Fiber and Inflammation

PSA From Your Gut Microbes:  Enjoy The Holidays, But Don't Forget Your Fiber.  Cell Press/Science Daily.  December 21, 2017. 

It's Not The Heat; It's The Humidity

Humidity May Prove Breaking Point For Some Areas As Temperatures Rise, Says Study.  The Earth Institute At Columbia University.  December 22, 2017. 

World Economic Forum: Life Expectancy Country Ranking

Life Expectancy.  World Economic Forum. 

Why Competition Doesn't Work To Lower Prices In Branded Specialty Drugs

Arthritis Drugs Show How U.S. Drug Prices Defy Economics by Julie Appleby.  KHN.  December 22, 2017. 

Hard-To-Predict Effects Of Republican Efforts To Cripple ACA

Republicans Knock Holes In Affordable Care Act But Don't Demolish The Law by Amy Goldstein.  The Washington Post.  December 25, 2017.  

Virtual Dementia Tour Aims To Increase Empathy For Dementia Patients

Loud Banging, Foot Pain, And Flashes Of Light--My Eight Minutes As A Dementia Patient by Tara Bahrampour. 

Apples And Tomatoes: Can They Restore Lung Damage Caused by Smoking

Diet Rich In Apples, Tomatoes May Help Repair Lungs Of Ex-Smokers, Study Suggests By Brandon Howard.  Johns Hopkins Hub.  December 20, 2017.

US Life Expectancy Declines For The Second Year In A Row

Life Expectancy Drops Again As Opioid Deaths Surge In U.S.  by Rob Stein.  NPR.  December 21, 2017.

Survey Of Pharma Lobbying

Drug Industry Spent Millions To Squelch Talk About High Drug Prices by Jay Hancock.  December 19, 2017. 

35 Years Of American Death

35 Years Of American Death by Ella Koeze.  FiveThirtyEight.  June 19, 2017. 

Immune Cell Maladaption To Host Tissues May Lead To Disease, Including Crohn's

Dysfunctional Gene May Be Culprit In Some Crohn's Disease Cases.  Scripps Research Institute/Science Daily.  December 19, 2017. 

Mergers Aim To Capture Patients In Competitive Environment

Hospital Giants Vie For Patients In Effort To Fend Off New Rivals by Reed Abelson.  The New York Times.  December 18, 2017. 

Aggresive Screening May Have More Risks Than Benefits For Elderly

Too Many Older Patients Get Cancer Screenings by Liz Szabo/Kaiser Health News.  The New York Times.  December 19, 2017. 

EPA Cuts Could Risk A Public Health Emergency

EPA Cuts Could Risk A Public Health Emergency by Fred Krupp.  CNN.  December 16, 2017, 

Medicine Must Start Caring For The Caregivers

Medicine Must Start Caring For The Caregivers by Marschall S. Runge.  Real Clear Health.  December 18, 2017. 

States Grapple With Repeal Of Obamacare Mandate

How Blue States Might Save Obamacare's Markets by Rachana Pradhan.  Politico.  December 17, 2017. 

List Of Banned Words Alarms Health Leaders

U.S. Health Leaders Alarmed by Report 'Fetus','Transgender' Among CDC Banned Word by Associated Press.  December 17, 2017.

Tax Bill Deals Blow To Science Funding and Resources Including Grad Students

The GOP Tax Plan Would Blow A Hole In American Science  By Julia Belluz.  Vox.  December 11, 2017. 

Nafta-Related Effects?: Obesity And Lessened Child Poverty

A Nasty, Nafta-Related Surprise:  Mexico's Soaring Obesity by Andrew Jacobs And Matt Richtel.  The New York Times.  December 11, 2017. 

Diet, Exercise, And Degeneration of Knee Cartilage

Weight Loss Through Exercise Alone Does Not Protect Knees.  Radiological Society Of North America.  November 28, 2017. 

Population of Anericans With Alzheimer's Will More Than Double by 2060, UCLA Study Shows

Population of Americans With Alzheimer's Will More Than Double by 2060, UCLA Study Shows.  UCLA Health.  December 7, 2017. 

Communications Barriers Put Older Adults At Risk Of Medicines, Supplements/Food Interactions

Lack Of Communications Puts Older Adults At Risk Of Clashes Between Their Medicines.  Michigan Medicines/Science Daily.  November 29, 2017. 

Environmental Or Sustainability Impacts Of Diets

How A Nationally Recommended Diet Can Improve The Environment.  University of Leiden/Science Daily.  December 5, 2017. 

