Less Than 6 Hours Sleep: 4x More Likely To Get A Cold; Sleep And Immune System Linked

Getting Less Than 6 Hours Of Sleep Makes You 4x More Likely To Get A Cold by Lena H. Sun.  Washington Post.  August 31, 2015. 

Hunger Must Be Considered For Longterm Weight Loss; Caloric Deprivation May NOT Be The Key

Diet Advice That Ignores Hunger by Gary Taubes.  The New York Times.  August 29, 2015. 

Oliver Sacks: Explored, Bore Witness Through Case Studies To Brain Marvels And Misfunctions

Oliver Sacks Dies At 82; Neurologist And Author Explored The Brain's Quirks by Gregory Cowles.  The New York Times

Hospitals Continue To Seek Partners Throughout Georgia; US May Have Only 150 Or Less Health Systems, Georgia 3-5

Georgia Regents Health System, University Hospital Talk Of Need For partnerships by Tom Corwin.  The Augusta Chronicle.  August 27, 2015. 

Probiotics Seem To Produce Gut Microbes That Curb Inflammation And Obesity

Probiotics Could Help Curb Inflammation, Obesity.  RelaxNews/CTV News.  August 29, 2015. 

Improvement In School Nutrition: More Vegetables, Fruits, Whole Grains;

CDC Gives Schools Good Grades For Nutrition, But Asks:  Where Are the Salad Bars? by Karen Kaplan.  The Los Angeles Times.  August 27, 2015. 

Overthinking The Root Of Neuroticism And Depression?

Could Neuroticism Stem  From Overthinking?  by James McIntosh.  Medical News Today.  August 28, 2015. 

Virginia Shooting Spotlights Riddle Of Workplace Safety

Virginia Shooting Spotlights Riddle Of Workplace Safety by Erik Eckholm and Richard A. Oppel Jr.  August 27, 2015.

Treatment Guidelines Conflict With Funding; Medicaid And Hepatitis C

White House Is Pressed To Help Widen Access To Hepatitis C Drugs Via Medicaid by Robert Pear.  The New York Times.  August 25, 2015. 

Long Island Hospital Posts Doctor Ratings Online

Long Island Hospital Posts Doctor Ratings by Corinne Ramey.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 26, 2015. 

Second Opinion Services Increasingly Provide Second Set Of Eyes For Medical Diagnosis

New Ways For Patients To Get A Second Opinion by Sumathi Reddy.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 24, 2015. 

The Startups That Give You A Second Opinion On Costly Surgery by John Tozzi.  Bloomberg Business.  August 20, 2015.  

Children's Healthcare Of Atlanta Creates Clinically Integrated Network Containing 1100 Pediatricans; Aims For Data-Driven Quality Improvements

Pediatricians, Facing New Realities Form Network by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  August 24, 2015. 

Weight-Loss Programs May Benefit From Partnering With Primary Care Physicians

Helpful Physicians May Be Key To Successful Weight Loss by James McIntosh.  Medical News Today.  August 24, 2015. 

First Step Toward Universal Flu Vaccine Involves Getting Immune System To Recognize Stem Of Influenza

Scientists Get One Step Closer To A Universal Flu Vaccine by Sarah Zhang.  Wired.  August 24, 2015. 

Underrepresentation And Concentration Of Women And Blacks And Hispanics In Medical Specialities; Only 14% Of Trainees In Orthopedics Are Women

Women, Minorities Still Underrepresented In Medical Specialties by Megan Brook.  Reuters.  August 24, 2015. 

In 2016, Georgia Institutes Continuing Competency Requirements For Nurses

Nurses' Competency:  Will New Program Verify It Better?  by Judi Kanne.  Georgia Health News.  August 3, 2015. 

Pedestrian Accidents--Poverty, Sidewalks, Vehicle Speed, Infrastructure Favoring Cars Over People: The Case Of Bibb County

Poverty, Intoxication, Roads That Favor Drivers Prove A Dangerous Mix by Jane Hammond.  Center For Collaborative Journalism/Macon Telegraph. 

