Study: Female Doctors Save More Senior Citizen Lives

How To Save At Least 32,000 Lives Each Year:  Replace Male Doctors With Female Ones by Karen Kaplan.  Los Angeles Times.  December 20, 2016

Carrie Fisher And Bipolar Disorder

Carrie Fisher Put Pen And Voice In Service of 'Bipolar Pride' by Benedict Carey.  December 28, 2016.

Ingredients Are Hot; The Simpler The Better

Fat-Free Is Out.  Gluten-Free Is In.  What To Look For On The Label by Deena Shanker.  Bloomberg.  December 27, 2016. 

Cardiovascular Disease And Carrie Fisher, George Michael, And Robin Thicke

What Are Heart Failure, Heart Attack And Cardiac Arrest by Susan Scutti, CNN.  December 28, 2016.

H.I.V Cases Surge In Russia: Stigma, Politics, Top-Down Rule, Lack Of Prevention, Traditional Values, Fail to Stop An Epidemic

H.I.V. Cases Surpass A Million In Russia, But Little Is Done by Neil MacFarquhar.  The New York Times.  December 28, 2016.

Hospitals In Peril Under Obamacare Repeal

Hospitals In Safety Net Brace For Health Care Law's Repeal by Abby Goodnough.  The New York times.  December 28, 2016

10 Criteria For Evaluating Articles About Health Care Interventions

Our Review Criteria.  Health News Review. 

Key Element Needed To Evaluate Medical Research Articles Often Missing

Many Health  News Stories Lack Independent Sources by Andrew M. Seaman.  Reuters.  December 22, 2016. 

Women Drinking Heavily: Increasing and Increasingly Deadly

For Women, Heavy Drinking Has Been Normalized. That's Dangerous by Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating.  The Washington Post.  December 23, 2016. 

Free Market Research Institute Ranks Georgia Last In Terms of Access, A Key Concept Of Some Republican Reform Proposals

Georgia Ranks Last In The HOAP Index With A Score of 2.55.  Mercatus Center/George Mason University.  December 1, 2016.

352,282 Georgians Sign Up For Affordable Care Act Coverage; 85 Percent Receive Subsidies; Act Slated For Repeal

With Its Future Cloudy, ACA Continues To Draw Rising Enrollment by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  December 21, 2016.

Higher And Higher With Higher To Go: Felony Indictments Reach Officials In Flint Water Crisis

Four More Officials Charged With Felonies In Flint Water Crisis by Brady Dennis.  Washington Post.   December 20, 2016

Study: Affordable Care Act Largely Explains The Drop In Uninsured Rate

How Much Of A Factor Is The Affordable Care Act In The Declining Uninsured Rate?  The Commonwealth Fund. 

Congressional Budget Office Lays Down Key Metric For Comparing Any Obamacare Replacement Plan

CBO Lays Down Key Ground Rules For Scoring Obamacare Replacement Plans by Tierney Sneed. Talking Points Memo. December 20, 2016

Trump Administration Puts The U.S. At A Crossroad For Global Health Aid

Trump Administration Puts The U.S. At A Crossroad For Global Health Aid by Donal G. McNeil Jr.  December 19, 2016

Therapists Help Their Clients and Themselves With Postelection Anxiety

8 Therapists On Postelection Anxiety--Their Clients' and Their Own by Alexa Tsoulis-Reay.  New York.  December 16, 2106

Yamanaka Genes, Epigenome May Have Role In Reversing Aging

Scientists Say The Clock Of Aging May Be Reversible by Nicholas Wade.  The New York Times.  December 15, 2016. 

20 Tips Too Avoid Weight Gain During The Holidays

20 Tips To Avoid Weight Gain During The Holidays by Brianna Elliott.  Alternet.org.  December 16, 2016

"Extraordinary" Demand For Obamacare Coverage Requires Extended Dealine Before Repeal In 2017

Feds Extend ObamaCare Signup Deadline by Sarah Ferris.  The Hill.  December 15, 2016

One-Use, Throwaway Scopes: A Way To Ditch Superbugs?

The Throwaway Scope:  A Way To Ditch Superbugs by Chad Terhune.  Kaiser Health News.  December 15, 2016.

"Access To Coverage To Some Degree Or Other" The Aim Of Republican Repeal And Replace Plan

G.O.P Plans To Replace Health Care Law With 'Universal Coverage' by Robert Pear And Thomas Kaplan.  The New York Times.  December 15, 2016. 