Health Care To Your Door

This Company Will Bring Health Care To Your Door, On  Demand by Kaytie Zimmerman.  Forbes.  December 3, 2017. 

Environmental Factors May Explain The Highly Variable Occurence Of Psychosis

Psychosis Incidence Highly Variable Internationally.  University College London/Science Daily.  December 6, 2017. 

Tax Bill Repeal Of Individual Mandate Amounts To Skinny Repeal Of Obamacare

The Tax Bill Is The Start Of Obamacare Collapse by Sarah Kliff. Vox.  December 2, 2017. 

Cataract Surgery May Prolong Your Life

Cataract Surgery May Prolong Your Life by Jane E. Brody.  The New York Times.  December 4, 2017. 

CVS And Aetna: Better Care Or Better Moneymaking?

CVS And Aetna Say Merger Will Improve Your Health Care.  Can They Deliver?  by Reed Abelson and Katie Thomas.  December 4, 2017. 

Type 2 Diabetes Is Not Forever; Weight Loss (Reduced Fat Inside Liver And Pancreas) Is Key

Type 2 Diabetes Is Not For Life.  Medical Xpress.  December 5, 2017. 

Monopoly Power In The Emergency Room

Emergency Rooms Are Monopolies.  Patients Pay The Price by Sarah Kliff.  December 4, 2017. 

Tax Bill Is A Medical Emergency

Where's The Outrage Against This Attack On The ACA?  by Danielle Ofri.  Slate.  November 29, 2017. 

Not A Tax Bill: It's A Obamacare Repeal Bill

This Isn't A Tax Bill.  This Is An Obamacare Repeal Bill by Dylan Matthews. Vox.  November 29, 2017.

Childbirth Is Killing Black Women In the US, And Here's Why

Childbirth Is Killing Black Women In The US, And Here's Why by Jacqueline Howard.  CNN.  November 15, 2017. 

Mediterrean/Low Carb Diet Changes Improves Patterns Of Fat Deposits

Worried About Holiday Weight Gain?  Your Scale Isn't Giving You The Whole Picture.  American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of Negev.  November 27, 2017. 

Tax Bills Could Have Adverse Impact On Private Health-Research Institutions

GOP Tax Overhaul Could Diminish Research Institutions by Susannah Luthi.  Modern Healthcare.  November 28, 2017. 

Patient Ability To Effectively Use Health Information Has Many Benefits

Making A Case For Health Literacy.  University of Missouri-Columbia/Science Daily.  November 28, 2017. 

In A Move Toward Healthy Foods, Mars Invests In Kind

Mars To Invest In Kind, Maker Of Snack Bars by Andrew Ross Sorkin and Michael J. de la Merced.  The New York Times.  November 29, 2017. 

As Health Care Changes, Insurers, Hospitals And Drugstores Team Up

As Health Care Changes, Insurers, Hospitals and Drugstores Team Up by Reed Abelson.  The New York Times.  November 26, 2017. 

Saying "No" To Patients Leads to Lower Satisfaction Scores

Patients React Poorly When Docs Say 'No' by Dennis Thompson.  HealthDay.  November 28, 2017. 

Research: Cinnamon Burns Fat Cells

Cinnamon Turns Up The Heat On Fat Cells.  University of Michigan/Science Daily.  November 21, 2017. 

Intelligence Relects Ability To Flexibly Transition From Easy-To-Access To Difficult-To Access States

Theory:  Flexibility Is At The Heart Of Human Intelligence.  University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign/Science Daily.  November 20, 2017. 

Obamacare Signups Surging Early; Late Surge May Be Missing Due To Advertising Cuts

Obamacare Sign-Ups Are Surging, But There's A Twist by Haeyoun Park.  The New York Times.  November 21, 2017. 

Behind The New Blood Pressure Guidelines: Statistics and Methodology

Don't Let New Blood Pressure Guidelines Raise Yours by H. Gilbert Welch.  The New York Times.  November 15, 2017. 

Estimate 42% Of All Adult Cancers Could Be Attributed To Modifiable Risk Factors

Many Cancers Associated With Modifiable Risk Factors by Farhad Islami.  Healio.  November 21, 2017. 

Self Harm Rises Sharply Among Tween And Young Teen Girls

Self-Harm Rises Sharply Among Tween And Young Teen Girls, Study Shows by Melissa Healy.  The Lost Angeles Times.  November 21, 2017. 

Unsaturated Fats, Fiber And Minerals Make Nuts Good For Lower Heart Disease Risk

Nuts May Lower Your Risk For Heart Disease by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times.  November 16, 2017. 

