2015. 

13% of HIV-Positive Americans Don't Realize They Are Infected

CDC:  More Than 1 In 8 Americans Infected With HIV Don't Know It by Karen Kaplan.  The Los Angeles Times.  June 28, 2015.

Georgia Politicians React To Supreme Court Decision Upholding Obamacare Subsidies: Republican Rage; Democrats Praise

From A 'Disaster' To Landmark Victory, Georgia Politicians React To Obamacare Ruling by Greg Bluestein and Daniel Malloy.   Atlanta Journal Constitution.  June 25, 2015. 

Obamacare Subsidies Upheld; Future Administrations Likely Prevented From Reversing Decision Via Regulation

High Court Upholds Health Law Subsidies by Jay Hancock.  Kaiser Health News.  June 25, 2015. 

Understanding The Molecular Components Of Fertization May Lead To Male Contraceptive

UVA Fertilization Discovery May Lead To Male Contraceptive.  Medical XPress.  June 23, 2015. 

Republicans Push Against Consideration Of Environment In Dietary Guidelines

Republicans Push Back Against Proposed Dietary Guidelines  by Mary Clare Jalonick And Lauran Neergaard

Small Study Suggests That Simulated Enivorments Created Thru Virtual Reality Could Help Treat Alcoholism

Could "Virtual Reality" Treat Alcoholism.  Medical Xpress.  June 24, 2015.

Mental Health Effects Of Climate Change Highlighted In Lancet Report

The Hidden Mental Health Impacts Of Climate Change by Marlene Cimons.  Think Progress. June 23, 2015. 

Public Health Impacts Of Climate Change Explored In New Report

Risk Of Extreme Weather From Climate Change To Rise Over The Next Century, Report Says by Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  June 22, 2015. 

For the First Time Obese Americans Outnumber Those Who Are Overweight; Two-Thirds Of Adults Are At An Unhealthy Weight

America's Getting Even Fatter:  Startling Growth In Obesity Over Past 20 Years by Ariana Eunjung Cha.  The Washington Post.  June 22, 2015. 

Incivility In The Workplace A Health, Productivity, Creativity And Happiness Problem

No Time to Be Nice At Work by Christine Porath.  Sunday Review/The New York Times.  June 19, 2015. 

Unused Embryos, Created Embryos Pose Medical, Ethical, And Legal Issues

Industry's Growth Leads To Leftover Embryos, And Painful Choices by Tamar Lewin.  The New York Times.  June 17, 2015.

Sixth Mass Extinction Underway; 41 Percent Of Amphibians, 26 Percent Of Mammals, Humans Threatened

Sixth Mass Extinction Is Here:  Humanity's Existence Threatened.  Stanford University/Science Daily.  June 19, 2015. 

Stem Cell Exosomes Found To Augment Self-Repair and Self-Healing Capabilities Of The Heart

Stem Cell Exosomes Used To Induce Damaged Mouse Hearts To Self-Repair.  Temple University Health System/Science Daily.  June 18, 2015. 

Unintended Pregnancies, About Half Of All Pregnancies, Reduced Dramatically By Counseling Young Women On LARC's

Accidental Pregnancies 'Dramatically Reduced' By IUD And Implant Counseling by David McNamee.  Medical News Today.  June 18, 2015. 

Key Trend: 59.5 Million Displaced People, Half Children Strain Institutions Including Healthcare

60 Million People Fleeing Chaotic Lands, U.N. Says by Somini Sengupta.  The New York Times.  June 18, 2015.  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/world/60-million-people-fleeing-chaotic-lands-un-says.html?hpw&rref=world&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

New App Tells Illnesses Nearby Or In Local Area

This New App Can Tell You If The Poeple Around You Are Sick by Rupali Srivastava.  Think Progress.  June 17, 2015. 

Breast Cancer/DDT Link Illustrates Potential Long Term Impact Of Pesticides

Pesticide Used Decades Ago And Breast Cancer Risk by Kathleen Doheny.  WebMD.  June 16, 2015. 

Abortion Rate Decline Seems Linked To Contraception Availability

The Abortion Rate Is Falling Because Fewer Women Are Getting Pregnant by Amelia Thomson-Deveaux.  FiveThirtyEight.  June 12, 2015. 

Tips For Medical Students Who Get Lightheaded At The Sight Of Blood

How To Get Over Being Squeamish At The Sight Of Blood by Heidi Mitchell.  The Wall Street Journal.  June 15, 2015.

Dekalb, Fulton, and Clayton Counties Among Top Counties Nationally For New HIV diagnosis

Metro Atlanta At The Center Of A Burgeoning HIV Crisis by Malthri Vangala.  Georgia Health News.  June 12, 2015. 

Sports And Health In America

Sports And Health In America by NPR, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Harvard T. H. Chan School Of Public Health. 

American Thoracic Society Develop Sleep Guideliness For Differing Age Groups And For Public Health

Healthy Sleep:  Top Doctors Draw Up List Of Recommendations by Markus MacGill.  Medical News Today.  June 15, 2015. 

