February 2011 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

A Mom Sues Nutella Maker For Deceptive Advertising

A California mom is part of a lawsuit that claims the marketing of Nutella as a healthy food is misleading. The maker of the chocolaty, nutty spread stands by its product. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 10 2011 8:58 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Get Ready For The Budget Battle Over Health Care

Taking a crack at Medicare is considered dangerous at best. Other health spending cuts could disrupt the implementation of the president's health law. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 12:15 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Chemist Doubts Hair-Straightener With Formaldehyde-Free Formula

Brazilian Blowout took the formaldehyde out of a version its hair-straightening treatment, but the latest formula may not be as effective, a chemist says. Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 14 2011 2:22 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Drinking Soda May Increase Your Blood Pressure

People who drink more than one soda or other sugar-sweetened beverage a day have higher blood pressure, a new study finds. But diet soda may not be a guilt-free answer: Study participants who drank it had higher BMIs than their sugared-up counterparts...

Published Mon, Feb 28 2011 2:30 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Homeopathic Insomnia Remedy No Match For Antarctic Summer

More than 1,600 people in 28 countries and Antarctica deliberately overdosed on homeopathic remedies over the weekend. No injuries, illnesses or worse were reported. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 08 2011 2:40 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

GOP Counts The Ways To Defund Health Law

House Republicans have come up with more than half a dozen ways to throttle spending on overhaul. Democrats in the Senate can block them, and President Obama still wields the veto pen. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 2:05 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Pop Quiz: Has Health Overhaul Law Been Repealed?

A poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that about 1 in 5 Americans believes the federal law overhauling health care has been repealed. Barely more than half of those polled answered it was till the law. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 24 2011 5:47 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Abortion Clinics In Va. Face Regulation Like Hospitals

Abortion rights opponents, who pushed for the law, say it will hold clinics to higher safety standards. But advocates for abortion rights in the state warn the law will place such heavy burdens on clinics that many may be forced to close. Read More.....

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 6:38 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Pediatricians Caution Parents Against 'Fever Phobia'

A leading group of pediatricians is counseling doctors and parents against going overboard in treating mildly feverish kids with over-the-counter medicines. The pediatricians say keeping children comfortable should be the goal rather than reducing their...

Published Mon, Feb 28 2011 6:57 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Impatience Leads To Rage On Sidewalks, Too

Believe it or not, there are scientists who study sidewalk rage, and one has even come up with a 15-question Pedestrian Aggressiveness Syndrome Scale to quantify some people's problem with slow walkers. Are you brave enough to try it? Read More.....

Published Tue, Feb 15 2011 9:44 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Men Who Lose Their Hair Young Are At Bigger Risk For Prostate Cancer Later

A study found men who reported any kind of balding in their 20s were twice as likely to be in a group being treated for prostate cancer. Men who said they didn't start losing their hair until their 30s or later didn't have a higher risk of the...

Published Wed, Feb 16 2011 8:34 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

The Doctor Will Tweet You Now

A look at doctors on Twitter found about half their tweets had something to do with health or medicine. About 3 percent of their tweets were found to be unprofessional, according to a new analysis. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 1:38 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Psychotherapy and Exercise Look Best To Treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

A study of four different treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome finds that psychotherapy and gradual increases in exercise were clearly better than specialist care or an approach called "adaptive pacing," favored by some patients. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 9:59 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

One Solution For The Revolving Admissions Door At Hospitals

To reduce the odds a patient will have to return to the hospital, some health systems are trying to do a better job coordinating care. Starting in 2012, the federal health law will penalize hospitals for excess readmissions for some conditions. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 6:28 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

An Obscure Enzyme May Help Predict Which Cancers Will Spread

Researchers at the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development say they have a found a way to better predict which cancers will spread within a few years. The test, though intriguing, remains experimental. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 01 2011 10:23 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

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