Use Of Computers During Appointments Leaves Patients Less Satisfied; Doctors Spend More Time Correcting Or Disagreeing With Patients

Doctors' Use Of Computers During Appointments Leaves Patients Less Satisfied by Kathryn Doyle.  Reuters.  November 30, 2015. 

Brains Of Men And Women Not That Different

The Brains Of Men And Women Aren't Really that Different, Study Finds by Kate Wheeling.  Science Magazine, 

New York Becomes The First U.S. City To Warn Of Sodium Levels In Foods

New York Is The First U.S. City With Salt Warning On Restaurant Menus by Barbara Goldberg.  November 30, 2015. 

Public Policy Shifts In The 70's Have LedTo Greater Regional Inequality And Inequality Between Metro Areas

Why The Economic Fates Of America's Cities Diverged by Phillip Longman.  The Atlantic.  November 28, 2015. 

Obesity In Youth Linked To Heightened Risk For Sudden Cardia Death Later In Life

Obesity In Youth May Harm Health Later In Life, Even After Weight Loss  by Robert Preidt.  CBS News.  November 27, 2015. 

Wall Street Journal: "Pros And Cons Of Concierge Medicine"

Wall Street Journal:  "Pros And Cons Of Concierge Medicine" by Jen Wieczner.  Wall Street Journal/Concierge Medicine Today.  November 25, 2015. 

Male And Female Drinking Patterns Becoming More Alike In The US

Male And Female Drinking Patterns Becoming More Alike In The US.  National Institutes Of Health.  November 23, 2015. 

Newly Developed Artificial Skin Senses Touch And Heat

Artificial Skin Senses Touch And Heat by Mo Constandi.  The Guardian.  November 16, 2015. 

F.D.A Targets Inaccurate Medical Tests; Unnecessary, Costly And Dangerous Treatments May Result; Effort To Personalize Medicine Endangered

F.D.A. Targets Inaccurate Medical Tests, Citing Dangers And Costs by Robert Pear.  The New York Times.  November 23, 2015. 

Higher Resting Heart Rate Linked To Greater Risk Of Death By All Causes

Beats Per Minute:  The Higher Your Resting Heart Rate, The Greater Your Risk Of Death By All Causes by Steve Smith.  Medical Daily.  November 23, 2015. 

Coffee And Health: An Overview Of The Science

A Government Panel Said Drinking Coffee Is Harmless.  Why That Might Be Wrong by Peter Whoriskey.  The Washington Post. November 23, 2015. 

Price Competition Between Super Expensive Cholesterol Drugs Results In Exclusive Deal For CVS

CVS Makes Exclusive Deal To Cover Amgen's Cholesterol Drug by Robert Langreth.  Bloomberg Business.  November 23, 2015. 

Development Of Agriculture Changed Human Genetics, Immune System; Genetic Adaptation To Agriculture May Have Increased Risk Of Celia Disease

Farming's In Their DNA:  Ancient Genomes Reveal Natural Selection In Action by Stephanie Dutchen.  Harvard University.  November 23, 2015. 

Intuitive Eating Should Be Balanced by Awareness Of Caloric Intake

The Limits Of 'Intuitive' Eating by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York times.  November 19, 2015. 

Doctors And Marketers Square Off Over Direct-To-Consumer Drug Ads

ANA Squares Off Against AMA Over Drug Advertising by Ana Radelat.  Ad Age.  November 20, 2015. 

California And Oregon Allow Women To Obtain Certain Types Of Birth Control Directly From Pharmacist

States Lead Effort To Let Pharmacists Prescribe Birth Control by Pam Belluck and Sabrina Tavernise. 

Opinion: When The "Best" Doctor May Not Be The Best

Are Good Doctors Bad For Your Health? by Ezekiel J. Emanuel.   The New York Times.  November 21, 2015. 

Hope For Obamacare Expansion In Georgia--Perhaps In 2017?