Creating A "Second Truth" About Health Issues And More

Trump's Outrageous Lies Come Straight From Big Businesses' Playbook by Ari Rabin-Havt.  The Washington Post.  December 16, 2016.

Celebrity Health Disclosure May Not Produce Appropriately Focused Response

The Unintended Consequence Of Angelina Jolie's Viral Breast Cancer Essay by Carolyn Y. Johnson.  The Washington Post.  December 15, 2016

Georgia Slips To 41st In Ranking Of States By Health; Top Ten In Fewest Drug Deaths

Georgia Slips To 41st In Ranking Of States By Health by Tony Pugh.  McClatchy/Myrtle Beach Online.  December 15, 2016. 

Working Age Hearing Loss Declines; Oldest People Have The Greatest Growth

Americans' Hearing Loss Decreases Even With Ubiquitous Headphones by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  December 15, 2016

Abortion Study Reveals Resilience After 6 Months Whatever The Personal Decision

Abortion Is Found To Have Little Effect On Women's Mental Health by Pam Belluck.  The New York Times.  December 14, 2016

Georgia Health News Top 10 Health Care Stories In 2016

Georgia's Top 10 Health Care Stories In 2016 by Any Miller.  Georgia Health Care.  December 12, 2016. 

Veteran Affairs Department Will Allow Advanced-Practice Nurses To Practice To Full Authority

VA Finalizes Rule that Expands Scope Of Nurse Practice by Virgil Dickson.  Modern Healthcare.  December 13, 2016

Medscape Advanced Practice RN Salary Survey Reports Average Income Was $109,000

Salaries For Advanced Practice Nurses Rise, But Don't Come Close To Doc Pay by Ilene MacDonald.  Fierce Healthcare.  December 14, 2016.

Death Rates By County For 21 Leading Causes Of Death

How Americans Die May Depend On Where They Live by Anna Maria Barry-Jester.  FiveThirtyEight.  December 13, 2016

These Maps Show How Americans Are Dying Younger.  It's Not Just The Opioid Epidemic by Julia Belluz and Sarah Frostenson.  Vox.  December 13, 2016

States Which Benefit The Most From Federal Spending Are Clamoring For Cuts Under Trump; Apparent Goal? Becoming Poor, Unhealthy Pardises

Under Trump, Red States Are Finally Going To Be Able To Turn Themselves Into Poor Unhealthy Paradises by Steven Pearlstein. 

Startling Rise In Oral Cancer In Men: Role Of Changing Sexual Habits

The Startling Rise In Oral Cancer In Men, And What It Says About Our Changing Sexual Habits by Ariana Eunjung Cha.  The Washington Post.  October 25, 2016

The Way Doctors Are Trained May Endanger Their Mental Health

Doctors Have Alarmingly High Rates Of Depression.  One Reason:  Medical School by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  December 9, 2016. 

Increasingly Patients Get Their Own Data In Clinical Trials

More Research Volunteers Are Getting Their Medical Test Results.  Should We Cheer--Or Worry? by Kat McGowan, Stat.  December 1, 2016

New Alliances Between Health Care Advocates And Environmentalists Forming To Protect Health Under Trump

Environmentalists Offer To Help Protect Health Care Under Trump by Pauline Bartolone.  Kaiser Health News.  December 8, 2016.

Repeal Of Obamacare Will Result In Big Tax Cut For Wealthy While Facilitating Additional Cuts

Obamacare Repeal Could Be Biggest 2017 Tax Cut For Wealthy by Brian Faler.  Politico.  December 8, 2016. 

Breathing Linked To Emotional Judgments And Memory Recall

Rhythm Of Breathing Affects Memory, Fear.  Northwestern University/Science Daily.  December 7, 2016

Proposed Changes To Medicare Largely Unknown To The Public

Key Findings On Medicare by Josh Marshall.  Talking Points Memo.  December 8, 2016

FDA Candidate Wants To Eliminate Agency Guarantee That New Drugs Are Effective

Trump Considers Naming FDA Chief Who Would Radically Overhaul The Agency by Sheila Kaplan.  Stat.  December 7, 2016

Fate Of People With Mental Illness Under Obamacare Repeal

Obamacare Repeal Could Be "Akin To Armageddon' For People With Mental Illness by Briaana Ehley.  Politico.  December 7, 2016

Estimate: Vast Losses For Hospitals With Repeal Of Obamacare

Estimating The Impact Of Repealing The Affordable Care Act On Hospitals.  Dobson Davanzo & Associates.  December 6, 2016. 

