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Researchers Take Another Step Toward Stem Cells Without Embryos

The advances would help scientists reprogram adult cells without monkeying with the DNA at their core. The approach, though not a breakthrough, is more efficient than the techniques involving viruses that were developed by pioneers in the field. Read...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 6:30 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Insurers: White House In Denial About Coverage Denials

As part of the new health law, officials published information on 4,000 individual insurance plans today. A health insurance trade group says the site is misleading. A government spokeswoman says that it holds insurance companies more accountable. Read...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 12:05 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Hispanics Living Longer Than Whites, Blacks. But Why?

Hispanics born in 2006 can expect to live to the ripe old age of about 80 years. That's more than 2 years longer than non-Hispanic whites who're looking at about 78 years and nearly 8 years longer than blacks' 73 years. Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 14 2010 11:56 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
When Your Family Doctor Is Also Your Shrink

Even as mental health treatment gets a stronger footing with insurers, the care itself may be less than ideal. Primary care doctors, rather than psychiatrists, provide a lot treatment for mental health issues. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 05 2010 6:49 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Healthy Living Can Temper *** Cancer Risk That Runs In Family

Researchers found women had a lower risk of *** cancer later in life when they exercised regularly, drank modestly and kept a normal body weight. There are benefits even if a woman's mother or sister had developed *** cancers. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 12 2010 6:55 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Mouth-To-Mouth In CPR Might Be Overrated

A study out of Arizona found that cardiac arrest patients who received hands-only CPR had a higher rate of survival than patients who received conventional CPR and those who didn't get CPR. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 05 2010 2:39 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Blowing The Whistle On 'Brazilian Blowout' Hair Straightener

Canada and Oregon have banned Brazilian Blowout after finding unacceptable levels of formaldehyde in the product. But the hair straightener's manufacturer says the product is 100 percent safe. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 6:01 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
One Egg Farm Cleared To Sell After Salmonella Scare, Another Warned Again

The DeCoster egg operation needs to seal out rodents, clean up standing manure pits, and make sure employees wear appropriate clothing before selling eggs again. This summer's salmonella outbreak sickened 1,600 people. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 7:37 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Cholera Blamed For At Least 138 Deaths In Haiti So Far

Haiti hasn't had an outbreak of deadly cholera for decades, but conditions are ripe for one in the wake of January's devastating earthquake. Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 22 2010 5:58 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Court OKs Hormone-Free Label On Dairy Products In Ohio

A federal court's decision on hormone-free milk labeling may stoke the debate over how to label genetically-engineered salmon. Is it OK to note that milk or fish aren't the products of genetic engineering? Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 1:31 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Glaxo To Pay $750 Million And Plead Guilty In Drug Quality Case

The company pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges and agreed to a civil settlement over the sale of substandard medicines to government health programs. Quality problems at a factory in Puerto Rico lay at the root of the case. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 1:22 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Earthquake Not To Blame For Cholera Outbreak In Haiti

The most likely explanation for the outbreak is a rise in temperature and salinity in estuaries around Haiti's Bay of Saint-Marc, says an expert. Shrimp-like copepods that carry the cholera bacterium thrive in those conditions. Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 8:31 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Forensic Psychiatrists Don't Favor Some Proposed Sexual Diagnoses

Some psychiatrists are concerned about new diagnoses that would make it easier to give certain sexual offenses a medical label. One effect: People who've served time for crimes could be committed to a mental institution afterward. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 12:17 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Nobel Prize-Winning Fertility Research Traveled A Long, Difficult Road

The British government declined to fund research on in vitro fertilization that led to the first successful test tube baby in 1978. Robert Edwards was awarded a Nobel Prize for the work Monday. Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 04 2010 6:31 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog
Britain Gives Alzheimer's Drugs A Second Chance

In a reversal, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence says Aricept, Razadyne and Exelon are worth the money when it comes to treating people with mild Alzheimer's disease. Four years ago the gatekeeper recommended against them....

Published Thu, Oct 07 2010 6:13 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

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