Language To Motivate Change For The Overweight Child

How Not To Talk To A Child Who Is Overweight by Perri Klass, M.D.  The New York Times.  November 20, 2017. 

State Innovation In Health Care Including Georgia and Infant Mortality

What States Can Learn From One Another On Health Care by Dhruv Khullar.  The New York Times.  November 16, 2017. 

Ending Individual Mandate May Not Pay For Tax Cut

Will Cutting The Health Mandate Pay For Tax Cuts?  Not Necessarily by Kate Zernike and Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  November 19, 2017. 

Dermatology: Patient Care, Finance, Staffing

Skin Cancers Rise, Along With Questionable Treatments by Katie Harner and Griffin Palmer.  The New York Times.  November 20, 2017. 

Stress, Trauma Associated With Higher Odds of Being Obese

Stressful Events Can Increase Women's Odds Of Obesity by American Heart Association/Medical Xpress.  November 15, 2017. 

AP Exclusive: US Scientists Try 1st Gene Editing In The Body

AP Exclusive:  US Scientists Try 1st Gene Editing In The Body by Marilyn Marchione.  AP.  March 15, 2017. 

Columbia's Public Health Efforts To Tax Sugary Drinks Leads To Intimidation And Censorship

She Took On Colombia's Soda Industry. They She Was Silenced by Andrew Jacobs and Matt Richel.  The New York Times.  November 13, 2017. 

The DNA Of The Oldest Among Us

The Secret To Long Life?  It May Lurk In The DNA Of The Oldest Among Us by Amy Harmon.  The New York Times.  November 13, 2017.

Trump Administration More Amenable To Fee-For-Service Medicine

Trump Health Agency Challenges Consensus On Reducing Costs by Abby Goodnough and Kate Zernike.  The New York Times.  November 12, 2017. 

New Guidelines For Blood Pressure: Millions Affected

Under New Guidelines,  Millions More Americans Will Need To Lower Blood Pressure by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  November 13, 2017. 

Conservatives Advance Campaign Against Government-Provided Veterans Medical Care

With Obamacare Fight Lost, Conservatives Turn To Veterans' Care by Nicholas Fandos.  The New York Times.  November 9, 2017. 

"Dead" Health Law Seems To Be Attracting Record Number Of Enrollees

Brisk Pack Of Enrollment For Federal Health Law by Robert Pear.  The New York Times.  November 10, 2017. 

World Study: Primary Consultations Range Between 48 Seconds and 22.5 Minutes

Primary Care Consultations Last Less Than 5 Minutes For Half The World's Population.  BMJ/Science Daily.  November 8, 2017.

Are Mass Murderers Insane? Usually Not, Researchers Say

Are Mass Murderers Insane?  Usually Not, Researchers Say by Benedict Carey.  The New York Times.  November 8, 2017. 

Healthcare Galvanizes Voters

Election Night Surprise:  Health Care Galvanizes Voters by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  November 8, 2017. 

Maine Voted To Expand Medicaid; Governor Stands In The Way

Last Night, Maine Voted To Expand Medicaid.  Today Maine's Governor Says He Won't Do It by Jordan Weissmann.  Slate.  November 8, 2017. 

Elimination Of Tax Deduction For Medical Expenses Could Have Severe Impact For Some

Ending Medical Tax Break Could Be A 'Gut Punch' To The Middle Class by Kate Zernike and Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  November 8, 2017. 

Combat-Related PTSD Calmed By Yoga Therapy

Combat-Related PTSD Calmed by Yoga Therapy by Annabel Mansfield.  MedicalXpress.  November 8, 2017. 

Insomnia As A Evolutionary Survival Mechanism

Revealed:  Why We Lose Sleep As We Grow Older by Sarah Knapton.  The Telegraph.  July 12, 2017. 

Study: Heart Stents Fail To Reduce Pain

'Unbelievable':  Heart Stents Fail To Ease Chest Pain by Gina Kolata.  New York Times.  November 2, 2017. 

For Patients With Heart Failure, Little Guidance As Death Nears

For Patients With Heart Failure, Little Guidance As Death Nears by Gina Kolata.  New York Times.  November 6, 2017. 

Foods Shouldn't Be Scary

Relax, You Don't Need To 'Eat Clean' by Aaron E. Carroll.  The New York Times.  November 4, 2017. 

Gun Injuries In The U.S. Have Become More Severe

Gun Injuries In The U.S. Have Become More Severe Since The 1990s, Study Says by Karen Kaplan.  November 6, 2017. 

