Sign in
NetworkOfCare.org
January 2010 - NPR Health Blog
Blog Help
NPR Health Blog
Home
Syndication
RSS for Posts
Atom
RSS for Comments
Recent Posts
Geneticists Breach Ethical Taboo By Changing Genes Across Generations
How Does The Polio Vaccine Reach A Remote Corner Of The World?
The Sick Turn To Crowdfunding To Pay Medical Bills
Meningitis From Tainted Drugs Puts Patients, Doctors In Quandary
Insurers Revive Child-Only Policies, But Cost Is Still An Issue
Tags
Cancer
Children
Congressional activity
Consumers
Costs
Doctors
FDA
Food Safety
Health Overhaul
Heart disease
Hospitals
Insurance
Medicare
Mental Health
Nutrition
Obesity
Personal Health
Pharmaceuticals
Prevention
Public Health
Radiology
Research
Swine Flu (H1N1)
Vaccines
Women's health
View more
Archives
October 2012 (78)
September 2012 (74)
August 2012 (78)
July 2012 (90)
June 2012 (79)
May 2012 (85)
April 2012 (76)
March 2012 (97)
February 2012 (88)
January 2012 (81)
December 2011 (74)
November 2011 (69)
October 2011 (75)
September 2011 (80)
August 2011 (98)
July 2011 (83)
June 2011 (87)
May 2011 (87)
April 2011 (81)
March 2011 (87)
February 2011 (79)
January 2011 (82)
December 2010 (84)
November 2010 (87)
October 2010 (83)
September 2010 (81)
August 2010 (82)
July 2010 (86)
June 2010 (83)
May 2010 (83)
April 2010 (105)
March 2010 (102)
February 2010 (86)
January 2010 (100)
December 2009 (106)
November 2009 (103)
October 2009 (87)
Sort by:
Most Recent
|
Most Viewed
|
Most Commented
Brown Blame Game Takes Washington By Storm
By Christopher Weaver It should come as no surprise, we suppose, that the varied agendas of politicos, pundits, and activists color their views on who's to blame for Scott Brown's surprise win in Massachusetts. President Obama concedes health...
Published
Fri, Jan 22 2010 1:58 PM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Health Overhaul
For Kids With High Cholesterol, Change Diet, Exercise Before Drugs
By Nadja Popovich If you had any doubt that the obesity epidemic among young people presents a real health challenge, wrap you mind around this: 20 percent of teenagers have high cholesterol. Dietary changes, such as eating more fruits and vegetables...
Published
Fri, Jan 22 2010 9:58 AM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Heart disease
,
Children
,
Obesity
National Palace In Haiti Becomes Medical Staging Center
By Sabri Ben-Achour U.S. soldiers carry an injured person to a U.S. Navy helicopter outside the collapsed National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (Gregory Bull/AP) U.S. soldiers carry an injured person to a U.S. Navy helicopter outside...
Published
Fri, Jan 22 2010 8:47 AM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Haiti
California Supreme Court Bolsters Protection For Marijuana Users
By Scott Hensley While most folks seemed to be hanging on the U.S. Supreme Court's startling decision to toss out limits on corporate campaign spending yesterday, we found ourselves far more interested in a judicial ruling way out west. A court decision...
Published
Fri, Jan 22 2010 6:02 AM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Medical marijuana
Haitian Woman Agrees To Care On Navy Hospital Ship
By Joanne Silberner On Thursday's Morning Edition I reported about Denise Bazile, who suffered two badly broken legs when a wall fell on her during the Haiti earthquake last week. Doctors from a U.S. government field hospital in Port-au-Prince gave...
Published
Thu, Jan 21 2010 2:05 PM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Haiti
Bad Intestinal Bug May Get New Treatment
By Richard Knox There's a hopeful new treatment in the works for a growing problem with an intestinal bug called Clostridium difficile. C. difficile bacteria cultured from a stool sample." class="img200" /> C. difficile bacteria...
Published
Thu, Jan 21 2010 1:58 PM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Infectious disease
,
Pharmaceuticals
Brown's Win Kindles Mixed Emotions For Health Industry
By Christopher Weaver Surprised by Republican Scott Brown's victory in the Massachusetts Senate election Tuesday? Health care investors weren't. Industry stocks happily climbed on Election Day ahead of the vote in anticipation of Democrats losing...
Published
Thu, Jan 21 2010 11:58 AM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Health Overhaul
,
Insurance
,
Pharmaceuticals
Dems Might Be Misreading Massachusetts Message
By Julie Rovner Democrats remain in disarray today, trying to decide how to proceed with their health care overhaul now that they've lost their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. But are they drawing the wrong conclusion from the election of...
Published
Thu, Jan 21 2010 10:36 AM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Health Overhaul
Piecemeal Approach To Health Overhaul Would Be Tricky
By April Fulton Liberal House Democrats have definitively ruled out taking up the more moderate Senate health overhaul bill, all but dashing any hope that of accomplishing President Obama's goal of signing this year a comprehensive law to remake the...
Published
Thu, Jan 21 2010 9:42 AM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Health Overhaul
Cutting Salt In Food Would Save Thousands Of Lives
By Scott Hensley How bad is all that salt in the food you eat? Getting the salt out could save a lot of lives. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Getting the salt out could save a lot of lives. ( Mario Tama/Getty Images ) --> Let's put it this way, if everyone...
Published
Thu, Jan 21 2010 5:14 AM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Heart disease
,
Food Safety
Blogger Overcomes Sloth And Gets Swine Flu Shot
By Scott Hensley Finally, after cranking out more than 250 posts on swine flu, we got vaccinated. Yeah, we should have gotten the shot sooner. We meant to, really. We got our dose of swine flu vaccine today. (Mark Boster/Getty Images) We got a shot like...
Published
Wed, Jan 20 2010 1:55 PM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Swine Flu (H1N1)
Expert Panel Recommends Screening Kids For Obesity
By Nadja Popovich Fresh from the folks who brought you last year's controversial recommendation that women wait on routine mammograms until they hit 50 comes advice that kids be screened for obesity. Kids line up for a game of kickball during a program...
Published
Wed, Jan 20 2010 11:34 AM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Children
,
Obesity
Future Of Health Overhaul Rests With House Democrats
By April Fulton In the wake of the Bay State blowout last night, Washington's wonks are pondering the options to keep an overhaul of health care alive. But the longer they ponder, the less time there is to make a decisive move. Where's White House...
Published
Wed, Jan 20 2010 10:21 AM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Health Overhaul
Prospects For Health Overhaul Dwindle After Massachusetts Vote
By Scott Hensley The Kennedy seat in the Senate is gone. With its loss, Democrats' hopes for passing an overhaul of the nation's health system have faded, too. Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown celebrats his election victory in Boston. (JElise...
Published
Wed, Jan 20 2010 5:53 AM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Health Overhaul
Avoid Online Auctions When Buying Alli
By Nadja Popovich If you've thought about trying the weight-loss aid Alli, you might want to skip eBay and buy the nonprescription medicine at the drugstore, even if you have to pay full price. The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers about...
Published
Tue, Jan 19 2010 2:20 PM
by
NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
Filed under:
Obesity
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
Next >
...
Last ยป