Evidence of Malnutrition and Immune Dystunction Link Continues To Grow

Why Malnutrition Is An Immune Disorder.  Cell Press/Science Daily.  May 26, 2016

Low Drug Prices And Shortages For Generic Injectables

Drug Prices Too High?  Sometimes, They're Not Costly Enough by Austin Frakt.  The New York Times.  May 30, 2016

The Basics Of Antibiotic Resistance

Short Answers To Hard Questions About Antibiotic Resistance by Sabrina Tavernise, Erica Goode and Denise Grady.  The New York Times.  May 27, 2016

Controlled Stretching Versus Performance Mind-Set In Medical Education

Doctors Getting 'Pimped' by Dhruv Khullar, M.D.  The New York Times.  May 26, 2016

Surgical Technicians With Access To Powerful Narcotics--Need For Regulation?

Who Watches The Unseen Hospital Employee?  by Rebecca Lindstrom.  11 Alive.  May 27, 2016

Off-Label Prescribing For Antidepressants; Only 55 Percent Are Taking Antidepressants For Depression

8 Surprising Reasons People Are Taking Antidepressants by Anna Almendraia.  Huffington Post.  May 27, 2016

Colistin Resistance Found In US; Resistance Can Be Spread Easily Between Bacteria; Fears Of Untreatable Infections

Dangerous New Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Reach U.S. by Melinda Wenner Moyer.  May 27, 2016

Persistent Or Repeated Infections In Brain May Cause Amyloid Beta Levels To Accumulate Leading To Alzheimer's

Anti Mechanism Gone Rogue May Play Role In Alzheimer's Disease by Jordana Cepelewicz.  Scientific American.  May 26, 2016

Symptom Expression Not Necessarily Tied To Underlying Disease; Expression Adapted To Suit Needs

Is Symptom Expression A Form Of Communication?  Arizona State University/Science Daily.  May 25, 2016

Global Economic Downturn Linked With At Least 260,000 Excess Cancer Deaths

Global Economic Downturn Linked With At Least 260,000 Excess Cancer Deaths.  Harvard Chang School Of Public Health/Science Daily.  May 25, 2016

Study Outlines Seven Reasons Health Care Sector Is Vulnerable To Privacy Breaches

Hackers, Phishers, And Disappearing Thumb Drives:  Lessons Learned From Major Health Care Data Breaches by Nian Yaraghi.  Brookings.  May 5, 2016

Physician Questions Population-Based Care Rather Than Focus On Individual Patient Needs

Doctor Yearns For A Return To The Time When Physicians Were 'Artisans' by Michelle Andrews.  Kaiser Health News.  May 24, 2016

1.4 Million American Children From 8 to 18 Care For Family Member With Disability Or Illness

Supporting Children Who Serve As Caregivers by Jane E. Brody.  The New York Times.  May 23, 2016. 

Language Can Be Everything: Car 'Crashes' Instead of Car 'Accidents'

It's No Accident:  Advocates Want To Speak Of Car 'Crashes' Instead by Matt Richtel.  The New York Times.  May 22, 2016

Some Hospitals Decide To Eat Some Patient Deductibles From High-Deductible Insurance Plans

Moving Patient Payment Upfront by Dave Barkholz.  Modern Healthcare.  May 21, 2016

Proposal To Add Questions About Firearms To Office Visit Routine

Should Your Doctor Ask If You Own Guns?  by Alice Park.  Time.  May 16, 2016

Report: Drug-Resistant Infections May Kill Ten Million A Year By 2050

The Plan To Avert Our Post-Antibiotic Apocalypse by Ed Yong.  The Atlantic.  May 19, 2016

Campaign To Prevent Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Third Leading Cuase Of Infant Mortality In Georgia

First Lady Helps Launch Ga.  'Safe to Sleep' Campaign  by Staff.  WXIA.  May 19, 2016. 

Hospital Staff Addiction Is A Problem In Georgia

Hospital Highs:  Investigating Drug Addiction In Georgia Hospitals by Rebecca Lindstrom.  WXIA.  May 20, 2016

Life Circumstances May Be "Canaries In The Coal Mine" Of Aging And Health

Loneliness Hurts:  Senior Health About More Than Disease by Lauran Neergaard.  ABC News.  May 16, 2016.

Individual Behavior Determines Much Of Cancer Risk

Half Of U.S. Cancer Deaths Due To Bad Habits, Study Finds by Maggie Fox.  NBC News.  May 19, 2016

The World From Both Sides

What Trans Men See That Women Don't by Charlotte Alter.  Time. 

EPA As A Public Health Agency

EPA Official Links Environmental, Public Health by Sandy Bauers.  Philly.com/Real Clear Health.  May 15, 2016. 

Why Single Payer in The United States Would Cost More Than Single Payer In Other Countries

Single-Payer Plan From Bernie Sanders Would Probably Still Be Expensive by Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  May 16, 2016. 

Healthcare Issues That Should Be Addressed In Campaign

Five Health Issues Presidential Candidates Aren't Talking About--But Should Be by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News/Realclearhealth.  May 16, 2016

New York Times Magazine Focuses On Cancer

The New York Times Magazine:  The Health Issue.  New York Times. 

Beyond Gene Editing To Gene Synthesis

Scientists Talk Privately About Creating A Synthetic Human Genome by Andrew Pollack.  The New York Times.  May 13, 2016

Multiple Drug-Resistant TB Gets New, Faster Diagnosis and Treatment

WHO Backs 'Bangladesh Regimen' As New Way To Treat Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis by Betsy McKay.  The Wall Street Journal.  May 13, 2016.

Legal Protections For Transgender Individuals In New Regulations

Obama Makes Big Move For Transgender Rights In Health Care by Jeffrey Young.  Huffington Post.  May 13, 2016. 

