RealClearHealth Week of August 8, 2016 Archives

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Monday, August 8
Can the Public Option Rescue Viable Obamacare?
John R. Graham RealClearHealth
Half of Americans Now Know an Opioid Addict
Ellen Meara & Jill Horwitz USA Today
Insurance Regulators Targeted for Surprise Medical Bills
Edgar Walters Tex. Tribune
How Pence's Slow Response Helped Propel Ind.'s Opioid Crisis
Paul Demko Politico
Big Pharma Shifts Farm Animals From Antibiotics to Vaccines
Jared Hopkins Bberg
How Lawyers Scare People Out of Taking Their Meds
Lisa A. Rickard Washington Post
Cancer Patients Chase One Last Chance — in Cuba
Rob Waters Stat
Shift in Care Could Reverse the Opioid Epidemic
Kathleen E. Carlson The Hill
Fixes to Obamacare Insurance Exchanges Appear Inevitable
Bob Herman MH
What the Bourne Films Get Right and Wrong About Amnesia
Jennifer Talarico Conv.
4 Trends in Health Care Pioneered in Homeless Medicine
Shanoor Seervai Stat
Rubio: No Abortions for Pregnant Women With Zika
Daniel Politi Slate
How Obamacare Costs Are Hammering Insurers
Bruce Japsen Forbes
Zika Is "Game-Changer" for OB-GYN Doctors in Florida
Sammy Mack KHN
Docs Should Offer Birth Control Right After Babies Arrive
Lisa Rapaport Reuters


Tuesday, August 9
Study: ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion Increases Access to Care
P. Sullivan Hill
More Women Dying During Childbirth, But Only in America
Frostenson Vox
Climate Change May Bring More Tainted Shellfish to Northern Seas
R. Dotinga HD
An Alternative Form of Mental Healthcare Gains a Foothold
Benedict Carey NYT
There's Little Scientific Proof "Cupping" Helps Olympic Athletes
M. Thielking Stat
Poll: Voters Trust Clinton Over Trump on Health Care
Caitlin Owens Morning Consult
Officials Seek to End Abuse of Nursing Home Residents
Huseman & Ornstein NPR
Why E-Cig Makers Just Launched a Flood of New Products in the U.S.
Reuters
N.H. Attorney General Accuses Drug Co.'s of Blocking Opioid Probe
Rodolico NPR
Fla. Zika Fight: U.S. Okays Release of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
Kay AP
Telepsychiatry as a Growing Frontier in Mental Health
Christina Sherwood MCN
Hospital Execs Get Bigger Bonuses as Value-Based Care Takes Hold
Conn MH
Pfizer Closes Plant in India After Regulators Find Problems
Ed Silverman Stat
Combat Vets Now Fighting a New War: Pain Pill Addiction
Kathleen O'Brian NJ.com
Senate Dems Make Zika a Campaign Issue
Jordain Carney The Hill


Wednesday, August 10
Florida Low Income Pool and Medicaid Expansion
Anne Swerlick RealClearHealth
Elderly Hospital Patients Arrive Sick, Often Leave Disabled
Anna Gorman KHN
Clinton Calls on Congress to Pass Zika Bill "Immediately"
Peter Sullivan The Hill
New Addiction Treatment Brings New Skills for Docs to Learn
Shakerdge SEPM
Minorities Suffer From Unequal Pain Treatment
Abby Goodnough New York Times
Gene Therapy: We Cure You or Your Money Back
Antonio Regalado Technology Review
ColoradoCare in the Red
Carleen Wild Lifezette
Apple Possibly Developing Entirely New Health-Focused Device
Reisinger Fortune
ACA Advocates Suggest More Corporate Welfare to Prop Up Law
Chandler Forbes
Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards Campaigns for Women's Health
Nather Stat
New Partnerships for American Indian and Alaska Native Health
Wernham HAB
Microbes: Our Evolution, Our Health, and Our Demise
Belluz Vox
Here's How Your Drugs May Get Priced in the Future
Reuters
Baby Dies of Zika in Texas
Sarah Ferris The Hill
Time Delayed Eating Leads to Better Food Choices
Roni Caryn Rabin New York Times


