11 Core Themes Associated With Dying Well

Successful Dying:  Researchers Define The Elements Of A 'Good Death.'  University of California--San Diego.  March 30, 2016

Brain Activity In Response To Stress; Helpless Versus Resilient Behavior Differ

Study Looks At Why People May Feel More Helpless In Stressful Situations Than Others.  Frontiers/Science Daily.  March 30, 2016. 

Estimate: 3.32% Of All Preterm Births Could Be Attributed To Fine Particulate Matter

Air Pollution Linked To Preterm Birth, Billions In Associated Healthcare Costs by Molly Walker.  MedPage Today.  March 30, 2016. 

Pulses (Beans, Peas, Chickpeas, Lentils) Increase The Feeling Of Fullness By 31%; Aid To Weight Loss

Eating High-Fiber Foods, Like Beans, Peas, And Chickpeas, Is One Of The Best Ways To Lose Weight by Samantha Olson.  March 30, 2016. 

New Source Of Transplant Organs For Patients With HIV: Others With HIV

New Source Of Transplant Organs For Patients With HIV:  Others With HIV by Rae Ellen Bichell.  NPR.  March 31, 2016. 

Under Obamacare The Sick Are More Often Getting Care; Insurance Market Needs More Healthy People

Obamacare Enrollees Are Sick And They're Getting A Lot Of Health Care by Jeffrey Young.  Huffington Post.  March 30, 2016. 

Devastating Costs For Alzheimer's Caregivers; Few Families Prepared

Few Families Prepared For Cost Of Alzheimer's Care by Encarnacion Pyle.  The Columbus Dispatch.  March 30, 2016

Pill-Tracking Databases: An Effort To Confront Opiod Abuse

Federal Officials, Advocates Push Pill-Tracking Databases by Matthew Perrone.  AP.  March 28, 2016

Prevalent Myths About the IUD

These Women Asked Their Doctors For Better Birth Control.  The Responses Were Infuriating.  Vox.  March 29, 2016

Cancer Treatment "Personalized In Real Time" Targeting The Process Of Tumor Evolution

Cancer Treatment's New Direction by Ron Winslow.  The Wall Street Journal.  March 28, 2016. 

Electronic Health Records Begin To Transform Health Care; Sepsis and Treatment Standardization Are Examples

Move To Electronic Health Records Begins To Transform Health Care by Guy Boulton Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  March 26, 2016. 

Activation Of Stress Center Of Brain Associated With Inflammation And Higher Risk Of Cardiovascular Events

Signs Of Stress In The Brain May Signal Future Heart Trouble.  American College Of Cardiology/Science Daily.  March 24, 2016

First, Insurance Reform--Next, Prescription Drug Regulation and Costs? The Continued Evolution of Obamacare

Why Prescription Drugs Aren't Part Of Obamacare by Caitlin Owens.  Morning Consult.  March 24, 2016

Apple Links With Data Firm to Integrate Genetics Into Studies Of Complex diseases

Apple Aligns With 23andMe To Pull Genetic Data Into ResearchKit by Jonah Comstock.  Healthcare IT News.  March 22, 2016

First Approved 3-D Printed Drug To Be Available Soon; Drug Made Layer-By-Layer

3-D Printed Drug To Hit U.S. Shelves by Caitlin Huston.  MarketWatch.  March 22, 2016

Transgender Mental Health Studies: A Field In Its Infancy; What Are The Risks?

Probing The Complexities Of Transgender Mental Health by Tara Haelle.  NPR.  March 24, 2016

Educational Initiatives Not Enough To Stop Low Value Care; Financial Incentives Needed

Reducing Healthcare Waste:  Don't Expect Patients To Take the Lead by Peter Ubel.  Forbes.  March 25, 2061

How Obamacare In Arkansas Got Physicians To Look Beyond "Their Little Piece Of The System"

How A Healthcare Revolution Came To One Red State While The Obamacare Battle Raged On by Noam N. Levey.  The Los Angeles Times.  March 25, 2016

Less Than 3 Percent Of Americans Live A Healthy Life Style

Less Than 3 Percent Of Americans Live A Healthy Lifestyle by Robert Preidt.  HealthDay/Real clear Health. 

