New Sequencing Approach Believed to Be Able To Detect All Infective Viruses At Once

Detecting All Invective Viruses At Once.  Genetic Engineering News.  Sept 30, 2015. 

Antiretroviral Triple Therapy And Prophylaxis Recommended By W.H.O For Confronting H.I.V; Costs For These Recommendations Could Be Staggering

Millions More Need H.I.V. Treatment, W.H.O Says by Donald G. McNeil. Jr.  The New York Times.  September 30, 2015. 

Understated Deaths From Police Chases Could Number In The Thousands

Feds Fail To Track Deadly Police Pursuits by Thomas Frank.  USA Today.  September 29, 2015.

Possible Surgical Treatment For The Most Severe Type Of Macular Degeneration Shows Some Promise

Age-Related Blindness Cure Steps Closer With New Stem Cell Trial by James McIntosh.  Medical News Today.  September 29, 2015. 

Topol: Tech Will Transform Doctors' Role Into More Consulting Role

Tech Options Helping Patients Wrest Control From Doctors by Michelle Andrews.  Kaiser Health News.  September 22, 2015. 

Study: Cancer Treatment In Last Two Trimesters Shows No Impact On Children's Normal Cognitive And Cardiac Function

Study Offers Support For Cancer Treatment During Pregnancy by Catherine Saint Louis.  The New York Times.  September 28, 2015. 

Better Targeting Of Genes Influencing Protein Production May Be The Result Of Large UK COPD Study

First UK Biobank Genetic Study Reveals New Links Between Lung Disease And Smoking Behavior.  Medical Xpress.  September 28, 2015. 

Teamwork And Patient Involvement Viewed As Key To Reducing Diagnostic Errors

IOM:  Teamwork Key To Reducing Medical Diagnostic Errors by Julie Appleby.  Kaiser Health News.  September 22, 2015. 

Access To Surgery Often Ignored In Fight Against Global Poverty

How Surgery Can Fight Global Poverty by Mark G. Shrime and John G. Meara.  The New York Times.  September 25, 2015. 

Not All Fruits And Vegetables Are Equal In Promoting Weight Loss

When It Comes To Controlling Weight, Not All Fruits And Vegetables Are Created Equal by Melissa Healy.  Los Angeles Times.  September 22, 2015. 

3 Percent Of Pregnant Women Admit To Binge Drinking

10 Percent Of U.S. Women Drink During Pregnancy by Dennis Thompson.  U.S. News.  September 24, 2015. 

Drug Prices Debated: Diverse Advocates Present Their Views

Should The Government Impose Drug Price Controls?  The New York Times.  September 23, 2015. 

Sequencing All Protein-making Genes Made Available At Historic Low price

Craig Venter's Company In Deal For Whole Exome Tests At New Low Cost by Julie Steenhuysen.  Reuters.  September 22, 2015. 

Toxic Stress, Traumatic Childhood Events Increasingly the Focus Of Physicians

Stemming The Cycle Of Toxic Stress-For The Kids' Sake by Anna Gorman.  Kaiser Health News.  September 23, 2015. 

At Least One Diagnostic Error In A Lifetime; Misdiagnoses Leading To Harm May Be Up To 160,000

Most Americans Will Experience At Least 1 Diagnostic Error:  Report by E. J. Mundell.  U. S. News.  September 22, 2015. 

Millennials, Gen Y Have To Eat Less And Exercise More Than Their Parents To Avoid Obesity

Millennials, Gen Y Need To Eat Less, Work Out More To Stave Off Obesity, Researchers Say.  York University/Science Daily.  September 21, 2015. 

F.D.A. Use Of The Term "Breakthrough" Drug Has A Specific Meaning Which May Lead To Confusion

"Breakthrough" Drug May Not Mean What You Think by Kathryn Doyle.  Reuters.  September 21, 2015. 

Diet, Not Pills, May Still Be The Best Bet For Brain Power

Diet, Not Pills, May Still Be the Best Bet For Brain Power by Kim Painter.  USA TODAY.  September 20, 2015. 

