Repealing The Affordable Care Act Will Cost 1.2 Million Jobs Nationally (In Addition To 20 Million Who Will Lose Health Insurance

Repealing The Affordable Care Act Will Cost 1.2 Million Jobs Nationally by Josh Bivens.   Economic Policy Institute.  January 31, 2017.

Trump's Immigration Order Impact Hospital Care For International Patients

After Trump Order, Hospitals Scramble To Aid Patients Planning To Travel To US For Care by Dylan Scott.  STAT.  January 30, 2017

Relentless Striving For Success Against Societal/Economic Odds Has Health Costs

Why Succeeding Against The Odds Can Make You Sick by James Hamblin.  The New York Times.  January 27, 2017. 

Red Meat: Risks And Rewards

Red Meat:  Good Or Bad For Health? by Honor Whiteman.  Medical News Today.  January 25, 2017. 

Sterotypes Of Brillance Impacted By Gender Beliefs; By 6 Girls View Themselves As Less Brilliant

Why Young Girls Don't Think They Are Smart Enough by Andrei Cimpian And Sarah-Jane Leslie.  The New York Times.  January 26, 2017. 

Trump's Anti-Abortion Cuts Will Have Far Reaching Impact Beyond Abortion; Effect May Be To Increase Abortion

Clinics For World's Vulnerable Brace For Trump's Anti-Abortion Cuts by Dionne Searcey, Norimitsu Onishi And Somini Sengupta.  The New York Times.  January 26, 2017. 

Repealing The ACA Without A Replacement--The Risks To American Health Care

Repealing The ACA Without A Replacement--The Risks To American Health Care by Barack H. Obama, J.D.  New England Journal Of Medicine.  January 26, 2017.  http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1616577#t=article

New Administration And Its Impact On The CDC

Era Of Trump Could Have A Big Impact At CDC...And In Georgia by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  January 6, 2017. 

ACA Repeal Would Be Costly To CDC, Public Health, Says Report by Andy Miller.   Georgia Health News.  January 17, 2017.

Mindfulness Meditation May Help Stress and Inflammation

How Meditation Helps You Handle Stress Better by Mandy Oaklander.  Time.  January 24, 2017. 

Heart Failure On The Rise; More People Surviving Heart Attack May Be A Reason

Latest Statistics Show Heart Failure On The Rise, Cardiovascular Diseases Remain Leading Killer.  Medical Xpress.  January 26, 2017. 

Patient Freedom Act Of 2017 May Answer Some Dilemnas Posed By Simultaneously Repeal And Replacment of Obamacare; Approach Not Nearly Ready For Enactment However

ACA Replacement Bill From Cassidy And Colleagues Offers State Options, Roth HSAs by Timothy Jost.  Health Affairs Blog.  January 24, 2017.

Medical Debt Is No. 1 Reason Consumers Contacted by A Collection Agency; Implications For Obamacare Repeal

People With Medical Debt Most Likely To Be Dunned by Collection Agencies by Michelle Andrews.  January 24, 2017. 

CDC Abruptly Cancels Long-Planned Conference On Climate And Health

CDC Abruptly Cancels Long-Planned Conference On Climate Change And Health by Brady Dennis.  The Washington Post.  January 23, 2017. 

Judge Finds Insurance Company Reason For Pulling Out Of Obamacare Exchanges Was Misleading; Pullout Cited As Evidence That Exchanges Were Collapsing

Column:  U.S. Judge Finds That Aetna Misled The Public About Its Reasons For Quitting Obamacare by Michael Hiltzik.  Lost Angeles Times.  January 23, 2017.

Obamacare Repeal Would Also Affect Your Employer Health Insurance; ACA Also Provides Benefits For Insurance Not Purchased On The Exchanges

Obamacare Repeal Would Also Affect Your Employer Health Insurance by Soumya Karlamangia.  Lost Angeles Times.  January 22, 2017. 

