RealClearHealth Week of December 12, 2016 Archives

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Monday, December 12
Stop the Madness
D.J. Jaffe City Journal
Building a System That Works: The Future of Health Care
Sylvia Burwell H.A. Blog
Five Quick Ways a New HHS Secretary Could Change Health Policy
J. Rovner KHN
Should I Lie About My Beliefs to Get Health Insurance?
Hillary Rosner N.Y. Times
GOP Eyes Boosting Competition to Help Trump Lower Drug Prices
McIntire MC
Back to Abstinence-Only Education for Teens?
Steven Ross Johnson MH
"Repeal & Delay" Is Republicans' Only Choice
Avik Roy Apothecary
GOP'S Obamacare Repeal Path Worries Healthcare Industry
R. Alonso-Zaldivar AP
Big Price Hikes Seen in Drug That Prevents Overdose Deaths
Gene Emery Reuters
Cures Act Offers Tax-Favored Vehicle for Small Employer Plans
Timothy Jost HAB
Sleep Loss Tied to Changes in Gut Bacteria
Mary Elizabeth Dallas HealthDay
Francis Collins Says He Would Remain NIH Director
Dylan Scott & Sheila Kaplan Stat
The Potential Costs of Tom Price as HHS Secretary
Miranda Yaver The Conversation
Fighting Opioid Abuse in Indian Country
 Christine Vestal Stateline
Congress Likely to Pull Plug on Medical Device Tax
Carey & Cornwell Reuters


Tuesday, December 13
Right and Wrong Ways to Address the Drug Cost Conundrum
K. Thorpe RCHealth
52 Million W/ Pre-Existing Conditions Could Be Denied Without ACA
Sullivan Hill
Study Links Early Childhood Brains to High Public Costs in Mid-Life
Goldberg CH
When Nausea From Pregnancy Is Life-Threatening
Marlena S. Fejzo The Conversation
Surge in Drug-Affected Newborns Driven by Rural Opioid Use
Associated Press
Price Poised to Protect Doctors' Interests at HHS
M. Taylor & C. Jewett KHN
More Than One in Four Medical Students Are Depressed
Gregoire & Almendrala HP
Carrageenan Backlash: Food Firms Are Ousting a Popular Additive
Charles NPR
Seeing Surge in Drugs From China, Senator Urges Restrictions
Dylan Scott Stat
Does Life Expectancy Matter?
Niran Al-Agba The Health Care Blog
The FDA Is Slowly Getting Weaker. Here’s Why That’s Dangerous
Julia Belluz Vox
How to Make Precision Medicine More Patient-Friendly
Neil Versel MedCityNews
Opioid-Abuse Treatment Eludes Most Who Need It in Rhode Island
Cohen Reuters
Supreme Court Rejects Challenges to NFL Concussion Settlement
Hersher NPR
Bringing the Sexy (Back) to Medtech
Arundhati Parmar MedCityNews


Wednesday, December 14
Obama Signs Sweeping Health Care Bill Into Law
Dennis Thompson HealthDay
Nurse Practitioners Win Direct Access to VA Patients
Bruce Japsen Forbes
Marketplace Enrollment Still Important Despite Health Law Repeal
Andrews KHN
Telemedicine for PTSD No Less Effective Than In-person Therapy
Lehman Reuters
Good News About Kids: Fewer Are Drinking or Using Illegal Drugs
Maggie Fox NBC
The Costs and Benefits of Health Spending in 2015
Sherry Glied Health Affairs Blog
After Years of Price Hikes, Eli Lilly Announces a Discount on Insulin
Johnson WP
Why the AMA Supports Dr. Price to Lead HHS
Patrice Harris KevinMD
White House Report Makes Case Against Obamacare Repeal
Sarah Ferris The Hill
The Case for Taxing Sugar, Not Soda
Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Medicine Quality in Emerging Markets: Measuring the Problem
Roger Bate AEIdeas
Maps Show How Americans Are Dying Younger
Sarah Frostenson & Julia Belluz Vox
Take Two: Valneva Pursues a Successful Lyme Disease Vaccine
Preston MCN
Company Breach Exposes Health Data of 34,000 Customers
Hackett Fortune
CRISPR Patent Outcome Won’t Slow Innovation
Emily Mullin Technology Review