Red-State Reality And Obamacare:  The First Signs Of Truce Negotiations  by Jim Galloway.  The Atlanta Journal Constitution.  November 21, 2015. 

Southwest Georgia Health Summit; Discussion of Medicaid Expansion?

Rural Health Summit Tackles Healthcare In Southwest Georgia by Tosin Fakile.  WFXL.  November 17, 2015. 

Average Annual Cost Of Specialty Drugs Now More Than Exceeds Median U.S. Household Income; Drug Industry Says Report Misleading

Specialty Drugs Now Cost More than The Median Household Income by Carolyn Y. Johnson.  The Washington Post.  November 20, 2015. 

Condom Express Powers University Of Georgia to #3 In Trojan Sexual Health Report Card

The Top Colleges For Sexual Health Resources, As Ranked By Trojan Condoms by Alex Zielinski.  Think Progress.  November 20, 2015. 

Smartphone Web-Based Cognitive Therapy May Help New Doctors Deal With Depression And Suicidal Thoughts

Can A Website Keep Suicidal Thoughts Away?  Study In Stressed Young Doctors Suggest So.  University Of Michigan Health System/Science Daily.  November 19, 2015. 

Same Diet Produces Differing Effects in Different Individuals; "Healthy" Eating May Differ By Individual

'Healthy' Foods Differ By Individual.  Cell Press/Science Daily.  November 19, 2015. 

Yearly Switching Of Health Insurance A Necessity For Many

Shopping For Health Insurance Is New Seasonal Stress For Many by Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  November 18, 2015.

Career Satisfaction For Nurses Is Lower Than That Of Physicians; Working Environment Not Uniformly Supportive

Career Regret Stronger Among Nurses Than Physicians by Robert Lowes.  Medscape.  November 18, 2015. 

Cholesterol Drug Rejected By Britain's Health Service Because Of Cost And Lack Of Definitative Link To Actual Reduction Of Heart Attacks

UK Cost Watchdog Turns Down Amgen's New Cholesterol Drug by Ben Hirschler.  Reuters.  November 18, 2015. 

Apps And Gagdets For Stress Reduction--Maybe A Walk Would Be Better (Or Maybe A Massage)

Taking the (Often Imprecise) Measure Of Stress by Karen Weintraub.  The New York Times.  November 12, 2015. 

5 Ways Your Smartphone Can Help Your Health

Five Ways Your Smartphone Can Help Your Health by Jennifer Jolly.  The New York Times.  November 16, 2015. 

Low Premiums Only Par Of The Story; High Deductibles Scare Many Away From Healthcare Exchanges

Many Say High Deductibles Make their Health Law Insurance All But Useless by Robert Pear.  The New York Times.  November 14, 2015. 

Two Fields Know For Innovation, Transplantation and Reproductive Medicine, May Soon Combine For Uterus Transplants

Uterus Transplants May Soon Help Some Infertile Women by Denise Grady.  The New York Times.  November 12, 2015. 

By Targeting Old Age Instead Of Amyloid, Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise In The Lab

Experimental Drug Targeting Alzheimer's  Disease Show Anti-Aging Effects. Medical Xpress.  November 12, 2015. 

Emotionally Supportive Relationships Linked To Lower Testosterone

Emotionally supportive Relationships Linked To Lower Testosterone.  University Of Notre Dame/Science Daily.  November 10, 2015. 

90 Charity Clinics Across Georgia Produce Savings In Emergency Care, Hypertension

Charity Clinics In Georgia Save Money, Study Finds by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  November 11, 2015. 

Class Disparity In Smoking; Smoking Becomes A Problem Of The Poor

U.S. Smoking Rate Declines, but Poor Remain At Higher Risk by Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  November 12, 2015. 

Further Analysis Of White Americans Death Rates Between 1999 to 2013 Reveals Significant Changes Among Women

Is The Death Rate Really Increasing For Middle-Aged White Americans? By Andrew Gelman.  Slate.  November 11, 2015. 

