AMA Survey Finds Majority Of Doctors Happy With Career Choice

Despite Considerable Challenges Majority Of Doctors Happy With Career Choice, AMA Survey Reports by Beth Jones Sanborn.  Healthcare Finance.  March 30, 2017. 

Forsyth County Georgia's Healthiest; Quitman County Least Healthy

Affluent Suburban Counties Remain Georgia's Healthiest Rankings Show by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  March 29, 2017. 

Depression Now Affecting More Than 300 Million People Globally

Depression Is Now The Leading Cause Of Illness And Disability Worldwide by Lisa Ryan.  New York Magazine.  March 30, 2017. 

Heroin Use Increased Fivefold In The Last Decade

US Heroin Use Has Increased Almost Fivefold In A Decade, Study Shows by Nicola Davis.  The Guardian.  March 29, 2017

Medicaid Survival May Be The Big Story Out Of Obamacare Repeal Defeat

In Health Bill's Defeat, Medicaid Comes of Age by Kate Zernike, Abby Goodnough and Pam Belluck.  The New York Times.  March 27, 2017.

Greatest National Security Threat Of All: Infectious Disease

The Real Threat To National Security:  Deadly Disease by Michael T. Osterholm And Mark Olshaker. 

Letting Obamacare "Explode"

Affordable Care Act Remains 'Law Of The Land,' but Trump Vows To Explode It by Amy Goldstein and Juliet Eilperin.  The Washington Post.  March 24, 2017. 

Opinion: Why Obamacare Defeated Trumpcare

Why Obamacare Defeated Trumpcare by Jonathan Chait.  New York Magazine.  March 24, 2017. 

Randomness In Cell Mutations May Play A Bigger Role than People Think In Cancer

SCIENCE SAYS:  Unavoidable Typos In DNA Help Fuel Cancer by Lauran Neergaard. AP/US News.  March 23, 2017. 

Recordkeeping For Workplace Injuries Requirements Eased

Republicans Just Made It Easier For Employers To Hide Workplace Injuries by Dave Jamieson.  Huffington Post.  March 22, 2017. 

'Deaths Of Despair" Are Rising Among Middle-Aged White People. Why?

The Forces Driving Middle-Aged White People's 'Deaths Of Despair'  by Jessica Boddy.  NPR.  March 23, 2017. 

Gun Violence Costs Americans More Than $730 Million A Year

Gun Violence Costs Americans More Than $730 Million A Year, With The Poor Paying The Most, Study Says by Jason Silverstein.  New York Daily News.  March 22, 2017. 

15,000 Steps A Day?

Should 15,000 Steps A Day Be Our New Exercise Target?  by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York Times.  March, 22, 2017 

Fact-Checking Lawmakers' Letters To Constituents On Health Care

We Fact-Checked Lawmakers' Letters To Constituents On Health Care by Charles Ornstein.  Kaiser Health News, Stat, And Vox/RealClearHealth.  March 22, 2017. 

Federally Qualified Health Centers--Can They Replace Planned Parenthood For Reproductive Health Care?

How Defunding Planned Parenthood Could Affect Health Care by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux.  Five Thirty Eight.  March 9, 2017. 

Devastating Cuts For Patients And Jobs: Trump's Budget

Health Groups:  Next Cure May Go Undiscovered With Trump Cuts by Lauran Neergaard.  AP/Washington Post.  Marcy 17, 2017. 

Use Of Data In Mental Health Treatment

What Your Therapist Doesn't Know by Tony Rousmaniere.  The Atlantic.  April 2017. 

Preterm Babies' Brains Are Shaped by Touch

A Prescription For Touch:  Early Experiences Shape Preterm Babies' Brains.  Cell Press/Science Daily.  March 16, 2017. 

Empathy By Sick Individuals May Be Key To Disease Eradication

Empathy From The Sick May Be Critical To Halting Disease Outbreaks.  Georgia Institute Of Technology/Science Daily.  March 16, 2017. 

Trump's Budget Calls For Seismic Disruption In Medical And Science Research

Trump's Budget Calls For Seismic Disruption In Medical And Science Research by Joel Achenbach.  The Washington Post.  March 16, 2017. 

NIH Would See Huge Budget Cut Under President's Proposal by Lenny Bernstein.  The Washington Post.  March 16, 2017.  

Markets, Federalism, And Health Care: The Case Of Immunizations

Trump Health Secretary Says States Should Only Require Vaccines If They Feel Like It by Eric Levitz.  New York Magazine.  March 16, 2017. 

