Corporate Drug Pricing Strategies For Poor International Markets

His Job Is To Sell A $1,000 Pill For $10 by Caroline Chen.  BloombergBusiness.  February 29, 2016

BMI And Alternate Measures Of Health

BMI Is A Terrible Measure Of Health by Katherine Hobson.  FiveThirtyEight.  February 25, 2016

Suicide Prevention On Reddit--An Adaptation For The Wired Generation

What It's Like To Moderate Reddit's Suicide Watch by Tanya Basu.  CNN.  February 25, 2016

Giving Patients A Voice In Debate About Embryo Genetic Editing

Should You Edit Your Children's Genes by Erika Check Hayden.  Nature.  February 23, 2016

Half The World's Population (5 Billion People) Will Be Nearsighted by 2050; Significant Number With A Risk Of Going Blind

Half Of The World's Population Will Be Nearsighted by 2050, Experts Say by Susan Perry.  Minnpost.  February 23, 2016. 

Domestic Violence Incidents Linked To Future Violent Crimes; Mass Shooting In Kanss Could Be An Example

The Kansas Shooter Has A History Of Domestic Abuse.  That Matters by Tara Culp-Ressler.  Thinkprogress.  February 26, 2016

President Advocates For Patient Ownership Of Their Genetic Information

President Weighs In On Data From Genes by Julie Hirschfeld Davis.  The New York Times.  February 25, 2016.

Computer Security Evaluators In Test Were Able ToTake Control Of Patient Monitors, Medicine Delivery Request Systems

Baltimore Hackers Say They Reveal Deadly Cybersecurity Weaknesses At Area Hospitals by Ian Duncan.  Baltimore Sun.  February 26, 2016

Pay For Performance For Drug Effectiveness Is Being Proposed; The Longer Life Is Extended--The More Drug Companies Paid

How Much Is An Extra Month Of Life Worth?  Drug Makers Face Pressure To Calculate by Rebecca Robbins.  STAT  February 25, 2016

Post Market Surveillance Of Drug Side Effects Has Gaps; Reporting System Has Not Kept Pace With Drug Marketing

Most Drug Makers Report Incomplete Side Effects To The FDA by Ed Silverman.  STAT.  February 23, 2016

Increasingly Financial Resources And Zip Code Determine Access To Abortion; Regulation And Demand Factors

Abortion Clinics Are Closing At A Record Pace by Esme E. Deprez.  Bloomberg Businessweek.  February 24, 2016. 

Scientists Ponder The Prospect Of Contagious Cancer In Humans; Examples Exist In Animals

Scientists Ponder the Prospect Of Contagious Cancer by George Johnson.  The New York Times.  February 22, 2016

Recommendation For Universal Long-Term Care Insurance Similar To Medicare

Bipartisan Group Calls For Universal Long-Term Care Insurance Plans by Jayne O'Donnell.  USA Today.  February 22, 2016

Brain Region First Affected by Alzheimer's Identified; Novelty And Mental Challenge May Combat Pathology By Creating Cognitive Reserve

First Brain Region Affected By Alzheimer's Disease Identified by Stephen Feller.  UPI.  February 17, 2016. 

Hospitals Create New Partnerships With Religious Institutions To Serve Patients And Lower Costs

Religious Institutions Enlisted To Help Keep Fellow Worshipers Healthy by Andrea K. McDaniels.  The Baltimore sun.  February 15, 2016

The Emerging Synthesis Between Biological Psychology And Psychotherapy

The Mind's Brain by Amy Ellis Nutt.  The Washington Post.  February 19, 2016. 

High Deductible Plans May Be Hurting Provider Profitabilty; Rise In Doubtful Accounts Cited

High-Deductible Health Plans Are Hurting Health Care Profits, Analysts Say.  Market Watch. February 17, 2016. 

Big Data No Substitute For Clinical Trials Because Of Difficulty In Determing Causal Relationship

The Promise And Perils Of Big Data In Healthcare by Austin B. Frakt And Steven D. Pizer.  AJMC.com.  February 16, 2016

Doctors Die Differently--Not In A Hospital Or In ICU

Why Doctors Choose To Die Differently by Jacquelyn Corley.  CNN.  February 17, 2016.

Subpopulation Analysis Seems To Indicate That Calorie Labels Help Those Who Need Them Most

Calorie Counts Really Do Fight Obesity by Cass R. Sunstein.  BloombergView.  February 19, 2016

Seeking A Foundation For The Study Of The Effects Of Sexual Aggression On The Female Brain.

