RealClearHealth Week of February 20, 2017 Archives

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Monday, February 20
Drugs Vanish at Some VA Hospitals
Hope Yen Associated Press
GOP Medicaid Block Grants Cut Costs...and Care
Deane Waldman & Vance Ginn RCH
Can Changing When and What We Eat Help Outwit Disease?
Brandie Jefferson NPR
Where Are All the New Diabetes Drugs?
Damian Garde Stat
Kasich: House GOP Medicaid Plan "Very Bad Idea"
Peter Sullivan The Hill
Like Smoking Tobacco, Vaping May Increase Risk of Heart Disease
Searing WP
As Obesity Rises, Remote Pacific Islands Plan to Abandon Junk Food
Ives NYT
Report: Massachusetts Opioid Deaths Continue to Rise
Bob Salsberg AP
Why Is HIV Spiking Amoung Youth?
Savas Abadsidis HIV Plus
When Retirement Comes With a Daily Dose of Cannabis
Winnie Hu New York Times
Can Poetry Keep You Young? The Heart Says Yes
Ina Jaffe NPR
Dear Vice President Pence: Stop Peddling False Hope to Patients
Silverman Stat
How Mike Pence Used Obamacare to Halt Indiana's HIV Outbreak
Ehley Politico


Tuesday, February 21
Trump Energizes the Anti-Vaccine Movement in Texas
Lena H. Sun Washington Post
GOP Rep Can't Promise Everyone Will Keep Insurance w/ GOP Plan
Savransky Hill
States May Have the Best Plan to Make Health Care Affordable Again
Segal RCH
ACA's 10 Key Benefits: A Look at What's at Risk in GOP Overhaul
Andrews KHN
It Makes Sense to Include Inmates in Medicaid
Zakerski & Young & Winkelman Convo
ACA Started a Wave of Startups. Now They Brace for What's Next
Dwoskin SLPD
Stem Cell Transplants May Help Some With Multiple Sclerosis
Steven Reinberg HD
Under Pressure, Insurance Plans Loosen Rules for Covering Addiction
S.L KHN
Mayo Clinic CIO on AI: This Stuff Is Really Real
Arundhati Parmar MedCityNews
Going From Low- to Intermediate-Fitness May Prolong Life
Shereen Lehman Reuters
Snail Venom Compound "Offers Chronic Pain Therapy"
BBC
Company-Funded Studies of Approved Drugs May Not Find Safety Issues
Reuters
The Definitive Guide to Repealing & Replacing Obamacare
Margalit Gur-Arie THCB
Teen Suicide Attempts Fell as Same-Sex Marriage Became Legal
Tanner AP


Wednesday, February 22
Affordable Care Act Has Been Lifesaving for Opioid Addicts
Associated Press
Rep. Earl "Buddy" Carter Faces Angry Town Hall on Obamacare
Jarvie LAT
A New Diagnosis: "Post-Election Stress Disorder"
Jenny Gold Kaiser Health News
Testosterone Therapy's Benefits and Risks
Susan Scutti CNN
Can Medical Marijuana Ease the Opioid Epidemic?
Christine Vestal Stateline
Threat Of Obamacare Repeal Leaves Community Health Centers In Limbo
NPR
How to Be Mindful While Sitting in the Dentist Chair
David Gelles New York Times
Hear This: Scientists Regrow Sound-Sensing Cells
Christopher Wanjek Live Science
US Life Expectancy Will Soon Be on Par With Mexico's and Croatia's
Bernstein WP
Caring for Immigrant Patients When the Rules Can Shift Any Time
Poorman CH
Mosquito Saliva Vaccine? NIH Tests New Way to Fight Illness
Associated Press
Testosterone Trial Patients Were Not Told They Are Anemic
Harris NPR
Patient Freedom Act Looks Better as Other Reform Efforts Falter
Chandler Forbes
Virginia Governor Vetoes Bill Defunding Planned Parenthood
Reuters