Understanding Measurement Issues And The True Significance Of Averages Creates New Perspective On So-called "Female Viagara"

The True Significance Of Fibanserin's 'Modest' Boost On Female Sexual Desire by David Kroll.  Forbes.   June 14, 2015. 

Mobile App Matches Cardiac Arrest Victims With Nearby People With CPR Training

Mobile App Helps Save Cardiac Arrest Victims by Bianca Seidman.  CBS News.  June 13, 2015. 

While There Are Still Approximately 9 Million Underage Drinkers, Underaged Drinking Dropped 21%

Underage Drinking, Binge Boozing By Minors Is On The Decline by Tyler Pager.  USA Today.  June 11, 2015. 

Successful Rape Prevention Program Viewed As One Part Of Total Solution

College Rape Prevention Program Proves A Rare Success by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  June 10, 2015. 

Leaked Portion Of Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Accord Has Potential Implications For Control Of Drug Prices

U.S. Shifts Stance On Drug Pricing In Pacific Trade Pact Talks, Document Reveals by Jonathan Weisman.  June 10, 2015. 

Nuts Reduce Risk Of Mortality From Not Just Heart Disease But Also Cancer, Stroke, Respiratory, And Brain Disease

Nuts May Reduce Risk Of Death From Any Cause, Study Finds by Alice G. Walton.  Forbes.  June 11, 2015. 

F.D.A. Panel Recommends Approval Of LDL Chloesterol Lowering Drug Which Mimics Mutations In PCSK9 Gene

Federal Panel Recommends Approving New Cholesterol Drug by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  June 9, 2015. 

Growing List Of Tick-Borne Illnesses

Beyond Lyme Disease, Research Highlights Growing List Of Tick Borne Illnesses.  The Associated Press/CBC.  June 9, 2015. 

Hospital Consolidation Trend Impacts Local Area

St. Mary's Health Care Purchases Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center by Carla Caldwell.  Atlanta Business Chronicle.  June 8, 2015. 

Some Uninsured Hospital Patients Are Charged More Than 10 Times The Actual Cost Of Patient Care

Some Hospitals Are Getting Away With 'Price-Gouging' Patients, Study Finds by Lena H. Sun.  The Washington Post. June 8, 2015. 

People Living Longer, Are Less Healthy, More Likely To Have Chronic And Multiple Conditions; Diabetes Spreading Worldwide

World's Population Is Getting Sicker, Study Shows by Robert Preidt.  U.S. News Health.  June 8, 2015. 

Why Are 95% Of People Who Live To 110 Women? New And Needed Direction For Research

Why Are 95% of People Who Live to 110 Women?  You're As Old As Your Stem Cells.  Cell Press/Science Daily.  June 4, 2015. 

Rat Limb Grown In Laboratory; May Foreshadow Growing Human Replacement Limbs

Scientists Grow New Limb In A Lab by Bianca Seidman.  CBS News.  June 5, 2015. 

For Good Or Ill, Obamacare Seems To Be Driving New Hospital Hiring

Thanks, Obamacare?  Healthcare Jobs Grow At Fastest Pace In 24 Years by Dan Diamond.  Forbes.  June 5, 2015. 

Hospital May Be Capable Of Becoming More Productive And May, In Fact, Be More Productive--Obamacare Assumption Correct?

Obamacare's Big Gamble On Hospital Productivity by Austin Frakt.  The New York Times.  May 25, 2015. 

Previously Unknown Vessel Discovered Linking Neurological and Immune Systems; Could Have Implications For Alzheimer's

Landmark Study Finds Previously Unseen Linked Between The Brain And Immune System by Carolyn Gregoire.  Huffington Post.  June 5, 2015. 

Marketing The 'Female Viagra'--Does The Science Really Support It?

'Female Viagra' May Be More Marketing Than Science by Anna Edney and Danielle Burger.  Bloomberg Business.  June 5, 2015. 

High Stakes In Supreme Court Obamacare Decision: Over 6 Million May Lose Tax Credits; Over 400,000 In Georgia

State-By-State Effects Of A Ruling For Challengers In King v. Burwell.  Kaiser Family Foundation. June 2015.

Comprehensive Screening Of Virus Exposure Could Help Identify Hidden And new Viral Infections

Cheap Blood Test Reveals Every Virus You've Ever Been Exposed To by Jessica Hamzelou.  New Scientist.  June 4, 2015. 

Context Often Determines Perceived Pain: Marathon Lessons

Forgetting The Pain Of Exercise by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York Times.  June 3, 2015. 

Anxiety, Surpassing Depression, Leads To Exploding Campus Demand For Mental Health Services

Anxious Students Strain College Mental Health Centers by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  May 27, 2015. 

California Water Usage--A Problem For All Of Us But Also An Opportunity

Fear Of Almonds by Mark Bittman.  The New York Times.  June 3, 2015. 

Predictable Public Health Disasters Are Not Being Planned For

The Most Predictable Disaster In The History Of The Human Race by Ezra Klein. Vox.  May 27, 2015. 

Dense Breast Tissue Notification Laws Raise Issues Of Testing, Treatment, Cost, And Technology

You Have Dense Breasts.  What Does That Mean?  by Barbara Feder Ostrov.  The Washington Post.  June 1, 2015.