Editors’ Top Five Week of July 31

Over-the-Counter Devices Hold Their Own Against Costly Hearing Aids
Hearing aids that can cost more than $2,000 apiece are only slightly more effective than some over-the-counter sound-amplification devices that sell for just a few hundred dollars, according to a recent study. (Michelle Andrews/Kaiser Health News)

CMS Rolls Out State-by-State Skilled Nursing Stats
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released updated market saturation data, revealing the number of skilled nursing providers and fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries in each state. (Amy Baxter/Skilled Nursing News)

How to Improve Resilience in Midlife
Much of the scientific research on resilience—our ability to bounce back from adversity—has focused on how to build resilience in children. But what about the grown-ups? (Tara Parker-Pope/The New York Times)

A Tiny Part of the Brain Appears to Orchestrate the Whole Body’s Aging
Why do we age? It’s a seemingly simple question that nonetheless scientists don’t have a great answer to. Some amount of aging seems to be controlled by our genetic makeup, while other evidence shows that our cells have an upper limit to how many times they can divide. (Jonathan Wosen/Stat News)

Hospitals Face Growing Cybersecurity Threats
Just a decade ago, pretty much all health records were paper. Then, in a period of a few years, hospitals switched to electronic records. But the security of digital health data has not kept up with its growth. (Lauren Silverman/NPR Health Shots)