Health News August 2017

Important health topics being covered by reliable news sources:

Groups seek ban on high-dose opioids citing overdose danger – Fox News 8/31/17

How to enforce life skills that tech might be eroding – CNN 8/31/17

Petition calls for FDA to remove ultra-high-dosage opioids from market – CNN 8/31/17

Texas Abortion Restriction Is Temporarily Blocked – The New York Times 8/31/17

Trump Administration Sharply Cuts Spending on Health Law Enrollment – The New York Times 8/31/17

Short Answers to Hard Questions About Health Threats From Hurricane Harvey – The New York Times 8/31/17

Hormone Treatment for Prostate Cancer Tied to Heart Risks – The New York Times 8/31/17

These DIY versions of popular snacks give processed ingredients the boot – The Washington Post 8/31/17

Are stem cells the key to anti-aging treatments? – Fox News 8/30/17

Test your flexibility and learn why it matters – CNN 8/30/17

F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000 – The New York Times 8/30/17

New Fathers Are Older Than Ever – The New York Times 8/30/17

Breast-Feeding May Lower Risk of Endometriosis – The New York Times 8/30/17

Moving When Young May Strengthen the Adult Brain – The New York Times 8/30/17

Resilence isn’t just being tough; it’s a skill you can develop. Here’s how I did it. – The Washington Post 8/30/17

How to recognize and treat pancreatic cancer – Fox News 8/29/17

Cinnamon: Pantry staple — and medical powerhouse? – CNN 8/29/17

Can Your ‘Good’ Cholesterol Be Too High? – The New York Times 8/29/17

Home Health Care: Shouldn’t It Be Work Worth Doing? – The New York Times 8/29/17

Fat, fructose and calories: 5 nutrition ‘facts’ we used to believe – The Washington Post 8/29/17

New breakthrough in understanding chronic fatigue syndrome – Fox News 8/28/17

Consistency is key for weight loss, study says – CNN 8/28/17

How You Walk Could Flad Mental Decline – The Wall Street Journal 8/28/17

F.D.A. Cracks Down on ‘Unscrupulous’ Stem Cell Clinics – The New York Times 8/28/17

With a Simple DNA Test, Family Histories Are Rewritten – The New York Times 8/28/17

Safer Cars Help Keep Older Drivers on the Road – The New York Times 8/28/17

A New Skin Lightening Procedure Is Short on Evidence – The New York Times 8/28/17

In goat yoga, the point isn’t to sweat. It’s to have a baby goat climb on your shoulders during your plank – Los Angeles Times 8/27/17

Drug Aimed at Inflammation May Lower Risk of Heart Disease and Cancer – The New York Times 8/27/17

Trump’s Threats on Health Law Hide an Upside: Gains Made by Some Insurers – The New York Times 8/26/17

Protect your kids and the planet with these back-to-school health tips – Los Angeles Times 8/25/17

Brazil May Face a New Threat, This Time From Biting Midges – The New York Times 8/25/17

Is Coffee Bad for Your Bones? – The New York Times 8/25/17

Federal court rejects EEOC wellness program rule – The Washington Post 8/25/17

Beyond fruitcake: Eight foods that can be stored for year – CNN 8/24/17

Mothers, Fathers and Obesity in Offspring – The New York Times 8/24/17

Gut Bacteria Can Fluctuate With the Seasons – The New York Times 8/24/17

Trump Said the Opioid Crisis Was a National Emergency, but He Never Filed the Paperwork – The New York Times 8/24/17

How to Run With a Jogging Stroller – The New York Times 8/24/17

Hunting a Killer: Sex, Drugs and the Return of Syphilis – The New York Times 8/24/17

Should Kids Be Sedated for Dental Work? – The New York Times 8/24/17

Small steps: Really basic ways to add exercise to your day – The Washington Post 8/24/17

WHO: AIDS no longer leading cause of death in Africa – Fox News 8/23/17

Why you shouldn’t schedule anything important for 2 p.m. – CNN 8/23/17

High doses of vitamin B tied to lung cancer risk, study says – CNN 8/23/17

20 Percent More Smokers Quit After $1 Price Increase – The New York Times 8/23/17

Oral Contraceptives Tied to Lower Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk – The New York Times 8/23/17

Age Like a Former Athlete – The New York Times 8/23/17

As summer winds down, time to dust off those meal-planning skills – The Washington Post 8/23/17