Mass Shootings Have Roots In Domestic Violence

In Texas And Beyond, Mass Shootings Have Roots In Domestic Violence by April Fulton.  NPR.  November 7, 2017. 

Asteroid Metal Found Effective Against Cancer

Cancer Cells Destroyed With Dense Metal Found In Asteroids.  University of Warwick/Science Daily.  November 2, 2017.

Why Whole Grains Are Healthy

Several Reasons Why Whole Grains Are Healthy.  Technical University of Denmark/Science Daily.  November 2, 2017.

Latino Obamacare Coverage Poised To Slip During Chaotic Enrollment Season

Big Gains In Latino Health Coverage Poised To Slip During Chaotic Enrollment Season by Paula Andalo.  October 30, 2017. 

Timeline: Roadblocks To Affordable Care Act Enrollment

Timeline:  Roadblocks To Affordable Care Act Enrollment by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  November 1, 2017. 

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. 

While Tweets Twitter Along, Disease Begins To Gain A Foothold in Puerto Rico

Outbreaks Begin In Puerto Rico While Trump Tweets 'Amazing Job' by Pablo Venes.  The Daily Beast.  September 30, 2017. 

Destroying Obamacare From Within

Donald Trump Is Destroying Obamacare From Within by Gideon Resnick and Sam Stein.  The Daily Beast.  September 28, 2017. 

Weight And How We Assess Food: Sensory Characteristics Versus Context

Our Weight Tells How We Assess Food.  Sculoa International Superiore Di Saudi Avanzati/Science Daily.  September 22, 2017.

The War Over Obamacare May Never End

The War Over Obamacare May Never End by Perry Bacon Jr.  Five Thirty Eight.  September 22, 2017. 

Affordable Care Act Already Has Provisions To Give States More Power

One Way For G.O.P To Achieve Some Repeal Goals?  It's Already Part of Obamacare by Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  September 23, 2017. 

Picking The Best Health Care System In The World: Experts Do A Side-By-Side Comparison

The Best Health Care System In The World:  Which One Would You Pick?  by Aaron E. Carroll and Austin Frakt.  The New York Times.  September 18, 2017. 

Georgia: Ground Zero For Hospital Crisis Killing Rural Communities

A Hospital Crisis Is Killing Rural Communities.  This State Is 'Ground Zero' by Lauren Weber, Andy Miller.  Huffington Post.  September 22, 2017. 

State Implementation of Graham-Cassidy Would Be Difficult, If Not Impossible

The G.O.P. Bill Forces States To Build Health Systems From Scratch.  That's Hard by Margot Sanger-Katz.  September 21, 2017.

The "Most Radical" Repeal Effort To Date

New Effort To Kill Obamacare Is Called 'The Most Radical' by Kate Zernike, ReedAbelson and Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  September 21, 2017.

Statement of National Association Of Medicaid Directors On Latest Republican Repeal Effort

NAMD Statement On Graham-Cassidy.  National Association Of Medicaid Directors.  September 21, 2017.

Hospice Used In Money Laundering Scheme

Fiat Chrysler, UAW Officials Accused of Laundering Money Through Hospice by Tresa Baldas/USA Today.  September 20, 2017. 

Timing Of Meals And Circadian Rhythm Tied To Body Fat/Mass

Later Circadian Timing Of Food Intake Is Associated With Increased Body Mass Index.  Brigham and Women's Hospital/Science Daily.  September 8, 2017. 

Measuring Wisdom By Neurobiological And Psychosocial Means

New Tool To Assess Individual's Level Of Wisdom.  University Of California/Science Daily.  September 20, 2017. 

Ambulance Versus Private Vehicle Transportation: Fastest May Be The Best In Certain Cases

Hold The Phone:  An Ambulance Might Lower Your Chances Of Surviving Some Injuries.  Johns Hopkins Medicine/Science Daily.  September 20, 2017. 

Health Insurance Industry, Citing Chaos and Uncertainty, Denounce Repeal Effort

Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill by Robert Pear.  New York Times.  September 20, 2017. 

Current GOP Bill Slashes Spending And Covers Fewer People Than Previous Repeal Bill

The New GOP Health-Care Measure Goes Further Than The Failed One by P{aige Winfield Cunningham.  The Washington Post.  September 18, 2017. 

Barrelling Ahead To Obamacare Repeal Rejecting Beginnings Of Bipartisan Approach

The Republican Health Care Zombie Is Back by The Editorial Board.  The New York Times.  September 19, 2017. 

