February 2011 - NPR Health Blog - The Network of Care

Evidence Builds On Fatal Side Effects From Cancer Drug Avastin

Patients on the best-selling cancer drug Avastin are much more likely to suffer fatal side effects than those just getting chemotherapy, a study finds. Even so, the overall risk of fatal problems is low at less than 3 percent. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 11:28 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

Dogs Earn More Cred For Sniffing Out Cancer

In the last five years, dogs of different breeds and ages have shown over and over they can smell cancer on the breaht and in tissue samples from cancer patients. But scientists are still unsure about what the dogs are smelling. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 5:52 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News 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

Crooks Use Doctors' Identities To Commit Medicare Fraud

A Florida case shows that people bent on committing Medicare fraud are able to use doctors' identification numbers bilk the systems. An oversight report calls on the Medicare program to be more diligent in verifying the information. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 08 2011 1:00 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

In Funding Hunt, FDA Looks To Fees From Generic Drugmakers

In an environment of increasingly tough budgets, the Food and Drug Administration is stepping up calls for the drug, medical device, and food industry to kick in some money. Right now, the agency is focusing on generic drug makers. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 10:31 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Should FDA Hold 'Me-Too' Drugs To A Higher Standard?

An editorial in a leading medical journal argues that society loses when drugmakers make too many medicines that treat illness in nearly the same way. The authors suggest a higher standard for approval of new brand-name drugs once a a cheap generic in...

Published Tue, Feb 15 2011 2:25 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Risky Medical Devices Untested In Patients Account For Many Recalls

An analysis finds most of the Food and Drug Administration's most urgent recalls of medical devices involved risky products that made it to market without having been subjected to clinical trials. Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 14 2011 1:49 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Zinc May Help Fight Cold Symptoms After All

The latest review of the medical evidence about zinc finds that it can reduce the length of a cold by about a day, and helps reduce the severity of symptoms, too. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 16 2011 5:55 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Drugs To Prevent Weak Bones Linked To Unusual Fractures In Women

The strange fractures that may be associated with certain osteoporosis drugs called bisphosphonates occur low on the thighbone, where the femur is usually strongest. Bone specialists say the benefits of the drugs still outweigh their risks. Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 23 2011 5:28 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Virus Passed During Oral Sex Tops Tobacco As Throat Cancer Cause

The more oral sex someone has had, the greater their risk of getting oral cancers that grow in the middle part of the throat. Transmission of the human papillomavirus is the reason, a leading researcher says. Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 22 2011 1:03 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

From The Archives: Take Only What You Can Eat!

In 1944, the U.S. Navy was worried about sailors wasting food. But, a poster from the time that encourages moderation on the chow line resonates today for a different reason. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 8:23 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

New Contraception Rules Spark 'Conscience Clause' Debate

Religious exemptions that allow health care workers to decline certain services to patients if they have a religious exemption should not include contraception. That's the bottom line of the administration's new regulations on the "conscience...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 3:03 PM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health Blog

Your Health Podcast: Sidewalk Rage And Dangerous Cheese

This week in your health: pedestrian aggression, the long-term benefit of children learning self-control early, and a link between baldness and prostate cancer. Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 7:04 PM 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

Health Overhaul: You Want Fries With That?

Comedian Denis Leary got a dig in about Americans' health problems with a tweet that said more of us would be in favor of health overhaul if it came with a side order of fries. Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 03 2011 10:27 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News Blog

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