Thursday, December 15
GOP's Timetable for Getting Repeal to Trump May Be Ambitious
Julie Rovner KHN
Obamacare Sign-Ups Quicken, Despite Repeal Threats
Kimberly Leonard USN&WR
Could Gum Disease Cause Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Maggie Fox NBC News
Feds Accuse Former Generic-Drug Executives of Price Fixing
Carolyn Johnson WP
Obama Team Moves to Protect Planned Parenthood's Funding
Kodjak NPR
Go to the Wrong Hospital and You’re Three Times More Likely to Die
Abelson NYT
AARP Takes Aim at Skyrocketing Drug Prices for Seniors
Casey Harper The Hill
Women Denied Abortions Face Higher Risk for Mental Health Problems
Reuters
Angelina Jolie’s Breast Cancer Op-Ed Cost the Health System $14M
Belluz Vox
Trump’s Impact on American Health Goes Beyond Obamacare
Mukherjee Fortune
Pokémon GO Is Going, Going, Gone as a Physical Activity Fad
Bruce Y. Lee Forbes
Angry Customers Cry Foul Over Futuristic "Medical Tricorder"
Rebecca Robbins Stat
State Aims to Expand Medical Marijuana Program Next Year
Velasquez Politico
Vets Groups Urge Trump to keep current VA secretary
Kristina Wong The Hill
Anesthesia May Harm the Brains of Kids Under Three, FDA Warns
McGinley WP


Friday, December 16
Senior Citizens, Even 80-Year-Olds, Can Be Organ Donors
JoNel Aleccia KHN
Poll Shows People Don’t Want Insurers to Limit Treatment Choices
Worthy Hill
Top-Rated Health Apps Not Always Best for Managing Health
Rapaport Reuters
Republicans Could Keep Parts of ACA for Up to Four Years
Haberkorn Politico
The Throwaway Scope: A Way to Ditch Superbugs?
Chad Terhune Kaiser Health News
Drugmakers Push Profitable, But Unproven, Opioid Solution
Perrone et. al. AP
Car Makers Are Integrating Biometrics Into Vehicles to Track Health
Baum MCN
#The27Percent: Patients With Preexisting Conditions Rally Online
Tedeschi Stat
U.K. Fertility Clinics Get Licenses to Create Three-Parent Babies
Colin Dwyer NPR
Across Pa., ACA Supporters Protest Repeal of Healthcare Law
English & Meyer NW
Americans’ Hearing Loss Decreases Even W/ Ubiquitous Headphones
Kolata NYT
Real People Rely on Obamacare
Topher Spiro USA Today
"Drug Dealer, M.D."
NPR
Merck Wins $2.54 Billion in Hepatitis C Drug Trial Against Gilead
Pierson Reuters
Furthering Healthcare for LGBT Americans
Valerie Jarrett Huffington Post
Saturday, December 17
How to Know When Holiday Drinking Is Hurting Your Brain
Smolen The Conversation
Fountain-of-Youth Molecules Make Mice Young Again
Sharon Begley Stat
Optimistic People May Live Longer After a Heart Attack
Reuters
Risky Behavior Declines With Age, and Gray Matter May Explain Why
WaPo
When Genetic Tests Disagree on Best Option for Cancer Treatment
Harris NPR
FDA Drops Black Box Warning on Pfizer's Anti-Smoking Drug
Reuters
The Children of the Opioid Crisis
Jeanne Whalen Wall Street Journal
Facing Addiction in America: It’s About Time
Alexa Eggleston Health Affairs Blog
"Marijuana" or "Marihuana"? It’s All Weed to the DEA
Christopher Ingraham WP
Newt Gingrich: Trump Will Be Committed to Science
Dylan Scott Stat
From Candy Crush to OCD: Â?The Secrets of Compulsion
Clifton Leaf Fortune
Runners' Brains May Be More Connected, Research Shows
University of Arizona
Survivors' Advice: 11 Things Never to Say to a Friend With Cancer
Staff Philly.com
Meet the Spleen, the Strange Little Organ That Can Multiply
Erin Ross NPR
You Aren't Hungry …: Using Hypnosis to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
Shapiro NYT
Monday, December 19
Toward Digital Health Biographies
Robert F. Graboyes & Darcy Nikol Bryan RealClearHealth
Colorado Is Exploring How to Keep Its Marketplace After Repeal
Sarah Kliff Vox
After-Hours ER Care May Come With a Doctor's Surcharge
Michelle Andrews KHN
The Children of Agent Orange
Charles Ornstein et al. ProPublica
Is the Opioid Crisis Partly to Blame for President Trump?
Zachary Siegel Slate
CMS Finalizes 2018 Exchange Rules Ahead of Trump Admin.
Bob Herman MH
Advanced Black Lung Cases Surge in Appalachia
Howard Berkes NPR
Hospitals Alter Routines to Control Drug Spending
Melanie Evans Wall Street Journal
California Hopes $3B Experiment Will Improve Health of Neediest
A. Gorman CH
Rigging Is One Possible Reason for Inexplicable Drug Pricing
R. Langreth B'berg
You’re "Prediabetic"? Join the Club
Paula Span New York Times
Popular Cholesterol Meds May Protect Against Alzheimer’s
Linda Searing WP
What If Consumers Just Want to Buy Junk Food?
Adam Chandler The Atlantic
Feds Issue New Rules to Strengthen Obamacare Market
Peter Sullivan The Hill
Mylan to Sell Generic EpiPen at Half the Price of Original
Alison Kodjak NPR


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