Finding Medical Billing Errors For Profit

The Company That Wants To Fight Your Medical Bills by Olga Khazan.  The Atlantic.  September 28, 2016. 

More Evidence For Calorie Restriction; Effects On Metabolism Cited

Consuming Fewer Calories Reduces The Risk Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Study Suggests.  The Rockefeller University Press/Science Daily.  September 26, 2016

92% Of World's Population Breathes Polluted Air

WHO Releases Country Estimates On Air Pollution Exposure And Health Impact.  World Health Organization.  September 27, 2016

Trust And 911 Usage

Calls To 911 From Black Neighborhoods Fell After A Case Of Police Violence by Quoctrung Bui.  The New York Times.  September 29, 2016

What Is Healthy Food? The FDA Wants Your Opinion

FDA Asks Public:  What Is 'Healthy Food'? by Robert Preidt.  U.S. News.  September 28, 2016.

Mitochondrial Transfers and "Three-Parent Babies"

Birth Of Baby With Three Parents' DNA Marks Success For Banned Technique by Gina Kolata.  September 27, 2016

Physical Activity Fends Off Muscle Loss, Improves Memory

Walking Fends Off Loss Of Mobility And It's Not Too Late To Start by Katherine Hobson.  NPR.  September 26, 2016

Presidential Election Impact On Health Care Companies

Trump or Clinton?  What The Presidential Race Means For Health Care Companies by Baylee Pulliam.  September 27, 2016

Early Intervention Key to Successful therapy For Autism

DNA Research May Led To Early Intervention For Children With Autism by Andy Steiner.  MinnPost.  September 28, 2016

It's Easy For Obamacare Critics To Overlook The Merits Of Medicaid Expansion

It's Easy For Obamacare Critics To Overlook The Merits Of Medicaid Expansion by Aaron E. Carroll.  The New York Times.  September 26, 2016

Public Health Hazard: Half A Million Households Lack Hot And Cold Running Water, Bathing Facilities Or Flush Toilet

Too Poor For Proper Plumbing:  A Reality In 500,000 U.S. Homes by Sabrina Tavernise.  New York Times.  September 26, 2016.

Seeing Past The Obesity: Obstacles To Patient Care

Why Do Obese Patients Get Worse Care?  Many Doctors Don't See Past The Fat by Gina Kolata.  New York Times.  September 25, 2016

Stress Makes A Healthier-Fat Meal Seem Like A Saturated-Fat Meal

Stress May Counteract Effects Of A Healthful Diet by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times.  September 22, 2016

Piedmont's Expanded Presence To Change Care In Athens Area

Piedmont's Expanded Presence To Change Care In Athens Area by Meera Naqvi.  Georgia Health News.  September 24, 2016

100 Million Opioid Pills Left Unused After Surgical Tooth Extraction; Leftover Pills Are Often Abused

100 Million Prescription Opioids Go Unused Each Year Following Wisdom Teeth Removal, Study Estimates.  Perelman School Of Medicine/Science Daily.  September 22, 2016

Lifestyle As A Life-Long Way To Confront Prostate Cancer

Not Just Waitin' On Our Prostates To Change by David L. Katz, M.D.  Huffington Post.  September 23, 2016. 

Visual Guide To America's Drug Epidemic

This Is America On Drugs:  A Visual Guide by Jen Christensen And Sergio Hernandez.  CNN.  September 23, 2016.

Robot Nurses Could Address Persistent Nurse Shortage

Robot Nurses Will Make Shortages Obsolete by Joelle Restroom.  Daily Beast.  September 24, 2016

Obama Administration Seeks To Protect Title X Family-Planning Money From State Cuts Because Of Abortion

Obama Introduces New Rule To Prevent States From Defunding Abortion Providers by Claire Landsbaum.  New York Magazine.  September 12, 2016

Leveraging Basic Research To End All Disease: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

An End To All Disease?  Zuckerberg, Chan Pledge $3 Billion To Ambitious Cause by Barbara Ortutay.  Associated Press/Christian Science Monitor.  September 22, 2016.

