Routine DNA Sequencing May Be Helpful And Not As Scary As Feared
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Advances in technology have made it much easier, faster and less expensive to do whole genome
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Month: June 2017
Take Our Quiz To Test Your Wits On Aging
As we get older, it helps to tickle the noggin’ with trivia. Here’s a pop quiz to see what you have
Read MoreThe Cost of Health Care: The Importance of Knowing What’s Ahead
(By Gerry Hafer) At the center of just about every conversation in Washington these days is one topic: the Health
Read MoreCould The Best Memory System Be One That Forgets?
(By Andrea Hsu for NPR) Intuitively, we tend to think of forgetting as failure, as something gone wrong in our
Read MorePennsylvania Legislature takes aim at balance billing
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pennsylvania lawmakers crafted two bills with bipartisan support that would protect patients from
Read MoreHealth Care Providers—Especially Hospitals—Are Paying Attention to this Demographic
(By Gerry Hafer for Good Sense News) Call them the meat in the sandwich, the volumes between the bookends, or
Read More‘No One Wants To Be Old’: How To Put The ‘Non-Age’ in Nonagenerian
(By Sharon Jayson for Kaiser Health News) Wilhelmina Delco learned to swim at 80. Harold Berman is in his 67th
Read MoreAll Kids Should Be Screened for Obesity
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Earlier this week, an influential group of experts in preventive care affirmed that children age
Read MoreForget Freud: Dreams Replay Our Everyday Lives
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Thanks to Sigmund Freud, we all know what it means to dream about swords, sticks
Read MoreS&P 500 healthcare sector hits record high on Senate healthcare bill
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hospital and insurer stocks recorded sharp gains on Thursday after Senate Republicans releasedthe discussion
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