Does Sexual Aggression Alter The Female Brain?  Rutgers University/Science Daily.  February 19, 2016

Hospital Pays In Ransomware Attack; Makes Rare Public Admission

California Hospital Makes Rare Admission Of Hack, Ransom Payment by Alex Dobuzinskis And SJim Finkle

Sleep-Deprived America In Five Simple Charts

Sleep-Deprived America In Five Simple Charts:  The Impact Of Marriage, Education And Work by Ariana Eunjung Cha.  The Washington Post.  February 19, 2016

New Study Shows How Farming Methods Can Alter The Nutritional Content of Food

Is Organic More Nutritious?   New Study Adds To The Evidence by Allison Aubrey.  NPR.  February 18, 2016

Even Among Those With Gene Associated With Heart Disease, Cholesterol Consumption Found Not A Contribution Factor

High Cholesterol Foods, Such As Eggs, May Not Always Cause Heart Disease by Lecia Bushak.  Medical Daily.  February 18, 2016

Global Warming Could Lead To Mosquitos And Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Zika Outbreak Could Be An Omen Of The Global Warming Threat by Justin Gillis.  The New York Times.  February 18, 2016

Zika Spawns A Range Of Conspiracy Theories; New Disease Creates Need For An Explaination

Conspiracy Theories About Zika Spread Through Brazil With The Virus by Andrew Jacobs.  The New York Times.  February 16, 2016. 

Number Of Uninsured Children In Georgia Fell As A Result Of ACA; Percentage Of Uninsured Still Among the Highest In The Nation

Georgia Has Fewer Uninsured Kids As ACA Takes Hold.  Georgia Health News.  February 11, 2016. 

Is Legalizing Marijuana A Way To End The Opiod Addiction Crisis?

Why Elizabeth Warren Thinks Legalizing Marijuana Could Help End America's Opioid Addiction Crisis by Christopher Ingraham.  The Washington Post.  February 13, 2016. 

Founded For the Poor, Mass General Looks to The Wealthy With A Concierge Medicine Practice

Founded For The Poor, Mass General Looks To The Wealthy by John Hanc.  New York Times.  John Hanc.  February 12, 2016. 

Simulating Drug Actions Using Grown 'Mini-Brains' May Help Alzheimer's, MS, And Autism

'Mini-Brains' Could Revolutionise Drug Research And Reduce Animal Use by Alan Yuhas.  The Guardian. February 12, 20156. 

Feeling Older Increases Risk Of Hospitalization, Study Says

Feeling Older Increases Risk Of Hospitalization, Study Says.  American Psychological  Association/Science Daily.  February 11, 2016. 

Lifespan Gap Between Lower And Upper Incomes Is Widening

Disparity In Life Spans Of rich And Poor Is Growing by Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  February 12, 2016. 

Armed Security In Hospitals; 40% Increase In Violent Crimes In Health Care Institutions

When The Hospital Fires The Bullet by Elisabeth Rosenthal.  The New York Times.  February 12, 2016

Public Health Assessment Of Late-Night Athens?

Commission To Pursue Public Health Assessment Of Downtown Athens by Jim Thompson.  Onlineathens.  February 10, 2016. 

UGA Pharmacy Grad Finds Way To Provide Indepth Patient Service At Athens Agency

A Pharmacist Finds His Niche At A Service-Oriented Site by Sydney Devine.  Georgia Health News.  February 8, 2016

Effects Of Zika Virus More Severe Than Thought--Brain Calcification

The Latest On Zika:  Microcephaly Experts Are Shocked By Cases In Brazil by Anna Almendraia.  Huffington Post.  February 8, 2016. 

Chipotle Outlines New Food Safety Procedures

What We Learned During Chipotle's First Company-Wide Food Safety Meeting by Pavithra Mohan and Mark Sullivan

Lead Poisoning Not Just A Flint Michigan Problem

America Is Flint by Nicholas Kristof.  The New York Times.  February 6, 2016

Could Hospital ERs Fill The Data Gap On Police Shootings

Could Hospital ERs Provide Missing Data On Police Shootings by Vanessa Rancao.  NPR/GPB.  February 5, 2016. 

Georgia Hospital CEO/Doctor Arrested For Fraudulently Obtaining A Controlled Substance; Illustrates Reach Of Drug Problem In Rural Areas

Georgia Hospital CEO Arrested For Prescription Drug Fraud by Molly Gamble.  Becker Hospital Review.  February 5, 2016. 

Brain Rebalancing Does Not Occur When Concussions Come Too Close Together; Rest Is Key

First-Of-Its-Kind Study Explains Why Rest Is Critical After A Concussion.  American Journal Of Pathology/Medical Xpress.  January 5, 2016. 

Lack Of Control By Women Of When They Become Pregnant Is Key Problem In Zika Fight

Upholding Women's Human Rights Essential To Zika Response--UN Rights Chief.  UN News Centre.  February 5, 2016

Targeting The Aging Process Itself Rather Than Individual Diseases Key To New Approach To Healthy Aging; "Compression Of Morbidity"

Pursuing The Goal Of Healthy Aging by Jane E. Brody.  The New York Times.  February 1, 2016

Deathbed Dreams And The Dying Process

New Vision For Dreams Of The Dying by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  February 2, 2016. 

Study: Comprehensive Care For Schizophrenia Including Family Counseling Found Worth The Cost

New Plan To Treat Schizophrenia Is Worth Added Cost, Study Says by Benedict Carey.  The New York Times.  February 1, 2016.