November 2009 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

Docs Case For Tort Reform Gets Harder To Make

By Maggie Mertens If you really want to remake health care and lower costs, do something about medical malpractice, doctors are telling Congress. But malpractice insurance costs are actually stabilizing in most parts of the country, even as Congress lurches...

Published Tue, Nov 24 2009 10:05 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Doctors, Costs

Traveling? Leave Swine Flu Behind

By Scott Hensley If you're you're going over the river and through the wood to Grandma's house today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants you and her to stay flu-free. So the public health agency is asking travelers to brush...

Published Wed, Nov 25 2009 6:03 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

Who Is Republican Rep. Ahn 'Joseph' Cao?

By Scott Hensley The loneliest Republican in Washington today is Rep. Ahn "Joseph" Cao, the only member of the GOP to vote for the health overhaul bill put together by the Democrats in the House. Republican Rep. Joseph Cao and his daughter listen...

Published Mon, Nov 09 2009 5:55 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Congressional activity

Health Overhaul Could Make Chain Restaurants Post Calories

By Maggie Mertens A little-noticed provision tucked into the House's nearly 2,000 page bill would require chain restaurants and operators of vending machines to post calorie counts for the food they sell. Don't feel bad if you missed it, it's...

Published Fri, Nov 06 2009 12:00 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Health Overhaul, Nutrition

Vaccine Poll: Shift from Convincing Skeptics to Satisying the Convinced

By Richard Knox Harvard pollster Bob Blendon says his latest numbers on swine flu sentiment should shake up the priorities for the federal government's campaign to get most Americans vaccinated against the new H1N1 before it's too late. Vaccine...

Published Fri, Nov 06 2009 1:03 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

Guns And Butter Are No Recipe For Wellness Under Overhaul

By Scott Hensley Could owning a gun mean your insurance would cost more in the wake of a government health overhaul? (iStockphoto.com) ( iStockphoto) --> Yes, claims the Gun Owners of America, which fired off a letter to senators last week, urging...

Published Mon, Nov 23 2009 11:40 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Health Overhaul

Genome Work Paves Way For Benlysta Lupus Drug

By Scott Hensley Remember all those drugs that were supposed to come tumbling out of the Human Genome Project? So far there's not much in the medicine cabinet to show for all the hype surrounding the decoding of the human genome. Today, though, there's...

Published Mon, Nov 02 2009 10:55 AM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Pharmaceuticals

J&J To Cut 7,000 Workers, Trim Research Spending

By Scott Hensley Things are tough all over right now, even for Johnson & Johnson, the seller of such iconic health products as Band-Aids, tear-free shampoo and baby powder. J&J's Baby Shampoo on display in a Hong Kong supermarket.(Mike Clarke...

Published Tue, Nov 03 2009 7:39 AM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Pharmaceuticals, Medical devices

Young Women Can Wait On Pap Smears

By Scott Hensley For the second time in a week, a group of medical experts has recommended that some women can be tested less frequently for cancer. A new guideline suggesting that less testing for cervical cancer makes more medical sense comes as a separate...

Published Fri, Nov 20 2009 5:58 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Cancer, Women's health

Racial Minorities Face More Swine Flu Struggles

By Maggie Mertens Racial minorities have their own stories to tell about the new H1N1 pandemic. Antonio Magallanes moved to the US 40 years ago to work in the fields and as a landscaper. He says he worked whether he had the flu or not. (Kelley Weiss/Capital...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 2:05 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

Does A Past Case Of Guillain-Barre Mean Skipping Swine Flu Vaccine?

By Joanne Silberner We've got another swine flu question. This one comes in an email to the blog from Wendy Pierce of Bozeman, Montana: I am one of the unfortunate people that had Guillain-Barre, not associated with the swine flu. I have heard that...

Published Thu, Nov 05 2009 2:35 PM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1)

Overhaul May Boost Coverage, But What About Costs?

By Scott Hensley Extending insurance coverage to tens of millions of people who don't have it is one thing. Slowing the rise of health spending is another, and a lot harder task at that. Do the plans for overhaul offer more than a Band-Aid for health...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 5:43 AM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Health Overhaul

Sick-Leave Legislation Gets A Boost From H1N1

By Maggie Mertens Mandatory paid sick-leave might have gotten thrown out of the House health overhaul bill, but Congressional Democrats haven't given up yet. They still have a chance to get legislation passed -- by tying it to swine flu. Democratic...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 1:32 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - NPR's Health Blog

Filed under: Swine Flu (H1N1), Congressional activity, Public Health

Ancient Egyptians Suffered From Hardened Arteries

By Scott Hensley In the good old days, millennia ago, people living along the Nile ate right, didn't get fat sitting in freeway traffic and had nothing to fear from the modern health scourge heart disease. Right? Big arrow points to calcification...

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 1:01 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News

Filed under: Heart disease, Radiology

U.S. Trails Far Behind Europe In Infant Mortality

By Maggie Mertens The bad news about the U.S. health system just keeps coming. A premature baby, born at 28 weeks, lies in the neonatal intensive care unit of a New York hospital. The CDC says the large number of premature births is one factor behind...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 12:55 PM by NPR Blogs: NPR Health

Filed under: Public Health, Children

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Docs Case For Tort Reform Gets Harder To Make

Traveling? Leave Swine Flu Behind

Who Is Republican Rep. Ahn 'Joseph' Cao?

Health Overhaul Could Make Chain Restaurants Post Calories

Vaccine Poll: Shift from Convincing Skeptics to Satisying the Convinced

Guns And Butter Are No Recipe For Wellness Under Overhaul

Genome Work Paves Way For Benlysta Lupus Drug

J&J To Cut 7,000 Workers, Trim Research Spending

Young Women Can Wait On Pap Smears

Racial Minorities Face More Swine Flu Struggles

Does A Past Case Of Guillain-Barre Mean Skipping Swine Flu Vaccine?

Overhaul May Boost Coverage, But What About Costs?

Sick-Leave Legislation Gets A Boost From H1N1

Ancient Egyptians Suffered From Hardened Arteries

U.S. Trails Far Behind Europe In Infant Mortality