RealClearHealth Week of July 25, 2016 Archives

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Monday, July 25
Tim Kaine: Preventive Care Candidate of 2016
David Nather Stat
Trump's Health Care Plan: Not Truly on Point
Bill Custer The Convers.
Fla. Network Defrauded Medicare, Medicaid of >$1B
Eric Lichtblau NYT
Obama Signs Opioid Addiction Bill to Protect Newborns
D Wilson Reut.
Olympus Gave No Warning Despite Superbug Outbreaks
C Terhune CH
Medicare to Launch New Hospital Quality Ratings
Jordan Rau KHN
Pharmacy-Benefit Managers Under Pressure
Bill Alpert Barron's
Medicare Safeguard Overwhelmed by Pricey Drugs
Matthew Perrone AP
These Drugs Could Cut Health Costs by $250B
Emma Court MktWatch
Tricare Drops UnitedHealthcare From New Contracts
Bob Herman MH
FDA Renews Call to Reduce Salt in Processed Foods
Robert Preidt HD
Almost a Third of Rehab Hospital Patients Harmed
Marshall Allen PP
The Gel That's Revolutionizing Pain Treatment
Jessa Gamble Atlantic
How to Improve Home Health, Reduce Costs
Teresa Lee Morning Consult
What Will Be the Next Zika Virus?
Shelby Lyon Mil. Journal Sentinel


Tuesday, July 26
As DNC Starts, Here is Tim Kaine's IT Health Record
Neil Versel MCN
Obama Wants to Change How We Pay for Heart Attack Care
Sy Mukherjee Fortune
5 Health and Medicine Issues to Watch for at the DNC
David Nather Stat
In a Hospital, Health Care Until the Clock Runs Out
Abigail Zuger New York Times
Study: More than Half of Adults Misuse Medications
Kim Kindy WP
New Tools for Drug Pricing Haven’t Hooked Payers Yet
Ed Silverman Stat
Transforming VA Care: A Way Forward
S. Hickey & D. Selnick The Hill
Teva and Mylan Are Looking to Buy Pfizer’s Overseas Generic Business
Reuters
Democrats, Heroin Addicts, Flock to Philadelphia
Brian Bennett LAT
More than Price Transparency Needed to Empower Consumers
Paul Ginsburg BI
Can Psychedelics Treat Anxiety, Addiction, and Depression?
Lopez Vox
What's in a Word? The Evolution Of Effectiveness In Health Care
Ross HAB
Why are They Trying to Make Us Kill Our Patients?
P. Dreisbach WSJ
CDC Backs Down on Plans for Aerial Spraying to Thwart Zika
Ed Silverman Stat
Swipe Right on Tinder to Register as an Organ Donor
Zhai Y. Tan MCN
43 States Fail to Make Health Price Information Available
Bruce Japsen Forbes
NJ Lawmaker Proposes Single Payer System
Phil Gregory NewsWorks
Insurers May Share Some of Blame for Generic Drug Price Rise
M. Andrews NPR
Why Twitter's Head of Media Left for a Biotech Startup
Entis Fortune
One Court Case That Could Really Hurt Obamacare Insurers
Caitlin Owens MC
The Vaccination Double Standard
P. Danziger & R. Diamond Slate
FDA May End Deferral Period on Blood Donations from Gay Men
McIntire MC
A Cry for Help on Facebook: Who Answers and How?
R. Paley WP
Where Are the Private Donations for Zika?
Kimberly Leonard U.S. News
FDA Clarifies Medical Device Tracking Rule
Sarah Chacko The Hill
A Google-Backed Health Insurer Wants to Disrupt Insurance
Julia Belluz Vox
Value Frameworks are Expanding for Drugs & Devices
I. Smolinski MC
Switched into Medicare Advantage with Little Warning
Susan Jaffe Washington Post
Study: High Rate of Opioid Use Among Medicare Recipients
KHN
Sanders at DNC: Universal Healthcare and Public Option
Tim Sullivan HFN


Thursday, July 28
Many Well-Known Hospitals Fail To Score High In Medicare Rankings
J. Rau NPR
Being Unfit May Be Almost as Bad for You as Smoking
Gretchen Reynolds NYT
Going Public: Could Clinton's Healthcare Proposals Work?
Hirth & Ayanian Convo
Bacteria in Human Noses Release an Antibiotic that Kills MRSA
Anna Vlasists Stat
Dems urge CMS to Issue Stricter Standards for Nursing Homes
L. Wheeler Hill
Two-thirds of Citizens OK with Docs Discussing Gun Safety
Susan Perry MinnPost
Promising Alzheimer's Treatment Flops in New Trial
Damien Garde Stat
Zika Virus Spurs Preprint Revolution
Amy Hafez Hippo Reads
Opioids Leads to More Addiction Training at School
Natalie Jacewicz KQED
Study: More Chemical Causes For Concern In E-Cigarette Vapor
Michaels CH
Transgender People Aren't Mentally Ill
Matt Miller Slate
Cancer Fight is an Example for Terror Fight
Brinker & Rosenthal The Hill
Cleaning Up the Herbal Healers
Yepoka Yeeba Mosaic
Flu Vaccine Has Added Benefits for People With Diabetes
Nicholas Bakalar NYT
China And Mexico Are Bringing In Nightmare Super Drugs
Abt & Kennedy DC