Is Inability To Gain Access To Reproductive Care A Form Of Discrimination? At Issue Before The Supreme Court

No Contraception?  No Equality by Elizabeth Deutsch.  The New York Times.  March 23, 2016

Porn As Sex Education Reflects Societal Failure On Many Levels

When Did Porn Become Sex Ed?  by Peggy Orenstein.  The New York Times.  March 19, 2016

Considering the Multiplier Effect Needed To Evaluate Cost Of Medicaid Expansion

The Economics Of Medicaid Expansion by Michael Chernew.  Health Affairs Blog.  March 21, 2016

Nurses Slowly Winning Scope Of Practice Struggle With Doctors; 21 States Have Full Practice Authority For Nurses

In A Fight Between Nurses And Doctors, The Nurses Are Slowly Winning by Lydia Depillis.  The Washington Post.  March 18, 2016

Study Finds 1 In 6 Seniors Taking Dangerous Combos Of Meds, Supplements

Study Finds 1 In 6 Seniors Taking Dangerous Combos Of Meds, Supplements by Steven Reinberg.  HealthDay News/Real Clear Health.  March 21, 2016

More Women With Moderate Disability; Cause Not Clear; Obesity May Be Contributing Factor

More Older Women Now Living With "Moderate" Disability, Study Shows by Amy Norton.  March 18, 2016. 

The Fitness Industry Doesn't Tackle The Basic Causes Of Public Health Problems; Social/Workplace Dimensions Ignored

How The Fitness Industry Gets Rich Doing Nothing by Patrick Mustain.  The Daily Beast.  March 12, 2016

Novel Approach In Psychotherapy: Lack Of Fairness And Justice In Society Could Be Cause of Psychological Problems

Why Therapists Should Talk Politics by Richard Brouillette.  The New York Times.  March 15, 2016

Move To Issuing Prescriptions Electronically

Doctors Keep Scribbling On Paper prescription Pads Even Though Going Digital Could Save Lives by Emma Court. MarketWatch.  March 18, 2016

Patient/Family/Doctor Together Generate Notes In Emerging Trend; Beyond Mere Open Medical Records

How The "OpenNotes" Initiative Is Changing The Way Patients And Doctors Work Together:  A Conversation With Tom Delbanco, M.D.  Commonwealth Fund.  March 18, 2016

Risks Of The "Gold Rush" For Patient Health Data

What's Our Health Data Worth?  by Jerry Bellinson.  Consumer Reports.  March 15, 2016. 

Drug Prices Skyrocketing, Hospitals Seek Ways To Cut Costs

Rattled By Drug Price Increases, Hospitals Seek Ways To Stay On Guard by Brady Dennis.  Washington Post.  March 13, 2016. 

Mass Marketing Of Cancer Drugs Is Not Dead; Precision Medicine Shows Limitations With Bristol-Myers Drug

Bristol-Myers Bucks The Trend Toward Precision Medicine by Jonathan D. Rockoff and Peter Loftus.  Wall Street Journal.  March 13, 2016

Wearable Devices Capable of Collecting Data On Employee Health And Movement Raise Legal and Ethical Issues

As Wearables In Workplace Spread, So Do Legal Concerns by Patience Haggin.  The Wall Street Journal.  March 13, 2016.

Genetic Tests For Alzheimer's Gene Give Information: Now What Do You Do With It?

Screening For Alzheimer's Gene Tests The Desire To Know by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  March 7, 2016.

Physician Assistant Illustrates Trend Toward "Street Medicine," Seeking Out Homeless For Medical Care

Long A Niche, Street Medicine For Homeless Heads Mainstream by Michael Rubinkam.  Associated Press.  March 10, 2016

Wearable Robotic Skeleton Approved By FDA; Could Potentially Benefit 1.7 Million In The U.S.

Parker Hannifin's Robotic Exoskeleton Gets FDA OK For Personal Use by Bob Tita.  The Wall Street Journal.  March 10, 2016

Burning More Calories Linked With Greater Gray Matter Volume, Reduced Alzheimer's Risk

Burning More Calories Linked With Greater Gray Matter Volume, Reduced Alzheimer's Risk.  Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease/University Of Pittsburgh Schools Of Health Sciences/Science Daily. 

