Test Of Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Finds Progress Against Brain Plaques

Test Of Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Finds Progress Against Brain Plaques by Jon Hamilton.  NPR.  August 31, 2016. 

Evolving Antibiotic Resistance Is Making Gonorrhea Increasingly Untreatable

Gonorrhea Is Becoming Untreatable, U.N. Health Officials Warn by Rebecca Hersher.  NPR.  August 30, 2016

Hospitals In Orlando Don't Bill for $5.5 Million Cost For Treating Victims Of Pulse Shooting

Free Care A 'Blessing' For Victims Of Orlando Nightclub Attack by Alan Blinder.  The New York Times.  August 29, 2016

Four Key Challenges For Obamacare And Possible Solutions

Obamacare Marketplaces Are In Trouble.  What Can Be Done by Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz.  August 29, 2016.

Hospital At Home Found Appropriate For Some, Faces challenges Including Physician Staffing

Hospital At Home Model:  Bringing Hospital-Level Care To the Patient by Sarah Klein, Martha Hostettler, And Douglas McCarthy.  The Commonwealth Fund.  August 22, 2016

Approach To Mental Health Emphasizing The Role Of Cities Mental Health First Aid

"Mental Health First Aid"--Chirlane McCray On How N.Y.C Is Fixing The System by Shefali Luthra.  Kaiser Health News/RealClear Health.  August 26, 2016. 

Steep Price Increase on EpiPen Illustrates Trend in Generic Drug Industry

Painted As EpiPen Villain, Mylan's Chief Says She's No Such Thing by Katie Thomas.  The New York Times.  August 26, 2016

Maternal Deaths In Texas Have Doubled Over Two Years. Why Are Black Women Suffering?

Experts Search For Explanation As Two Reports Signal Maternity Crisis In Texas  by Molly Redden.  The Guardian.  August 27 2016.

More Nurses, Better Utilized, Help Shorten ER Stays

You Want Shorter ER Stays?  Bring In The Nurses.  American College Of Emergency Physicians/Science Daily.  August 24, 2016. 

In Florida Keys, Some Worry About 'Science And Goernment' More Than Zika

In Florida Keys, Some Worry About 'Science and Government' More Than Zika by Lizette Alvarez.  The New York Times.  August 24, 2016

Get Older, Get Happier?

The Aging Paradox:  The Older We Get, The Happier We Are by Deborah Netburn.  The Los Angeles Times.  August 24, 2016.

Early Job Dissatisfaction Associated With Health Impacts In The 40s

Job Satisfaction In Your 20s And 30s May Impact Your Health Later by Mary Brophy Marcus.  CBS News.  August 23, 2016

Cancer Trends Toward Replacing Heart Disease As Leading Killer; Already there in 22 States

Cancer Is Now The Leading Cause Of Death In 22 States. Surprisingly, That's Good News by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  August 24, 2016

Tayloring Strategy To The Three Types Of Diabetes

Diabetes Is Actually Three Different Diseases Requiring Different Engagement, Monitoring And Management by Jack Stockert.  MedCity News.  August 22, 2016. 

Hospital Social Media Strategy

How To Effectively Engage Patients On Social Media by Jackie Simon.  MedCity News.  August 22, 2016

Opinion: The ACA Is The Last Chance For Private Health Insurance

ObamaCare Is The Last Chance For Private Health Insurance by Patrick Tomlinson.  The Hill.  August 22, 2016. 

Diversity In Genomic Research Need For Accurate Diagnosis

Genetic Insights About Health Risks Limited By Lack Of Diversity, Study Finds by Ahzi Yun Tan.  Kaiser Health News.  August 17, 2016

Puberty Blocker May Improve The Mental Health Of Transgender Adolescents

Puberty Blockers May Improve The Mental Health Of Transgender Adolescents by Elaine Korry.  Kaiser Health News.  August 19, 2016. 

IT Costs For Medical Practices Now Top $32,000 Per Year

Annual Health IT Costs For Medical Practices Now Top $32,000 Per Doc by Neil Versel.  MedCity News.  August 10, 2016. 

Who Are The Uninsured?

Six Years Into Obama's Health Care Law, Who Are The Uninsured?  by Abby Goodnough.  August 18, 2016. 

Banking Eggs: Opportunities And Obstacles

Why Women Can't Stop Talking About Freezing Their Eggs by Sara Ashley O'Brien.  May 25, 2016

The Necessities Of Life Contain The Seeds Of Death

What Can A 1.7 Million Year Old Hominid Fossil Teach Us About Cancer?    The Conversation.  August 10, 2016

Banking Sperm: Pros and Cons

Fighting The Male Biological Clock By Banking Sperm by Elizabeth Cohen.  CNN.  August 12, 2016.