Friday, July 29
Don't Wait for Washington to Fix Health Care
Paul Howard RealClearPolicy 
Anthem Links ACA Expansion With Cigna Acquisition Approval
 Paul Demko Polit.
At DNC, Drug Price Debate Gives Way to Charcuterie and Cheese
Dylan Scott Stat 
"Ice Bucket Challenge" Helped Discover a Gene Tied to A.L.S.
 Katie Rogers NYT
Older Addicts Squeezed by Opioid Epidemic
Christine Vestal Stateline 
Overwhelming Evidence ACA Caused Large Premium Increases
Brian Blase Apoth.
Earliest Human Cancer Found in 1.7-Million-Year-Old Bone
Mark Strauss Nat'l Geo
Critics of Weight-Loss Device Urge FDA to Reverse Approval
 Ben Gruber Reuters
Deep Brain Stimulation Tested for Early Alzheimer's
Amy Norton HealthDay 
Robots May Not Make Surgeons — or Patients — Better
Carolyn Y. Johnson Wonkblog
Kids Exposed to Hepatitis C May Be Missing Out on Treatment
Elana Gordon KHN 
Undocumented Face Uncertain Health Care Access
Ana B. Ibarra Calif. HL
Stem Cell Therapies Theoretical, Yet Clinics Are Flourishing
Gina Kolata Upshot
Medical Debt Saddling Economy
Alan Balch Morning Consult 
Justice Dept. Makes Case Against Single-Payer Healthcare
Hadley H. Manning Hill 


Saturday, July 30
Zika is in Florida. Here are Nine facts to Calm You Down.
Julia Belluz Vox
30% of Children’s Readmissions to Hospitals may be Preventable
Andrews KHN
Checks and Balances Are Critical To Public Health
Jeff Stier Forbes
Poop Pill’s Surprise Failure Means the Microbiome Remains a Mystery
Cross TR
Kaine Clashes with Clinton on Abortion Funding
Sarah Ferris The Hill
U.S. to Form International Partnership to Fight Superbugs
Thomas M. Burton WSJ
Jill Stein: There are "Real Questions" About Vaccine Safety
A. Merlan Jezebel
Theranos Promises First Peek at the Science of its Blood Tests
M. Keshavan Stat
Ransomware Epidemic Calls for Gov. Health IT Safety Center
Singh & Sittig HAB
One Hour of Walking, Cycling May Offset Health Risks of 8hrs of Sitting
Perry MP
Family of Medically Frail Kid Struggles to Find Home Healthcare
Jordan Katz KQED
ACLU Pushes DEA in Warrantless Rx Database Access Lawsuit
Joe Uchill The Hill
Healthcare and Alzheimers: What Hillary's Acceptance Speech Left Out
Harris NA
FDA Won't Examine Claims by “Low Risk" Health Apps, Devices. Why?
Baum MCN
The Most Expensive Medical Care May Not Be Best
Neda Frayha NewsWorks
Monday, August 1
Hospital Star Ratings Show Not All Care Is Equal
Rita E. Numerof RealClearHealth
How I Was Wrong About ObamaCare
Bob Kocher Wall Street Journal 
Colo.'s Universal Health Care Initiative Seeks Bernie Sanders' Help
John Daley CPR
Harnessing the Immune System to Fight Cancer
Denise Grady New York Times 
"Natural" Label May Not Mean What You Think
Natalie Pompilio Philadelphia Inquirer
In Florida Zika Probe, Federal Scientists Kept at Bay
Julie Steenhuysen Reuters
UDI Initiative Keeps Big Data Geeks Busy
Varun Saxena MedCityNews
Majority of Americans Misuse Prescription Drugs
Ed Silverman Pharmalot
Bundled-Payment Expansion Brings Risk, Opportunity
Elizabeth Whitman ModHC
Is Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity Real?
Dennis Thompson HealthDay 
Do Opioids Make Pain Worse?
Peter Grace The Conversation
How Your Health Data Lead a Not-So-Secret Life Online
Angus Chen NPR 
It’s Time for Lawmakers to Take Zika Seriously
Neil Silverman The Hill
CMS’s Latest Report Is Bad News for Medical Homes
Kip Sullivan Health Care Blog
Why Dems Didn't Talk More About Healthcare at the DNC
Harris Meyer Mod Hlthcare


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