Huge Overnight Increases In Drug Prices Said To Result From Shortages Or Shifts Of Old Drugs To Speciality Drugs

Huge Overnight Increase In A Drug's Price Raises Protests by Andrew Pollack.  The New York Times.  September 20, 2015. 

Caregiving As Well As Women and Men Are Victims Of Hypercompetitive, Outdated Workplaces

A Toxic Work World by Anne-Marie Slaughter. The New York Times.   September 18, 2015. 

Injuries And Sprain To The Ankle, The Base Of The Body, May Have Lifelong Consequences For Movement And Balance

A Sprained Ankle May Have Lifelong Consequences by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York Times.  September 16, 2015. 

Selling Insurance Across State Lines Faces Obstacles In Setting Up National Provider Network

The Problem With G.O.P. Plans To Sell Health Insurance Across State Lines by Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  August 31, 2015. 

Diverging Interpretations Of Study Of Antidepressant Paxil Reaches Opposite Conclusions; Multiple Interpretations Of Data Is New Trend In Scientific Publishing

Antidepressant Paxil Is Unsafe For Teenagers, New Analysis Says by Benedict Carey.  The New York Times.  September 16, 2015. 

Republican Debate Highlighted Views On Vaccines At Variance With Medical Consensus

Vaccine Issue Arises At Republican Debate, To Doctors' Dismay by Sabrina Tavernise and Catherine Saint Louis.  The New York Times.  September 17, 2015. 

Large Study Shows A Link Between Slow Resting Heart Rate And Antisocial Behavior, Crime, And Accidents

The Biology Of Crime:  Low Heart Rate May Predict Criminal Behavior, Study Says by Karen Kaplan.  The Los Angeles Times.  September 9 2015. 

Extreme Old Smokers Found to Have Gene That Increase Cellular Maintenance And Repair

Secrets Of Longevity May Lie In Long-Lived Smokers, A 'Biologically Distinct' Group with Extraordinary Gene Variants by Ariana Eunjung Cha. 

Time Outdoors Seems Linked To Decreased Risk Of Myopia

The World's Myopia Crisis And Why Children Should Spend More Times Outdoors by Ariana Eunjung Cha

The States Where Women Are Most Likely To Be Murdered By Men

The States Where Women Are Most Likely To Be Murdered By Men by Melissa Jeltsen.  The Huffington Post.  September 15, 2015.

Chamber of Commerce Survey Outlines $1 Billion Impact Of North Georgia Medical Center

Survey Shows Growth In Local Health Care Industry by Joshua Silavent.  Gainesville Times.  September 14, 2015. 

The Real Face Of Malnutrition, Extreme Deprivation And Obesity, Impacts One In Three Of The World's Population

Despite Fall In Hunger, Obesity And Diabetes Worsen Around The Globe:  Report by Chris Arsenault

Duke Tops Rankings Of Best Physician Assistant Program; Emory #3

Physician Assistant Ranked In 2015.  U.S. News.  September 11, 2015. 

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Helps Older Patients And Hospitals Recover Revenue From Decline In Bypass Surgery

New Hope Beats For Heart Patients And Hospitals by Phil Galewitz.  Kaiser Health News.  September 11, 2015. 

Massive Revision Of Medical Codes Will Have Significant Impact For Patients And Physicians

One Symptom In New Medical Codes:  Doctor Anxiety by Robert Pear.  The New York Times.  September 13, 2015. 

California Legislature Passes Bill That Could Triple Access To Doctor-Assisted Suicides Across The Country

California Legislature Approves Assisted Suicide by Ian Lovett.  The New York Times.  September 11, 2015. 

Treatment Goals For High Blood Pressure Subject To Controversy; Lack Of Scientific Effectiveness Study is Cited

Blood Pressure, The Mystery Number by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  June 22, 2015. 

LED Lighting Revolution Could Better Align Body And Solar Cycle, Bring Health And Performance Benefits

High-Tech Lights To Help Baby Sleep, Or Students Stay Alert by Diane Cardwell.  The New York Times.  September 11, 2015. 