The Realities Of Repealing Obamacare Begin To Become Apparent

Five Reasons The ACA Won't Be Repealed by Billy Wynne.  Health Affairs Blog.  December 7, 2016

Major Hospital Groups Warn Against Repeal Of Obamacare Without Replacement Plan; Wanr of Major Hardships Throughout System

Hospitals Issue Dire Warnings About Repealing Obamacare Without A Backup Plan by Jeffrey Young.  Huffington Post.  December 6, 2016.

Doctors And Hospitals Say 'Show Me The Money' Before Treating Patients

Doctors And Hospitals Say 'Show Me The Money' Before Treating Patients by Michelle Andrews.  Kaiser Health News.  December 6, 2016

Uninsured Children Levels Experienced Largest Two Year Decline On Record; ACA Often Cited As Cause

 Children's Health Coverage Rate Now At Historic High of 95 Percent.  Center for Children And Families.  October 26, 2016

Survey: Doctors Still Over-Prescribing Antibiotics, For Terminally Ill, and For Pain

U.S. Doctors Still Over-Prescribing Drugs:  Survey.  HealthDay/Real Clear Health.  December 6, 2016

Artificial Blood Is Closer; Could Revolutionize Eergency Medicine

Another Step Closer To Artificial Blood by Dennis Thompson.  Real Cler Health.  December 5, 2016. 

Future Of Marijuana Under Trump And Sessions

Jeff Sessions' Coming War On Legal Marijuana by James Higdon.  Politico.  December 5, 2016

Treating The Patient's Whole Life

Should Doctors Check Your Electric Bill?  by Brett Norman.  Politico.  November 30, 2016

Republicans Struggle To Avert Chaos And Collapse Of Insurance Market After Obamacare Repeal

GOP In Talks About Helping Insurers After ObamaCare Repeal by Peter Sullivan.  The Hill.  December 1, 2016. 

Lobbying Effectiveness Shown In 21st Century Cures Act winners And Losers

Grab Bag Of Goodies In 21st Century Cures Act by Sydney Lupkin and Steven Findlay.  Kaiser Health News.  December 2, 2016

What Trump May Have In Store For Americans' Health Care: A Discussion

What Trump May Have In Store For Americans' Health Care.  FiveThirty Eight.  December 2, 2016

Kaiser Family Foundation Poll: 26% Of Americans Want Repeal of Entire ACA; 50% of Trump Supporters

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll:  November 2016.  Kaiser Family Foundation.  December 1, 2016;

Poll:  Only About 1 in 4 Wants Trump To Repeal Obamacare.  Talking Points Memo.  December 1, 2016

Anti-Vaccine Activists Are Hopeful After Election Of Trump And Selection Of Price

Meeting With Trump Emboldens Anti-Vaccine Activists, Who See An Ally In The Oval Office by Rebecca Robbins.  Stat.  November 30, 2016. 

21st Century Cures Act Raises Concerns About FDA Approval Process

21St Century Cures Act Will Distort The Meaning Of 'FDA Approved' by Reshma Ramachandran And Zackary Berger.  December 1, 2016

Price Nomination Reveals Fissures In Doctor Group

Liberal MDS are Furious After Top Doctors Group Backed Trump's Pick For Health Secretary by Rebecca Robbins.  Stat.  December 1, 2016. 

Tradeoffs in Prescription Drug Pricing

The True Story Of America's Sky-High Prescription Drug Prices by Sarah Kliff.  Vox. November 30, 2016

Issues And Obstacles Facing New HHS Secretary

Health Nominee Price May Find That Changing HHS Isn't Easy.  Associated Press/WTOP.  November 29, 2016

New HHS Secretary-Nominee Offers Many Changes

Tom Price, H.H.S. Nominee, Nominee, Drafted Remake Of Health Law by Robert Pear.  New York Times.  November 29, 2016

Checkup For Aerobic Fitness

Should A Simple Fitness Check Be Part Of Your Checkup? by Gretchen Reynolds.  New York Times.  Nov.  30, 2016.