Editors’ Top 5 April 23, 2018

Barbara Bush’s End-Of-Life Decision Stirs Debate Over ‘Comfort Care’
Former first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at her home in Houston at age 92. Days before her death, the announcement that she was seeking “comfort care” shone a light—and stirred debate—on what it means to stop trying to fight terminal illness. (Melissa Bailey and JoNel Aleccia/Kaiser Health News)

Applying Inogen Data Breach Lessons to Health Care Providers
The recent Inogen data breach highlights the need for health care organizations to use multifactor authentication to control access and to get robust cyber insurance if they don’t already have it. (Fred Donovan/Health IT Security)

Sen. Chris Murphy Promotes “Choose Medicare” Legislation
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy is proposing legislation that would allow all Americans to buy into Medicare, what he called the “most popular, most cost-effective” insurance plan in the country. (Daniela Altimari/Hartford Courant)

Scientists Study Brains of People Whose Memory Stays Strong into Old Age
It’s pretty extraordinary for people in their 80s and 90s to keep the same sharp memory as someone several decades younger, so scientists are peeking into the brains of“superagers” who do to uncover their secret. (Lauren Neergaard/Washington Post)

New Medicare Perk for Diabetes Prevention Stumbles at Rollout
Several weeks ago, Medicare launched an initiative to prevent seniors and people with serious disabilities from developing Type 2 diabetes, one of the most common and costly medical conditions in the U.S. (Judith Graham/Kaiser Health News)