CBPP: Cassidy-Graham Would Add Millions To Uninsured, Destabilizre Individual Market

Like Other ACA Repeal Bills, Cassidy-Graham Plan Would Add Millions To Uninsured, Destabilize Individual Market by Jacog Leibenluft, Edwin Park, Matt Broaddus, And Aviva Aron-Dine..  Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.  September 18, 2017. 

America's Essential Hospitals, Serving Low-Income People, Announces Opposition To Latest ObamaCare Repeal Effort

Hospital Group Comes Out Against New ObamaCare Repeal Effort by Peter Sullivan.  The Hill.  September 15, 2017. 

Single-Payer Contains Political Pitfalls

How Single-Payer Could Trip Up Democrats by Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  September 11, 2017. 

Democratic "Medicare For All" Plan Has Gradual Implementation Provisions

Buried Inside Bernie Sanders's Bill:  A Fallback Plan by Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  September 15, 2017. 

Provisions Of Latest Health Care Repeal Plan

The Latest Health Care Repeal Plan Would Give States Sweeping Discretion by Haeyoun Park and Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  September 18, 2017. 

Before Tackling Single-Payer, Save Obamacare: New Repeal Effort Gains Steam

Before Tackling Single-Payer, Save Obamacare by E. J. Dionne.  The Washington Post. September 17, 2017. 

Obamacare Repeal Efforts Are Back From The Dead; Here Is What Must Happen

The 4 Steps For Republicans To Repeal Obamacare In the Next 2 Weeks by Dylan Scott.  Vox.  September 18, 2017. 

CO2 Levels Result In Increased Carb Levels In Food

The Great Nutrient Collapse by Helena Bottemiller Evich.  Politico.  September 13, 2017.

Rational Hedonism For Your Health

Hedonism Is Good For Your Health by Desiree Kozlowski.  The Conversation/CNN.  September 12, 2017. 

Problem Delivery During Irma--By The Dad, Coached By Resident

Doctor-In-Training Talks Dad Through Delivery During Irma by Elizabeth Cohen.  CNN.  September 13, 2017. 

Abuse In The Aftermath of Disaster

Amid Hurrican Chaos, Domestic Abuse Victims Risk Being Overlooked by Maya Salam.  New York Times.  September 12, 2017. 

Really, What Does It Cost To Bring A Drug To Market?

What Does It Cost To Create A Cancer Drug?  Less Than You'd Think.  New York Times.  September 11, 2017. 

Pricing Issues For New Gene-Therapy Treatments

New Gene-Therapy Treatments Will Carry Whopping Price Tags by Gina Kolata.  New York Times.  September 11, 2017. 

Bill Gates: Strides In Global Health At Risk If Rich Nations Pull Back

Bill Gates:  Strides In Global Health At Risk If Rich Nations Pull Back by Michelle Quinn.  Voice Of America News.  September 13, 2017. 

Even Moderate Intake of Plant-Based Foods Can Lower Cardiovascular Risk

Reassessing The Benefits Of Plant-Based Eating.  European Society of Cardiology/Science Daily.  August 29, 2017.

Health Care Impacts Of DACA End

What Older Americans Stand To Lose If 'Dreamers' Are Deported by Noam Scheiber and Rachel Abrams.  New York Times.  September 6, 2017.

Senolytic Drugs Kill Cells Associated With Age-Related Diseases

New Class Of Drugs Target Aging To Help Keep You Healthy by Jacqueline Howard.  CNN.  September 5, 2017. 

Veto Limits Scope Of Practice Of Georgia PAs

Governor's Action On PAs Is A Setback For Georgia Patients.  Georgia Health News.  August 28, 2017. 

Hospital Evacuation After Harvey

After Harvey Hit, A Texas Hospital Decided To Evacuate.  Here's How Patients Got Out by Sheri Fink and Andrew Burton.  September 6, 2017. 

Infectious Msosquitoes Are Turning Up In New Regions

Infectious Mosquitoes Are Turning Up In New Regions by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  September 7, 2017. 

Pain Drugs Other Than Opioids Can Also Be A Hazard

Opioids Aren't The Only Pain Drugs To Fear by Jane E. Brody.  New York Times.  September 4, 2017. 

Health Threats From Hurricane Harvey

Short Answers To Hard Questions About Health Threats From Hurricane Harvey by Sheila Kaplan and Donald G. McNeil. Jr.  New York Times.  August 31, 2017. 

