Medicaid Expansion On The Ballot In Maine

The Governor Blocked Medicaid Expansion.  Now Maine Voters Could Overrule Him.  by Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  October 27, 2017. 

Corruption And The Right to Health: UN Report

Report Of The Special Rapporteur On The Right Of Everyone To The Enjoyment Of The Highest Attainable Standard Of Physical And Mental Health.  United Nations.  July 14, 2017. 

UN Expert: Healthcare Among Most Corrupt Sectors

Healthcare Among Most Corrupt Sectors, Warns UN Expert, Backing "Citizen Whistleblowers"  United Nations Human Rights--Office Of The High commissioner.  October 24, 2017. 

Doctor Pleaded Guilty For Kickbacks For Prescribing Fentanyl Spray

Doctor Admits He Took Kickbacks To Prescribe Fentanyl Spray by Michelle R. Smith.  October 25, 2017. 

Walk

Walking Below Minimum Recommended Levels Linked To Lower Mortality Risk.  American Cancer Society/Science Daily.  October 19, 2017. 

The Rules Of The Doctor's Heart

The Rules Of The Doctor's Heart by Siddhartha Mukherjee.  The New York Times.  October 24, 2017.

Daydreaming May Indicate Creativity

Do You Daydream?  That May Mean You're Sharper And More Creative Than Your Peers, Study Says by Najja Parker.    Atlanta Journal Constitution.  October 25, 2017. 

Favorable Trend For Cholesterol; Stark Differences Along Gender And Racial Lines

By The Numbers:  High Cholesterol Continues A Slow Decline by Matt Wynn.  MedPage Today.  October 26, 2017. 

Public Health Emergency, Not National Emergency, To Be Declared Over Opioids

Trump Will Declare A Public Health Emergency To Combat The Opioid Crisis by German Lopez.  Vox.  October 26, 2017. 

Puerto Rico, Damaged By Hurricane, Is The Source Of Drugs, Medical Devices And Supplies

U.S. Hospitals Wrestle With Shortages Of Drug Supplies Made In Puerto Rico by Katie Thomas.  The New York Times.  October 23, 2017. 

Memes + Individual Biases= Falsehoods As Real

How Fiction Becomes Fact On Social Media by Benedict Carey.  The New York Times.  October 20, 2017. 

America's 10 Most Common Pre-existing Medical Conditions

The Most Common Pre-existing Medical Conditions by Jen Christensen.  CNN.  September 21, 2017. 

Natural Disasters Deadly For the Elderly

A Spate Of Deadly Disasters For The Elderly by Michael Nedelman.  CNN.  October 17, 2017. 

72 Previously Unknown Gene Mutations Discovered Leading To Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Genetics Revealed:  72 New Mutations Discovered In Global Study by Susan Scutti.  CNN.  October 23, 2017. 

Study: Pollution Caused About 9 Million Deaths in 2015, $4.6 Trillion In Annual Losses

Study:  Pollution Kills 9 Million A Year, Costs $4.6 Trillion by Katy Daigle.  Associated Press/U.S. News.  October 20, 2017

Science, Marketing, And Chocolate

Dark Chocolate Is Now A Health Food.  Here's How That Happened by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  October 18, 2017. 

Puerto Rico Electricity And Water Crises Have Public Health Effects

The Unrelenting Crisis In Puerto Rico Is Forcing People To Drink Dirty Water by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  October 18m 2017. 

Gentle Touch Soothes The Pain Of Social Rejection

Gentle Touch Soothes The Pain Of Social Rejection.  University College London/Science Daily.  October 18, 2017. 

Stress Effects Are Similar To High Fat Diet

Stress Might Be Just As Unhealthy As Junk Food To Digestive System.  Brigham Young University/Science Daily.  October 16, 2017.

Obesity At All Time High For All Adults

Obesity Among All US Adults Reaches All-Time High by Victoria Larned.  CNN.  October 13, 2017. 

Economic Expansion's Relation To Health Is More Complicated Than Expected

How A Healthy Economy Can Shorten Life Spans by Austin Frakt.  The New York Times.  October 16, 2017.

Public Helps Wounded In Las Vegas Shooting

After The Las Vegas Shooting, Concertgoers Became Medics by Sheri Fink.  The New York Times.  October 15, 2017. 

How Much Rest Is Needed To Ensure An Accurate Blood Pressure Reading

Why Your Blood Pressure Probably Isn't As High As Your Doctor Says by Ross Pomeroy.  Real Clear Science.  October 12, 2017. 

No Rise In Risky Sexual Behavior Due To Obamacare Birth Control Mandate

No, The Obamacare Birth Control Mandate Did Not Increase 'Risky Sexual Behavior' Among Teens by Christopher Ingraham.  The Washington Post.  October 6, 2017. 

