A Path Forward On Health Law

How To Repair The Health Law (It's Tricky But Not Impossible) by Reed Abelson, Abby Goodnough and Katie Thomas.  The New York Times.  July 29, 2017.

Plant-Based Diets, Mediterrranean and MIND Diets Are Best

There's Even More Evidence That One Type Of Diet Is The Best For Your Body And Brain by Erin Brodwin.  Business Insider.  July 26, 2017. 

Average Cost Of Hospital Cyber Breech: $2.2 Million; Threats Growing

Hospitals Face Growing Cybersecurity Threats by Lauren Silverman.  NPR.  July 26, 2017. 

Killing Obamacare With A Death Of A Thousand Cuts

Killing Obamacare Softly by Thomas Edsall.  The New York Times.  July 27, 2017. 

What 'Skinny' Repeal Of Obamacare Will Mean

The Problem With 'Skinny' Repeal by J.B. Silvers.  The New York Times.  July 27, 2017. 

Boosting Resilience In Midlife

How To Boost Resilience In Midlife by Tara Parker-Pope.  The New York Times.  July 15, 2017. 

Meal Frequency And Timing Linked To Predicted Weight Loss Or Gain

Meal Frequency And Timing Linked To BMK.  Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center/Science Daily.  July 20, 2017. 

Sperm Counts Among Men Have More Than Halved In 40 Years

Sperm Counts Among Western Men Have Halved In Last 40 Years--Study by Nicola Davis.  The Guardian.  July 25, 2017. 

Feds' Decision To Kill Sex-Ed Grants Stirs Worries In South Georgia

Feds' Decision To Kill Sex-Ed Grants Stirs Worries In South Georgia by Tamara Hallerman and Ariel Hart.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  July 21, 2017. 

Significant Shift To The Political Left Seen On Health Care

AP-NORC Poll:  Shift To Political Left Seen On Health Care by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Laurie Kellman.  Associated Press.  July 20, 2017. 

Glioblastoma, McCain's Brain Tumor Explained

What Is Glioblastoma?  McCain's Brain Tumor Is An Aggressive Type Of Cancer by Shamard Charles, M.D. and Jane Weaver.  NBC News.  July 20, 2017. 

Using Obamacare Money To Destroy Obamacare

Team Trump Used Obamacare Money To Run PR Effort Against It by Sam Stein.  Daily Beast.  July 17, 2017. 

Healthcare Lessons From Rwanda

In Health Care, Republicans Could Learn From Rwanda by Eduardo Porter.  The New York Times.  July 18, 2017. 

Obamacare Exchanges Suffer From Uncertainty In Healthcare Debate

Obamacare Exchanges In Limbo by Chad Terhune & Julie Appleby.  Kaiser Health News.  July 19, 2017.

Carbs--Low Versus High: What The Research Says About Weight Loss

We've Long Blamed Carbs For Making Us Fat.  What If That's Wrong by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  July 19, 2017. 

Why Are Many Lawmakers Not Horrified By The Possibility Of Booting Tens Of Millions From Health Insurance

A Psychologist Explains The Hard Limits Of Human Compassion by Brian Resnick.  Vox.  July 19, 2017. 

Factors Identified That Could Result In 35% Reduction In Dementia

About One-Third Of Dementia Cases Could Be Prevented By Actions That Begin In Childhood, Experts Say by Melissa Healy.  Lost Angeles Times.  July 20, 2017. 

Creating New Senses; Five Is Not Enough Some Say

Beyond The Five Senses by Matthew Hutson. The Atlantic.  July/August 2017. 

Creating A Message For Fit Doctors to Gain Patients

When Your Doctor Is Fitter Than You Are by Lauren C. Howe.  The New York Times.  July 13, 2017. 

Mother's Role In The Treatment Of Opioid-Dependent Newborns

A Tide Of Opioid-Dependent Newborns Forces Doctors To Rethink Treatment by Catherine Satint Louis  July 14, 2017. 