Hoping To Extend 25% Drop In Highway Deaths From 2004, 10 Automakers Agree To Install Automatic Braking Systems

Automakers Will Make Automatic Braking Systems Standard In New Cars by Bill Vlasic.  The New York Times.  September 11, 2015. 

The Secret World Of Women Surgeons

The Secret World Of Women Surgeons You Had No Idea Existed by Niamey Wilson.  Huffingtonpost.com.  September 10, 2015.

The Prescription Is Walking

9 Reasons To Try This Surgeon-General Recommended Exercise by Anna Almedrala.  Huffington Post.  September 10, 2015. 

Possibility Of Human-To-Human Transmission Of Misfolded Proteins That Underlie Alzheimer's; More Research Needed On Exposure To Amyloid-Beta Seeds

Evidence For Person-To-Person Transmission Of Alzheimer's Pathology by Diana Kwon.  Scientific American.  September 9, 2015. 

Protein That Causes Age-Related Muscle Weakness And Loss Identified; Apple Peel And Green Tomatoes Could Block It

Naturally Occurring Compounds Could Block Protein Behind Age-Related Muscle Loss by James McIntosh.  Medical News Today.  September 9, 2015. 

Physician Assistants and Patient Satisfaction: How Do They Contrbute

How PAs Factor IntoImproved CMS Patient Satisfaction Scores by Dawn Morton-Rias.  Health Affairs.  September 2, 2015. 

Southwest Georgia Takes Steps To Attract Young Physicians

Medical Education Efforts Remaining Strong In Southwest Georgia by Jennifer Parks.  Albany Herald.  September 5, 2015. 

Physicians Come To Recognize A Stress Heart Attack, Takotsubo Cardiomypathy

"Stress" Cardiomyopathy:  A Different Kind Of Heart Attack by Deepak Bhatt, MD.  Harvard Heart Letter.  September 3, 2015. 

Stress At Work Is Just As Bad As Secondhand Smoke

Stress At Work Is Just As Bad As Secondhand Smoke by Elizabeth Cohen.  CNN.  September 3, 2015. 

Health Consequences Of Any Mass Deportation Of Immigrants Addressed by American College Of Physicians

Thousands Of Doctors Are Protesting Trump's Plan For Mass Deportation, Say It will Make America Sick by Esther Yu-Hsi.  Thinkprogress.  September 4, 2015. 

Double-Mastectomy Rate Rises In Men; More Research Needed On Risk Factors, Caution On Surgery

Double-Mastecomy Rate Rises In Men by Charles Bankhead.  Medpage Today.  September 2, 2015. 

Proposed Rule Banning Discrimination Based Upon Gender Identity Proposed By Obama Administration

Obama Defends Health Rights For Transgender Americans by Kimberly Leonard.  U.S. News.  September 3, 2015. 

New Views Of Aging And New Cancer Drugs Change Treatments For Elderly

Carter's Cancer Fight Reflects Change In Treatment Of Elderly by Stacey Burling.  Philadelphia Inquirer.  August 26, 2015. 

Stethoscope Gets And Update Via IPhone

Take A Deep Breath, Then Check Your Smartphone by Steve Lohr.  The New York Times.  September 2, 2015. 

Determining Heart Age (Versus Chronological Age) Found To Motivate Patient Improvement

Your Heart Is Probably Much Older Than You Think, The CDC Warns by Karen Kaplan.  The Los Angeles Times.  September 1, 2015. 

Daily Marijuana Use Surpasses Daily Cigarette Smoking Among College Students

Daily Marijuana Use Among U.S. College Students Highest Since 1980.  Monitoring the Future/University of Michigan.  September 1, 2015. 

Salesforce Healthcare Cloud Seeks To Address Tech Interoperability Challenge

Salesforce Wants To Revolutionize Your Healthcare Experience by Laura Lorenzetti.  Fortune.  September 2, 2015. 

New Cholesterol Drug Available In Europe For 50-60% of U.S. Price; Role Of Government Is Key

Europe Gets Amgen Cholesterol Drug For 50-60 Pct Of U.S. Price by Ben Hirschler.  Reuters.  September 1, 2015.