Palliative Care In The Emergency Room

Influx Of Elderly Patients Forces ER To Practice Comfort Care by Melissa Bailey.  Kaiser Health News/Real Clear Health.  May 26, 2017. 

With Not Enough Sleep, The Brain Starts Eating Itself

If You Don't Get Enough Sleep, Your Brain Could Start Eating Itself by Najja Parker.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  May 26, 2017. 

Who Defines What Is A Pre-Existing Condition?

We All Have Pre-existing Conditions by Elisabeth Rosenthal.  The New York Times.  May 29, 2017. 

Why Do People Believe In Conspiracy Theories?

The Dark Allure Of Conspiracy Theories, Explained By A Psychologist by Brian Resnick.  Vox.  May 25, 2017. 

Repeal--Maybe Doable; Replace--Maybe Too Hard

McConnell May Have Been Right:  It May Be Too Hard To Replace Obamacare by Jennifer Steinhauer and Robert Pear. 

Drugs Versus Psychosocial Treatments? Trump Choice Highlights Rift

Trump's Pick For Mental Health 'Czar' Highlights Rift by Benedict Carey and Sheri Fink.  New York Times.  May 24, 2017. 

Genetic Mutations That Lower Triglyceride Levels Very Low: Drugs To Mimic Mutations On The Way

Rare Gene Mutations Inspire New Heart Drugs by Gina Kolata.  New York Times.  May 24, 2017. 

Safety Net Hospitals As Foundation Of Our Entire Health Care System

Where Will The Medical Misfits Go?  by Ricardo Nuila.  New York Times.  May 26, 2017. 

CBO Measures Impact Of House Health Bill

Millions Of Ill People May Face 'Extremely High Premiums' Under House Bill, CBO Says by Julie Rovner

More Protein For Older People

Recommended Daily Protein Intake Too Low For The Elderly.  Frontiers/Science Daily.  May 23, 2017. 

Learning To Read In Your 30s Profoundly Transforms The Brain

Amazingly Flexible:  Learning To Read In Your 30s Profoundly Transforms The Brain.  Max Planck Institute For Psycholinguistics/Science Daily.  May 24, 2017. 

Behavior, Senses, Supplement The Immune System

The Brain Detects Disease In Others Even Before It Breaks.  Karolinska Institutet/Science Daily. 

"Collapsing Under Its Own Weight"?

Opinion:  How The G.O.P Sabotaged Obamacare by Abbe R. Gluck.  The New York Times.  May 25, 2017. 

Secrecy, Distraction, Moving The Goal Post, Arm Twisting: Healthcare Strategy In The Senate

It's Time To Worry About Health Care In The Senate by David Leonhardt.  New York Times.  May 23, 2017. 

Medicine Is Failing Obese People.

Medicine Is Failing Obese People by Farah Naz Khan.  Vox.  May 22, 2017. 

City Life, Coupled With Stress, Present Risks For Psychosis For Adolescents

City Life Could Present Psychosis Risk For Adolescents.  King's College London/Science Daily.  May 23, 2017. 

Eating Beans Instead Of Beef Would Realize Up To 75 Percent Of Green House Gas Targets

Eating Beans Instead Of Beef Would Sharply Reduce Greenhouse Gasses.  Loma Linda University Adventist Health Science Center/Science Daily.  May 23, 2017. 

Medicaid Cut Of More Than $800 Billion Over 10 Years in Trump Budget

Trump To Propose Big Cuts To Safety Net In New Budget, Slashing Medicaid And Opening Door To Other Limits by Damian Paletta.  Washington Post.  May 21, 2017. 

Hospitals Increasingly Suffer Shortages Of Basic Drugs

A Vital Drug Runs Low, Though Its Base Ingredient Is In Many Kitchens by Katie Thomas.  New York Times.  May 21, 2017. 

Instability In Obamacare Bigly Results From Trump, Washington

Trump, Shouting 'Death Spiral,' Has Nudged Affordable Care Act Downward by Robert Pear.  New York Times.  May 21, 2017. 

Unmarked Graves Reflects Times When Mental Illnesses Were Stigmatized Or Misdiagnosed

South's 'Untold History' In Unmarked Graves by Christine Hauser.  The New York Times.  May 17, 2017. 

Did Trump Blow Up Obamacare On The Way Out Of Town

Did Trump Blow Up Obamacare On The Way Out Of Town by Ed Kilgore.  New York Magazine.  May 19, 2017.

Mortality Rates For Younger And Older Doctors Compared

That Nice Older Doctor You Go To?  Well, It Turns Out You Might Live Longer With A Younger One by Matthew Diebel.  USATODAY.  May 18, 2017. 

Study: Tree Nuts Cut Chance Of Colon Cancer Recurrence By Half

Chance Of Colon Cancer Recurrence Nearly Cut In Half In People Who Eat Nuts.  American Society Of Clinical Oncology/Science Daily.  May 18, 2017. 