Uncertainties About Compensation Leading To Doctor Retirements

More Doctors To Retire As MACRA And Value-Based Pay Hit by Bruce Japsen.  Forbes.  September 21, 2016

Environmental Factors In Antibiotic Resistance

How Do Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Get Into The Environment?  by Suzanne Young and Valerie Harwood. RealClear Health  September 22, 2016

Antibiotics Of The Future From The Overlooked Past: Ethnobotany At Emory

Could Ancient Remedies Hold The Answer To The Looming Antibiotic Crisis?  by Ferris Jabr.  New York Times Magazine.  September 14, 2016

Depression: 1 Out Of 5 Women Will Suffered In Their Lifetime; 15 Percent Take an Antidepressant

The Women's Health Issue No One Talks About by Jenny Gold.  Kaiser Health News.  September 19, 2016.

Development And Pediatric Involvement In Decision Making

When Should Children Take Part In Medical Decisions?  by Perri Klass, M.D.  New York Times.  September 20, 2016

Diffuse, Often Asymptomatic And Dormant Zika Difficult To Track, Much Less Predict

Predict Zika's Spread?  It's Hard Enough To Count The Cases by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  New York Times.  September 19, 2016. 

Affordability And Access in Obamacare

The Vexing Economics Of Obamacare by Vann R. Newkirk II.  The Atlantic.  September 17, 2016

More Than One Quarter Of Over 50's Don't Exercise

31M Older Americans Aren't Getting Enough Exercise by Randy Dotinga.  WebMD.  September 15, 2016

Immune System Strategies Should Central To Cancer Prevention Efforts Says Physicians' Publication

Researchers Say To Conquer Cancer You Need To Stop It Before It Becomes Cancer.  University Of California San Diego Health Sciences.  September 16, 2016

Reaching Millennnials: The Lost Generation For Health Care

Doctors, Dentists Seek New Ways To Reach Millennial Patients by Terri Akman.  The Inquirer.  September 16, 20156

Harvesting Body Heat To Power Electronics To Monitor Health

Researchers Invent 'The Matrix'-Style Body Energy Harvester by Mike Brown.  Inverse.  September 16, 2016

Reality Show Medicine Meets Reality Show Politics

On 'Dr. Oz,' Trump Offers Placebo Transparency by James Poniewozik.  The New York Times.  September 15, 2016

Inability To Distinguish The Tactile Sensations Of Self And Others May Be Key To Autism Spectrum Disorder

Link Discovered Between Touch Of Individuals With Autism, Their Social Difficulties.  Ghent University/Science Daily.  September 15, 2016

Compare Health Insurance Rates In States That Expanded Medicaid And Those That Did Not--How Does Georgia Look?

The Striking Difference Between States That Expanded Medicaid And The Ones that Didn't by Carolyn Y. Johnson.  September 13, 2016. 

Up To 25% Of New Prescriptions For Blood Pressure Medicine Are Never Filled

1 In 4 Medicare Patients Uses Blood Pressure Meds Incorrectly by Dennis Thompson.  HealthDay .  September 13, 2016.

For Five Decades, Sugar Industry May Have Largely Shaped Research Into The Role Of Nutrition And Heart Disease

How The Sugar Industry Shifted Blame To Fat by Anahad o'Connor.  The New York Times.  September 12, 2016

Engineering The ICU Into The Modern Era

Raising An Alarm, Doctors Fight To Yank Hospitals ICUs Into The Modern Era by Usha Lee McFarling.  Stat.  September 7, 2016

Training, Tourniquets, Wound-Packing Are Saving Lives In Trauma Care Since 9/11

Better Training, Tourniquets And Techniques Since 9/11 Are Saving Lives by Rachel Bluth.  Kaiser Health News.  September 10, 2016

Low Carb Diet And "Uncurable" Diabetes

Before You Spend $26,000 On Weight-Loss Surgery, Do This by Sarah Hallberg and Osama Hamdy.  The New York Times.  September 10, 2016. 

The Killer Within--The Immune System Gone Haywire Resulting In "Inflammaging"

Inflammation Implication by Bruce Goldman.  Stanford Medicine.  Summer 2016. 

Painkilling Through Virtual Reality: Better Than Opiods?

