GMO Crops Seem To Facilitate Sales Of Seeds And Chemicals; Are Crop Yields In Fact Better For GMO Crops?

Doubts About The Promised Bounty Of Genetically Modified Crops by Danny Hakim.  The New York Times.  October 29, 2016

Five Ways To Reduce Hospital Diagnosis Errors

Five Ways To Reduce Inpatient Diagnosis Errors by HealthLeaders Media Staff.  MedPageToday.  October 30, 2016

Direct-To-Consumer Drug Advertisement Is A Massive Growth Industry

Essay:  Direct-To-Consumer Drug Advertising On TV A Growth Industry.  Newsworks.  October 27, 2016

Rapid Improvement In Voice Interface Could Be Key To Solving Long-Standing Problems In Healthcare

Voice Will Likely Be The Next Meaningful User Interface In Healthcare by Lisa Suennen.  MedCityNews.  October 28, 2016

Georgia Doctors: Many Negative About The Future; Suffer From Burnout

Many Georgia Doctors Are Dissatisfied, Survey Shows by Andy Miller. Georgia Health News.  October 18, 2016.

Personalized Nutrition Based Upon Individual Unique DNA

Campbell Soup Invests In Nutrition Tech Startup by John Kell.  Fortune.  October 26, 2016. 

What Would A Public Insurance Option Look Like?

What Would A Public Insurance Option Look Like?  by Pauline Bartolone.  Kaiser Health News.  October 26, 2016.

Gut Bacteria And The Brain: The Science Of Psychobiotics

The Current State Of Psychobiotics.  Cell Press/Science Daily.  October 25, 2016

5 Facts About Immigrant Mothers And U.S. Fertility Trends

5 Facts About Immigrant Mothers And U.S. Fertility Trends by Gretchen Livingston.  Pew Research Center.  October 26, 2016

A Little Perspective On Obamacare Premium Increases

Rates Up 22 Percent For Obamacare Plans, But Subsidies Rise, Too by Alison Kodjak.  NPR.  October 24, 2016.

Donald Trump Has No Idea What Obamacare Does by Ian Milhiser.  ThinkProgress.  October 25, 2016

UGA Olympian Confronts Depression

Olympic Medalist Swimmer Takes On Depression With Help Of Phelps, Others by Aria Hangyu.  CNN.  September 9, 2016

Theory: Brain Seems To Adapt To Dishonesty

Lying May Be Your Brain's Fault, Honestly by Jessica Ravitz.  CNN.  October 24, 2016

Terrifying Nightmares From Around The World: The World Dream Atlas Photography Project

Terrifying Nightmares From Around The World by Roc Morin.  Vice.  October 17, 2016

Four Metro Atlanta Counties Rank Among Nation's Highest For STD Cases

These Metro Atlanta Counties Rank Among Nation's Highest For STD Cases by Ben Brasch.  The Atlanta Journal Constitution.  October 24, 2016. 

Millennials Change The Health Care Industry

Selfie-Obsessed Millennials Can Teach Doctors A Thing Or Two by Steve Christiansen, MD.  KevinMD.  October 21, 2016

Public Health Largely Ignored In Debates

America's View Of "Health" Is Very Narrow.  The Debates Proved It.  Vox. October 20, 2016

Should You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face? Beware Of Zoonotic Bacteria

Should You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face?  by Christopher Mele.  The New York Times.  October 21, 2016

Understanding And Modifying Your Metabolism

Metabolism:  What Is It And Can It Be Controlled?  Texas A & M University/Science Daily.  October 19, 2016.

Exercise May Help Elderly People Who Already Have Memory And Thinking Problems

Exercise May Help Ward Off Memory Decline.  American Academy of Neurology/Science Daily.  October 19, 2016

Would Renaming Psychiatry Decrease Stigma?

Maybe We Should Call Psychiatry Something Else by Nathaniel P. Morris.  Scientific American.  October 20, 2016

More STD Cases Reported Last Year Than Ever

Sexually Transmitted Disease Cases Hit New High In U.S. by Maggie Fox.  NBC News.  October 19, 2016.

Survey Of Birth Control Practices On The 100th Birthday of Planned Parenhood

On Planned Parenthood's 100th Birthday, Four Surprising Ways Birth Control Has Changed by Ariana Eunjun Cha.  The Washington Post.  October 18, 2016. 

Office-Based Care Fails To Improve According To Analysis Of Many Aspects Of Outpatient Care

Study:  Efforts To Improve Outpatient Care Have Failed In Critical Areas by Karen Pallarito.  CBS News.  October 17, 2016

What Does A Doctor Look Like?

Young Black Doctor Says Delta Attendant Refused Her Help by Associated Press/Washington Post.  October 14, 2016

Understanding How Music And Dance Impact The Brain Could Have Implications For Treatment For Parkinson's And Autism

Dance And Music Alter The Brain In Opposite Ways by Tim Newman.  Medical News Today.  October 8, 2016

American Psychological Association Offers Tips For Dealing With Election Stress

People Are So Stressed By This Election That The American Psychological Association Has Coping Tips by Colby Itkowitz.  The Washington Post.  October 13, 2016

First-Of-Its-Kind Study Ranking Nations By Empathy

America Ranks In Top 10 In Empathy.  Michigan State University/Science Daily.  October 14, 2016.