Jump-Started War On Drugs Almost Certainly Going To Spread Infectious Diseases Such As HIV

The White House's New War On Drugs Could Drive Up The HIV Rate by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  May 17, 2017. 

Food Pharmacies: Free Healthy Food Pilot Project

Fresh Food By Prescription:  This Health Care Firm Is Trimming Costs--And Waistlines by Allison Aubrey.  NPR.  May 8, 2017. 

Internet Provides Resources To End Pregenancies Worldwide Even In Areas Where Abortion Is Criminalized

Women Can Safely Induce Their Own Abortions, New Study Finds by Catherine Pearson.  Huffington Post.  May 17, 2017. 

Wounded Troops Discharged For Misconduct Often Had PTSD or T.B.I

Wounded Troops Discharged For Misconduct Often Had PTSD or T.B.I.  by Dave Philipps. New York Times.  May 16, 2017. 

Women In Their Early 30s Are Having More Babies Than Younger Moms: First Time Event

Women In 30s Now Having More Babies than Younger Moms In U.S.  by Mike Stobbe.  Associated Press/Bloomberg.  May 17, 2017. 

Opinion: Do Fat, Lazy Americans Deserve Health Care?

Trump's Budget Director Says Fat, Lazy Americans Don't Deserve Health Care by Jonathan Chait.  New York Magazine.  May 15, 2017. 

Unpatched Hospital Systems Important Target For Massive Ransomware Attack

Hackers Hit Dozens Of Countries Exploiting Stolen N.S.A. Tool by Dan Bilefsky and Nicole Perlroth.  The New York Times.  May 12, 2017. 

Anti-Aging Benefits Of Exercise At The Cellular Level

Exercise Has Anti-Aging Benefits And Makes You Years Younger On A Cellular Level by Hannah Osborne.  Newsweek.  May 11, 2017.

A Third Of Drugs Have Safety Issues After Approval

A Third Of Drugs Have Safety Issues After Approval by Robert Preidt.  WebMD.  May 10, 2017. 

Life Expectancy Differs By 20 Years Between Some US Counties

Life Expectancy Differs By 20 Years Between Some US Counties by Susan Scutti.  CNN.  May 9, 2017. 

AHCA Reflects Basic Ignorance

Republicans Don't Know How The Human Body Works by Jesse Berney.  Rolling Stone.  May 8, 2017. 

Public Restrooms: Ground Zero For Opoids; Blue Lights To Make It Difficult To Find A Vein

Public Restrooms Become Ground Zero In The Opioid Epidemic by Martha Bebinger.  May 8, 2017. 

Health Care Industry, Job Engine, Threatened by Republican Health Act

Health Act Repeal Could Threaten U.S. Job Engine by Nelson D. Schwartz and Reed Abelson.  The New York Times.  May 6, 2017. 

Prestigious Medical Groups Denounce Health Care Vote

Prestigious Medical Groups Denounce Health Care Vote by Mary Brophy Marcus.  CBS News.  May 5, 2017. 

Premiums For Preexisting Conditions Under ACA Repeal

Latest ACA Repeal Plan Would Explode Premiums For People With Preexisting Conditions by Sam Berger and Emily Gee.  Center For American Progress.  April 20, 2017.

The 11 States Most Likely To Be Affected By Preexisting Conditions All Voted For Trump

The 11 States Most Likely To Be Affected by Preexisting Conditions All Voted For Trump by Chris Cillizza.  CNN.  May 4, 2017.

Death Rates Narrowing Between Blacks And Whites

Black Americans Are Living Longer, C.D.C. Reports by Gina Kolata.  New York Times.  May 2, 2017.

16 US Children Hospitalized With Gunshot Wounds Each Day, Study Says

16 US Children Hospitalized With Gunshot Wounds Each Day, Study Says by Jen Christensen.  CNN.  May 4, 2017.

How Republican Bill Would Change Obamacare, Free Money For Tax Cuts

How The Republican Bill Would Change Obamacare by Tami Luhby.  CNN.  May 4, 2017.

Brief Explanation Of Preexisting Conditions Under ACA and House GOP Plan

Preexisting Conditions:  How ACA Coverage Would Change Under The House GOP Plan by Juliet Eilperin.  Washington Post. May 2, 2017. 

Serious Outbreak of Measles In Italy May Be The Result of Anti-Vaccine Populism

Populism, Politics And Measles by The Editorial Board.  The New York Times.  May 2, 2017. 

A New Generation Transcends Gender Boundary

A New Generation Overthrows Gender by Jon Brooks.  NPR.  May 2, 2017. 

Drug Prescribing Behavior and Drug Reps: More Generics When Reps Kept At Bay

Doctors Prescribe More Generics When Drug Reps Are Kept At Bay by Charles Ornstein.  NPR.  May 2, 2017. 

GOP Rep: Sick People Have Not Done Things The "Right Way" And Deserve To Pay More

Republican Blurts Out That Sick People Don't Deserve Affordable Care by Jonathan Chair.  New York Magazine.  May 1, 2017.