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Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, talks about how attachment to smartphones and social media is proving damaging to the mental health of those in the "iGen" generation. In other public health news: sunscreen, malaria, heart disease, a mysterious illness, smoking and damaged skin cells.
Appalachia is falling behind the rest of the country in infant mortality and life expectancy. And although much attention has focused on the area's opioid crisis, the study finds that the region's tendency to be "more accepting of tobacco use as a social norm" is a bigger factor in its health problems.
Dr. Todd Graham refused to give a patient a pain killer prescription. The woman's husband returned with threats and a gun. Graham's death is serving as a stark reminder to the community that doctors are on the front lines of the crisis. Meanwhile, deaths from drug overdoses in the U.S. rose sharply in the first nine months of 2016.
Those who have studied health care’s specific vulnerabilities worry that hackers — working for enemy states or cybercrime groups — could train their digital sights directly on U.S. hospitals, health care networks and medical devices.
Although advocates are cheering the victory, they don't see many more states following suit under the Trump administration.
The state cut its Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals by 10 percent for services that didn't require an overnight stay and eventually got approval from the Obama administration. The federal appeals court said the government can adopt such measures only if it shows that access to care is not affected.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says he doesn't know what the path forward looks like, but he thinks that "no action is probably not going to work."
In Washington, the subsidies for insurers have become a hot topic in the health care debates, but state insurance commissioners are more concerned about what they'll actually have to do if they're cut off. Without the federal subsidies, insurers would need to get the money — estimated at $7 billion to $10 billion next year — from another source. Meanwhile, in other marketplace news, Anthem is pulling out of Nevada's exchanges and paring back its offerings in Georgia, and Molina is closing a clinic in Michigan.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Opinion writers offer thoughts on the current state of play regarding the Affordable Care Act, the repeal-and-replace effort and other ideas regarding health system reform.
Media outlets report on news from California, Vermont, Kansas, Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas, Michigan, Minnesota, Florida, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania.
A study has found a strong correlation between patients suffering from depression and anxiety and certain patterns in keyboard and other touchscreen actions on their smartphones. In other public health news: Alzheimer's tests, tobacco, sleep apnea, sexual assault and paralysis, kids with inexplicable pain, and more.
For the first time, researchers were able to repair a gene mutation through editing, but that doesn't mean parents will be able to order a custom baby anytime soon, if ever.
Members of Congress also are trying to address the mail issue. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) is pushing a bipartisan bill called the STOP Act, which would require foreign postal services to provide electronic security data on all packages shipped to the United States. Meanwhile, officials are worried that the surge in opioid-related deaths in Maryland signal a worsening of the crisis.
Martin Shkreli was found guilty of three counts of fraud and faces a possible prison sentence. But how has his case affected the pharmaceutical industry?
The report also found that one third of troops with PTSD were prescribed with a medication harmful to their condition.
The state Senate has passed the plan and it goes back to the House for a vote. Meanwhile, officials and Medicaid enrollees in Nevada are concerned about the future of the Medicaid expansion program there.
If the federal government begins covering hip and knee surgeries in outpatient facilities, hospitals could lose substantial business. Also in the news, consumer groups mobilize to fight the Trump administration's proposal to allow nursing homes to force residents to settle complaints through mediation and in support of a decision during the Obama administration to hold up Medicaid money for Texas because of anti-abortion laws there.
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) still hasn't entirely ruled out repeal efforts, either. Meanwhile, Republicans are facing a time crunch if they want to move to tax reform.
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