Department Of Agriculture Has Several Important Health Functions: Nutrition, Rural Health, Health Education

Trump's Nominee For Agriculture Has Key Health Role by Carmen Heredia Rodriguez.  Kaiser Health News.  January 20, 2017

Susceptibility To Lies Is Built Into Our Brains And Our Mental Processes

Trump's Lies Vs. Your Brain by Maria Konnikova.  Politico Magazine.  January/February 2017. 

Moderate Amount Of Running May Be Good For Knees

Running May Be Good For Your Knees by Gretchen Reynolds.  New York Times.  January 18, 2017. 

Russia Set To Move Closer To Decriminalize Domestic Violence

Russia Set To Move Closer to Decriminalize Domestic Violence.  Associated Press/Online Athens.  January 22, 2017. 

Urine Test Aims To Detect If A Person Has A Healthy Diet

New Urine Test Can Quickly Detect Whether A Person Has A Healthy Diet.  Imperial College London/Science Daily.  January 12, 2017.

ACA Is Collapsing; Medicare Going Bankrupt And Other Myths

Column:  Paul Ryan Continues His Assault On Obamacare And Medicare--This Time On The 'Charlie Rose' Show by Michael Hiltzik.  January 20, 2017. 

Next Global Health Emergency Could Be Mers, Lassa Fever And Nipah; Vaccines Being Developed

Vaccines For Three Deadly Viruses Fast-Tracked by Tulip Mazumdar.  BBC.  January 18, 2017. 

With Obamacare Repeal, Public Health Funding Will Be Endangered--Up to 12% of CDC Budget

Trump Could Gut Public Health Funding At The Exact Time We Need It Most by Julia Belluz and Sarah Frostenson.  Vox.  January 19, 2017.

HHS Nominee Has In The Past Sought To Move Business Away From Buying Insurance; Move Away From Sharing Risk

Before His HHS Nom, Price Had Employer Health Insurance In His Sights by Tierney Sneed.  Talking Points Memo. January 19, 2017.

Incremental Care Often Helps More Than Intensive Care

The Heroism Of Incremental Care by Atul Gawande.  The New Yorker.  January 23, 2017

Fivefold Increase In Number Of Babies Born To Women Who Have Used Opiods

Steep Rise In Births To U.S. Women Using Opioids Health Day.  January 17, 2017. 

Technology-Driven Preventative Care May Fit Young Person Demographic

New Prescription:  Doctor Offices That Look Like Apple Stores by Michael Liedtke.  Associated Press.  January 17, 2017. 

Anti-Tax Advocates Battle Georgia's Provider Fee, Key To Accessing Medicaid Funds

Foes Of Big Government Target Georgia 'Bed Tax'That Brings In Millions For Hospitals by Max Blau.  Stat.  January 6, 2017

Drug-Resistant Superbug May Be More Widespread Than Thought: Dutch Excel In Rates Of Antibiotic Resistance

Drug-Resistant Superbug May Be More Widespread Than Previously Known by Susan Scutti.  CNN.  January 16, 2017. 

Plausible Correlation Between Caffeine Consumption And Longevity Uncovered: Reduction Of Inflammation

Caffeine May Counter Age-Related Inflammation by Bruce Goldman.  Stanford Medicine News Center.  January 16, 2017. 

Outgoing CDC Chief Talks About Agency's Successes--And His Greatest Fear

Outgoing CDC Chief Talks About Agency's Successes--And His Greatest Fear by Lena H. Sun.  The Washington Post.  January 16, 2017. 

Revenue Losses Because Of Obamacare Repeal Will Kill "Something Terrific" Replacement

Tax Cuts Undermine Trump's Pledge That His Obamacare Replacement Will Be "Great' by Ron Pollack.  Vox.  January 16, 2017. 

11 Facts About Sugar

Sugar, Explained by Julia Belluz and Xavier Zarracina.  Vox  January 13, 2017. 

Obamacare: Changes Made; Changes That May Disappear

The Biggest Changes Obamacare Made, And Those That May Disappear by Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  January 13, 2017. 

