People Overestimate Benefits, And Underestimate Risks, Of Medical Interventions

People Overestimate Benefits, And Underestimate Risks, Of Medical Interventions.  University of Plymouth/Science Daily.  October 25, 2018. 

People Tend To Force Data Distributions Into Just Two Catagories

Binary Bias Distort How We Integrate Information.  Association For Psychological Science/Science Daily.  October 25, 2018. 

U.S. Currently Has The Lowest Life Expectancy Among High-Income Countries

Spain To Lead Japan In Global Life Expectancy, US Continues To Slide by Rob Picheta.  CNN.  October 18, 2018. 

Stacey Abrams Hope Medicaid Expansion Can Be A winning Issue In Rural Georgia

Stacey Abrams Hopes Medicaid Expansion Can Be A Winning Issue In Rural Georgia by Abby Goodnough.  The New York Times.  October 20, 2018. 

Taking Advantage Of 213 Million Opportunities To Improve Cardiovascular Risk

A National Goal:  Prevent A Million Heart Attacks And Strokes by 2022 by Jane E. Brody.  The New York Times.  October 22, 2018. 

Preliminary Study: Stress/Cortisol Lower Scores On Cognitive Tests

Stress May Impair Memory And Thinking Skills by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times.  October 24, 2018. 

Anatomy Does Not Determine Gender, Experts Say

Anatomy Does Not Determine Gender, Experts Say by Denise Grady.  The New York Times.  Octoer 22, 2018. 

Little Known About People Who Have Suffered From Depression But Have Recovered

What's Life Like After Depression?  Surprisingly, Little Is Known by Benedict Carey.  The New York Times.  October 22, 2018. 

First New Flu Drug In 20 Years Approved By FDA

F.D.A. Approves New Drug For Flu by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  The New York Times.  October 24, 2018. 

Implication Of Coincidences And Connections Can Lead people To Believe Conspiracy Theories

Innuendo Alone Can Fuel Conspiracy Theories.  University of Exeter/Science Daily.  October 16, 2018. 

Arterial Stiffness Found To Be Good Proxy For Predicting Who Will Develop Dementia

Modifiable Dementia Risk Factor In Older Adults Identified.  University Of Pittsburg Schools Of The Health Sciences/Science Daily. 

Study: Nearly 800 Dietary Supplements Contained Unapproved Drug Ingredients

Nearly 800 Dietary Supplements Contained Unapproved Drug Ingredients, Study Finds by Susan Scutti.  CNN.  October 12, 2018. 

As U.S. Suicide Rates Rise, Hispanics Show Relative Immunity

As U.S. Suicide Rates Rise, Hispanics Show Relative Immunity by Charlotte Huff.  Kaiser Health News.  October 15, 2018. 

Rare Neurological Disease On The Rise And Mysterious

Mysterious Polio-Like Illness Baffles Medical Experts While Frightening Parents by Carmen Heredia Rodriguez.  Kaiser Health News.  October 17, 2018. 

CVS-Aetna Deal Cleared

CVS-Aetna Deal That Aims To Overhaul Health Care Cleared by David McLaughlin and Robert Langreth.  Bloomberg.  October 10, 2018.

Trump On Medicare/Fact Check Of Trump On Medicare

Donald  Trump:  Democrats 'Medicare For All' Plan Will Demolish Promises To Seniors.  USA TODAY.  October 10, 2018. 

Fact-Checking President Trump's USA Today Op-ed on 'Medicare-for-All'  by Glenn Kessler.  Washington Post.  October 10, 2018. 

When ICU Delirium Leads To Symptoms Of Dementia After Discharge

When ICU Delirium Leads To Symptoms Of Dementia After Discharge by Richard Harris.  NPR>  October 10 2018. 

Intermittent Fasting As Means To Help Reverse Type 2 Diabetes

Planned Intermittent Fasting May Help Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Suggest Doctors.  British Medical Journal/Medical Xpress.  October 10, 2018. 

Higher Temperatures Associated With Higher Rates Of Mental Health Issues

Global Warming Will Hike Mental Health Woes, Study Finds.  Medical Xpress.  October 10, 2018. 

Noise Pollution Among Top Environmental Risks To Health

Noise:  The Other Pollution Hurting Our Health by Nina Avramova.  CNN.  October 9, 2018. 

More Water Equals Less Bladder Infections

Drinking More Water Reduces Bladder Infections In Women, Study Finds.  UT Southwestern Medical Center/Science Daily.  October 3, 2018. 

The Secret To Aging Well? Contentment

The Secret To Aging Well?  Contentment by Robert W. Goldfarb.  The New York Times.  October 2, 2018. 

Over 80,000 Americans Died Of Flu Last Winter, Highest Toll In Years

Over 80,000 Americans Died Of Flu Last Winter, Highest Toll In Years by Donald G. McNeil Jr.  New York Times.  October 1, 2018. 

Teaching Doctors To Err And Recover

My Human Doctor by Sara Manning Reskin, M.D. New York Times.  October 4, 2018. 

Blackout Drinking Is A Type Of Amnesia

Blackout Drinking, Explained For Brett Kavanaugh by julia Belluz.  Vox.  October 3, 2018. 

Employers Take More Aggressive Role In Health Care Cost Negotiations

A Tough Negotiator Proves Employers Can Bargain Down Health Care Prices by Marshall Allen.  NPR.  October 2, 2018. 

Health Repercussions Of Sexual Assault And Harassment

Sexual Assault And Harassment May Have Lasting Health Repercussions For Women by Mara Gordon.  NPR.  October 3, 2018.,