Opinion: Zika And Why The Olympics Must Not Proceed As Planned

Off The Podium:  Why Public Health Concerns For Global Spread Of Zika Virus Means That Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympic Games Must Not Proceed by Amir Attaran.  Harvard Public Health Review. 

Using Health Funds To Find Housing For Homeless

A Bold Bet In LA:  Using Health Care Funds To Find Housing For The Homeless by Usha Lee McFarling.  Stat.  May 13, 2016. 

The "Facility Fee" And High ER Costs

The Case Of The $629 Band-Aid--And What It Reveals About American Health Care by Sarah Kliff.  Vox.  May 13, 2016

Walgreens Aims To Screen 3 Million For Mental Illness Via The Web Over The Next 18 Months

Walgreens Launches Mental Health Screening Via the Web by Brigid Sweeney.  Chicago Business.  May 10, 2016

Strokes Increasing Among The Young Adults

Researchers Document Troubling Rise In Strokes In Young Adults, Starting At Age 25 by Jennifer Breheny Wallace.  The Washington Post.  May 11, 2016.

Dangerous Political Response To Disease

Congress To America:  Drop Dead by Nicholas Kristof.  Opinion.  The New York Times.  May 12, 2016

Single Measure Of CVD Risk Found Inferior To Combination Of Risk Factors

Has HDL, The 'Good' Cholesterol, Been Hyped?  University of Maryland Medical Center/Science Daily.  May 10, 2016

A Critical Ratio: Number of Patients To Nurse

Lightening Nurses' Loads by Theresa Brown.  Slate.  May 10, 2016

Studies Increasingly Question Value Of Artificial Sweeteners

The Case Against Artificial Sweeteners Is Getting Stronger by Alice Park.  Time. May 10, 2016

Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation Key To Potentially Significant Changes As The Obama Administration Comes To An End

As Time Runs Out, The Obama Administration Races To Reshape Health Care by Dylan Scott.  Stat.  May 10, 2016

Million Dollar Drug Drug Shows Problems Facing Gene Therapy

The World's Most Expensive Medicine Is A Bust by Antonio Regalado.  Technology Review.  May 4, 2016. 

Is Worry A Reason To Worry?

Worried?  You're Not Alone by Roni Caryn Rabin.  The New York Times. 

New Medical Schools Hope To Meet Demand, Set Trends

New Medical Schools Aim To Fix America's Broken Health Care System by Sarah C.P. Williams.  Stat.  May 9, 2016. 

Smallest Gap In Life Expectancy Between Races In History

Black Americans See Gains In Life Expectancy by Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  May 8, 2016

We're Living 30 Years Longer Than A Century Ago: What Are The Implications

How Increasing Longevity Will Shape Our World by Richard Eisenberg.  Next Avenue.  May 5, 2016

Powerful Gene Editing Technique Will Require Some Times Before Curing Diseases

The Gene Editor CRISPR Won't Fully Fix Sick People Anytime Soon.  Here's Why by Jocelyn Kaiser.  Science.  May 3, 2016

Autonomous Robots In The Operating Room

Robots Stake Their Claim In The Operating Room by Dennis Thompson.  HealthDay/Real Clear Health.  May 5, 2016

Nudging Doctors To Improve Faulty Antibiotic Prescribing; Currently 30 of Antibiotic Prescriptions Are Unnecessary

How To"Nudge" Doctors Into Prescribing Fewer Antibiotics by Brian Resnick.  Vox.  May 5, 2016

California Raises Legal Smoking Age to 21

Gov. Brown Signs Major Tobacco Bills, Raises Legal Age To 21 by Lisa Aliferis.  KQED.  May 4, 2016. 

Abortion Provider Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Gag Order By Hospital

Can A Hospital Tell A Doctor To Stop Talking About Abortion?  by Jennifer Ludden.  NPR.  May 5, 2016

Review Of 56 Studies Shows That Social And Contextual Factors Of Meals Could Help Dementia Patients

Holistic Approach To Mealtimes Could Help Dementia Suffers.  University of East Anglia/Science Daily.  May 4, 2016

Mediterranean Style Diet Might Slow Down Aging, Reduce Bone Loss

Mediterranean Style Diet Might Slow Down Aging, Reduce Bone Loss.  European Food Information Council/Science Daily.  May 3, 2016

Surgeon General: Opioid Training For Doctors As Way to Combat Addiction--

Surgeon General Doubles Down On Doctor Training For Opioids by Sarah Ferris.  The Hill.  May 4, 2016

Climate Change Could Lead To Mass Migration From The Middle East And North Africa

Exodus 2100:  Due To Climate Change by News Staff.  Science 2.0.  May 2, 2016

With The Current Political Enivironment, States Have Options to Control Costs and Improve Quality

State Options To Control Health Care Costs And Improve Quality by Zeke Emanuel, Joshua Sharfstein, Topher Spiro, and Meghan O'Toole.  Health Affairs Blog.  April 28, 2016

Consideration Of The Complete Range Of Women's Health Issues Missing From 2016 Campaign

Why Are 2016 Candidates Ignoring Women's Health?  by Nicholas Kristof.  The New York Times.  April 28, 2016

Concept Of Beneficial Epidemic Has Implications For Spread Of Public Health Information And Disease Protection

Why Beneficial Epidemics Spread More Quickly Than Harmful Ones by Emerging Technology.  Technology Review.  April 19, 2016

Genetic And Epigenetic Profiles Of The Aged Healthy May Offer Clues To Long Life

Is There A Fountain Of Youth In Our DNA by Brian Alexander.  Technology Review.  April 21, 2016

Brain Size Related To Social Group Size, Number of Closest Relationships

Your Brain Limits You To Just Five BFFs. Technology Review by Emerging Technology.   April 29, 2016