Millennials More Likely To Use Lifestyle Changes Rather Than Opioids To Confront Pain

Millennials Prefer Healthy Habits, Less Likely To Choose Opioids To Manage Pain.  American Society Of Anesthesiologists/Science Daily.  August 30, 2017. 

Planning Brain Tumor Removal To Preserve Musical Ability

Patient Plays Saxophone While Surgeons Remove Brain Tumor.  University of Rochester Medical Center/Science Daily.  August 30, 2017. 

Trump Administration Expected To Do The Minimum Necessary To Comply With Health Law

Trump Administration Wants To Stabilize Health Markets But Won't Say How by Robert Pear.  New York Times.  August 30, 2017. 

Improving The Entire Health Care System By Improving The Status Of Care Providers

Home Health Care:  Shouldn't It Be Work Worth Doing?  by Eduardo Porter.  The New York Times.  August 29, 2017. 

Offshore Human Testing Circumvents FDA And IRB Safety Protocols

Offshore Human Testing Of Herpes Vaccine Stokes Debate Over U.S. Safety Rules by Marisa Taylor.  Kaiser Health News.  August 28, 2017.

Mayo Clinic Holistic Approach Provides Alternative To Opioids For Some

May Pain Expert:  Holistic Approach Helps Patients Ditch Opioids by Michelle Andrews.  Kaiser Health News.  August 29, 2017. 

With Repeal Efforts Stalled, New Healthcare Ideas Receive Buzz

5 Outside-The-Box Ideas For Fixing the Individual Insurance Market by Julie Rovner.  Kaiser Health News.  August 30, 2017.

Information Security In Healthcare: A Many-Faceted Challenge

Medical Identity Theft A Growing Threat by Liv Osby.  Gannett/Greenville Online.  August 29, 2017. 

Sick Patients Were Once Well

Why Doctors Need To Remember That Sick Patients Were Once Healthy People by Dr. Abraar Karan.  August 28, 2017. 

Stem Cell Therapies Present Regulatory Challenges

F.D.A. Cracks Down On 'Unscrupulous' Stem Cell Clinics by Sheila Kaplan Denise Grady.  The New York Times.  August 28, 2017. 

Shadowing A Public Health Investigator

A Sisterhood Of Sleuths by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  August 26, 2017.

Public Health Dangers Loom In Harvey-Hit Areas

Public Health Dangers Loom In Harvey-Hit Areas by Associated Press.  August 28, 2017. 

Hospitals In Hurricane

Houston's Hospitals Treat Storm Victims And Become Victims Themselves by Sheri Fink and Alan Blinder.  The New York Times.  August 28, 2017. 

Drugs Demonstrates Role Of Inflammation, Even Without Reduction Of Cholesterol, In Heart Attacks

Drug Aimed At Inflammation May Lower Risk Of Heart Disease And Cancer by Denise Grady.  The New York Times.  August 27, 2017. 

Women Have More Muscular Endurance Than Men: Study

Women Have More Muscle Endurance Than Men:  Study by Luan Chan.  Tech Times.  August 26, 2017. 

Confronting Malaria And Resistance To Antimalaria Drugs

Novartis Exec:  We Just Got One Step Closer To Winning The Fight Against Malaria by Vas Narasimhan.  Fortune.  August 24, 2017. 

Why Some People Never Evacuate

Why Some People Never Evacuate During A Hurricane, According To A Psychologist by Brian Resnick.  Vox.  August 25, 2017. 

Hospital Siege Offers Counterterrorism Lessons

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Siege Offers Counterterrorism Lessons by Al Baker.  New York Times.  August 24, 2017. 

Opioids Lead To Return Of Syphilis

Hunting A Killer:  Sex, Drugs And The Return Of Syphilis by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  August 24, 2017. 

5 Looming Threats To Obamacare And Medicaid

Not Out Of The Woods Yet:  5 Looming Threats To Obamacare And Medicaid by Alice Ollstein.  Talkingpoints Memo.  August 23, 2017. 

Diverse Emotions--EmoDiversity--May Be Linked To Better Health

'Emotional Diversity' Is More Important Than Happiness by Crystal Ponti.  New York Magazzine.  August 18, 2017. 

Women--The Missing Voice In Health Care Debate

Often Missing In The Health Care Debate:  Women's Voices by Anna Gorman and Jenny Gold.  Kaiser Health News.  August 17, 2017. 

Drugs Aimed At Hospice Patients May Be Diverted To Family And Staff

Dying At Home In An Opioid Crisis:  Hospices Grapple With Stolen Meds by Melissa Bailey.   Kaiser Health News.  August 22, 2017. 

