January 2011 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

New Nutrition Guidelines: Read Between The Lines On Red Meat

The new USDA nutrition guidelines are pretty good at telling us what to eat, like more vegetables, lean meats, and low-fat milk. It's a little less clear when they're telling us what not to eat. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 31 2011 12:41 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

What Will 2011 Bring To Your Health?

Now that the new year is upon us, here are some healthy tips for 2011. For starters, we found 25 bits of advice for dieters. And then there's a roundup of changes that the federal health overhaul could bring to you. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 03 2011 6:26 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Heart Cells Made From Stem Cells Speed Up Research On Rare Disease

Israeli scientists have used stem cells to grow heart cells from patients with a rare heart disease called long QT syndrome. They also tested a variety of drugs on the cells, which they hope will help them develop new treatments for the syndrome. Read...

Published Tue, Jan 18 2011 12:51 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Congressional Health Debate Captured In Clouds

Nothing beats word clouds for a quick overview of what Democrats and Republicans said in the debate about repealing federal health overhaul. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 19 2011 11:51 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Annals Of Weight-Loss Gimmicks: From Bile Beans To Obesity Soap

People have been worrying about their weight far longer than you might have imagined. A recent event highlighted some fads through the ages, but it also revealed a diet from the 1860s that seemed to work. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 20 2011 2:02 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

How About Some Viper Venom Con Queso On Your Barrel O' Fun Chips?

Sometimes the names of foods or companies involved in product recalls are as attention-grabbing as the reasons for the actions. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 21 2011 12:36 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Hopeful Signs But Many Questions For Giffords' Medical Outlook

Rep. Giffords responded to a simple verbal command to show two fingers after surgery, a sign that for now, the speech center of the brain is at least partially intact. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 10 2011 8:39 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Biking Ability Can Help Diagnose Parkinson's

Simple tests can sometimes tell doctors a lot. How well a person rides a bike can help differentiate two different forms of Parkinson's disease, Dutch doctors have found. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 11 2011 8:17 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Journal Claims Profit Motive Helped Fuel Autism-Vaccine Scare

A second article in a series on medical research that fanned fears about a link between autism and measles vaccine lays out evidence that business interests influenced the work. Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 12 2011 7:32 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Asthma On The Rise: 25 Million In The U.S. Affected

Federal health officials estimate nearly 1 in 12 Americans, or 25 million people have the respiratory disorder. Asthma prevalence is up a little in recent years, but severe attacks have held pretty steady. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 13 2011 6:34 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Agriculture Department Tells Schools To Give Food A Healthy Makeover

New school nutrition rules aim to boost fruits, veggies and whole grains, while cutting back on salt and fat. And USDA's Tom Vilsack is encouraging schools to try novel approaches to stretch their purchasing power. Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 13 2011 12:52 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Even More Medicines

The latest recall, stemming from quality problems at Pennsylvania factory, covers various batches of Tylenol 8 Hour, Tylenol Arthritis Pain and various other medicines made before April 2010. Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 14 2011 2:16 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Johnson & Johnson Teams With Mass General On Cancer Blood Test

An experimental plastic chip could be used to find even a few cancer cells floating in the blood. Now the health products giant Johnson & Johnson is investing in the technology being developed at a Boston hospital. Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 03 2011 2:25 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Max Starkloff, Pioneer In Independent Living For Disabled, Dies At 73

After an automobile left him a quadriplegic, Starkloff lived in an nursing home for more than a decade. He was determined to find a way to live independently and made it a life's work. Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 04 2011 1:02 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

The Many Lives Of The 'Death Panel'

Though the Obama administration recently deleted a reference in regulations to end-of-life planning during annual physicals for Medicare patients, it's still legal for physicians to talk with patients about care when faced with a terminal illness...

Published Wed, Jan 05 2011 11:28 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

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