Alzheimer’s: Does family history guarantee you’ll get it? – Fox News 8/22/17

A bad work environment can be bad for your health – CNN 8/21/17

Worried About Your Eyes After the Eclipse? Here’s What You Should Know – The New York Times 8/22/17

Sex Education Based on Abstinence? There’s a Real Absence of Evidence – The New York Times 8/22/17

More Young People Are Dying of Colon Cancer – The New York Times 8/22/17

How to make that morning workout routinue a reality – The Washington Post 8/22/17

Smoking marijuana can triple your chances of dying from high blood pressure – Fox News 8/21/17

Most moms aren’t putting babies to sleep safely, study says – CNN 8/21/17

Hospitals Are Clogged With Patients Struggling With Opioids – The New York Times 8/21/17

How to Prevent Deadly Infection in Babies? Good Bacteria – The New York Times 8/21/17

Thinning Hair? A New Treatment Offers Hope – The New York Times 8/21/17

The Case for a Breakfast Feast – The New York Times 8/21/17

Marijuana Tied to Hypertension Risk – The New York Times 8/21/17

Fat Biase Starts Early and Takes a Serious Toll – The New York Times 8/21/17

Getting People to Enroll in Health Plans While Trump Attacks Them – The New York Times 8/20/17

The battle against hospital-acquired infections – Fox News 8/18/17

The Appointment Ends. Now the Patient Is Listening. – The New York Times 8/18/17

Can You Sweat Out Toxins? – The New York Times 8/18/17

Walnuts for Weight Loss? – The New York Times 8/18/17

How to get the most from massage therapy – Fox News 8/17/17

Why the Trump administration is cutting teen pregnancy prevention funding – CNN 8/17/17

Working to Close the Breast-Feeding Gap – The New York Times 8/17/17

Guns Play Oversize Role in Rural Suicides – The New York Times 8/17/17

Preventing Teen Suicide: What the Evidence Shows – The New York Times 8/17/17

Fatty acids lower your risk of heart disease. Without fish, you’re missing out. – The Washington Post 8/17/17

Teen drug overdose death rate climbed 19% in one year – CNN 8/16/17

Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Since 1973, Paper Finds – The New York Times 8/16/17

A Start-Up Suggests a Fix to the Health Care Morass – The New York Times 8/16/17

How Exercise Could Help You Learn a New Language – The New York Times 8/16/17

Study: Light drinking may be healthier than abstaining – Fox News 8/15/17

Obamacare’s Bare County Problem Looks Solved, for Now – The New York Times 8/15/17

Trump Threat to Obamacare Would Send Premiums and Deficits Higher – The New York Times 8/15/17

Less Sleep Tied to Diabetes Risk in Children – The New York Times 8/15/17

Trouble with dairy? A new type of milk could provide a solution. – The Washington Post 8/15/17

‘Fat but fit’ still has higher risk of heart disease, study confirms – CNN 8/14/17

‘Unexpected fountain of youth’ found in cardiac stem cells, says researcher – CNN 8/14/17

Little evidence that marijuana helps chronic pain, PTSD, studies find – CNN 8/14/17

Talking to children when hate makes headlines – CNN 8/14/17

When Sports Injuries Lead to Arthritis in Joints – The New York Times 8/14/17

More Than 500,000 Infected With Cholera in Yemen – The New York Times 8/14/17

6 foods that marketers want you to think are healthy – The Washington Post 8/14/17

How to spot and treat colorectal cancer – Fox News 8/12/17

A Cancer Conundrum: Too Many Drug Trials, Too Few Patients – The New York Times 8/12/17

5 deaths reported while using weight loss balloon treatment, FDA says – CNN 8/11/17

How the ‘Instagram diet’ works – CNN 8/11/17

Meditation in fashion? Designers share how the practice helps them reboot, refresh and stay grounded – Los Angeles Times 8/11/17

We Need to Talk Some More About Your Dirty Sponges – The New York Times 8/11/17

Gym-going seniors are benefitting from more than exercise – The Washington Post 8/11/17

There might be dangerous chemicals in your tap water — here’s how to stay safe – Fox News 8/10/17

Be careful with fidget spinners, government safety group warns – CNN 8/10/17

Vitamin B3 may prevent some miscarriages, birth defects, study says – CNN 8/10/17

Trump Plans to Declare Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency – The New York Times 8/10/17