Thursday, August 11
Valeant Under Criminal Investigation
McNish & Matthews Wall Street Journal
Aetna Gets Dec. Trial Date for Humana Deal
Harris & McLaughlin Bloomberg
"Sunshine" Laws Meant to Protect Docs From Undue Influence
Paul D. Thacker Stat
Medicare Spending Driven by More Tests in Doctors' Offices
Weaver & Jones WSJ
Big Companies Expect Some Increase in Employee Health Costs
J. Hancock KHN
Beyond "Obamacare": State Initiatives Refocus Debate
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar AP
When the Hospital Is Covered but the Health Care Isn’t
Helaine Olen Slate
NEJM Doubles Down on Resistance to Data Sharing
Adam Marcus & Ivan Oransky Stat
Can Drug Price Transparency Keep Costs Down?
Pauline Bartolone Calif. Healthline
Obama Admin. to Remove Barrier to Marijuana Research
Saint Louis & Apuzzo NYT
The Painkillers That Could End the Opioid Crisis
Adam Piore Technology Review
Calif.’s New Vaccine Law Expected to Decrease Disease Rates
Jane Adams KQED
Obesity May Be Bad for the Brain, Too
Alan Mozes HealthDay
What Happens to Developmentally Disabled as Parents Age?
Jen Fifield Stateline
Opioid Addiction Treatment Options Are Expanding
Greene & Merlo The Conversation


Friday, August 12
Hospitals Refusing to Perform Transplants to Keep Ratings High
Casey Ross Stat
The Media's Flossing Follies
Michael Fumento RealClearHealth
Administration Paints Rosy Future for Obamacare Marketplaces
Phil Galewitz KHN
Medicaid Rule Will Improve Lives for Those With Alzheimer's
Brandon Geib DMR
Most Children Lack Ideal Heart Health
David Oliver U.S. News & World Report
Obama Administration to Shift $81 Million to Fight Zika
B. Dennis & K. Snell WP
Next President Faces Possible ObamaCare Meltdown
Sarah Ferris The Hill
Eli Lilly Continuing Its Breast Cancer Drug Trial Despite Failed Test
Reuters
Nigeria Reports First 2 Cases of Polio in Years, WHO Says
Michelle Faul AP
High Tech Pillbox Helps Patients Stay on Track With Medications
T. Bookman NW
Group Urges IRS Action Against Drug Company
Naomi Jagoda The Hill
A Lot of Junk Food Comes From Grocery Stores
Susan Perry MinnPost
Some States Still Falling Short on Cancer Prevention
Helio
Overcoming Lower-Income Patients’ Concerns on Providers
Stanik & Duke HAB
Teaching In-Home Caregivers Seems to Pay Off
Anna Gorman Kaiser Health News
Saturday, August 13
Black and Hispanic Kids Less Likely to Receive Mental Health Care
Luthra KQED
Clinton, Trump Wrong About Drug Costs and Medicare
Sood & Joyce Stat
Doctor's Dilemma: Is It My Duty to Get Political or Stay Out Of It?
Schlozman CH
Excess Light Exposure May Take Toll on Muscles and Bones
Sunpreet Singh NYT
Rio 2016 Offers Startling Look at Two Worlds of Health Care
Mukherjee Fortune
Trump and Clinton on Health Care and Medicare
Emily Gurnon Next Avenue
The Unrelenting Struggle of Raising Brazil's Zika Babies
Helen Branswell Stat
Will Embryonic Stem Cells Ever Cure Anything?
Aleszu Bajak Technology Review
When Parents Refuse Vitamin K Shots and Babies Get Brain Bleeds
Goldberg CH
Studies Shine Light on Mysterious Placenta, How It Goes Awry
L. Neergaard AP
These Kinds of Jobs Help Protect You From Alzheimer’s Disease
Fisher Fortune
Could Worms in Your Gut Cure Your Allergies?
Michaeleen Doucleff NPR
New MRI Technology Could Be Placed Outside Shielded Zones
Mark Taylor MCN
WHO Will Vaccinate in Five African Nations After Polio Outbreak
L. Bernstein WP
Why Doctors Want a Computerized Assistant for Cancer Care
Mark Kim NPR
Monday, August 15
Scientists May Have Found a Way to Stop Zika Cold
Erica Langston Mother Jones
Lead Levels Below EPA Limits Can Still Impact Your Health
Jessica Pupovac NPR
The Alzheimer's Research Speaks, Will Congress Listen?
Carrillo & Egge MC
More Firms Choose to Pay Workers' Medical Costs Directly
Michelle Andrews KHN
ObamaCare Sicker Shock
Wall Street Journal
The Missing Case for Medical Marijuana
Bloomberg
Obamacare Loses Its Fire on Campaign Trail
Jennifer Haberkorn Politico
New Payment Models for Maternal Care Could Deliver Lower Costs
Whitman MH
Organ Network Mapping a Path to Fairer Liver Transplants
Lauran Neergaard AP
What Makes Marijuana Users Different
Christopher Ingraham Wonkblog
Imprecise Research Threatens Precision Medicine
Hey & Kesselheim Stat
US Declares "Public Health Emergency" in Puerto Rico over Zika
Peter Sullivan Hill
Cancer Survivors More Prone to Obesity, Study Finds
Robert Preidt HealthDay
The Problems With Food and Exercise Studies
Gina Kolata Upshot
Briefly Standing, Being Active, Reduces Blood Sugar
Kathryn Doyle Reuters


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