FDA To Review Use Of The Term "Natural" On Food Labels

Surprise:  FDA To Review Use Of "Natural" Food Claim by Karlene Lukovitz.  Marketing Daily.  November 11, 2015. 

Obesity Prevention Programs Should Consider The Self Esteem Impacts Of Frequent Weighing On Young women

Frequent Weight Checks Tied To Less Self-Esteem For Young Women

In A First, Cancer-Fighting Drugs Breach The Blood-Brain Barrier

Scientists Breach Brain Barrier To Treat Sick Patient by Michelle Roberts.  BBC.  November 10, 2015. 

Health Care Delivery Is Just A Small Part Of Population Health

Beyond Health Care:  The Role Of Social Determinants In Promoting Health And Health Equity by Harry J. Heiman and Samantha Artiga.  The Kaiser Family Foundation.  November 4, 2015. 

Mercer Physician Assistant Program Receives Grant To Assist Georgia's Medically Underserved Communities

College Of Health Professions Receives $1.1 Million Grant To Train Physician Assistants For Georgia's Medically Underserved Communities.  Mercer News.  October 13, 2015 

Opinion: Seismic Shift In How People Eat--How Big Companies Are Struggling To Keep Up

Opinion:  A Seismic Shift In How People Eat by Hans Taparia and Pamela Koch.  The New York Times.  November 6, 2015

How Doctors Helped Drive The Addiction Crisis

How Doctors Helped Drive The Addiction Crisis by Richard A. Friedman.  The New York Times.  November 7, 2015

Risk/Benefit Tradeoff Changes For Diabetes And Hypertension Treatment Of Older Patients; Less Tight Control Needed

Some Older Patients Are Treated Not Wisely, But Too Much by Paula Span.  New York Times.  November 6, 2015

Travel Nurses Fill Staffing Gaps In Northside Hospital And Throughout Nation

How Travel Nurses Are Filling The Staffing Gap by Kelly Gooch.  Becker Hospital Review.  November 5, 2015. 

March Of Dimes Prematurity Report Card; Georgia Gets A D; Atlanta Gets An F

About 380,000 Babies Are Born Too Soon Each Year.  March Of Dimes.  November 5, 2015. 

Higher Physician Spending Associated With Lower Risk Of Malpractice Suite; Causal Link Uncertain

High-Spending Doctors Less Likely To Be Sued by Andrew M. Seaman.  Reuters.  November 5, 2015. 

Leapfrog Group Ranks Georgia Hospitals For Safety; State Hospitals Move From # 24 to # 10.

More A's:  Georgia Hospitals' Safety Rating Rise by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  November 3, 2015. 

U.S. Healthcare Spending Is The Highest; Results--Not So Much

American Health Care Spending Is Double That Of Most Other Wealthy Nations by Sue Chang.  Market Watch.  November 4, 2015. 

Georgia No. 14 Fattest State In America; No. 3 For Child Obesity

Georgia No. 14 Fattest State In America by Phil W. Hudson. Atlanta Business Chronicle.  November 4, 2015. 

Book Review: Ending Medical Reversals by Vinayak K. Prasad, MD, MPH and Adam S. Cifu, MD

Book Review:  "Ending Medical Reversals" Laments Flip-Flopping.  Abigail Zuger, MD.  The New York Times

Faith Leaders In the U.K. Call For Equality Between Physical And Mental Health Treatment

Faith Leaders Join Call For Equality Between Physical And Mental Health Treatment by Claire Bergin.  Independent Catholic News.  November 2, 2015. 

Mortality Rate For Whites Between 45 And 54 With Less than College Education Has Startling rise

A Group Of Middle-Aged Whites In the U.S. Is dying At A Startling Rate by Lenny Bernstein And Joel Achenbach.  The Washington Post.  November 2, 2015. 

Arbitration In Medicine And Other Fields Remakes The Face Of Justice

In Arbitration, A 'Privatization Of The Justice System' by Jessica Silver-Greenberg And Michael Corkery.  The New York Times.  November 1, 2015.