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What we're reading, August 1, 2016: proponents of Colorado's proposed state universal healthcare want Bernie Sanders' help; thousands need new health coverage in Ohio and Connecticut; and the trouble with getting a patient off a prescription.

World Lung Cancer Day is a grassroots effort conceived by a lung cancer survivor. Here are a few updates on ways to prevent the disease and manage treatment.

A new study, presented at the 2016 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, suggested that treating people with Alzheimer’s disease may increase survival and reduce cost, even though the treatment does not change the underlying course of the disease.

Some surgical procedures were associated with an increased risk of chronic opioid use among patients who had never used opioids prior to surgery.

This week, the top stories in managed care included the release of Medicare's Star ratings for hospital quality, a new proposal from CMS to require bundled payments for cardiac care, and an FDA panel recommended approving a continuous glucose monitoring system for dosing insulin.

Sharing information of diagnosis and treatment decisions reassured women newly diagnosed with breast cancer of their health choices, according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology.

What we're reading, July 29, 2016: a trans-Atlantic partnership has been formed to fight superbugs; the FDA halted blood collections in 2 Florida counties over Zika fears; and investigation confirms Zika cases in Florida were from local mosquitoes.

A new study has found that combining ipilimumab with local peripheral treatments such as radiotherapy or electrochemotherapy can significantly better survival in patients with melanoma.

The number of state psychiatric beds still available to serve the nation’s most ill and potentially dangerous psychiatric patients is at its lowest level ever recorded, setting off a crisis of unmet need throughout the country.