Even After Overdosing, Most Opioid Users Stay On Drugs

Most Opioid Users Stay On Drugs Even After Overdosing, Pa. Medicaid Study Finds by Dan Sapatkin.  Phillynews.com.  August 22, 2017. 

Source Of Abused Drugs: Veterinarian Offices

War On Opioids Moves To Veterinarians' Offices by Marsha Mercer.  Pew Charitable Trusts.  August 23, 2017. 

"Medicaid For All Who Are Into That Sort Of Thing"

Democrats' New Health-Care Plan:  Medicaid For All (Who Want It) by Eric Levitz. New York Magazine.  August 22, 2017. 

Latino Outreach For Affordable Care Act Signups Suspended? Behind Schedule? Abandoned?

Exclusive:  Trump Admin Abandons Latino Outreach For Obamacare Sign-Ups by Alice Ollstein.  Talking Points Memo.  August 10, 2017. 

1 in 4 People Injured Themselves While Grooming Pubic Hair

Snip, Snip, Ouch:  Pubic Hair Grooming Injuries May Be More Common Than You Think by Sara G. Miller.  Live Science.  August 16, 2017. 

Guns Play Oversize Role In Rural Suicides

Guns Play Oversize Role In Rural Suicides by Nicholas Bakalar.  New York Times.  August 17, 2017. 

Medical Education In the Era Of Alternative Facts

Medical Education In The Era Of Alternative Facts by Richard P. Wenzel, M.D.  New England Journal of Medicine.  August 17, 2017.

Treating Hateful Patients

After Charlottesville, A Doctor Reflects On Hateful Patients And His Own Biases by John Henning Schumann.  NPR.  August 16, 2017.

Bidirectional Relationship of Obesity And Depression Requires New Approaches

Obesity And Depression Are Entwined, Yet Scientists Don't Know Why by Shefali Luthra. Kaiser Health News.  August 11, 2017.

Software And Practice Integration Key To Start-Up's Effort To Fix Health Care Morass

A Start-Up Suggests A Fix To The Health Care Morass by Farhad Manjoo.  New York Times.  August 16, 2017.

Computer Security Risks Possible In Interaction of Biomolecular Information And The Computer System Analyzing it

Scientists Successfully Infiltrate Computer Using Malware Coded Into DNA by Thur Ong. The Verge.  August 11, 2017.

Not Enough Patients For Clinical Trials For Cancer Drugs---Why?

A Cancer Conundrum:  Too Many Drug Trials, Too Few Patients by Gina Kolata.  New York Times.  August 12, 2017. 

Results Of Threat To Halt Subsidy Payments: 20 Percent Increase in Premiums Next Year

Trump Threat To Obamacare Would Send Premiums And Deficit Skyward by Robert Pear and Thomas Kaplan. New York Times.  August 15, 2017. 

'Fat But Fit' Is A Myth, Study Says

'Fat But Fit' Is A Myth, Study Says.  HealthDay News.  August 14, 2017. 

Amazon To Jump Into Health Care?

Goldman Sachs Breaks Down How Amazon Can Jump Into Health Care by Christina Farr.  CNBC.  August 11, 2017. 

Rand Corporation Survey On Working Conditions; Surprise Finding: Hostile Social Interactions Are Prevelant

Work Can Be Stressful, Dangerous And Sometimes Great by April Fulton.  PR.  August 14, 2017. 

Nearly 1 In 5 Hospice Patients Discharged While Still Alive

Nearly 1 in 5 Hospice Patients Discharged While Still Alive by Ina Jaffe.  NPR.  August 11, 2017. 

Study: Almonds Associatd With Higher HDL Levels And Improved Functionality

Can Eating Almonds Raise 'Good' Cholesterol?  Penn State/Futurity.  August 11, 2017. 

Why Married Men Gain Weight

Why Married Men Gain Weight by Melissa Matthews.  Medical Daily/MSN.  Auust 9, 2017. 

Medicaid Matters To Everyone

Why Medicaid Matters To You by Sharona Hoffman.  RealClearHealth .  August 9, 2017. 

Thicker Carotid Artery Walls Associated With Social And Economic Conditions

Disadvantaged Kids May Be At Higher Risk For Heart Disease Later In Life. American Heart Association/MedicalXpress.  August 9, 2017. 

CO2 Level Increases Result In Decline In Nutritional Value Of Rice, Wheat, And Other Staple Crops

Millions May Face Protein Deficiency As A Result Of Human-Caused Carbon Dioxide Emissions.  Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health.  August 2, 2017. 