Gene Editing Spurs Hope for Transplanting Pig Organs Into Humans – The New York Times 8/10/17

Your Instagram Posts May Hold Clues to Your Mental Health – The New York Times 8/10/17

Chair Yoga for My Funny Bones – The New York Times 8/10/17

Programs That Fight Teenage Pregnancy Are at Risk of Being Cut – The New York Times 8/10/17

Do you really need to walk 10,000 steps a day? – Fox News 8/9/17

Better hearing, less constipation and other suprising benefits of exercise – CNN 8/9/17

Stroke Risk Declining in Men but Not Women – The New York Times 8/9/17

Heart and Asthma Monitors? There’s a App for That – The New York Times 8/9/17

When the Prescription Is a Recipe – The New York Times 8/9/17

Exercise as a Weight-Loss Strategy – The New York Times 8/9/17

Plant-based diet? Sure, but first understand what that really means. – The Washington Post 8/9/17

Study casts doubt on music therapy for kids with autism – CNN 8/8/17

Tai Chi May Help Prevent Falls – The New York Times 8/8/17

Sleep Problems in Pregnancy Tied to Premature Births – The New York Times 8/8/17

Generic Drug Prices Are Falling, but Are Consumers Benefiting? – The New York Times 8/8/17

Most people with eating disorders don’t seek help. Could an app help? – The Washington Post 8/8/17

The link between deodorant and breast cancer – Fox News 8/7/17

Rapid Malaria Tests Work, but With Unexpected Drawbacks – The New York Times 8/7/17

Researchers Track an Unlikely Culprit in Weight Gain – The New York Times 8/7/17

For Cosmetics, Let the Buyer Beware – The New York Times 8/7/17

10 ways to save money on organic groceries – The Washington Post 8/7/17

Kids’ books that inspire healthy eating — without sounding like lessons – The Washington Post 8/7/17

Take the Generic, Patients Are Told. Until They Are Not. – The New York Times 8/6/17

6 signs you might have the summer blues – Fox News 8/4/17

Why you say yes, even when you don’t want to – CNN 8/4/17

Is Specialized Fitness Getting Less Special? – The Wall Street Journal 8/4/17

Cleaning a Dirty Sponge Only Helps Its Worst Bacteria, Study Says – The New York Times 8/4/17

Caregiving Is Hard Enough. Isolation Can Make It Unbearable. – The New York Times 8/4/17

Opioid Users Are Filling Jails. Why Don’t Jails Treat Them? – The New York Times 8/4/17

Can You Develop Food Allergies at Any Age? – The New York Times 8/4/17

What is ‘leaky gut’ — and how do you know if you have it? – Fox News 8/3/17

Back to school: How to avoid scabies infection in children – Fox News 8/3/17

Millions of Americans live nowhere near a hospital, jeopardizing their lives – CNN 8/3/17

Senate Passes F.D.A. Funding and ‘Right to Try’ Drug Bills – The New York Times 8/3/17

Short Answers to Hard Questions About the Opioid Crisis – The New York Times 8/3/17

Developmentally Disabled, and Going to College – The New York Times 8/3/17

Design Thinking for Doctors and Nurses – The New York Times 8/3/17

Pro tennis players’ good habits are prolonging their careers. The average athlete can learn from them. – The Washington Post 8/3/17

From ancient tribes to modern civilizations, what do our microbiomes say about us? – CNN 8/2/17

Lyme Disease’s Worst Enemy? It Might Be Foxes – The New York Times 8/2/17

Gum Disease Tied to Cancer Risk in Older Women – The New York Times 8/2/17

Maternal Instinct, or O.C.D.? – The New York Times 8/2/17

The Best Running Stride? The One That Comes Naturally – The New York Times 8/2/17

They offered to pay people to go to the gym. Guess what happened? – The Washington Post 8/2/17

Health benefits of breast-feeding – Fox News 8/1/17

Fibromyalgia: Surviving and invisible misery – CNN 8/1/17

Reasons for avoiding sex are often treatable – CNN 8/1/17

Republicans in Congress Bypass Trump to Shore Up Health Law – The New York Times 8/1/17

Moderate Drinking Tied to Lower Diabetes Risk – The New York Times 8/1/17

The Secret Life of Pain – The New York Times 8/1/17

Why running is so beneficial for older women – The Washington Post 8/1/17