Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Poor Mental Health Shortens Life Expectancy Almost As Much As Diabetes And Smoking

Poor Mental Health Shortens Life Expectancy Almost As Much As Diabetes And Smoking by Angelica LaVito.  CNBC

Multistate Telemedicine Physician Practices Become More Common

More Doctors Want To Treat Patients From The Comfort Of Their Couch by Kristen V. Brown.  Bloomberg.  March 26, 2019. 

Health Care Will Likely Be A Top Issue In 2020

Unlike Mueller, Health Care Will Likely Be A Top Issue In 2020 by Harry Enten.  CNN.  March 26, 2019. 

Georgia Lawmakers Approve Kemp's Plan For Medicaid, Obamacare Waivers

Georgia Lawmakers Approve Kemp's Plan To Medicaid, Obamacare Waivers by Greg Bluestein And Ariel Hart. AJC.   March 25, 2019. 

Aspiring Doctors Seek Advanced Training In Addiction Medicine

Aspiring Doctors Seek Advanced Training In Addiction Medicine by Will Stone.  California Healthline.  March 22, 2019. 

11 Ways To Close The Fiber Gap

Americas Need To Eat More Fiber.  Popcorn And Avocados Count by Julia Belluz.  March 27, 2019. 

Eggs Through The Ages: What Are The Health Effects?

Health Effects Of Eggs:  Where Do We Stand?  by Denise Powell.  CNN.  March 27, 2019. 

Beginning Exercise In Middle Years Can Help Gain Most Of The Longevity Benefits Of Working Out

What Your Exercise Habits Might Say About How Long You'll Live by Gretchen Reynolds. The New York Times.  March 27, 2019. 

$270 Million Opioid Lawsuit Settlement Could Stimulate More Settlements

Purdue Pharma And Sacklers Reach $270 Million Settlement In Opioid Lawsuit by Jan Hoffman.  The New York Times.  March 26, 2019. 

Trump Plan To Strike Down Obamacare Will Impact Millions

What Happens If Obamacare Is Struck Down?  by Red Abelson, Abby Goodnough and Robert Pear.  The New York Times.  March 26, 2019. 

Thursday, March 21, 2019

A User Manual For Your Knees

A User Manual For Your Knees by Jordan Metzi.  The New York Times. 

Pain As Part Of The Story Of The Person Who Suffers From It, Not Just A Physical Phenomenon

Is Pain A Sensation Or An Emotion?  by Haider Warraich.  The New York Times.  March 16, 2019. 

Climate Change In Medical School Preparation

Medical Schools Must Prepare Students To Work In A World Altered By Climate Change by Anna Goshua.  March 19, 2019. 

Three Medicine Schools Coming On Line---With Unique Features

Not Your Run-Of-The-Mill Medical School by Joyce Frieden.  MedPage Today.  March 20, 2019. 

Kentucky Governor Exposed His 9 Kids To Chickenpox Instead Of Vaccinating Them

Kentucky Governor Says He Exposed His 9 Kids To Chickenpox Instead Of Vaccinating Them by Antonia Blumberg.  Huffington Post.  March 20, 2019. 

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Over 1 Million People In The US Develop Sepsis Each Year; How Many Related Deaths Are Preventable?

How Preventable Is Sepsis-Related Death by Ana Sandoiu.  Medical News Today.  March 12, 2019. 

3 Skills Premeds Must Develop Before Medical School

3 Skills Premeds Must Develop Before Medical School by Ali Lotfi, M.D.  US News.  March 12, 2019

The Value Of Microbreaks During The Workday

The Tiny Breaks That Ease Your Body And Reboot Your Brain by Zarla Gorvett.  BBC.  March 12, 2019.

Criminal Distribution Of Fake Drugs May Result In Annual Deaths of 300,000 Children

Global 'Pandemic' Of Fake Drugs Killing Children Worldwide, Report Says by Susan Scutti.  CNN.  March 12, 2019.

Establishing A Baseline For the Immune Systems Of Children

With A Closer Look At Immune Systems, Scientists Hope To Steer Infants Back Onto A Healthy Track by Helen Branswell.  March 12, 2019. 

The Value Of Preparing Your Immune System

Your Environment Is Cleaner.  Your Immune System Has Never Been So Unprepared by Matt Richtel.  The New York Times.  March 12, 2019. 

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

California's New Surgeon General Focuses oin ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences

California Looks To Lead Nation In Unraveling Childhood Trauma by Anna Maria Barry-Jester.  Kaiser Health News.  March 6, 2019. 

How Meal Timings Affect Your Waistline

How Meal Timings Affect Your Waistline by Linda Geddes.  BBC.  March 6, 2019. 

Measles Vaccine May Prevent Immune Amnesia

Measles Vaccines Protect Against More Than Just Measles.  Here's How by Maya Wei-Haas.  National Geographic.  March 4, 2019. 

Why Do People And Animals Sleep? Nuclear Maintenance May Be The Answer

Sleep Increases Chromosome Dynamics That Clear Out DNA Damage Accumulated During Waking hours.  Bar-Ilan University/Medical Xpress.  March 5, 2019. 

U.S. Deaths From Alcohol, Drugs, And Suicide Hit Highest Level Since The Beginning Of Record-Keeping

U.S. Deaths From Alcohol, Drugs And Suicide Hit Highest Level Since Record-Keeping Began by Jayne O'Donnell.  USA TODAY.  March 5, 2019. 

Why Young People May Die Of A Stroke

Here's How Strokes Happen When You're As Young As Luke Perry by Gina Kolata.  The New York Times.  Gina Kolata.  March 5, 2019. 

HIV Cleared A Second Times, Providing Clues For What Works

Treating Lymphoma With HIV-Resistant Stem Cells Stops An HIV Infection by John Timmer.  ARS Technica.  March 5, 2019.