Massive Drug Thefts At Emory Midtown

Years Of Large-Scale Drug thefts Report At An Emory Hospital by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  March 8, 2016. 

American Stress Rose In 2015; Extreme Stress Increases Dramatically

Why So Many Americans Are Feeling More Stressed Out by Ashley Welch.  CBS News.  March 10, 2016

American Academy Of Pediatrics Adds Poverty Well-Visit Child Checklist

Pediatrician Group Recommends Adding Poverty To Well-Visit Checklist by Robert Preidt.  Real Clear Health.  March 9, 2016

It Might Not Be Optimal To Force Medical Risk Information On Patients

Do You Really Want to Know Your Medical Future?  by Melissa Dahl.  CNN.  March 8, 2016

Creative Arts Foster Healthy Aging

Using The Arts To Promote Healthy Aging By Jane Brody.  New York Times. March 7, 2016

Intermittent Fasting Shows Health Benefits

Fasting Diets Are Gaining Acceptance by Anahad O'Connor.  The New York Times.  March 7, 2016

Increased Adiposity And Decreasing BMI Both Increase the Risk For All-Cause Mortality; Direct Measures of Adiposity Neede

Excess Body Fat More Harmful Than High BMI by Nicola M. Parry.  Medscape.  March 7, 2016

Urgent Care Becomes Bridge Between Primary Care And Emergency Room

Can't Get In To See Your Doctor?  Many Patients Turn To Urgent Care by Patti Neighmond.  NPR.  March 7, 2016

USPSTF Has Key Role In Prevention, Treatment, And Costs

You've Never Heard Of the Powerful Doctors Making Decisions About Your Health by Lena H. Sun.  The Washington Post.  March 7, 2016. 

Four Warning Signs For Geriatric ER Patients

Four Signs that A Geriatric ER Patient Should Be Admitted To The Hospital.  American College Of Emergency Physicians/Science Daily.  March 4, 2016

Beyond The Cure/Death Dichotomy With Cancer

The Way We Think About Cancer Is Outdated.  Here's How To Change That by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  March 2, 2016

Does The Threat Of Malpractice Suits Impact The Home-Buying Behavior Of Physicians?

One Weird Reason Why Doctors Buy Bigger Homes Than Lawyers by Carolyn Y. Johnson.  The Washington Post.  February 29, 2016

Medicare And The Needs Of Women Over 85; Costs Rise And Medicare Payment sDiminish

Medicare Is Leaving Elderly Women Behind by Vann Newkirk.  The Atlantic.  March 4, 2016

Doctors Who Marry Those With Graduate Degrees Are Less Likely To Practice In Rural Areas

Medicine's Power Couples:  A Challenge In Recruiting Physicians To Rural Areas by Shefali Luthra.  Kaiser Health News.  March 1, 2016

Zebrafish Stripes Provide Clues To The Birth Of Cancer Cells

Weird Science Fights Cancer by Faye Flam.  BloombergView.  March 3, 2016. 

Some Progress Against Hospital Superbugs Though More Than 700,000 Patients Infected by Bacteria

 CDC Says Hospitals Making Progress Against 'Superbugs' by Steven Reinberg.  Realclearhealth.  March 3, 2016

Ovarian Cancer Is A constellation Of Different Cancers; Gaps Of Knowledge Are Numerous

New Report Finds 'Surprising Gaps' In Knowledge Of Ovarian Cancers.  Medicalxpress.  March 2, 2016. 

Court Ruling Limits Aggregation Of Data Concerning Health Care Spending And Medical Practice

A Blow To Health Care Transparency.  ProPublica/Real Clear Health.  March 2, 2016

Texas Abortion Law Raises Issues Of How To Measure Its Effect On Women

We Know So Little About How The Texas Abortion Law Actually Affects Women's Health by Carolyn Y. Johnson.  The Washington Post.  March 2, 2016

Significant Abortion Access Case Heard By Supreme Court

Justice Kennedy Appears Skeptical Of Texas Abortion Limits by Jennifer Haberkorn and Josh Gernstein.  March 2, 2016