Better Than Opiods?  Virtual Reality Could Be Your Next Painkiller by Rachel Metz.  MIT Technology Review.  July 18, 2016

A Female Surgeon Speaks On the "Instant Gratification Of Being A Surgeon"

The Instant Gratification Of Being A Surgeon by Adrienne Green.  The Atlantic.  September 8, 2016

What It Feels Like To Die--What Sciences Knows And Doesn't Know

What It Feels Like To Die by Jennie Dear.  The Atlantic.  September 9, 2016

Computerized Map To Predict Cancer's Next Step And Future Treatment

A Map To Help Cancer Doctors Find Their Way by Mark H. Kim.  NPR.  September 9, 2016

17 Different Health Care Providers Covered New Disster Preparedness Rule

Health Care Providers Scramble To Meet New Disaster Readiness Rule by Sheri Fink.  The New York Times.  September 9, 2016

High Variability Suggests Glycemic Index Is Unreliable Indicator of Blood Sugar Response

Hifh Variability Suggests Glycemic Index Is Unreliable Indicator Of Blood Sugar Response.  Tufts University, Health Science Campus/Science Daily.  September 7, 2016

Uninsured Rate Falls Under 9 Percent For the First Time Ever; Tremendous Declines In States That Expanded Medicaid

For The First Time Ever, America's Uninsured Rate Has Fallen Below 9 Percent by Sarah Frostenson.  September 7, 2016

Hospitals Acquire 31,000 Physician Practices Between 2012 and 2015.

Hospital Ownership of Medical Practices Grows By 86% In Three Years by Maria Castellucci.  Modern Healthcare.  September 7, 2016.

Fragmented Political System, Not Medicine Or Epidemiology, Shapes Zika Response

U.S. Response To Zika Is Uneven and Fragmented by Scott Greer.  RealClearHealth.  September 6, 2016. 

Rural Hospitals Hurt More Without Medicaid Expansion; More Likely To Be Profitable With Medicaid Expansion

Lack Of Medicaid Expansion Hurts Rural Hospitals More Than Urban Facilities by Shefali Luthra.  Kaiser Health News.  September 7, 2016.

Study: Lyft Partnership Reduces Costs, Waiting Times For Chronically Ill Seniors

Study:  Lyft Partnership Reduces Costs, Waiting Times For Chronically Ill Seniors by Mark Taylor.  MedCity News.  September 6, 2016

Oral Contraceptives Contribute To Fall In Deaths From Ovarian Cancer

Deaths From Ovarian Cancer Decline Worldwide Due To Oral Contraceptive Use.  European Soceity For Medical Oncology/Science Daily.  September 6, 2017

Independent Medical Review For Presidential Candidates?

Is This The Way To Get Rid Of The Ridiculous Health Conspiracy Theories?  by Dan Diamond.  Politico.  August 27, 2016

West Nile, Not Zika, Appears To Be The Real Killer

Freaking Out About Zika Virus?  West Nile Is The Real Killer by Sean Cockerham/Medicalxpress. September 5, 2016.  

Editorial: Maternal Death Rates In American Shockingly Out Of Line Compared With Other Advanced Nations

Editorial: America's Shocking Maternal Deaths.  The New York Times.  September 3, 2016

A Emergency Physician Tells How She Tells A Mother Her Child Is Dead

How To Tell A Mother Her Child Is Dead by Naomi Rosenberg.  The New York Times.  September 3, 2016

Why Not Eradicate Mosquitoes?

Mosquitoes Are Deadly, So Why Not Kill Them All?  by Betsy McKay.  The Wall Street Journal/Asia One.  September 3, 2016

Nondrug Approaches To Common Pain Conditions Found Effective; Massage Therapy Found Effective For Neck Pain

NIH Review Finds Nondrug Approaches Effective For Treatment Of Common Pain Conditions.  National Institutes Of Health.  September 1, 2016. 

8 Myths About Suicide That Every Educator And Parent Should Know

8 Myths About Suicide That Every Educator And Parent Should Know by Kavitha Cardoza.  NPR.  September 2, 2016. 

Major Georgia Hospital Seeks Expanded Footprint Without Obtaining Equity Interests

Emory Partnership With Stratus Boosts Clout Of hospital Alliance by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  August 29, 2016. 

Georgia Chamber Of Commerce Presents Proposal For Medicaid Expansion

Task Force Unveils Options To Cover Uninsured In Georgia by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  August 31, 2016

Rate Of Increase Of Obesity Has Slowed For A Decade; Rate Of Obesity Fell In Four States Last Year

Obesity Rates Fall In Four States by Maggie Fox.  NBC News.  September 1, 2016