Health Care Fraud: Service Provider's Crimes Caused Patients' Deaths

Health Care Fraud.  Federal Bureau Of Investigation.  August 9, 2016. 

Is A Liberal Education Relevant To The Practice Of Medicine?

Why Get A Liberal Education?  It Is The Life And Breath Of Medicine.  The Conversation.  August 16, 2016

Why Are Single People Ignored By Social Science Research?

The New Science Of Single People by Jesse Singal.  New York Magazine.  August 16, 2016

Schizophrenia May Be A Byproduct Of Acquisition Of Language And Cognitive Skills; Early Hominids Did Not Have It

Schizophrenia Emerged After Humans Diverged From Neanderthals.  Elsevier/Science Daily.  August 15, 2016

First Nationwide Study Finds GLB Teenagers Are At Greater Risk For Depression And Violence

Gay And Lesbian High School Students Report 'Heartbreaking' Levels Of Violence by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  August 11, 2016.

More Universities Will Be Allowed To Grow Marijuana For Research Under New Plan By The Obama Administration

Obama Administration Set To Remove Barrier To Marijuana Research by Catherine Saint Louis and Matt Apuzzo.  The New York Times.  August 10, 2016.

Hospital Units Tailored To Older Patients Can Help Prevent Decline

Hospital Units Tailored To Older Patients Can Help Prevent Decline by Anna Gorman.  NPR.  August 9, 2016

Political Rhetoric That Is Statistically Predictable But Individually Unpredictable Appeal To Violence

Trump's 2nd Amendment Comment Wasn't A Joke.  It Was "Stochastic Terrorism." by Emily Crockett.  Vox.  August 10, 2016. 

How The World's Tiniest Organisms Explain Our Evolution, Our Health, And Our Eventual Demise

How The World's Tinest Organisms Explain Our Evolution, Our Health, And Our Eventual Demise by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  August 9, 2016

Surgical Innovation In Addiction Treatment Requires New Skills And Facilities

New Addiction Treatment Brings New System For Doctors To Navigate by Karen Shakerdge.  Side Effects.  July 11, 2016.

New Employment Platform For Nurses Aims To Unearth Passive Talent

Can This Startup Revamp How Nurses Are Hired?  by Neil Versel.  MedCity News.  August 10, 2016

Mortality Rise In 2015 May Have Been A Blip

U.S. Mortality Rate Declines, And Researchers Breathe A Sigh Of Relief by Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  August 9, 2016.

How Comon Procedures Became 20 Percent Cheaper For Many Californians

How Common Procedures Became 20 Percent Cheaper For Many Californians by Austin Frakt.  The New York Times.  August 8, 2016

Singleness Has Its Advantages

Psychologists Revels Science Behind A fulfilling Single Life.  American Psychological Association/Science Daily.  August 5, 2016

Research: Silence Prompts Cell Development In The Hippocampus

This Is Your Brain On Silence by Daniel Z. Gross.  Nautilus.  July 7, 21

Obesity Linked To Age-Related Changes In Brain

Brains Of Overweight People 'Ten Years Older' Than Lean Counterparts At Middle-Age.  University of Cambridge/Science Daily.  August 4, 2016

Evaluation Questionnaires On Hospital Pain Management: Do They Do More Harm Than Good

Vexing Question On Patient Surveys:  Did We Ease Your Pain?  by Jan Hoffman and Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  August 4, 2016

Proposed Lifting The Ban For Funding Research That Injects Human Stem Cells Into Animal Embryos

N.I.H. May Fund Human-Animal Stem Cell Research by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  August 4, 2016

Benefits Of Flossing Are Questionable

Feeling Guilty About Not Flossing?  Maybe There's Not Need by Catherine Saint Louis.  The New York Times.  August 2, 2016

Turbocharing The Body's Immune System To Fight Cancer

Setting The Body's 'Serial Killers' Loose On Cancer by Andrew Pollack.  The New York Times.  August 1, 2016. 

Effectiveness Of Certain Surgeries Not Supported By Evidence

Why 'Useless' Surgery Is Still Popular by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  August 3, 2016

Cancer Spending And Outcomes: Policy Infographic

A Snapshot Of Cancer Spending And Outcomes by Kaiser Family Foundation.  JAMA.  June 21, 2016

23andMe Pulls Off Massive Crowdsourced Depression Study

23andMe Pulls Off Massive Crowdsourced Depression Study by Antonio Regaldo.  Technology Review.  August 1, 2016

Immunotherapy Offers Hope To Cancer Patients, But Not Certainy

Immunotherapy Offers Hope To A Cancer Patient, But No Certainty by Matt Richtel.  The New York Times.  July 31, 2016