Trump Says He'll Beat Opioid Epidemic With Law-And-Order Approach

Trump Says He'll Beat Opioid Epidemic With Law-And-Order Approach by Brianna Ehley.  Politico.  August 8, 2017. 

Health Gap Widens Between Appalachia (Including North Georgia) And Rest Of The U.S.

Health Gap Widens Between Appalachia And Rest Of the U.S. by Vickie Connor.  Kaiser Health News.  August 7, 2017. 

Nanotechnology-Based Chip Used To Repair Injured Tissue Or Restore Function

Ohio State Researchers Develop Regenerative Medicine Breakthrough by Eileen Scahill.  Ohio State University.  August 7, 2017. 

Questions About Insurance Subsidies Contributes To Blue Cross Decision In Georgia

Blue Cross Agrees To Stay in Counties Where There's No Other Exchange Option by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.  August 7, 2017. 

Medicine Is Getting More Precise...For White People

Medicine Is Getting More Precise...For White People by Rob Arthur.  FiveThirtyEight.  August 2, 2017. 

Poor Appetite And Food Intake In Older Adults

Poor Appetite And Food Intake In Older Adults.  American Geriatrics Society/Science Daily.  August 1, 2017.

Short Answers To Hard Questions About The Opioid Crisis Plus A County Map

Short Answers To Hard Questions About The Opioid Crisis by Josh Katz.  The New York Times.  August 3, 2017. 

Suicides In Law Enforcement: More Than Gunfire And Traffic Accidents Combined

Another Sheriff's Deputy Commits Suicide.  His Boss Wants People To Talk About It This Time. by Amy B. Wang. 

Marijuana Replacing Over-The-Counter Medicine

A New Survey Shows Marijuana Is Replacing Over-The-Counter Medicine by Dan Seitz.  Uproxx.  August 3, 2017. 

For The First Time, Genes Edited To Repair Disease-Causing Mutation

In Breakthrough, Scientists Edit A Dangerous Mutation From Genes In Human Embryos by Pam Belluck.  The New York Times.  August 2, 2017. 

A Dangerous, 'Silent Reservoir' For Gonorrhea: The Throat

A Dangerous, 'Silent Reservoir' For Gonorrhea:  The Throat by Aneri Pattani.  The New York Times.  July 31, 2017. 

Only Six Nations Have Evaluated Their Ability To Withstand A Global Pandemic

Only Six Nations Have Evaluated Readiness For Global Pandemic by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  July 31, 2017. 

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. 

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

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.

Healthy Food Initiatives Challenged

Donald Trump Is Taking On Michelle Obama's Healthy Food Legacy by Julia Belluz.  Vox.  April 29, 2017.

World-Wide Rural Health Care Is Aim Of New Project

This Harvard Doctor Has A Plan to Save 30 Million Lives By 2030 by Colby Itkowitz.  The Washington Post.  April 26, 2017. 

How Much Coffee Is Safe To Drink?

Drinking Four Cups Of Coffee Is Probably Safe by James Hamblin.  The Atlantic.  April 26, 2017. 

What's In The GOP's Latest Deal To Repeal: Fewer Covered, Less Coverage

What's In The GOP's Latest Deal To Repeal Obamacare by Dan Diamond.  Politico.  April 26, 2017. 

Weaponization Of Medicine And Loss Of Medical Neutrality In Syrian War

Syria Changed The World by Anne Barnard.  The New York Times.  April 21, 2017. 

Health Care Goals In Conflict: Jobs And Affordability

Our Costly Addiction To Health Care Jobs by Chad Terhune.  The New York Times.  April 22, 2017. 

Latest GOP Health Proposals Offer Protections More Technical Than Real

A New G.O.P Health Proposal Evokes The Old Days by Margot Sanger-Katz.  New York Times.  April 20, 2017.

"Health In All Policies" Seeks To Improve Health Through Social Transformation

A Focus ON Health To Resolve Urban Ills by Amy Maxmen.  New York Times.  April 19, 2017. 

Treating Chronic Pain Patients Acccording To CDC Guidelines

The Difficult Choices:  Managing Chronic Pain While Avoiding Opioid Abuse.  Texas A&M University.  April 19, 2017. 

Safety Ratings Of Georgia Hospitals

Georgia Slips Lower In Leapfrog Ratings On Hospital Safety http://www.georgiahealthnews.com/2017/04/georgia-slips-leapfrog-ratings-hospital-safety/by Andy Miller.  Georgia Health News.