Thursday, February 23
Nasal Flu Vaccine May Not Be Recommended for Use in US for Years
H.B Stat
Sprint to Find Zika Vaccine Could Hinge on Summer Outbreaks
Rodriguez KHN
Can More Fruit and Vegetables Make You Live Significantly Longer?
Vonberg CNN
Trump: Health Care Plan Coming in March
Peter Sullivan The Hill
What's Next for the ACA?
Julie Rovner Kaiser Health News
Cancer Patient Makes Lowering Drug Prices His Mission
Maggie Fox NBC News
Is Need for More Sleep a Sign of Pending Dementia?
Randy Dotinga HealthDay
Study Finds New Genetic Mutations Behind Antibiotic Resistance
Amy Wallace UPI
Can Minority Students Change Medicine's Racial Imbalance?
Karen Weintraub Stat
Murkowski Stakes Out Positions in Health Care Debate
Becky Bohrer AP
Judge Rules Texas Can't Cut Off Medicaid Funds to Planned Parenthood
R.H NPR
Online Treatment Reduces Chronic Knee Pain From Arthritis
Lehman Reuters
What the Hard Lessons of Rubella Teach Us About a Zika Vaccine
Wadman Time


Friday, February 24
Study: ACA Enrollees' Costs Would Spike Under Republican Plans
Cutler et al. Vox
Repeal & Replace: Missing the Medicare Forest for the ACA Trees
Feyman RCH
KFF Poll: Support for Obamacare Grows, Republicans in a Bind
Julie Rovner KHN
New Liquid Forms of Kid's Meds Greatly Exceed Costs of Old Pills
Silverman Stat+
Pew Poll: Support for ACA Reaches New High
Hannah Fingerhut Pew Research Center
Social Media Are Driving Americans Insane
Deena Shanker Bloomberg
GOP Governors Confront Medicaid Divide
Peter Sullivan The Hill
Doctor-Rating Websites Lack Helpful Information
Carolyn Crist Reuters
Indiana's Claims About Its Medicaid Experiment Don't All Check Out
Harper SEPM
Why the Health Care Industry Isn't Keen on Medicaid Reform
Bob Herman Axios
Study: Addicts Get Opioids During, After Addiction Treatment
Maggie Fox NBC
Study: Acupuncture Might Help Prevent Migraines
Shereen Lehman Reuters
Saturday, February 25
Study: 25 Percent of All Overdoses Are From Heroin
CNN Wires
The Best Medicine Doctors Don't Tell You About: Column
Shilpa Ravella USA Today
Sharp Vision: New Glasses Help the Legally Blind See
Associated Press
Who Declares a Famine? And What Does That Actually Mean?
Nurith Aizenman NPR
Advice From Patients on a Study's Design Makes for Better Science
Harris NPR
Why Don't Ticks Die of Lyme Disease?
Bahar Gholipour Live Science
Report Identifies Areas in Need of Behavioral Health Services
Jablow  Notebook
New Study Gives Insight on Why Straight Women Tend to Orgasm Less
Fox News
Psychedelics May Play a Role in Reducing Opioid Abuse
Carolyn Gregoire HuffPost
Doctors Consider a Last Best Hope for Obese Teenagers: Surgery
Gina Kolata NYT
Monday, February 27
Don't Throw Children Under the School Bus
Joan Alker RealClearHealth
Liberal Vermont Tests the Waters on GOP Health Care Overhaul
Steven Findlay KHN
Five Takeaways From the Leaked Republican Bill to Repeal Obamacare
Scott Stat
A Split White House Gives Little Guidance on Replacing ACA
Goldstein & Eilperin WP
Medicine That Blunts the Buzz of Booze Can Help Drinkers Cut Back
Aubrey NPR
Abortion Spat Imperils GOP ACA Repeal and Risks Shutdown
Kapur et al Bloomberg
What Happens When Parents Are Rude in the Hospital
Perri Klass New York Times
GOP Grapples With Repeal of Popular Obamacare Policy
Jessie Hellmann The Hill
Obamacare Generation of Physicians Is Ready to Fight
Moghavem KevinMD
Without Federal Protections, Trans Students Face Health Crisis
Compton NBC
How Psychedelics Can Be a "Surgical Intervention" for Mental Health
Loria BI
Study: Sleepy Teens More Likely to Commit Crimes as Adults
Parker Atlantic JC


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