No Evidence That Humans Are Approaching A Hard Limit On Longevity

Maximum Human Lifespan Could Far Exceed 115 Years--New Research by Hannah Devlin.  The Guardian.  June 28, 2017.

Tumeric, Apple Peels, Red Grapes Contain Ingredients That Could Thwart Growth Of Prostate Cancer

Starving Prostate Cancer With What You Eat:  Apple Peels, Red Grapes, Tumeric.  University of Texas/Science Daily.  June 6, 2017.

The Mystery Of Keeping Weight Off: Endocrine Society Identifies Key Variables For Future Research

Scientific Statement On Obesity's Causes.  The Endocrine Society/Science Daily.  June 26, 2017.

Southeast In For Rise Of Heat Wave Deaths, Adverse Economic Impacts With Warming Trends In Future Decades

As Climate Changes, Southern States Will Suffer More Than Others by Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich.

Report Of Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force

Report On Improving Cybersecurity In The Health Care Industry.  Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force.  June 2017. 

Politically-Generated Uncertainty Undermines Public-Private Partnerships For Health Programs

The Republicans' Uncertainty Strategy by Craig Carthwaite and Nicholas Bailey.  The New York Times.  June 29, 2017.

Mortality And The Senate Bill: Study Indicates 208,500 Unnecessary Deaths Will Result From Coverage Loss (2018-2026)

208,500 Additional Deaths Could Occur By 2026 Under The Senate Health Plan by Ann Crawford-Roberts, Nichole Roxas, and Ichiro Kawachi.  Vox.  June 28, 2017.

American Medical Association Opposes Senate Health Bill

American Medical Association Slams GOP Health Care Bill by Jeffrey Young.  Huffington Post.  June 26, 2017. 

22 Million More Uninsured by 2026, 15 Million More Uninsured Next Year Under Republican Obamacare Repeal

Senate Health Bill Reels As C.B.O. Predicts 22 Million More Uninsured by Thomas Kaplan And Robert Pear.  New York Times.  June 22, 2017. 

No Disagreement: Losing Insurance Is Lethal; Gaining Insurance Reduces Death Rate

Does Health Insurance Coverage Really Save Lives?  by Shanika Gunaratna.  CBS News.  June 26, 2017

Brief Overview Of Digital Health: Tools And Transformations

The Digital Health Hope:  Transforming Outcomes In Health by Dr. Kevin Campbell.  Real Clear Health.  June 23, 2017.

Diet Modifies Genes: Implications For Nutritional Genomics

Healthy Diet?  That Depends On Your Genes.  Cornell University/Science Daily.  June 12, 2017.

Fish Consumption May Help with Aches Of Rheumatoid Arthritis

The Surprising Benefit Of Eating Fish by Amanda MacMillan.  Time.  June 20, 2017.

Dr. Andrew Weil's New Book: Mind Over Meds; He Says We're Taking Too Many

Dr. Andrew Weil Says We're Taking Too Many Medicines by Steven Petrow.  The New York Times.  June 22, 2017.

Cutting Costs At The Doctor's Office

How To Not Get Ripped Off At The Doctor's Office by Julia Horowitz.  CNN Money.  June 22, 2017.

GOP Pays Out Bigly To Insurers; Hospitals, Patient Care Groups Not Happy

GOP Bill Steers Billions In Funds To Insurers by Dan Diamond.  Politico.  June 22, 2017.

Georgia Senator Illustrates Why Trumpcare Might Pass

Sen. David Perdue Is Sure The GOP Health Bill Is Better Than Obamacare, He Just Hasn't Read It by Matthew Yglesias.  June 22, 2017.

Better Care Reconciliation Act: Low-And Middle Income Pay More, Receive Less; Tax Cuts Disproportionately For High-Income

The Better Care Reconciliation Act:  The Senate Bill To Repeal And Replace Obamacare, Explained by Sarah Cliff.  Vox.  June 22, 2017.

A New Doctor Discovers The 'Gritty' Downside Of Modern Medicine

A New Doctor Discovers the 'Gritty' Downside Of Modern Medicine by Nathaniel P. Morris.  The Washington Post.  June 18, 2017.  

Report: Sever Contraction Of Health-Care Industry Predicted If Republican Health Bill Enacted

How The AHCA Could Cause An Economic Downturn by Vann R. Newkirk II.  The Atlantic.  June 17, 2017. 

Why Does Steve Scalise Face Multiple Operations After Alexandria Shooting

Scalise Face Prospect Of Multiple Operations by Gina Kolata.  New York Times.  June 15, 2017. 