Half Of All Births Nationwide Are To Medicaid Patients; Cuts To Medicaid Birth Control Would Increases Births

Cutting Planned Parenthood Would Increase Medicaid Births, C.B.O. Says by Kate Zernike.  New York Times.  March 14, 2017. 

Affordable Care Acts Critiques Critiqued

Fact Check:  Trump's Critiques Of The Affordable Care Act by Linda Qiu.  The New York Times.  March 13, 2017. 

Highlights of CBO Score Of Obamacare Repeal

Deciphering CBO's Estimates On The GOP Health Bill by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  March 13, 2017. 

Cell Death And Human "Natural" Death

What Our Cells Teach Us About A 'Natural' Death by Haider Javed Warraich.  The New York Times.  March 13, 2017. 

24 Million Fewer Covered Within A Decade Under Republican Repeal: CBO

G.O.P. Health Law Insures Fewer People, Nonpartisan Review Shows by by Thomas Kaplan.  March 13, 2017. 

Should Hospitals---And Doctors---Apologize For Medical Mistakes?

Should Hospitals--And Doctors--Apologize For Medical Mistakes?  by Sandra G. Boodman.  March 12, 2017.  The Washington Post. 

16 Hour Shift Caps Scrapped For First-Year Residents

Rookie Doctors Will Soon Be Allowed To Work Up To 28 Hours Straight by Colin Dwyer.  NPR.  March 10, 2017. 

Employees Who Decline Genetic Testing Could Face Penalties Under Proposed Bill

Employees Who Decline Genetic Testing Could Face Penalties Under Proposed Bill by Lena H. Sun.  The Washington Post.  March 11, 2017. 

Opinion: The Logic Of Mutual Obligation And Essential Benefits In Obamacare: "What About Men Having To Purchase Prenatal Care?"

'What About Men Having To Purchase Prenatal Care?' Demands Republican by Jonathan Chait.  New York Magazine.  March 10, 2017. 

Half Of All Cardiometabolic Disease Deaths Related To Diet

High Number Of Deaths From Heart Disease, Stroke And Diabetes Linked To Diet.  NIH/National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute/Science Daily.  March 7, 2017. 

Poor Diets Linked To More Than 400,000 Death From Heart And Blood Vessel Diseases

Unhealthy Diets Linked To More Than 400,000 Cardiovascular Deaths.  American Heart Association/Science Daily.  March 9, 2017. 

Opinion: Obamacare Repeal Creates Huge Uncertainty for Doctors, Hospitals, Medical Technology, and Drug Companies

Why Huge Chunks Of The Health Care Industry Hate Ryancare by Daniel Gross.  Slate.  March 8, 2017. 

Genetic Relationship Between Schizophrenia And Rheumatoid Arthritis

Clues To Relationship Between Schizophrenia And Rheumatoid Arthritis.  University of Pittsburgh Schools Of The Health Sciences/Science Daily.  February 24, 2017. 

Cortisol May Have A Role In PTSD Only When Testosterone Levels Are Supressed

PTSD Risk Can Be Predicted By Hormone Levels Prior To Deployment, Study Says.  University of Texas at Austin/Science Daily.  March 7, 2017. 

Five Ways The GOP Health Bill Would Reverse Course From The ACA

Five Ways The GOP Health Bill would Reverse Course From The ACA by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  March 8, 2017. 

Opinion: Rationed Health Care On The Horizon With Obamacare Repeal Bill

How Republicans Plan To Ration Health Care by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Aaron Glickman and Emily Gudbranson.  The New York Times. 

Toxic Stress May Be Reaching A Tipping Point Among Syrian Children

Report:  Syrian Children Suffering 'Toxic Stress'  AP/US News.  March 6, 2017. 

Raging Bird Flu In China Shows That US Is Not Prepared for Pandemic

The Raging Bird Flu In China Is A Good Reminder The US Isn't Prepared For A Pandemic by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  March 3, 2017. 

Republican Obamacare Repeal And Replacement Bill Not For Public Viewing

Republicans Hide New Obamacare Draft Under Shroud Of Secrecy by Billy House and Arit John.  Bloomberg.  March 1, 2017. 

Hospital Floors Pose A Significant Infection Risk

Study Finds Hospital Floors Pose Significant Health Risk by Amy Wallace.  UPI.  February 28, 2017

Obamacare Moves GOP Health Care Consensus To TheLeft

Trump Just Moved The GOP's Health Care Consensus Permanently To the Left by Ezra Klein.  Vox.  February 28, 2017