9 Factors Could Be Associated With Lower Alzheimer's Risk

9 Factors You Can Control May Be Key To Alzheimer's Risk by Alan Mozes.  HealthDay/Philly.Com.  August 20, 2015. 

President Jimmy Carter To Receive New Drug That "Decloaks" Cancer From Immune System Attack

Carter To Get Radiation, New Immune Therapy For Skin Cancer by Marilynn Marchione.  Seattle PI/Associated Press.  August 20, 2015. 

First Study Of Its Kind Shows Impact Of Longer Hours On The Job On Stroke And Coronary Heart Disease Risk

Stroke Rounds:  Long Work Hours, Stroke And CHD Risk Associated by Salynn Boyles.  Medpage Today.  August 20, 2015. 

Teen Health Provides Predictor Of Adult Health; Teens Often Do Not Perceive Significance Of Their Conditions

Bad Health Outcomes For Adults Who Don't Get Help As Teens by Lisa Gillespie.  Kaiser Health News.  August 17, 2015. 

St Mary's Hospital Uses A Form Of Ultraviolet Light Blocked By Ozone Layer To Prevent Infections

UV System Helps St. Mary's Protect Patients Against Infection.  Online Athens.  August 16, 2015. 

Heroin Epidemic Treated As Public Health And Public Safety Problems In Obama Strategy

The Obama Administration's Strategy On Heroin Addiction :  Treat It As A Public Health Problem.  Think Progress. August 17, 2015. 

What's Behind The Declining Effectiveness And Efficiency Of Medical Research

Spending More On U.S. Medical Research Hasn't Led To New Cures What's Going Wrong by Sam P.K.Collins.  Thinkprogress. August 18, 2015

States, Including Georgia, Take Steps To Address Residency Bottleneck

To Address Doctor Shortages, Some States Focus On Residencies by Rebecca Beitsch.  Stateline/Kaiser Health News.  August 12, 2015. 

Sleep Becoming Increasing Focus In Effort To Institute Patient Centered Care

For Hospitals, Sleep And Patient Satisfaction May Go Hand In Hand by Shefali Luthra.  Kaiser Health News.  August 17, 2015. 

Neuroprotective Brain Mechanism May Have Implications For Glaucoma, Parkinson's, And Alzheimer's

Can Your Brain Control How It loses Control?  Association For Research In Vision And Opthalmology.  August 14, 2015. 

New Incentive Approach To Drunk Driving: Target Drinking, Not Driving While Drinking, With Modest Immediate Penalties

A Simple Fix For Drunken Driving by Keith Humphreys.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 14, 2015.

Molecular Underpinnings Of Fear, Anxiety, Cognitive Decline May Have Been Identified In Mouse Study

'Brainy' Mice Raise Hope Of Better Treatments For Cognitive Disorders.  University of Leeds/Medical Xpress.  August 14, 2015. 

Music May Help Recovery After Surgery; Some Association With Reduction In Pain And The Use Of Painkillers

Your Favorite Music May Boost Post-Op Recovery by Robert Preidt.  Web MD.  August 12, 2015. 

New Synthetic Drug Ravages Several Southern States; New Drugs Often Not On Controlled Substances List

Potent New Stimulant Flakka Ravages Florida by Arian Campo-Flores.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 12, 2015. 

Global Population Could Reach 11 Billion by 2100; African Could Be At 5.6 Billion By Then

Global Population Soars Toward 11 Billion by 2100.  Can Earth Support Growth?  by Sara Aridi.  Christian Science Monitor.  August 12, 2015. 

A Case Study In The Deployment Of The Tools Of Public Health: No Polio Cases In Africa For A Year

A Milestone In Africa:  No Polio Cases In A Year by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  August 11, 2015. 

New Firms Put High-Tech Trend On Old-Fashioned Housecall; Healthcare Uberized

Startups Vie To Build An Uber For Health Care by Melinda Beck.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 11, 2015. 

UAB-Birmingham Study Points To The Killer Southern Diet

What A Southern Diet Actually Is And Three Ways It's Killing You by Brittany Smith.  Men's Fitness. 