1938: When One Option Was Chosen Among Many

The American Health Care System Has Lots of Problems.  Here's When They Started by Lily Rothman.  July 13, 2017. 

"Do Not Hospitalize" Order May Aid Patient In Control Over Death

Want Control Over Your Death?  Consider A "Do Not Hospitalize" Order by Ann Brenoff.  Huffington Post.  July 14, 2017. 

Overview Of New Senate Health Care Bill: In Essence Structure Pretty Much The Same

The New Senate Health Care Bill--And The Return Of Preexisting Conditions-Explained by Sarah Kliff. Vox.  July 13, 2017.

Altering Genes To Fight Cancer: A "Living Drug" Recommended For Approval By F.D.A. Panel

F.D.A. Panel Recommends Approval For Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment by Denise Grady.  The New York Times.  July 12, 2017.

Free Market Or Caring System For Healthcare?

Don't Leave Health Care To A Free Market by Farzon A. Nahvi.  Opinion.  The New York Times.  July 10, 2017. 

Nurse Practitioners Could Be Game Changers In War On Opioid Addiction

Nurse Practitioners Essential In Combating Opioid Epidemic by David Hebers.  Real Clear Health.  July 12, 2017. 

About One In Ten Patients Record Their Doctor Visits

More Patients Record Doctor Visits With Or Without Permission by Joanne Finnegan.  Fiece Health Care.  July 11, 2017. 

Effects On Children Of Toxic Stress Is As Severe As Damage From Meningitis Or Polio

How Toxic Stress May Be Setting Your Child Up For A Lifetime Of Illness by Lindsey Tanner.  The Associated Press.  July 12, 2017. 

Why Placebo's Work And How Can Medicine Use Them

The Weird Power Of the Placebo Effect, Explained by Brian Resnick.  Vox.  July 7, 2017. 

Red Tape Requirements Are A Proven Method To Lower The Number of Medicaid Beneficiaries

The Medicaid Threat That Isn't Getting Much Attention by Charles Ornstein.  ProPublica/RealClearHealth.  July 6, 2017. 

Georgia's Health Commiussioner Named To Lead C.D.C.

Georgia's Health Commissioner Named To Lead C.D.C. by Sheila Kaplan.  New York Times.  July 7, 2017. 

Oregon Pioneers In End-Of-Life Planning

Where You Live May Determine How You Die.  Oregon Leads The Way by JoNel Aleccia.  Kaiser Health News.  March 15, 2017. 

Possible Return Of Lifetime Limits In GOP Health Bill Troubles Parents Of Ill Children

Parents Of Ill Children Worry About Return Of 'Lifetime Limits' In GOP Health bill by Alexandra Olgin, WFAE.  Kaiser Health News.  July 6, 2017. 

10 Scientific Benefits Of Kissing: Including Cholesterol?

10 Scientific Benefits Of Kissing by Jordan Rosenfeld.  MSN.  July 3, 2017. 

Interventions Make A Tragic Situation Even Worse

For Parents Of U.K. Infant, Trump's Tweet Is Latest Twist In An Agonizing Journey by Dan Bilefsky and Sewell Chan.  The New York Times.  July 4, 2017. 

Hospital Cuts Under Senate Bill Not Offset By Additional Funding To Non Medicaid Expansion States

Would Senate Bill's Extra Payments To Non-Expansion States Offset Overall Medicaid Cuts?  Hospital Groups Say No by Harris Meyer.  Modern Healthcare.  June 29, 2017. 

Single-Payer May Be Long Term Winner In Health Debate

The Biggest Winner In The Current Health-Care Debate:  Single Payer by Aaron Blake.  The Washington Post.  July 1, 2017. 

Stress Role In Drug Abuse And Compulsive Overeating

What Cookies And Meth Have In Common by Richard A. Friedman.  The New York Times.  June 30, 2017. 

Medicaid Worsens Your Health? That's A Classic Misinterpretation Of Research

Medicaid Worsens Your Health?  That's A Classic Misinterpretation Of Research by Aaron E. Carroll and Austin Frakt.  The New York Times.  July 3, 2017.