Eldercare Is A Worldwide Concern: 500,000 In China Wander Away Every Year--Alzheimer's/Dementia Cited

500,000 Elderly People Go Missing In China Every Year by James Griffiths and Serenitie Wang.  CNN.  October 12, 2016

Strategies For Confronting Offensive Speech

Lessons In The Delicate Art Of Confronting Offensive Speech by Benedict Carey and Jan Hoffman. New York Times.  October 12, 2016

For First Time Paralyzed Man Experiences Touch In A Mind-Controllled Arm

In A Medical First Brain, Implant Allows Paralyzed Man To Feel Again by Amy Ellis Nutt.  Washington Post.  October 13, 2016

A New High Tech Maze May Implications For Study Of Alzheimer's And Autism

Building A Better Rat Maze Could Help Us All Cooperate.  American Technion Society/Science Daily.  October 13, 2016

Growing Field Of Population Health Demands Changing Data Analytics And Report: IBM And Siemens Respond

IBM Watson, Siemens Partner To Tap Population Health Industry  by Bruce Jansen. Forbes.  October 11, 2016.

Tuberculosis Is Now A Top 10 Killer Around The World: Link To HIV/AIDS And Antibiotic Resistance Cited

An Entirely Curable Disease Is A Top 10 Killer Around The World by Lauren Weber.  Huffington Post.  October 13, 2016

Health And the 2016 Election: Implications For Women

Health And The 2016 Election:  Implications For Women by Caroline Rosenzweig.  Kaiser Family Foundation.  October 12, 2016

Worldwide, Girls Spend 160 Million More Hours Than Boys Their Age On Household Chores

Girls Spend 550 Million Daily Hours On Domestic Chores Globally by Gaby Galvin.  US News.  October 12, 2016

Cities Create Infrastructure For Healthy Living

Big Cities Healthier?  How Some Cities Make Life Better, Study Says by Zhai Yun Tan.  Christian Science Monitor.  October 12, 2016

Antiobiotics Have The Potential To Affect The Health Of People Who Don't Receive Antibiotics

If Patient In The Hospital Bed Before You Got Antibiotics--Take Heed by Steven Reinberg.  US News.  October 10, 2016. 

State Of The World's Health: Global Burden Of Disease, Injuries, And Risk Factors

Global Burden Of Disease Study 2015 Assesses The State Of The World's Health.  The Lancet/Science Daily.  October 6, 2016. 

Diet-Related Factors Outweight Other Risk Factors Combined For Global Health

Across The Globe, Out Diets Are Making Us Sicker, Report Finds by Rhitu Chatterjee.  October 8, 2016. 

Investment Firm Seeks To Build Global Network Of Hospitals Across cultures

An Investor's Plan To Transplant Private Health-Care In Africa by Landon Thomas Jr.  The New York Times.  October 8, 2016. 

Depression and Suicide In Doctors In Training

National Academy Of Medicine 'Breaking Silence' On Doctors' Distress, Suicide by Carey Goldberg. WBUR.  October 5, 2016

The Right Hospital For Heart Attack Can Add Years To Life

Study:  Good Heart Attack Care Could Add A Year To Your Life by Marilynn Marchione.  AP.  October 5, 2016

The Demise Of And Possible Return Of Prepaid Medical Groups

Why Insurance Companies Control Your Medical Care.  The Conversation.  October 4, 2016

Evidence of Zika Link To Guillain-Barre Syndrome Grows Stronger

Pika Connection To Rare Nerve Disorder Bolstered by Study by Dennis Thompson.  US News.  October 5, 2016

Fear And Mistrust Of Water Lead To Rise Of Infectious Bacterial Disease In Flint

Amid Water Crisis, Flint Faces A Shigellosis Outbreak by Sara Ganim.  CNN.  October 4, 2016

Is There A Limit To Human Life Span? Is It 115 Years?

What's The Longest Humans Can Live?  115 Years, New Study Says by Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  October 5, 2016

Traffic Deaths Jump Tracking Economic Recovery

U.S. Traffic Deaths Jump by 10.4 Percent In First Half of 2016.  Associated Press/NBC News.  October 5, 2016

Computer Authentication By Brain Waves May Risk Personal Information

Brain Waves Can Be Used To Detect Potentially Harmful Personal Information.  Texas Tech University/Science Daily.  October 3, 2016

First Warning About Cyber Vulnerability Of A Medical Device

J&J Warns Diabetic Patients:  Insulin Pump Vulnerable To Hacking by Jim Finkle.  Reuters.  October 4, 2016

Democratic And Republican Doctors Treat Patients Differently

Democratic And Republican Doctors Treat Patients Differently by Erin Blakemore.  Washington Post.  October 3, 2016. 

Changes May Be Coming For Obamacare

Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have To Change To Survive by Robert Pear.  New York Times.  October 2, 2016

Hyperelastic Bone Tissue That Can Be Produced by 3D Printable Ink

Time To Change The Ink In The Bone Printer by Karen Weintraub.  Scientific American.  September 29, 2016. 

Personality Testing Can Identify 90 Percent Of Children With High Risk Of Drug Addiction

The 4 Traits That Put Kids At Risk For Addiction by Maia Szalavitz.  The New York Times.  September 29, 2016.

Eating At Home Increases; Economic, Markets, And Health Reasons Cited

Dining In:  Homemade Chili Gains Ground On Chili's by Stephanie Strom By Stephanie Strom.  The New York Times.  September 30, 2016

Drug Blocks Immune System Molecules Causing Atopic Dermatitis

New Drug For Severe Eczema Is Successful In 2 New Trials by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  October 1, 2016.