Effectiveness Of Hospital Cleaning Practices Not Firmly Established By Research; While further Research Need UV Light And Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Show Promise

Evidence Spotty For Hospital Cleaning Practices by Hanneke Weitering.  MedPage Today.  August 11, 2015. 

Pharmacy Benefit Manger CVS Concerned That New Heart Disease Guidelines Don't Provide The Clarity Need To Avert Runaway Costs

Pharmacy Benefit Manager CVS Urges Rewrite For U.S. Heart Guidelines by Deena Beasley And Ransdell Pierson.  Reuters.  August 10, 2015. 

Health Care Identity Theft Affects 2.3 Million Adult Patients; Often Victims Can't Examine their Own Medical Record

How Identity Theft Sticks You With Hospital Bills by Stephanie Armour.  The Wall Street Journal.  August 7, 2015. 

Effective Infection Control Said To Require Coordination Between Health Facilities

Lack Of Cooperation Among Health Facilities Mars Antibiotic Resistance Fight CDC Says by Jordan Rau.  Kaiser Health News.  August 4, 2015. 

Hospitals Partner With Toyota To Streamline Processes

Hospitals Seeking An Edge Turn To Unlikely Adviser:  A Car Maker by Anna Gorman.  Kaiser Health News.  August 5, 2015. 

Consumer Reports Rates Atlanta Hospitals On Avoiding Infections

Hospital Ratings:  Avoiding Infections.  Consumer Reports. 

Stress Undermines Diets By Amping Up Reward Circuits In Brain And Dialing Down Those For Self Control

Stress May Sabotage Diets By Short-Circuiting Self-Control by Kathryn Doyle.  Reuters.  August 5, 2015. 

Infant Mortality In The United States In Triple the Rate Of Japan Or Norway; Racial Disparaties; South Has Highest Rates

U.S. Infant Mortality Rate Stays High, Report Finds by Maggie Fox.  NBC News.  August 6, 2015. 

Americans Are Cutting Calories But Half Of Their Calories Are From The Wrong Foods

Americans Are Cutting Calories But Far From Eating Healthy by Carina Storrs.  CNN.  July 30, 2015. 

IBM's Watson Bringing Analytics To The Largest Data Set In Health Care--Images

IBM Adds Medical Images To Watson, Buying Merge Healthcare For $1 Billion by Steve Lohr. 

Walking Versus Running: Benefits Versus Risks

Should You Walk Or Run For Exercise?  Here's What The Science Says by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  August 4, 2015. 

Printed Pills To Model Hearts: How 3-D Pringint Is Changing Health

Printed Pills To Model Hearts:  How 3-D Printing Is Changing Health by Gillian Homney.  ABC News

Urine Biomarkers For Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer Identified; Perhaps Key To Survival For A Disease With Few Specific Symtoms

Urine Test For Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer Possible After Biomarker Discovery by Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund/Medicalxpress.  August 3, 2015. 

Photoacoustic Imaging May Surpass MRI Or PET For Study Of Brain

A Scientist Deploys Light And Sound To Reveal The Brain by Jon Hamilton.  NPR.  July 27, 2015. 

Study Of Mental Illness After Nuclear Accidents Shows The Importance Of Accurately Communicating Risk Information

Modern Nuclear Disasters:  Biggest Risk Is Mental, Not Physical Illness by Markus MacGill.  Medical News Today. 

OB Hospitalists A Growing Trend; On-Staff Doctors May Deliver For Private Practice Obstetricians

Big Push:  Hospitals Turn To 'Laborists' For Safer Deliveries by Phil Galewitz.  Kaiser Health News.  July 29, 2015. 

Pioneer In A New Era In Medicine With Groundbreaking Work In Gynecologic Surgery, Sex Change, And In Vitro Fertilization

Howard W. Jones Jr., A Pioneer Of Reproductive Medicine, Dies At 104 by Randi Hutter Epstein.  The New York Times.  July 31, 2015. 

Signals Between Brain And Spinal Cord Reawakened With Electrical Stimulation; Transcutaneous

Paralyzed Patients Move Again With New, Non-Surgical Stimulation by Bianca Seidman.  CBS News.  July 31, 2015.