To Serve Health Needs Of Employees, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Team Up

Amazonm Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Team Up To Disrupt Health Care by Nick Wingfield And Katie Thomas.  The New York Times.  January 30, 2017. 

Mutated Stem Cells In Bone Marrow Strongly Linked To Heart Attack And Stroke Risk

Scientists Discover A Bone-Deep Risk For Heart Disease by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  January 29, 2017. 

Medical Care Denied On Grounds Of Religious Freedom

The White House Puts The Bible Before The Hippocratic Oath by The Editorial Board.  The New York Times. 

Broken Bones In The Elderly: Daily Wear-And-Tear or Fall: An Engineering Perspective

Reaching The Breaking Point.  University of Utah/Science Daily.  January 23, 2018.

5.3 Million Americans Poor By Global Standards--$4 A Day Of Less

The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem by Angus Deaton.  The New York Times.  January 24, 2018.;

Related Party Transactions Impact Patient Care In Nursing Homes

Care Suffers As More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs by Jordan Rau.  Kaiser Health News.  December 31, 2017. 

Supply Vulnerabilities Of Vital Radioisotope Puts U.S. Patients At Risk:

Inside The Global Race To Deliver A vital Radioactive Isotope Used To Detect Cancer by Sarah Varney.  Kaiser Health News.  January 16, 2017. 

Preparing Seniors For Surgery

A Push To Get Older Adults In Better Shape For Surgery by Judith Graham.  Kaiser Health News.  January 25, 2018. 

Study Of Biological Changes Related To Weight Change: 318 Genes Worked Differently

Big Data Comes To Dieting by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York Times.  January 25, 2018. 

Trust In The Medical Profession: Key To Public And Individual Health

Do You Trust The Medical Profession?  by Dhruv Khullar.  The New York Times.  January 23, 2018. 

Foods Associated With Higher Odds For Colon Cancer

These Foods May Up Your Odds For Colon Cancer by Dennis Thompson.  HealthDay.  January 18, 2018.

Study: Hits To The Head, Not Concussions, Cause CTE

A New Study Shows That Hits To The Head, Not Concussions, Cause CTE by Cindy Boren.  The Washington Post.  January 18, 2017.

Large Hospitals Start Their Own Drug Companies

Fed Up With Drug Companies, Hospitals Decide To Start Their Own by Reed Abelson and Katie Thomas.  The New York Times.  January 18, 2017.

Making Medicaid A Tool For Moral Education May Let Some Die

Making Medicaid A Tool For Moral Education May Let Some Die by Eduardo Porter.  The New York Times.  January 16, 2017.

Decline In Fertility For Younger Women; Increase For Those With Advanced Degrees And Never Married

The U.S. Fertility Rate Is Down, Yet More Women Are Mothers by Claire Cain Miller.  The New York Times.  January 18, 2017.

Bones As Weight Sensors And Regulators

How Our Bones Might Help Keep Our Weight Stable by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York Times.  January 17, 2017. 

A Better Test Of Trump's Mental Stability

Would The Air Force Let Airman Trump Near A Nuclear Weapon?  by Steven Buser.  The New York Times.  January 17, 2017. 

Work To Be Healthy Or Healthy To Be Able To Work? A Kentucky Medicaid Experiment

To Get Medicaid In Kentucky, Many Will Have To Work.  Advocates For The Poor Say They Will Sue.  by Abby Goodnough.  January 12, 2017. 

Research; Fat or High-Fat Diets Promote Aggressive Prostate Cancer

High-Fat Diet May Fuel Spread Of Prostate Cancer by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  January 16, 2017, 

Medical Interventions: The Third-Leading Cause Of Death--Devices Play An Increasing Role

Can Your Hip Replacement Kill You?  by Jeanne Lenzer.  The New York Times.  January 13, 2017. 

Trump's Secret Plan to Scrap Obamacare

Trump's Secret Plan To Scrap Obamacare by Jennifer Haberkorn.  Politico.  January 10, 2017. 

Stress Interaction With Immune Cells And How They Relate To Physical Symptoms

Here's How Stress May Be Making You Sick.  Michigan State University/Science Daily.  January 10, 2017. 

Green Design And Human Health: Biophilic Design

A Greener, More Healthful Place To Work by Richard Schiffman.  The New York Times.  January 11, 2017. 

Lipoprotein(a) May Be Key To Heart Attack: Physicians Often Don't Know About It

A Heart Risk Factor Even Doctors Know Little About by Anahad O'Connor.  The New York Times.  January 9, 2017. 

Videomicroscopes Enable 3-D Brain Surgery--Many Teaching And Collaboration Possibilities

Brain Surgery In 3-D:  Coming Soon To The Operating Theater by Denise Grady.  The New York Times.  January 8, 2018. 

U.S. Has Worst Child Mortality Rate Compared With 19 Other Wealthy Nations

Among 20 Wealthy Nations, US Child Mortality Ranks Worst, Study Finds by Jacqueline Howard.  CNN.  January 8, 2018. 

Trying Just One Cigarette May Lead To Regular Smoking

One Cigarette 'May Lead To Habit For More than Two-Thirds of People' by Nicola Davis.  The Guardian.  January 10, 2017. 

Two Way Mentorship: Old Doctors Learning From Young; Young Doctors Learning From Old

For Doctors, Age May Be More Than A Number by Haider Javed Warraich.  The New York Times.  January 6, 2017.

Medical Research? Congress Cheers. Medical Care? Congress Brawls

Medical Research?  Congress Cheers.  Medical Care?  Congress Brawls by Robert Pear.  New York Times.  January 6, 2018.

CDC Briefing To Focus On Preparing For Nuclear War

CDC Briefing To Focus On Preparing For Nuclear War by Brianna Ehley.  Politico.  January 4, 2018

Dominance Plays A More Important Role In Bonobos; Helping More Important In Humans

Unlike People, Bonobos Don't 'Look For The Helpers'.  Cell Press/Science Daily.  January 4, 2017.

Big Data "All Of Us" Project: Route to Precision Medicine Or More Confusion?

Researchers Gather Health Data For 'All Of Us' by Richard Harris.  NPR.  December 31, 2017. 

Legal Pot In California Forecast To Reach $7 Billion In A Few Years

Californians Line Up To Legally Buy Recreational Pot by Theresa Waldrop, CNN.  January 2, 2017. 

Intensity And Price Help Explain Why the U.S. Spends More Than Other Nations On Health Care

Why The U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations On Health Care by Austin Frakt And Aaron E. Carroll.  The New York Times.  January 2, 2017. 

GOP Shifts Tactics On Obamacare in 2018

GOPO Set To Shift Tactics On ObamaCare In 2018 by Rachel Roubein.  The Hill.  December 31, 2017. 

Statistics That "Look Good" Versus Patient Care That Is Good

At Veterans Hospital In Oregon, A Push For Better Ratings Puts Patients At Risk, Doctors Say by Dave Philipps.  The New York Times.  January 1, 2017. 

Pint-Size Emergency Vehicles Fit Through Jams That Block Ambulances

Fire Department Finds A Way Around Times Square Traffic For Emergencies by Jan Ransom.  The New York Times.  December 31, 2017. 

Fiber Feeds Billions of Gut Bateria Keeping Immune Systems in Good Order

Fiber Is Good For You.  Now Scientists May Know Why by Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  January 1, 2017. 

The World Inside Your Hospital

Tom Brokaw:  You Can Find The Entire World Inside Your Hospital by Tom Brokaw.  The New York Times.  December 31, 2017.