October 2009 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

FDA Commisioner Backs Law For Safer Food

By Maggie Mertens Spinach, tomatoes and peanut butter that sickened people across the country in recent years put a spotlight on tainted food as a growing public health problem. The disease outbreaks also revealed gaps in the Food and Drug Administration's...

Published Thu, Oct 22 2009 1:45 PM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: FDA, Food Safety

Stimulus Funds Could Widen Digital Health Divide

By Christopher Weaver Federal stimulus spending meant to bolster the uptake of electronic medical records could wind up shortchanging hospitals that treat more poor patients, deepening a "digital divide" between the rich and the impoverished...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 10:25 AM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Hospitals, Electronic medical records

Weak Mandate And Slim Subsidies Could Spell Trouble For Overhaul

By Scott Hensley So Sen. Max Baucus and the Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee are feeling pretty good about cobbling together an overhaul bill that came in at a relatively affordable $829 billion over 10 years. Will the young and healthy jump...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2009 7:06 AM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Insurance

Some Swine Flu Questions On Your Mind

By Joanne Silberner With all the questions floating around about swine flu cases and vaccine shortages, we wondered what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might tell us at a briefing today. (CDC) (CDC) --> Turns out, nothing new really...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2009 2:12 PM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

Maine Town Sheds Light On Doctors' Role In Cost Problem

By Scott Hensley Nobody will make much progress in taming health-care spending in this country without getting doctors on board. A medical mystery unraveled in Lewiston, Maine. (NPR/John W. Poole) In the first installment of a series on escalating health...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 8:26 AM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Doctors, Quality

CBO Pegs Cost Of Senate Health Bill At $829 Billion

By Julie Rovner The most anticipated numbers since the tally of votes in this year's "American Idol" are out: the Congressional Budget Office score of the Senate Finance Committee's health overhaul bill. And the news for Chairman Max...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 2:30 PM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Health Overhaul

The Gates Have A New Message For Americans

By Maggie Mertens Courtesy of Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, we have a preview of Bill and Melinda Gates' big talk tonight in Washington, D.C., before lawmakers, administration officials and foreign policy experts. The Gates are in town to drum...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2009 1:03 PM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Public Health

This Is Your Body On Flu

By Scott Hensley If all the good advice about coughing and sneezing into your sleeve to prevent the spread of flu hasn't sunk in, please take a look at this gripping video from NPR's Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky. Now, you...

Published Sat, Oct 24 2009 6:45 AM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

'Seabiscuit' Author Hopeful About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Discovery

By Maggie Mertens Scientists have discovered a virus that might unlock the mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating illness that affects 1 million Americans. Laura Hillenbrand, author of "Seabiscuit," has suffered from chronic fatigue...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2009 2:42 PM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Research

As BMI Goes, So Goes Your Insurance Tab

By Maggie Mertens Depending on where you work, your weight could be an important preexisting condition that determines how much you'll have to kick in for health coverage. (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com/) --> More and more bosses are tying...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 1:43 PM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Personal Health

Health Workers Face Flu Vaccine, Or Else

By Richard Knox Mandatory flu vaccination for health-care workers looks like an idea whose time has come. Vaccines are giving the drug business a shot in the arm. (Thierry Zoccolan/Getty Images) Vaccines are giving the drug business a shot in the arm...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2009 5:08 AM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

Kids And Pet Turtles Don't Mix

By Scott Hensley The appeal of those little pet turtles escaped us, even before we first heard about their role as carriers of disease. Give us a dirty rat any day. Little pet turtles, like these being inspected at an Atlanta airport in 2006, pose a big...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 11:07 AM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Public Health, Infectious disease, Children

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FDA Commisioner Backs Law For Safer Food

Stimulus Funds Could Widen Digital Health Divide

Weak Mandate And Slim Subsidies Could Spell Trouble For Overhaul

Some Swine Flu Questions On Your Mind

Maine Town Sheds Light On Doctors' Role In Cost Problem

CBO Pegs Cost Of Senate Health Bill At $829 Billion

The Gates Have A New Message For Americans

This Is Your Body On Flu

'Seabiscuit' Author Hopeful About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Discovery

As BMI Goes, So Goes Your Insurance Tab

Health Workers Face Flu Vaccine, Or Else

Kids And Pet Turtles Don't Mix