Vaccine Myths

Vaccines:  Breaking Down And Debunking 10 Myths by Liz Szabo.  USA Today.  January 11, 2017. 

Role Of Amygdala/Stress In Stroke And Heart Attack

This Might Be How Stress And Heart Attacks Are Linked by Jacqueline Howard.  CNN.  January 11, 2017.

Bitcoin Blockchain Technology May Help Secure Transfer Of Medical Information

IBM Bets On The Blockchain To Keep Your Medical Data Safe by Charlie Osborne.  ZDNet.  January 12, 2017

Wonder How Many ACA Marketplace Enrollees In Your Congressional District? Here Is A Map

Interactive Maps:  Estimates Of Enrollment In ACA Marketplaces And Medicaid Expansion by Kaiser Family Foundation.  January 10, 2017. 

Longer Hours, Later Retirement--Possible Consequences Of Obamacare Repeal

An Obamacare Repeal Could Affect Your Workday--And Your Retirement by Ben Popken.  NBC News.  January 10, 2017

Academics Face Legal Threats On Supplement Research

A Supplement Maker Tried To Silence This Harvard Doctor--And Put Academic Freedom On Trial by Rebecca Robbins.  Stat News.  January 10, 2016

PEOTUS Trump Meets With Skeptic Of Vaccines For Children

Trump To Meet With Proponent Of Debunked Tie Between Vaccines And Autism by Abby Phillip.  The Washington Post.  January 10, 2017.

Flirting With Disaster On Obamacare Repeal

Obamacare Repeal's Doomsday Scenario by Paul Demko And Adam Cancryn.  Politico.  January 9, 2017.

Healthcare Issues In The Upcoming Georgia Legislative Session

In Spite Of Support, Medicaid Expansion In Georgia Remains Unlikely by Misty Williams and Ariel Hart.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  January 6, 2017

Articles By Trump Administration Health Advisor Link Birth Control And Abortion

What Trump's New Health Policy Aide Says About Abortion And Birth Control by Dylan Scott.  Stat News.  January 5, 2017

Kaiser Health Tracking poll: Health Care Priorities For 2017

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll:  Health Care Priorities for 2017 by Ashley Kirzinger, Bryan Wu, And Mollyann Brodie.  January 6, 2017. 

Heuristics When Buying "Healthy" Food

The Simple Mistake People Make When They Try To Eat Healthy by Caitlin Dewey.  The Washington Post.  January 4, 2016. 

The Unique Problems And Solutions For Medical Data Security

The Health Data Conundrum by Kathryn Haun And Eric J. Topol.  The New York Times.  January 2, 2017

Membrane Found In Gut Now Classified As An Organ

Gut Decision:  Scientists Identify New Organ In Humans by Sara G. Miller.  LiveScience.  January 3, 2017

No Clear Way Forward After Obamacare Repeal

Vowing To Jettison Obamacare Republicans Face Immediate Resistance and Risks by Julie Rovner.  KHN/RealClear Health.  January 3, 2017

Obamacare Repeal Almost Certain Though Probably Not A Slam Dunk

The 'Vote-A-Rama' And Other Democratic Weapons In The Fight Against Obamacare Repeal by Ed Kilgore.  New York Magazine.  January 4, 2017

Context Of ACA Repeal: 10 Facts That Must Not Be Ignored

10 Facts Reporters Should Include In Stories About Efforts To Repeal Obamacare by Cat Duffy.  MediaMatters For America.  January 4, 2016.

New Quarantine Rule Has Civil Liberties, Due Process, Consent, Implications; Quarantines Also May Not Be Effective

The CDC's New Quarantine Rule Could violate Civil Liberties by Ed Yong.  The Atlantic.  December 30, 2016. 

Breathalyzer Can Diagnose 17 Diseases With 86 Percent Accuracy

One Breath Into This Breathalyzer Can Diagnose 17 Diseases by Laura Geggel.  LiveScience.  December 30, 2016