Don’t Blame the Surgeons: Long-Term Opioid Use Rarely Starts with Surgery, Study Finds, The Los Angeles Times, 8-17-17
Most Hospices Fare Well In Newly Released CMS Quality Data, MedPage Today, 8-17-17
Often Missing in the Health Care Debate: Women’s Voices, Kaiser Health News, 8-17-17
Express Scripts to Limit Opioids; Doctors Concerned, The Associated Press, 8-16-17
Doctors Warm to Single-Payer Health Care, Kaiser Health News, 8-16-17
6,000 Year Old Knee Joints Suggest Osteoarthritis Isn’t Just Wear and Tear, NPR, 8-15-17
Opinion: I Went to Medical School in Charlottesville; I Know White Anger Well, STAT, 8-14-17
Trump Signs Bill To Fund Veterans Medical Care Program, The Associated Press, 8-12-17
From Alaska To Florida States Respond To Opioid Crisis With Emergency Declarations, NPR, 8-11-17
Widowed Early, A Cancer Doctor Writes About the Harm of Medical Debt, NPR, 8-10-17
Trump Officials Confront New ObamaCare Reality, The Hill, 8-10-17
The Doctor Will Analyze You Now, Politico, 8-9-17
Some States Say Declaring An Emergency Has Helped in the Opioid Fight, NPR, 8-9-17