Art In The Hospital: Does It Have Healing Power?

'Fine Art Is Good Medicine':  How Hospitals Around The World Are Experimenting With The Healing Power Of Art by Manchem Wecker.  ArtNet.  July 29, 2019. 

Rebuilding Trust In Medicine

Rebuilding Trust In Medicine by Diane McIntosh MD.  Psychology Today.  July 28, 2019. 

Pediatric Cancer Surged By Almost 50% From 1975 and 2015

Families Seek Answers For US Rise In Childhood Cancers by Richard Luscombe.  The Guardian.  July 30, 2019. 

Gene Editing Technique Used For The First Time To Treat Genetic Disorder

Doctors In The U.S. Use CRISPR Technique To Treat A Genetic Disorder For The 1st Time by Rob Stein.  NPR.  July 29, 2019

Atlanta Hotel Hit By Legionnaires' Disease

11 Former Guests Of An Atlanta Hotel Now Have Legionnaires' Disease.  Authorities Have Identified 55 More Probable Cases by Susan Scutti.  CNN.  July 30, 2019. 

Austerity, Inequality And Job Insecurity Are Bad For Mental Health

Austerity And Inequality Fuelling Mental Illness, Says Top UN Envoy by Mark Rice-Oxley.  The Guardian.  June 24, 2019. 

VR In Treating Mental Illness: China May Be In The Forefront

In China, Mental Health Care Goes Virtual by Christopner Magoon.  Scientific American.  July 19, 2019. 

Study: The US Could Have Averted About 15,600 Deaths If Every State Expanded Medicaid

Study:  The US Could Have Averted About 15,600 Deaths If Every State Expanded Medicaid by Tara Golshan.  Vox.  July 23, 2019. 

Using Real Life Data Patterns To Spot Suspicious Medical Trials

How A Data Detective Exposed Suspicious Medical Trials by David Adam.  Nature.  July 23, 2019. 

Coordinating Meals With Circadian Rhythms May Reduce Appetite, Improve Metabolic Health

Weight Loss Could Be Boosted By Eating At These Times Of The Day, Scientists Discover by Kashmira Gander.  Newsweek.  July 25, 2019. 

The 'Secret World' Of Sleep

From Insomnia To Sexsomnia, Unlocking The 'Secret World' Of Sleep by Dave Davies.  NPR. July 23, 2019, 

Daily Aspirin Or Not?

Should You Take A Daily Aspirin Or Not?  What Doctors Are Saying by Adrianna Rodriguez.  USA TODAY.  July 23, 2019. 

Medical Nihilism

Is Medicine Overrated? by John Horgan.  Scientific American.  July 1, 2019. 

Mental Illness Linked to Poorer Physical Health and Early Death

Why People With Mental Illness May Face Poorer Physical Health And Early Death by Arman Azad.  CNN.  July 16, 2019. 

Drug Overdose Deaths Drop In U.S For First Time Since 1990

Drug Overdose Deaths Drop In U.S. For First Time Since 1990 by Abby Goodnough, Josh Katz and Margot Sanger-Katz.  The New York Times.  July 17, 2019. 

Researchers Explore Why Women's Alzheimer's Risk Is Higher Than Men's

Researchers Explore Why Women's Alzheimer's Risk Is Higher Than Men's  by Jon Hamilton.  NPR.  July 17, 2019. 

Different Way To Respond To Non-Criminal Emergencies

Calling The Cops On Someone Wit Mental Illness Can Go Terribly Wrong.  Here's A Better Idea by Sigal Samuel.  Vox.  July 1, 2019. 

Repeal Of Obamacare Will Be On The Ballot in 2020

Obamacare's Fate Will Be At Stake At 2020 Ballot Box As Well As In Court by Ronald Brownstein.  CNN Politics.  July 9, 2019.  

Precision Medicine Requires Clinical Trial Diversity

As Precision Medicine Grows, So Does the Importance Of Clinical Trial Diversity by Alaric Dearment.  MedCityNews.  July 7, 2019. 

Challenge Of Health Eating As We Get Older

Don't Let These Problems Prevent You From Eating Healthfully by Consumer Reports.  Washington Post.  July 8, 2019. 

Less Differentiation In Other-Race Facial Features Occurs In The Earliest Cognitive Processes

'You All Look Alike To Me' Is Hard-Wired In US, Research Finds.  University of California-Riverside/Science Daily.  July 8, 2019. 

Lifespan Declines In USA For The Third Consecutive Year For Three Reasons

US Life Expectancy Has Been Declining Here's Why by Uptin Saiidi. CNBC.  July 9, 2019. 

Medicalising Everyday Life Doesn't Help Anyone's Mental Health

Medicalising Everyday Life Doesn't Help Anyone's Mental Health by Adrian Massey.  The Guardian.       June 24, 2019.

10 Types Of Thought That Actually Hurt Your Mental Health

10 Types Of Thought That Actually Hurt Your Mental Health by Karissa Pierce.  Yahoo! Lifestyle.  July 4, 2019.

New Geriatric Surgery Verification Program Seeks To Improve Results Among Elderly

The Elderly Are Getting Complex Surgeries.  Often It Doesn't End Well by Paul Span.  The New York Times.  June 7, 2019.

Why So Many Of Us Don't Lose Weight When We Exercise

Why So Many Of Us Don't Lose Weight When We Exercise by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York Times.  July 3, 2019.

At Least 95% Of People Need To Vaccinated Against Measles; France Has 90%. What Is The Government Doing?

How France Is Persuading Its Citizens To Get Vaccinated by Alex Whiting.  Mosaic/CNN.  July 3, 2019.

Good Fourth Of July News: Democracy Associated With Better Public Health

Good News About Democracy:  It's Good For Your Health by Jonathan Lambert.  NPR.  July 4, 2019.