Opinion: Overtesting Of Vaccinated Are Inflating Positive Case Numbers; Testing Of Vaccinated Without Symptons Should Not Happen--CDC

 We Are Testing Too Many Vaccinated People Who Lack Covid Symptoms by Monica Gandhi and Marty Makary.  

Aerosol Traps: Tool To Analyze Airborne Infection

Tiny Airborne Particles May Carry The New Coronavirus by James Kingsland.  Medical News Today.  April 30, 2020.

Negative Covid-19 Testing Result May Not Mean That You Are Not Infected; Assume The Worse And Consider The Context

If You Have Coronavirus Symptoms, Assume You Have The Illness, Even If You Test Negative by Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D.  The New York Times.  April 1, 2020.

Large Study Results: Self-Testing Of Blood Pressure Resulted In Better Results

The Best Way To Monitor Your Blood Pressure?  Do It Yourself by Nicholas Bakalar.  The New York Times.  March 6, 2018. 

Office-Based Care Fails To Improve According To Analysis Of Many Aspects Of Outpatient Care

Study:  Efforts To Improve Outpatient Care Have Failed In Critical Areas by Karen Pallarito.  CBS News.  October 17, 2016

What Does Effectiveness In Healthcare Mean? How Has It Evolved?

What's In A Word?  The Evolution Of Effectiveness In Health Care by Murray Ross.  Health Affairs.  July 26, 2016

Texas Abortion Law Raises Issues Of How To Measure Its Effect On Women

We Know So Little About How The Texas Abortion Law Actually Affects Women's Health by Carolyn Y. Johnson.  The Washington Post.  March 2, 2016

BMI And Alternate Measures Of Health

BMI Is A Terrible Measure Of Health by Katherine Hobson.  FiveThirtyEight.  February 25, 2016

Performance Measurements In Medicine Can Both Improve And Distort

How Measurement Fails Doctors And Teachers by Robert M. Wachter.  The New York Times.  January 16, 2016. 

Use Of Computers During Appointments Leaves Patients Less Satisfied; Doctors Spend More Time Correcting Or Disagreeing With Patients

Doctors' Use Of Computers During Appointments Leaves Patients Less Satisfied by Kathryn Doyle.  Reuters.  November 30, 2015. 

Higher Resting Heart Rate Linked To Greater Risk Of Death By All Causes

Beats Per Minute:  The Higher Your Resting Heart Rate, The Greater Your Risk Of Death By All Causes by Steve Smith.  Medical Daily.  November 23, 2015. 

Intuitive Eating Should Be Balanced by Awareness Of Caloric Intake

The Limits Of 'Intuitive' Eating by Gretchen Reynolds.  The New York times.  November 19, 2015. 

Apps And Gagdets For Stress Reduction--Maybe A Walk Would Be Better (Or Maybe A Massage)

Taking the (Often Imprecise) Measure Of Stress by Karen Weintraub.  The New York Times.  November 12, 2015. 

Nursing Excellence Associated with Patient Satisfaction Measures

Magnet Hospitals Better Patient Experiences May Positively Enhance Reimbursement.  New York University/Science Daily.  October 9, 2015. 

Surgeon Scorecard: Nationwide Database Of Complications For Elective Procedures In Medicare

Surgeon Scorecard by Sisi Wei, Olga Pierce And Marshall Allen.  ProPublica.  July 15, 2015. 

Understanding Measurement Issues And The True Significance Of Averages Creates New Perspective On So-called "Female Viagara"

The True Significance Of Fibanserin's 'Modest' Boost On Female Sexual Desire by David Kroll.  Forbes.   June 14, 2015. 

The "Most Distinctive" Causes Of Death By State

Death In Your State:  What's The Most 'Distinctive' Killer.  Yahoo Health.  May 15, 2015. 

F.D.A. Produces Reference Material to Insure That Genetic Tests Are Accurate And Consistent

U.S. Introduces New DNA Standard For ensuring Accuracy Of Genetic Tests by Robert Pear.  The New York Times.  May 14, 2015. 

Trend In Grip Strength Found To Be Stronger Predictor Of Death Than Systolic Blood Pressure

Get A Grip!  Global Study Shows Grip Strength Is A Simple And Powerful Predictor Of Death.  Forbes.  Larry Husten.  May 14, 2015. 

Gluten Sensitivities, More Common Than Realized, Fuels Effort To Find Drugs And Measure Effectiveness

As Celiac And Gluten Sensitivities Gain Prominence, Drug Companies Race To Find Treatments by Andrew Pollack.  The New York Times.