Quality, safety and clinical practice
Practical clinical trials can help find alternatives to opioids | Science Daily
A researcher argues for greater use of practical clinical trials and patient self-management for boosting multidisciplinary pain care, which would in turn decrease the use of opioids.
Health groups push FDA not to repeal ecig rules | The Washington Post
After the FDA announced it would delay enforcement of the ecig regulations put in place under President Obama, health groups wrote a letter to Tom Price asking him to keep the rule.
Nearly 700 vacancies at CDC because of Trump administration's hiring freeze | The Washington Post
The hiring freeze leaves open public health policy posts and scientific and administrative posts.
Information technology
How ECMC got hacked by cyber extortionists | The Buffalo News
A recounting of the recent ECMC hack that's left the hospital system recovering for weeks.
Government
Trump, shouting 'death spiral,' has nudged Affordable Care Act downward | The New York Times
Part of the reason the Affordable Care Act has been hurting in recent weeks is because, in a tautology of sorts, President Trump has said it's been hurting, tweeting phrases like "death spiral!"
In other news
Storing a memory involves distant parts of the brain | Science Daily
The brain's cortex, which is the outer layer of tissue, must connect with the thalamus, in the center of the brain, to store memories.