Officials Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter In Flint Water Crisis

5 Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter In Flint Water Crisis by Scott Atkinson and Monica Davey.  The New York Times.  June 14, 2017.

Dressmakers Have Superior Ability To Navigate A 3D World: Stereoscopic Vision

Dressmakers Found To Have Needle-Sharp 3-D Vision.  University of California-Berkeley/Science Daily.  June 14, 2017. 

Dark Web Fuels Opioid Sales

Opioid Dealers Embrace The Dark Web To Send Deadly Drugs By Mail by Nathaniel Popper.  The New York Times.  June 10, 2017. 

Vegetable Labeling Impacts Consumption

There's An Easy Marketing Trick To Get People To Eat More Vegetables by Katherine Ellen Foley.  Quartz.  June 13, 2017. 

Aspirin Bleeding Risk For Those Over 75 Higher Than Thought

Aspirin Bleed Risk In Over 75s Higher Than Thought by Sue Hughes.  Medscape.  June 14, 2017. 

Drones For Cardiac Arrest Patients--Better Than Ambulance?

Could A Drone Help Save A Life Faster Than An Ambulance?  by Mary Breophy Marcus.  CBS News.  June 13, 2017. 

GOP Plans To Eliminate Obamacare Coverage For Millions Are Coming Together

Obamacare Is In Real Danger by Sarah Kliff.  Vox.  June 12, 2017.  Vox. 

More Than 10 Percent Of World's Population Is Obese, Study Finds

More Than 10 Percent Of World's Population Is Obese, Study Finds by Matt Richtel.  New York Times.  June 12, 2017. 

States Fight Trump Birth Control Rollback

States Lead The Fight Against Trump's Birth Control Rollback by Sheryl Gay Stolberg.  The New York Times.  June 9, 2017. 

Prejudice Harms Body And Mind

How Prejudice Can Harm Your Health by Dhruv Khullar.  The New York Times.  June 8, 2017. 

Medicare Lobbyist--Earnings: $400,000--Now HHS Chief Of Staff

Lobbyists, Industry Lawyers Were Granted Ethics Waivers To Work In Trump Administration by Eric Lipton and Danielle Ivory.  New York Times.  June 7, 2017. 

GOP Medicaid Cuts Hit rural America Hardest, Report Finds

GOP Medicaid Cuts Hit Rural America Hardest, Report Finds by Phil Galewitz.  Kaiser Health News.  June 7, 2017. 

Drug Overdose Deaths In Middle Georgia

Death Toll Rises In Mass Overdose In Middle Georgia by Rhonda Cook.  Atlanta Journal Constitution.  June 6, 2017. 

Epidemic: Southern African-American Gay And Bisexual H.I.V Infections Rivals/Exceeds Third World Rates

America's Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic by Linda Villarosa.  The New York Times.  June 6 2071. 

Overdose Deaths Have Largest Annual Jump Ever In the U.S.

Drug Deaths In America Are Rising Faster Than Ever by Josh Katz.  The New York Times.  June 5, 2017. 

Emotional Contagion In Dogs: A Therapeutic Tool

The Empathetic Dog by Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi.  The New York Times.  June 4, 2017. 

Democrats Grass-Roots Enthusiasm For Single-Payer

The Single-Payer Party?  Democrats Shift Left On Health Care by Alexander Burns and Jennifer Medina.  June 3, 2017.  

Primary Care Physicians As The General Contractors Of Medicine

The Specialists' Stranglehold On Medicine by Jamie Kourman.  The New York Times.  June 3, 2017. 

Psychological Disorders Linked To Physical Pain

Half Of Adults With Anxiety Or Depression Report Pain.  Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health/Science Daily. 

Opioid Epidemic Goes To Court

Ohio Sues Drug Makers, Saying They Aided Opioid Epidemic by Richard Perez-Pena.  The New York Times.  May 31, 2017. 

8,600 Security Vulnerabilities In Pacemakers

Analysis Finds 8,000+ Security Flaws In Pacemakers by Erin Dietsche by Erin Dietsche.  MedCity News.  May 30, 2017. 

Linguistics' Relation to Cognition: The Case Of Donald Trump

Trump Wasn't Always So Linguistically Challenged.  What Could Explain The Change.  Stat/Real Clear Health.  May 30, 2017. 

Significant Roll Back Of Birth Control Mandate In The Works

White House Acts To Roll Back Birth-Control Mandate For Religious Employers by Robert Pear.  The New York Times.  May 29, 2017. 

A Quarter Of Nursing Home Residents Are Colonized By Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

1 In 4 Nursing Home Residents Has Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria by Serena Gordon.  Health Day.  May 31