Positive Health Care Marketing And False Hope

The Painful Side Of Positive Health Care Marketing by Sam Harnett.  NPR.  October 8, 2017. 

Target Obamacare: Trump Scraps Health Care Subsidies For Poor

Trump To Scrap Critical Health Care Subsidies, Hitting Obamacare Again by Robert Pear, Maggie Haberman and Reed Abelson.  The New York Times.  October 12, 2017. 

Death Count In Puerto Rico: Conflicting Statistics And Methods

Everything That's Been Reported About Deaths In Puerto Rico Is At Odds With the Official Count by Eliza Barclay and Alexia Fernandez Campbell.  Vox.  October 11, 2017.  

11 Ways Trump Is Undermining Obamacare

We're Tracking Ways Trump Is Undermining Obamacare. Here Are 11 by Haeyoun Park.  The New York Times.  October 12, 2017.

Eating Nuts Can Reduce Weight Gain, Study Finds

Eating Nuts Can Reduce Weight Gain, Study Finds.  Lorma Linda University/Science Daily.  September 20, 2017. 

Smartwatches Using Ultrasound Could Utilize Gestures To Control Household Devices--Opportunity For Elderly

Future Smartwatches Could Sense Hand Movement Using Ultrasound Imaging.  Science Daily/University of Bristol.  October 11, 2017. 

Georgia Among The Worst States For Chlamydia, Gonorrhea And Syphilis Rates

Georgia Among Worst States For Chlamydia, Gonorrhea And Syphilis Rates, CDC Report Says by Fiza Pirani.  October 11, 2017. 

Vaccine Disagreement Separates Divorced Couple

Jailed Mom 'Devastated' To Learn Son Was Vaccinated by John Wisely.  USA TODAY.  October 11, 2017. 

Congress Failure To Renew Federal Health Care Programs Impacts Georgia

Five Things To Track:  Health Care Programs Facing Cuts In Georgia by Ariel Hart.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  October 8, 2017. 

Evolution Toward Team-Oriented Medicine Improves Patient Care And Reduces Costs

Health Care Costs Aren't Just About Economics by Marschall S. Runge.  Real Clear Health.  October 9, 2017. 

Questions About Contraception Coverage Under Trump Regulations

4 Takeaways As HHS Relaxes Rules On Contraception Coverage At Work by Mary Agnes Carey and Lexie Verdon.  Kaiser Health News.  October 6, 2017. 

Plans On The Table To Gut Obamacare By Executive Action

How Trump Is Planning To Gut Obamacare By Executive Order by Dylan Scott.  Vox.  October 10, 2017. 

Trump Administration rolls Back ACA Birth Control Mandate: 55 Million To Be Affected

Trump Administration Rolls Back Birth Control Mandate by Robert Pear, Rebecca R. Ruiz and Laurie Goodstein.  The New York Times.  October 6, 2017. 

Puerto Rico Health System On Life Support

Puerto Rico Health System On Life Support Two Weeks After Hurricane Maria by Oren Dorell.  USA TODAY.  October 5, 2017. 

Multiple Sense Loss In Older Adults Occurs Frequently And Has Many Implications

Problems With Senses May Predict Older Adults' Overall Health, Ability To Function.  American Geriatrics Society/Science Daily.  October 4, 2017. 

Without Commitments For Critical Financing, Obamacare Rates Scheduled To Soar

With Affordable Care Act's Future Cloudy, Costs For Many Seem Sure To Soar by Reed Abelson.  The New York Times.  October 3, 2017.

What Does It Mean To Have A Calling To Medicine?

What Does It Mean To Have A Calling To Medicine?  by Farr A. Curlin.  The Big Question Online.  February 25, 2017. 

Sicker Communities Shifted Votes To Trump in 2016

A New Election Theory Sicker Counties Swung For Trump by Deena Shanker.  BloombergPolitics.  October 2, 2017. 

American College Of Physicians: Mass Shootings Are a Public Health Issue

ACP Calls or Politcies To Reduce Injury And Deaths from Firearms.  American College Of Physicians.  October 2, 2017. 

High Cost Of Faulty Medical Devices

Replacing Faulty Heart Devices Costs Medicare $1.5 Billion In 10 Years by Fred Schulte and Christina Jewett

KFC In Ghana

Obesity Was Rising As Ghana Embraced Fast Food.  Then Came KFC by Dionne Searcey and Matt Richtel.  The New York Times.  October 2, 2017. 

Level-One Trauma Center Reacts To Las Vegas Attack

Controlled Chaos At Las Vegas Hospital Trauma Center After Attack by Sheri Fink.  The New York Times.  October 2, 2017.